The New Dawn government has recruited 34,500 additional teachers and over 14,000 health workers, with plans to recruit thousands more by the end of 2024.

The private sector is the best engine for job creation, so we have provided direct support for SMEs in the budget, as well as introducing incentives to increase investment that creates new jobs, attracting over US$37 billion in industries from mining to agriculture; energy to telecoms.

Under the New Dawn government primary and secondary education is free, every child has a desk and thousands of university bursaries have been funded using money recovered through our anti-corruption efforts.

As part of our commitment to supporting community-driven development the New Dawn government has increased the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) from K1.6 million to K30.8 million per constituency, with 20% allocated to youth and women empowerment and 20% to secondary school and skills development bursaries.

Since the New Dawn government took office, numerous officials have been arrested including several connected to the Mukula and HoneyBee scandals. Meanwhile, an audit of government payroll between 2017 and 2021 uncovered 9,800 ghost workers who were paid an estimated K7.7 million.

In 2023 Zambia’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score improved for the first time in a decade and is up from 33 points to 37, with our global ranking increasing by 18 places.