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.