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Cost of Living Pressures Impacting Voter Sentiment in Zambia

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  • On 13 August, more than eight million registered voters will get the chance to choose a president and a new parliament.
  • When he took office in 2021, Zambia was in debt distress and had been failing to make its payments.
  • The cost of living, I cannot say is okay,” says Given Kangwa, a 27-year-old flour-mill worker standing in Lusaka City Market.
  • Macroeconomic gains matter less than the cost of cooking oil, for example, which has risen by more than 70% over the past five years.
  • Yet what many expected to be a relatively straightforward contest this time has been reshaped by Lungu’s death, the late surge of opposition challenger Brian Mundubile, persistent cost of living pressures and questions.

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The dominant conversation on street corners and in minibus taxis is the cost of living. Zambia has not been spared from the worldwide pressures of high food and energy prices that followed the pandemic and subsequent geopolitical shocks.

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