Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:54:47 +0000 Politicians must respect traditional ceremonies. By Bennie Mundando, Sandra Machima & Mukosela Kasalwe BEMBA Royalists and opposition leaders have commended the Bemba Royal Establishment (BRE) for blocking Chishimba Kambwili from gate-crashing at the ‘Ukusefya Pa Ng’wena ceremony’. They have been warned that this should be a big lesson to politicians that traditional ceremonies are sacred events which should not be used as platforms to propagate their hidden agenda, Chief Chikwanda has said. Commenting on the decision to bar Mr Kambwili from attending, Chief Chikwanda said he hoped political leaders had learnt a lesson that traditional ceremonies were not an avenue they could toy around with by causing political hegemony. The Bemba Royal Establishment family representative from late Mutale Chitapankwa, Kombe Mulenga has charged that Mr Kambwili had obviously wanted to compete with and disrespect President Lungu, which is the worst indiscipline a former minister could do in the […]
