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Catholic Priest urges politicians to remove political strings to development projects

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A clergyman in Katete district has urged politicians not to attach political strings to developmental projects.

St John’s catholic Parish Priest Lawrence Sakala has urged politicians to stop using politics on developmental projects.

Father Sakala told ZANIS in Katete that he is happy to note that the Patriotic Front government has continued to implement the developmental projects it promised to residents of Katete district.

He cited the urban road project, rural health posts projects, schools, street lighting project among others as examples of governments’ commitment to improving lives of all Zambians.

He said it is however sad to note that some groups of people have continued to link development to political parties popularity in the area.

Father Sakala said as can be seen in Katete district the PF government has demonstrated its selflessness in helping Zambia develop.

He observed that leaders should remove the political string to development and deliver accordingly.

Father Sakala further stated that in future politicians should desist from using already existing development as campaign tools.

He added that politicians should find other means of persuading people to vote for them and not hoodwinking them in believing that development can only come from one side of government.

Father Sakala has further commended government for its continued support to the aged and vulnerable groups through the social cash transfer scheme.

9 COMMENTS

  1. well spoken,
    i was equally impressed when i drove along chingola road on my way to mufulira.
    these pf guys are serious, they have started improving the road to a dual carriage…
    thanks guys keep it up.

    • just continue being a seven days advocate…
      no one will ever comment for or against your church and its leadership.
      thats called maturity which you will find allover the catholic leadership and its congregants.
      thats the church, founded on the ROCK.
      take it or leave it.

  2. What is proving to be a problem in a country like ours is the yawning gap between what the private should be doing and what government is stretching itself to do. There is so little private sector participation in affairs that it is inevitable that the government will have to stretch and in the process opportunistic politicians will jump on the bandwagon. It is not enough for a clarion call to ask government to detach political strings without looking at this rather big picture (and hence, gap).

  3. Read the priests mix of words correctly. He’s simply telling politicians and in particular the ruling party to stop hood winking, people to vote for the ruling party in exchange for development. What he is saying is ‘stop politicizing development of attaching politics to developmental programs’. Which party in vested with the responsibility of developing the nation? It’s the ruling party.

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