By Esther Chisola
UPND Alliance chairperson Charles Milupi says the UPND is confident of winning the 2026 general elections because people know the difficulties they have come from.
And Milupi, who is also Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development minister has accused the opposition of offering propaganda as opposed to checks and balances to the ruling party.
In an interview with Daily Revelation over the weekend, Milupi said the country should wait for 2026, noting that the UPND were getting vibes that were making it possible for them to win the by-elections.
“Wait for 2026. Because the vibes we are getting, that is why we are winning all these by-elections because the way the people look at things is not the way these politicians are also looking at things,” he said.
Milupi said the opposition were expected to come up with alternative plans and not rely on propaganda.
“These politicians are bent on propaganda to make things look very bad for this government, but the people on the ground are appreciating what is happening,” he said.
Asked if the UPND was optimistic about scooping the 2026 general election, he responded in the affirmative.
“We are confident. We are very confident but that confidence is on the basis of what we have done. People know the difficulties we have come from. They know the good things we have done and they know our future plans,” he said.
Milupi further accused the opposition of being disconnected from what was happening on the ground, stressing that the only thing the opposition had were their bad records.
“With the opposition, all they have is their bad record and they are not saying how they are going to improve things going forward. We are not hearing from them. That’s why I’m saying there is a disconnect between what the opposition is pushing as propaganda and what is happening on the ground,” said Milupi. “That is why they will go nowhere. They have no alternative plans, they are just spilling out falsehoods in the hope that they will win. They are not even defending themselves. They are just saying you are equally corrupt and oh you are worse. That is not the way to defend yourself.”