Minisitiri w’imari wa Zambiya, Bwalya Ng'andu, aherutse kuvuga ko guverinoma ya Zambiya idashaka kwigarurira amasosiyete menshi acukura amabuye y'agaciro kandi ko idafite gahunda yo guhuza igihugu ubucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro.
Mu myaka ibiri ishize, guverinoma yaguze igice cy’ubucuruzi bwaho bwa Glencore na Vedanta Limited.Mu ijambo rye mu Kuboza gushize, Perezida Lungu yavuze ko guverinoma yizeye “gutunga imigabane myinshi” mu birombe bitamenyekanye, ibyo bikaba byateje impungenge abaturage ku bijyanye n’umuvuduko mushya w’ubwenegihugu.Ni muri urwo rwego, Gandu yavuze ko amagambo ya Perezida Lungu atumviswe kandi ko guverinoma itazigera ifata ku gahato andi masosiyete acukura amabuye y'agaciro cyangwa ngo ayashyire mu bikorwa.
Zambiya yahuye n’amasomo ababaza mu gihugu cy’igihugu cy’ibirombe mu kinyejana gishize, kandi umusaruro wagabanutse cyane, amaherezo bituma leta ihagarika politiki mu myaka ya za 90.Nyuma yo kwegurira abikorera ku giti cyabo, umusaruro w’ibirombe wikubye gatatu.Ijambo rya Gandu rishobora koroshya impungenge z’abashoramari, barimo Quantum Mining Co., Ltd. na Barrick Gold.