Sat, 17 Jun 2017 11:01:03 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU SOME church mother bodies have demanded for the release of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. They have charged that Zambia was now eminently qualified to be branded a dictatorship under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu. Speaking at a joint press briefing in Lusaka yesterday, Catholic Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu said State House had denied the church mother bodies access to President Lungu, hence their resolve to issue a public statement and declare the country a dictatorship. The three mother churches included the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) and the Evangelical Fellowship in Zambia (EFZ). “It is in that spirit that we have for several weeks engaged State House officials and sought an appointment to meet President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. “Our aim was to bring to his attention some issues that are of great concern to the Church. Now that we […]
