The UPND says Zambia needs a president with economic background.

The United Party for National Development UPND in Eastern Province says that time has come for their leader to become the country’s president.
UPND Provincial Chairperson, Paul Thole says that it clear that the country’s economy is in shambles and can only be salvaged by a president who has a business background.
Mr. Thole charged that the country now needs to concentrate on improving the economy since presidents with law background have failed to give Zambians a new constitution.
He says that electricity load shedding, poor performance of the Kwacha against other convertible currencies and high foreign debt is too much for ordinary Zambians to contain.
Mr. Thole says that it is important for Zambians to vote for Hakainde Hichilema in next year’s general election if they want to see change.
Meanwhile Mr. Thole has appealed to the provincial administration to intervene in a matter, where the district commissioner’s office in Mambwe has blacklisted disabled people who attended a UPND meeting in January this year.
He says that government should not discriminate any particular grouping for political reasons because they are also Zambians.