Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:27:41 +0000 By ROGERS KALERO MOST clergymen were more interested in receiving money from politicians at the expense of preaching the right message of upholding peace, love and unity in diversity, Bishop Aaron Phiri of the Brethren Evangelism Ministries, has told the Commission of Inquiry on Voting Patterns and Electoral Violence. Bishop Phiri told the Commission of Inquiry that failure by the church to preach the right message on how political players should conduct themselves during and after elections led to the sad voting patterns and violence. Making a submission before commission chairperson Munalula Lisimba, Bishop Phiri said the church was to be blamed for the rise in violence and voting patterns experienced in the country because, apart from getting interested in receiving money from politicians, other clergymen took a partisan stance. “As a church, we were more interested in receiving money from politicians than preaching the message of unity […]
