President Hakainde Hichilema has requested parliamentary approval to restructure Zambia’s government ministries, invoking Article 92(2)(d) of the constitution, which provides for the establishment, merger and dissolution of ministries with National Assembly approval. Vice President W.K. Mutale-Nalumango is expected to move the motion in the House.
State House said the realignment is intended to make government more efficient, shape the structure of the public service around the priorities of the Grow Zambia Agenda and improve service delivery, as Zambia moves from macroeconomic stabilisation toward growth, industrialisation, private investment and job creation. The president called on members of parliament to support the realignment, describing it as in the best interest of the country.
The agenda the structure is being built around carries large physical targets, among them 10,000 megawatts of electricity generation, 10 million metric tonnes of maize production, five million tourists, three million metric tonnes of annual copper production and one billion dollars in beef exports. Copper is the binding one for markets: Zambia’s output path toward three million tonnes is a central assumption in global copper supply forecasts, and which ministry owns mining, energy and investment promotion after the realignment will shape permitting and power supply for the mines.
What is not yet known is the map itself. State House has not disclosed which ministries would be created, merged or dissolved, and the motion’s debate is where those details become public. Until parliament approves, nothing has changed: this is a request for approval, not a restructuring in force.