quality roads then let us at least support that which we can see with our own eyes.

There are no huge public national nvestment projects, anywhere on Earth, that are done without borrowing, either through domestic or foreign loans. Govts borrow by issuing Govt bonds that have to be paid off when they become mature. Even so called “rich” countries undertake their development the same way. Sometimes even wars have been financed by Govt Bonds in the past. Check out the history of how the United States financed a portion of their WW2 expenses by selling/issuing Govt Bonds to ordinary Americans, institutions, and companies. So borrowing in order to fund huge National projects is not new nor unique to Zambia….the question is what we do with borrowed money.

And the portion of the highway between Ndola and Lusaka has NOT yet been worked on or expanded since the colonial times. Any works done on that part of the highway were simply to make repairs. The loan to start and complete that portion has been demagogued to death by the very people on here who complaining about the state of the road. I have not driven on the Chingola/Mufurira portions of the highway, but I have driven on the Kitwe/Ndola road on my recent visit home and the quality is acceptable. And judging by the video, the quality of the Chingola/Mufurira road doesn’t look that bad either. So if you want more…