Mịnịsta na-ahụ maka ego na Zambia Bwalya Ng'andu kwuru n'oge na-adịbeghị anya na gọọmentị Zambia ebughị n'obi weghara ụlọ ọrụ ndị na-egwupụta akụ na ụba ọzọ na enweghị atụmatụ ime ka ụlọ ọrụ na-egwupụta akụ na ụba mba.
N'ime afọ abụọ gara aga, gọọmentị enwetala akụkụ nke azụmahịa mpaghara nke Glencore na Vedanta Limited.N'okwu ya na Disemba gara aga, Onye isi ala Lungu kwuru na gọọmentị na-atụ anya "ịnweta ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu" na ogbunigwe ndị a na-akọwaghị, nke kpalitere nchegbu ọha na eze banyere ọgba aghara ọhụrụ nke mba.N'okwu a, Gandu kwuru na a ghọtahiere okwu Onye isi ala Lungu na gọọmentị agaghị eji ike weghara ụlọ ọrụ ndị ọzọ na-egwupụta akụ ma ọ bụ mebie ha mba.
Zambia enwetala nkuzi na-egbu mgbu na nhazi nke ogbunigwe na narị afọ gara aga, mmepụta agbadala nke ukwuu, nke mechara mee ka gọọmentị kagbuo amụma na 1990s.Ka emechara nkeonwe, mmepụta nke m ji okpukpu atọ karịa.Okwu Gandu nwere ike belata nchegbu nke ndị investors, gụnyere First Quantum Mining Co., Ltd. na Barrick Gold.