Thu, 13 Jul 2017 10:26:02 +0000 By Augustin Phiri A WEEK after President Edgar Lungu laid bare a precarious situation requiring emergency action, another has surfaced which equally requires taking similar measures to nip it in the bud. My dear countrymen and women, standing from the stand point of credible and authentic information, most marriages in Zambia are on fire and unless stringent measures are taken quickly to check this sad situation, the country’s development agenda could be exposed to danger. To aggravate this depressing situation, the men and women in robes, especially those who sit at high tables in local courts, are busy dissolving the blazing marriages daily instead of quenching the fire. These officers of the bar are invalidating institutions of marriage with impunity and in total disregard to the Biblical decree which stipulates in no uncertain terms that “what God has put together, let no man put asunder.” And yet, although these […]
