By SIMON MUNTEMBAPRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged the clergy in Zambia to take a leading role in promoting peace in the country before, during and after the general elections next year.President Lungu said the church must remind those threatening violence of the devastating consequences of their words and actions.According to a statement by special assistant for press and public relations, Isaac Chipampe, the Head of State said this in Lusaka yesterday when he met with the United Church of Zambia synod Bishop Reverend Sydney Sichilima.“Things won’t be good if we start hacking each other and saying there will be fire. If you as clergy you start giving audience to the people and they start saying such things, ask them what they mean,” President Lungu said.Our role as Government, on the other hand, he said, is to ensure there is law and order in the country and acts like what happened in Muchinga Province where political […]
Promote Peace, Lungu urges clergy
