IT will not do the state any good to continue attempts to gag free expression of citizens, especially those who are outspoken, or want to express opinion on matters deemed to be of public interest.It is not a secret that the cost of living has risen and many families are struggling to provide three meals per day. Or that load shedding has negatively affected small scale and medium enterprises. Or indeed that patients continue finding no medicines in hospitals despite government assurances.In this particular case, the Emeritus Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says attempts by the State House and Cabinet Office to have him disown and discredit the Our Civic Duty Association (OCIDA) statement released to the media last week will not succeed because “what I have written, I have written.”This is hardly surprising, because the Archbishop has always been outspoken on issues of public interest. As a clergy, it is his calling to serve humanity, it […]
LET PEOPLE SPEAK FREELY
