This article is aimed at raising awareness about the
existence of political abuse among the old people in Zambia. It is
also aimed at extending literature on elder abuse. The article
which is based on empirical evidence from Kalulu Rural District of
Zambia argues that elder abuse does not only take place through
physical, financial/material, emotional/psychological, and sexual
abuses of the older people or through neglect as widely reported in
the available literature on elder abuse, but also takes place
politically. The article further argues that since ageing is a
normal process of human life which every human being expects to go
through, and given the fact that the world is moving towards
population ageing, evidence of political abuse among some old
people in Kalulu should be taken seriously and immediate concerted
efforts should be put in place to stop it. This is because it has
serious negative implications on the national development of Zambia
and the tenets of democracy that the people of Zambia and the whole
world are trying to promote. The causes of political abuse in
Kalulu, policy implications on how to address political abuse in
Kalulu as well as implications for future research are also
provided.
Key words: older people; elder abuse;
political abuse; Zambia