🇿🇲 WHY THE TONSE ALLIANCE COMMITMENTS SIGNAL A NEW ERA FOR ZAMBIA 🇿🇲
By Gillan Mubanga
The massive turnout at the Tonse Alliance rally in Kabwe—on a working day, no less—is a clear signal that the status quo is no longer sustainable! Citizens are hungry for genuine economic freedom, structural reforms, and the restoration of our fundamental liberties.
As a political activist, I closely monitored Alliance President Brian Mundubile’s address. What we heard was a serious, comprehensive policy framework that tackles the root causes of our current national struggles.
Here is my breakdown of the key commitments made today and why they matter for Zambia’s future:
1. Restoring Human Rights & Democratic Integrity
Protecting Civil Liberties:
A firm commitment to safeguarding freedom of expression, assembly, and movement. Reviewing restrictive Cyber Security laws will be a massive victory for open civic space.
Dignity in Leadership: Setting a mature political precedent by pledging full honor, dignity, and state protection for President Hakainde Hichilema once he becomes a former Head of State.
: Ending partisan blockades by opening up the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to all Zambians. Contracts will go to local enterprises based on merit, not party affiliation.
⛏️ Resource Equity & Youth Formalization
Reclaiming Public Assets:
Returning the “Black Mountain” and mineral assets to the youth, turning a marginalized demographic into key economic players.
Empowerment over Harassment: A strict policy to stop deploying state police and military forces to harass small-scale miners
Supply Chain Support:
The Ministry of Mines will facilitate legal mining licenses, safe equipment, and state-backed aggregators to guarantee financing and market access for minerals like manganese, copper and sugilite.
🌾 Agricultural Security & Local Industrialization
Protecting Our Farmers:
Guaranteeing cash payments to maize farmers within exactly 30 days of delivery, combined with a total overhaul of the FISP input distribution.
Reviving Kabwe’s Economy:
Revitalizing Mulungushi Textiles by linking it to local cotton out-grower schemes, bringing manufacturing jobs back to Central Province.
Stimulating Local Commerce: Returning critical public procurement streams, such as the Zambia Correctional Service purchasing contracts, back to Kabwe to boost local traders.
💼 Labor Dignity & Public Sector Reform
Merit-Based Public Service:
Abolishing the compromised centralized recruitment database in favor of a transparent, merit-based hiring system for civil servants.
Delivering for Teachers:
Resolving long-overdue promotions and status upgrades for more than 50,000 qualified teachers left behind.
Fair Standards for Drivers: Introducing sector-specific minimum wages for truck, bus, and ride-hailing (Yango) drivers, alongside an innovative “Drive-to-Own” asset-building scheme.
🔌 Prioritizing Domestic Energy & Welfare
Zambia First Energy Policy: Restoring economic stability by immediately halting electricity exports until our local businesses and domestic consumers have a reliable, uninterrupted power supply.
NAPSA Flexibility:
Restructuring pension access to allow workers more flexibility and better access to lump-sum payouts when they need them most.
🚀 Institutionalizing the Future Economy
The Modern Workforce:
Establishing dedicated Ministries for both the Creative Arts and the Digital Economy to finally formalize and monetize the talents of our artists, content creators, and tech innovators.
State House Accountability:
Creating a Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Unit under direct presidential oversight to ensure these promises transform into measurable, trackable jobs.
Re establish the ministry of chiefs and religious affairs :
This will restore the respect and dignity of traditional leaders and promote genuine engagement with the church as a partner in development.
The message from Kabwe is unmistakable: the road to 2026 is paved with a demand for accountability, economic justice, and institutional reform. It is time to put Zambians first! 🇿🇲✊
You don’t count your chicks before the eggs are hatched is a good saying that should be in the minds of those aspiring to lead this great nation called Zambia. The late Anderson Kambela Muzoka started making a shadow cabinet in the Midst of the final results and ended up crying and the same story happened to the fifth President King Cobra Michael Sata who thought he was going to have a white wash but tables turned against him. I’m seeing this trend happening to Tonse and it’s alliance partners, they should not be very much convinced of victory.. HH has done wonders in the country side.
