Since arriving in power in August, Hakainde Hichilema, dubbed "HH", has presented himself as a president willing to fight to get the country back on its feet. The son of poor cattle farmers, he went into business before becoming a liberal politician and later head of the United Party for National Development (UPND) in 2006. The new president was highly critical of the Patriotic Front's handling of state affairs over the past ten years, arguing that his predecessor Edgar Lungu's five-year rule saw
