Campaigning was winding up Wednesday on the eve of Zambia's tightly fought presidential and legislative elections dominated by economic hardships.
Danny Yenga , a parliamentary candidate for the ruling Patriotic Front of the incumbent President Edgar Lungu throws a paigne printed with the picture of the president Lungu during a campaign parade in Lusaka, on August 10, 2021. – Zambians will decide On August 12, 2021, whether to re-elect President Edgar Lungu after the country’s worst economic performance in decades and a crackdown on dissent that has raised fears of unrest in the southern African country.
All together, 16 candidates are vying for the top job, but the vote is forecast to be a two-horse race between the incumbent and his nemesis, Hakainde Hichilema, who is running for a sixth time backed by an alliance of 10 parties. Hichilema delivered his final address Wednesday, broadcast from the patio of his secluded pale yellow residence surrounded by manicured lawns in southeastern Lusaka.“Our country is going into elections… which should result in a change of government,” Hichilema said, standing confidently behind a wooden podium in a suit and light blue shirt unbuttoned at the neck.
Hichilema’s United Party for National Development party has targeted poorer neighbourhoods, where rising living costs and disillusionment have fuelled growing support for the opposition.“To earn a living as a youth has become a hassle,” said 27-year-old Matero resident Teddy Kandundu during a musical motorcade in Lusaka’s densely populated Matero township.
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