In this opinion article, Hon. Sunday Chanda calls on Zambia to leave campaign mode behind and unite around the work of national development.
Key takeaways
- Zambia must move from election mode to delivery mode and turn political mandates into visible improvements in public services and livelihoods.
- The immediate national agenda includes roads, hospitals, agriculture, youth opportunity, worker welfare, environmental protection and stronger institutions.
- Political disagreement should produce constructive criticism and practical solutions, while government success should be acknowledged.
- Healing, reconciliation and national unity are essential if Zambia is to concentrate its energy on development.
Zambia cannot afford to live in perpetual campaign mode. Elections are important, but elections are not development. The people have spoken. It is now time to work.
The work before us
There are roads to build and hospitals to improve. Farmers need support. Young people need opportunity. Workers need protection. Our environment must be preserved and our institutions strengthened.
These are not campaign slogans. They are the daily tests by which citizens judge whether public leadership is improving their lives.
From election mode to delivery mode
We have targets to meet in mining, agriculture, education, health and other sectors. We have provincial economies to build, workers’ welfare to improve and a duty to create a better life for all, irrespective of political affiliation, tribe or region.
The election result settles who governs. The next task is to translate that mandate into delivery that people can see in their communities, workplaces, schools, clinics and businesses.
A larger national ambition
Let us channel our collective thinking and energy into building Zambia. We should look to countries such as South Korea for inspiration and dare ourselves to surpass them. That should be the conversation, the ambition and the national obsession.
Zambia’s future will not be secured by permanent political combat. It will be built by a country that sets demanding goals, measures progress honestly and keeps working when the campaign crowds have gone home.
Support government, demand results
Let us give President Hakainde Hichilema the support and space he needs to govern and deliver on the mandate entrusted to him by the Zambian people.
Support does not mean silence. Where we disagree, let us offer constructive criticism. Where Government succeeds, let us acknowledge it. Where more needs to be done, let us contribute solutions.
A confident democracy makes room for both accountability and cooperation. Zambia needs a public conversation that tests ideas without treating every disagreement as an enemy action.
Healing must follow the vote
We must now choose healing over hatred, reconciliation over revenge and development over perpetual political confrontation.
We can disagree politically and still love the same country. Our affiliations should not become barriers to working together on the problems that affect every household and every province.
One Zambia. One Nation. One People.
The election is over. Let us heal. Let us unite. Let us get back to work.
One Zambia. One Nation. One People.
Let us rise and build.
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