Zambians, Don’t Be Fooled: The Election Is Near and So Are the Lies
By Thandiwe Ketis Ngoma
As the 2026 elections approach, I issue a firm and urgent warning to every suffering Zambian: do not fall for the UPND government’s last-minute gimmicks and false displays of compassion. For four long years, they have turned a blind eye to your struggles, shattered your hopes, and failed to bring about any meaningful change. Now, in the final hour, they want to pose as your saviors. Do not be misled.
In the coming months, prepare for choreographed price reductions on essential commodities such as fuel, mealie meal, and electricity. These will not be acts of genuine leadership or compassion. They are carefully timed political tricks meant to create an illusion of care. Expect minor drops in fuel prices, just enough to capture headlines, while the real burden remains. Expect temporary reductions in mealie meal prices, which will quickly rise again after the elections. Expect fewer hours of load shedding, not because the energy situation has improved, but because they are staging a calm before the storm.
They will likely roll out one-time food relief packages, free health screenings, and other short-term gestures in selected areas. They may organize job fairs or distribute limited contracts to a few young people, hoping to paint a false picture of progress. But none of these efforts address the real, deep-seated issues that continue to haunt this nation. These acts are not development; they are deception.
Where was this so-called caring government when the cost of living soared beyond control? When citizens endured long hours and even days without electricity? When hospitals lacked essential medicines? When thousands of young people faced joblessness with no end in sight? We have lived under the burden of their failed leadership since President Hakainde Hichilema took office, and nothing has improved.
This sudden generosity is not sincere. It is a desperate attempt to cling to power.
If the UPND genuinely cared about your well-being, they would not have enforced and expanded the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act. This law has been turned into a tool for silencing critics, intimidating citizens, and punishing those who dare to speak out against injustice. While they pretend to reduce fuel prices and minimize power cuts, they are simultaneously tightening control over your freedom of expression. Once the elections are over, you will be left with skyrocketing prices, worsening blackouts, and a voice that can no longer be heard.
This is not responsible governance. It is manipulation of the highest order. It is betrayal of the people’s trust.
Zambians, open your eyes and see through the lies. The UPND has failed us for four painful years. One year of pre-election drama cannot erase their legacy of broken promises, hardship, and oppression. We may not yet know who will take their place, but one thing is clear—President Hakainde Hichilema must go.
Under his leadership, we have been crushed. Our wallets are empty. Our homes are cold and dark. Our young people have been stripped of hope. Our voices are threatened. Our dignity is fading.
We cannot and will not endure this any longer. We refuse to be manipulated by short-term theatrics.
The 2026 election is not just another political event. It is a defining moment in our national story. It is our chance to reclaim our rights, our freedom, and our future.
Do not be fooled again. Stand strong. Think wisely. Demand leadership that puts people before politics. Reject the lies. Reject the manipulation. Choose a better future.
Excellent article.
DO NOT BE FOOLED.
DO NOT BE A FOOL.
Reject tribalism, corruption and oppression.
God bless Captain Ibrahim Traore.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
“Zambians don’t be fooled.” What a stupid clause! If you are a Zambian, haven’t you seen progressive change! You say wallets are empty. Yes citizens are now being offered free education to be enlightened and because of that men have stopped over spending money on prostitutes like you, hence your empty wallet and frustration. Go round the country, and see how people have become productive and innovative. Yes, your wallet will remain empty because you are lazy and corrupt crooked masters who used to give you free money, can’t steal any more, for loopholes are sealed. Real Zambians have now accepted, “learning how to catch fish..” . It’s for this reason that HH is embarking on Free education to all, skills training, increased cdf for community empowerment, agric support system, loans/grants and training for investments, attracting investors and reopening mines and others industries for job creation, encouraging Zambians to be hard working and innovative in various economical activities. Above all HH wants all part of of the nation to receive balanced CDF by splitting vast and populated constituencies. HH is now giving life to all the projects that stalled or were abandoned by PF.eg students hostels in learning institutions. Recruitment of young ones in the public service., payment of NApsa and terminal benefits to retirees.
All these can’t be appreciated by a frustrated prostitute. Katis, Zambians are not being fooled, instead it’s who wants to bring in foolish and unprogressive ideas of laziness, begging, prostitution, poverty etc.
And because HH has impressive progressive ideas majority Zambians are for him until 2031+ . Otherwise you are free to continue with your…. because “pa nsaka tapabula chipuba.”