 As patriots for economic progress, we are very concerned that seven months after the UPND administration came into office, the cost of living is not showing any signs of going down. To the contrary, the cost of living has been on an upward spiral at a very, very fast pace. And we do not seem to see any tangible plans coming from the UPND administration on how they intend to address this issue of skyrocketing prices of goods and services. And the Zambian people are suffering. One of the reasons why Zambians are overwhelmingly voted for the UPND on the 12th of August 2021 is primarily because of the high cost of living that prevailed at the time and the promise from the UPND that they will reduce the cost of living. So it is unacceptable and extremely unfair to the Zambian people that the cost of living should continue to rise and the UPND administration should continue keeping quiet without providing any hope in the form of a tangible economic turnaround plan.