The year 2022 is set to mark Zambia’s 58th year of national independence, a time in which the country will look back to the several strides made in achieving national unity and economic prosperity. Yet, to look back and reflect on the poverty and inequality statistics in the country, exacerbated by alarming corruption and misuse of public resources as reported annually by the Financial Intelligence Centreand Auditor General’s Office is certainly not as pleasant a fairy-tale to remember.