The UPND presidential candidate has said Central Province sits at the heart of our nation and we must seize the opportunity to develop it as a vibrant trade and transport hub.
Speaking at campaigns in Kapiri Mposhi, Keembe and Chishamba in Central Province, Mr.Hichilema said the UPND would like to see the area become a hive of activity, with raw products being turned into finished products locally and then transported across the Southern, Eastern and Central African regions.He said this is how we can both create and safeguard jobs, as well as pushing back our economic growth to levels of 7% and more, from the 3% PF has reduced us to.
The UPND 10 Point Plan supports this vision through its umbrella commitments to advancing agriculture, increasing business competitiveness and providing a stable and consistent policy environment.
Mr.Hichilema said central province is a rich area for agriculture but to deliver on its potential we need to address the challenges farmers are currently facing in keeping their costs low. He said UPND knows business and knows how to negotiate and UPND will make it a priority to revisit fertiliser and seed contracts to bring these prices down. He said UPND will also support those investing in productivity saving measures by giving them access to cheap loans.
Mr.Hichilema told the people to ask themselves when they eat chicken and chips if the potatoes grown in Serenje are any less good as the potatoes grown in South Africa. The answer he said is no meaning there is an opportunity here for Zambia to connect its farmers to the markets and develop a cottage industry where their potatoes are sliced and partly cooked.
He said UPND want to support people to transform whatever they grow, from raw cotton to cotton seed oil, from raw soybeans to soy oil and soy cake, and from raw maize to mealie meal and maize bran.
Mr. Hichilema said Central Province can be the hub for these value-added goods to be traded and distributed across the country and the region, creating jobs in the agro-processing industry, as well as in transport and logistics. By exporting to the region Zambia could increase our market and can double or even triple the number of jobs created.
If Zambia is a land-linked country, what are the links if not the roads that you have been condemning, Mr President? Doesn’t it make sense then to prioritize road construction and maintenance, per PF agenda?
ZAMBIA COULD HAVE BEEN TARRED WITH ALL THE MONEY THAT THESE THIEVES HAVE STOLEN through the Road projects – What we HAVE BEEN CONDEMNING HAS BEEN THE TOTALLY INFLATED COSTS, a RUSE , TO STEAL WITH IMPUNITY!!!
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