WE welcome Thursday’s meeting between President Edgar Lungu and the church mother bodies at State House because it is a positive build up to a trouble-free election period heading to the August 12 polls.Leaders of the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), Evangelical Fellowship of Zamba (EFZ) and the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) were at State House to underscore their commitment to dialogue and working with Government for the benefit of Zambians.Among the church leaders at the meeting were ZCCB president Archbishop Ignatius Chama, and CCZ president Bishop Sauros Phaika.Others were CCZ vice president Bishop Charles Nsemani, CCZ secretary-general Emmanuel Chikoya, Bishop Andrew Mwenda, and EFZ executive director, Fr. Cleophas Lungu, the ZCCB secretary-general.President Lungu said after the closed door meeting that there was need for political players and the church to work together to ensure Zambia remains peaceful before, during and after the general elections.What is paramount about the meeting is that […]
POSITIVE BUILD UP
