FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 13th May 2025
ZAWAPA CONDEMNS VICE PRESIDENT NALUMANGO’S REMARKS AS AN ADMISSION OF FAILURE — CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION

NDOLA, Zambia – The Zawapa – Zambia wake-up Party  is deeply disturbed and outraged by the recent statement made by Her Honour the Vice President, Mrs. Mutale Nalumango, in which she declared that Zambians will remain poor even after the UPND government is removed from office.

As Secretary General of ZAWAPA, I, Reverend Gabriel Muyembe, wish to make it unequivocally clear that such a statement is not only a betrayal of the public trust—it is a direct admission of failure by the UPND administration. If the Vice President and her government have lost faith in their ability to uplift the Zambian people, then they no longer have any moral or political right to remain in power.

This defeatist and careless remark is evidence that the current leadership has completely run out of ideas, out of empathy, and out of touch with the reality of ordinary citizens. How can a sitting Vice President look the Zambian people in the eye and declare that their suffering is permanent—even under a new government? That is not leadership; it is surrender.

Leadership is about accountability and responsibility. When you admit that you have failed, the honourable thing to do is step aside and allow those with vision, energy, and compassion to lead.