Zambia’s road rehabilitation push, led by Chinese state-linked firms in multi-billion kwacha deals for the Livingstone–Sesheke and Chipata–Lundazi corridors, raises concerns over transparency, local capacity building, and debt sustainability, as critics highlight absent timelines, weak accountability, and recurring dependency on foreign contractors with limited local participation. With election-year sensitivities and ongoing debt restructuring, scrutiny is mounting over procurement practices and the real long-term value of these high-cost infrastructure promises.