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- WHEN EVERYONE COULD DARE TO DREAM OF THE FREEDOM
TO CHOOSE THEIR DESTINY
- WHEN THE YOKE OF COLONIALISM COULD FINALLY BE CAST
ASIDE
- WHEN THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW BEGINNING FOR A NEW
NATION COULD BE LAID DOWN FIRMLY WITH EAGER AND
DETERMINED HANDS.
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PERIOD OF ONE-PARTY RULE. IT WAS A TIME WHEN THE BEST
INTENTIONS PRODUCED RESULTS THAT LIMITED THE
INDIVIDUAL’S DRIVE TO EXCEL IN HIS OR HER OWN THOUGHTS
AND ASPIRATIONS. FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND WITH THE BEST
INTENTIONS, WE DID THE WRONG THING. AFTER EIGHTEEN
YEARS THIS PATH WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED AND WE RE-
EMBRACED MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY. BUT AGAIN, AND IN SPITE
OF THE BEST INTENTIONS, RE-EMBRACING MULTIPARTY POLITICS
TOOK SOME GETTING USED TO AND ENDED UP PRODUCING SOME
UNWELCOME RESULTS. WE DID NOT FULLY EMBRACE THE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT SHOULD HAVE ACCOMPANIED THE PURSUIT
OF OUR RIGHTS. POWER BECAME A GOAL IN ITSELF RATHER
THAN A MEANS TO AN END. PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE MAJORITY DEFINED THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN US.
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- DEATH AND DISEASE KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF EVERY
HOUSEHOLD THAT IS UNABLE TO AFFORD DRUGS TO TREAT
COMPLICATED AS WELL AS COMMON AILMENTS
- POOR FEEDER ROADS CONSTRAIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- FLOODING AND RELATED DISEASES LIKE CHOLERA OCCUR
EVERY RAINY SEASON IN HIGH DENSITY AREAS WITH NO
SOLUTION IN SIGHT
- CONSTANT DISRUPTIONS IN ENERGY AND FUEL SUPPLIES
HAVE BECOME AN ACCEPTED PART OF BUSINESS AND DAILY
LIVING
- EMPLOYMENT REMAINS ELUSIVE FOR THE MANY
INCLUDING OUR YOUTH AND THE NATION’S SCHOOL-
LEAVERS
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WHETHER TO EMBRACE OR REJECT A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE;
WHETHER TO EMBRACE OR REJECT A CULTURE OF INSULTS.
EACH OF US CAN DECIDE TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT
BECOMES CLEAR TO US THAT OUR ACTION CAN MAKE A POSITIVE
DIFFERENCE. WE CANNOT TAKE SATISFACTION IN BLAMING
CORRUPTION AND INTOLERANCE ON OUR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
WHEN IN OUR VERY OWN HOMES; IN OUR VERY OWN
WORKPLACES, IN OUR CHURCHES AND SOCIAL COMMUNITIES, WE
REMAIN SMALL DICTATORS THAT REJECT CORRECTION AND WISE
COUNSEL FROM THE PEOPLE AROUND US WHO SEE OUR FAULTS
ALL TOO CLEARLY. WHEN WE OURSELVES LIE TO, STEAL FROM
AND CHEAT ONE ANOTHER DAILY.
A NEW BEGINNING
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- EVERY GRANDMOTHER THAT DREAMS OF A BETTER LIFE
FOR HER ORPHANED GRANDCHILDREN LEFT HOMELESS BY
THE RAVAGES OF LIFE IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS FAILED TO
ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE VULNERABLE
- EVERY NEGLECTED OR ABUSED CHILD THAT LONGS FOR A
CARING HOME AS HE OR SHE WANDERS FROM STREET TO
STREET SEEKING SAFETY FROM A CRUEL WORLD
- EVERY HARDWORKING MINER, WHO WANTS A BIGGER
SHARE OF THE PIE WHILE HE SWEATS AND LABOURS FOR
INVESTORS IN FOREIGN CAPITALS YET IS NOT ABLE TO
PROVIDE A DECENT WAY OF LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY
- EVERY SECURITY GUARD WHO LONGS TO ACQUIRE A HOUSE
AND IS FORCED TO LIVE ON A MEAGRE SALARY WHILE
PROTECTING PROPERTY HE OR SHE CAN NEVER HOPE TO
OWN
- EVERY RURAL DWELLER THAT YEARNS FOR THE TIMELY
DELIVERY OF FARMING INPUTS BUT HAS NO DECENT FEEDER
ROAD TO HIS OR HER COMMUNITY LIMITING THE CHANCE
FOR PROGRESS
- EVERY FAMILY MEMBER THAT SEEKS A LONG LIFE FOR ITS
LOVED ONES BUT HAS TO ENDURE THE UNBEARABLE NEWS
OF YET ANOTHER FATAL BUT PREVENTABLE ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT
- EVERY POLICE OFFICER THAT WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT
THING BUT HAS TO FIGHT THE URGE TO TAKE A BRIBE WHEN
EVERY INCLINATION WITHIN OUR SOCIETY EXPECTS HIM OR
HER TO DO SO
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- EVERY HARD-WORKING NURSE, DOCTOR, TEACHER THAT
WANTS TO HAVE A DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING AND TO
BE RESPECTED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO
- EVERY SENIOR CITIZEN WHOSE MEAGRE PENSION HAS BEEN
COMPREHENSIVELY ERODED BY INFLATION – IF HE OR SHE IS
LUCKY ENOUGH TO EVEN HAVE A PENSION IN THE FIRST
PLACE
- EVERY ONE OF OUR YOUTH THAT DREAMS OF GREATNESS
BUT LEAVES SCHOOL WITH NO HOPE OF A DECENT JOB,
HAVING DEPENDED ON AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT
COULD NEVER HAVE PREPARED THEM WELL ENOUGH FOR
THE LIFE AHEAD
VALUE-BASED CHANGE
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- WE MUST SEEK TO GO BEYOND CHANGE
- WE MUST SEEK A NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
- WE MUST DARE TO DREAM OF A DESTINATION FOR OUR
NATION THAT EXCEEDS THE WILDEST IMAGINATION OF
WHAT KIND OF PLACE IT CAN BE.
AND WE MUST REJECT THE IDEA THAT WE ARE TOO CLEAN AND
POLITICS TOO DIRTY; THAT SOME OF US ARE TOO ELITIST TO
FIGHT FOR THE COMMON MAN. WE SHOULD REJECT THE IDEA
THAT WE CAN’T SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE CORRUPTION AND THAT
THE PEOPLE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GIVE IN TO IT. TODAY IS
THE DAY THAT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CHARACTER MUST BE
DUG UP AND LAID ANEW. TODAY, IS THE DAY WE MUST STAND UP
AND BE COUNTED FOR THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA. TODAY IS THE
DAY WE DEFINE A NEW HOPE FOR OUR NATION, TO RESTORE ITS
FORTUNES AND MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN.
NAREP
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COMPASSION AND HOPE NOT JUST TO OUR PEOPLE AND TO THE
CONTINENT OF AFRICA BUT TO THE WORLD, ESTABLISHING A
NATION IN WHICH QUALITY HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL ZAMBIANS AS THEY
ASPIRE TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
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CITIES AND TOWNS AND TRAIN OUR CIVIL SERVANTS TO THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY WILL BE TRUE
AND EFFICIENT SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE. WITHIN 90 DAYS WE
WILL LAUNCH OUR MANIFESTO SETTING OUT HOW THESE GOALS
WILL BE ACHIEVED.
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RELEVANT ONLY TO THEIR LEADERSHIP. THEY HAVE
ABANDONED THE VERY COMMUNITIES FOR WHICH THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO EXIST. INDEED, POLITICAL PARTIES NO LONGER
SEEM RELEVANT TO CREATING MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN
PEOPLE’S LIVES. THEY HAVE NOT CREATED A TOLERANT
POLITICAL CLIMATE. THEY POSSESS LIMITED VISION AND HAVE
FAILED TO INSPIRE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGENCE OF
YOUTHFUL, ENERGETIC AND PEOPLE-CENTRED LEADERSHIP.
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THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT POLITICS HAS LARGELY BECOME AN
INDUSTRY THAT RELATIVELY FEW PARTICIPATE IN FOR
THEMSELVES UNDER THE FALSE EXPLANATION THAT THEY ARE
DOING IT FOR PEOPLE. IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT MANY
ORPHANS LIVING IN HIGH DENSITY COMMUNITIES SEE HOPE ONLY
IN CIVIC GROUPS THAT DO A COMMENDABLE JOB IN KEEPING
THEM HOUSED, FED, CLOTHED AND EDUCATED. THIS IS WHY THE
MAJORITY OF ZAMBIANS SUCH AS THOSE LIVING IN THE RURAL
AREAS OF EVERY P ROVINCE – HAVING BEEN NEGLECTED FOR FAR
TOO LONG – FEEL THAT THE PROMISES OF POLITICIANS ARE
MEANINGLESS. THEY NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT POLITICS CAN
MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES. THEY NEED TO FEEL
THAT SOMEONE CARES ENOUGH ABOUT THEM TO DELIVER ON
THE EXPECTATIONS THAT EVERY ZAMBIAN IS ENTITLED TO HAVE.
THIS IS WHY THE CLERGY FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK OUT
AGAINST THE INJUSTICES PERPETRATED BY LEADERSHIP
INTOXICATED WITH STATE POWER. UNDERSTANDING THE
COMPASSION OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH SHOULD NEVER SIT IDLY
BY AS IT STRIVES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE VULNERABLE.
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GRATUITIES THEY WILL NOW EARN WITH LITTLE REGARD TO THE
IMPACT ON THE NATION’S LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
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AS NAREP, WE WILL ALWAYS REJECT SELF-INTEREST AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE NATION. WE WILL RESTORE PRIDE IN HARD
WORK. WE WILL ENSURE ADHERENCE TO ACCOUNTABILITY. WE
WILL UNDERTAKE OUR DUTY WITH DETERMINATION AND
COMMITMENT. WE WILL RESPECT THOSE THAT WENT BEFORE US.
WE WILL CHALLENGE AND CRITICISE THE DECISIONS OF OUR
OPPONENTS WHEN THEY GO WRONG BUT WE WILL NEVER INSULT
THEM.
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- WE WILL ALWAYS ASK YOU TO REMIND US OF OUR VALUES
AND TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO THEM AT ALL TIMES
AND NOT ONLY DURING ELECTIONS
- WE WILL PROMOTE A STRONG, VIBRANT, COMMITTED AND
FULLY INDEPENDENT PRESS UNDERSTANDING AND
ACCEPTING THAT SUCH FREEDOM ALLOWS THEM TO BE AS
HARSH AS NECESSARY TO US TO MAKE US REALISE THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK FOR THE PEOPLE
- WE WILL MAKE ALL OF OUR ACTIONS AS TRANSPARENT AS
POSSIBLE
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ZAMBIA, ONE IN WHICH ALL OF US ARE HARDWORKING; ALL OF
US ARE SACRIFICIAL; ALL OF US ARE TOLERANT, FORWARD
LOOKING AND RESPONSIBLE. FOR THE NATION TO TRULY
CHANGE AND BE TRANSFORMED, EVERYONE MUST PLAY A ROLE.
WE HAVE ONLY ONE ZAMBIA AND THE SPIRIT OF OUR NATION IS
GRIEVING; ITS SOUL IS DOWNCAST AS IT LOOKS OUT TO A DARK
HORIZON.
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YET NO MATTER HOW DARK THE NIGHT, THE MORNING WILL
COME. TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE TIME IS TOO SHORT OR
THAT SOME AUTHORITY CAN DOUSE THE FLAME OF HOPE
BURNING IN OUR HEARTS I SAY THIS: THE RACE IS NOT TO THE
SWIFT, NOR IS THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG BUT TIME AND
CHANCE HAPPEN TO THEM ALL. GOD IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE FOR US,
INFINITELY MORE THAT WE CAN ASK OR IMAGINE.
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· TO OUR MOTHERS AND SISTERS AND TO OUR DAUGHTERS;
YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CHANGE FROM THE
DAYS OF OLD, WE APPEAL TO YOU TO CONTINUE IN YOUR
EFFORTS AND TO WORK WITH US TOWARDS A BRIGHTER
DAY.
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