Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Waiwai ʻo Zambian Bwalya Ngʻandu ʻaʻole i manaʻo ke aupuni Zambian e lawe i nā ʻoihana mining hou aʻe a ʻaʻohe manaʻo e hoʻolilo i ka ʻoihana mining.
I nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa i ke aupuni kahi ʻāpana o nā ʻoihana kūloko o Glencore a me Vedanta Limited. Ma kahi haʻiʻōlelo i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba i hala, ua haʻi ʻo Pelekikena Lungu e manaʻo ke aupuni e "loaʻa ka nui o nā ʻāpana" i nā mines i hōʻike ʻole ʻia, kahi i hoʻoulu ai i nā hopohopo lehulehu e pili ana i kahi nalu hou o ka lāhui. Ma kēia mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gandu, ua kuhi hewa ʻia ka ʻōlelo a Pelekikena Lungu a ʻaʻole loa e lawe ikaika ke aupuni i nā ʻoihana mining ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻolilo i ka lāhui.
Ua ʻike ʻo Zambia i nā haʻawina ʻeha i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā mines i ke kenekulia i hala, a ua hāʻule nui ka hana, a ua alakaʻi i ke aupuni e kāpae i ke kulekele i nā makahiki 1990. Ma hope o ka privatization, ʻoi aku ka nui o kaʻu hana ma mua o ʻekolu. Hiki i nā ʻōlelo a Gandu ke hōʻoluʻolu i nā hopohopo o nā mea hoʻopukapuka, me ka First Quantum Mining Co., Ltd. a me Barrick Gold.