The Southern Africa Centre for Constructive Resolutions of Dispute (SACCORD) has called on government to open up clear channels where matters of national interest can be addressed.
Speaking to ZANIS in an interview yesterday, SACCORD Information Officer Obby Chibuluma said the media has been one of the major platforms that stakeholders have been using to dialogue with government on matters of national interest.
Mr Chibuluma was reacting to a statement by government spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni that government will not dialogue with the church through the media as it holds them in high esteem.
He noted that the reason the Catholic Bishops had made their concerns known through the media is because it is the major dialogue platform currently in existence.
Mr Chibuluma stated that it is important for government to clearly make known the channels of communication they want to use with stakeholders.
He however said it is important to bear in mind that no matter what platform is used people still need to know that the issues affecting them are being addressed.
And Mr Chibuluma described the violence that erupted at the United Party for National Development (UPND) Kabwata rally yesterday as unfortunate.
He said that it is unfair for anyone to cause confusion at an event that took time to organize.
Confusion characterized the beginning of the much awaited UPND public rally in Lusaka’s Kabwata yesterday when some suspected Patriotic Front cadres attempted to disrupt the gathering.
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Oby dont worst your time advising these f00ls they never listen, i wonder what job sakeni was doing at intelligence, are these the kind of intelligence officers zambia have, i just google sakeni is a form 3 drop out
Why does SACCORD also NOT urge the opposition to address national matters with or through the government channels?
Does the government really need a nod from UPND or MMD (the same people that messed up things!) to
revamp ZR,
build new roads,
upgrade Chiefs’ salaries etc?
Please be specific when you talk about notational matters.
Bwana Chibuluma please be advised that I and my colleagues are in government to address the mess created by the previous government.
National Matters?
In our effort to alleviate poverty among our people, we want to make everyone to afford a decent living!
Some of us will want to know how HH managed to acquired so much wealth without working for it? Will he be willing to provide us with such information so that we can use it in our programmes? That is a ‘national matter’ which the opposition will not want us to know.
Well one thing is clear here without doubt. Who doesn’t know Mr. Chibuluma and Mr. Chipenzi’s alignment to the so called UPND? These two minions are tribalists to the borne. When you look at their qualifications, one would wonder how on Earth they were employed at FODEP and SACCORD. It is all about tribalism. What Mr. Chibuluma is talking about above has no sense in real life. He is UPND to the spine, same as Chipenzi. They both live UPND (Tribal party) and work the same. With all the conviction, who does he think will believe his warthog statement, no one? It is good to accept a wrong than aleways pretend to be correct. Are you Mr. Chibuluma and Mr. Chipenzi not UPND? You both have UPND registered cards, we know that. This is a very small Country, even were you go, we know you, so dont…
Well one thing is clear here without doubt. Who doesn’t know Mr. Chibuluma and Mr. Chipenzi’s alignment to the so called UPND? These two minions are tribalists to the borne. When you look at their qualifications, one would wonder how on Earth they were employed at FODEP and SACCORD. It is all about tribalism. What Mr. Chibuluma is talking about above has no sense in real life. He is UPND to the spine, same as Chipenzi. They both live UPND (Tribal party) and work the same. With all the conviction, who does he think will believe his warthog statement, no one? It is good to accept a wrong than always pretend to be correct. Are you Mr. Chibuluma and Mr. Chipenzi not UPND? You both have UPND registered cards, we know that. This is a very small Country, even were you go, we know you, so dont…