Cabinet Secretary Kangwa Orders Civil Servants To Deliver Hichilema's 10-10-5-3-3-1-1-1 Growth Targets

LUSAKA — Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has told Zambia's most senior civil servants that implementing the Grow Zambia Agenda is now their direct, non-negotiable responsibility, not a slogan to be left to politicians. Addressing the Eighth Senior Public Service Management Conference in Lusaka, held under the theme "Grow Zambia Agenda: Setting the Tone," Kangwa directed Permanent Secretaries and other senior officials to take a leading role in hitting the targets President Hakainde Hichilema set out at his second-term inauguration on 1 September: 10 million tonnes of maize, 10,000 megawatts of installed electricity capacity, 5 million tourist arrivals, 3 million tonnes each of copper and soya beans, 1 million tonnes each of wheat and sugar, and $1 billion in beef export revenue, all by 2031. Zambians have shorthanded the plan 10-10-5-3-3-1-1-1. Kangwa said strategic human capital development was not a supporting function of the agenda but the engine that converts ambitions into tangible service delivery outcomes, and reaffirmed that government's overriding aim remains reducing the cost of living and expanding household welfare, not just hitting production numbers. He also challenged businesses to expand output, strengthen local supply chains and create jobs, and said government would keep working with the private sector to remove policy, regulatory and structural obstacles to investment. A separate explainer graphic circulated by the Ministry of Justice broke the same targets down into four pillars: economic transformation and job creation, human and social development, environmental sustainability, and good governance. Under those pillars sit specific sector goals, including universal access to electricity, formalising artisanal and small-scale mining, expanding digital identity and government services, and building four new airports alongside road, rail and hospital infrastructure. Measured against where Zambia actually stands, the eight targets are no