The Grand Coalition on the campaign for a people driven Constitution in Zambia announced that it will take part in the prayer event as declared by President Lungu.
The Coalition said it would also use the event to pray for the expeditious implementation of a new Republican Constitution.
Grand Coalition Vice Chairperson Sarah Longwe said Coalition members would be praying for a people driven constitution.
Ms Longwe said during a Press briefing in Lusaka yesterday that most of the challenges facing the country were partially due to a weak Constitution which did not provide for effective participatory and inclusive governance.
Meanwhile, soem clergymen in Lusaka have condemned reports circulating on social media aimed at discouraging people from taking part in the October 18, National Day of Prayer and Fasting.
Some unscrupulous people are circulating short messages (SMS) on people’s mobile phones urging them to shun the prayers because it was related to the mark of the beast.
Bible Gospel Church in Africa (BIGOCA) Bishop Peter Ndhlovu and Christian Power Bible ministries Joseph Bonte has asked Zambians to ignore the online messages as they were merely meant to distract people from worshiping God.
Bishop Ndhlovu said that people distributing such messages had no place in God’s heart as such they should be ignored with the contempt they deserved.
He said that there was a background to national prayers as even the country’s forefathers held a national prayer with First Republican President Kenneth Kaunda being the first one to do so when the Country gained independence.
Mr Bonte said President Edgar Lungu was a Christian who believed in God and had realised that he needed God’s intervention for him to guide the country to prosperity.
He said called on Zambians to ignore people who were distracting them from God’s hand in managing national issues.
And the Forum for Selfless Leadership coordinator Moses Kalonde stated in an interview that the day of prayer was significant to helping the country come out of the current economic challenges.
Mr Kalonde said President Lungu had shown selflessness in the manner he was trying to govern the Country, and unfounded criticism even on the Day of Prayer was unwelcome.
“This is an occasion to help heal our land, in time of economic difficult. President Lungu wants everyone to get involved as the Country seeks God’s hand so that we can come out of these
difficulties,” Mr Kalonde said.
He called on well-meaning Zambians to turn out in large numbers to attend the prayers and not to be misled by people who did not mean well for the country and in particular President Lungu’s leadership vision.
My hh doesn’t believe in Jesus Christ so he will not be there.
YOU ARE ALREADY DEMONSTRATING THAT THE PRAYERS ARE DEVOID OF LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, THEREFORE THEY CANNOT BE GODLY
. I AM ALSO NOT OBSERVING THAT DAY BECAUSE I VALUE MY FAITH IN GOD AND I DEEPLY RESPECT HIM. MY FAITH IN GOD IS BASED ON MY PERSONAL CONVICTION NOT ON PRESIDENT LUNGU’S DECLARATION.
There has been an increase in corruption,paedophile activities,accidents and deaths since Zambia was declared a so-called Christian nation. The days when Tele Evangelists like Bonke spread the word of God through faith have been taken over by mushrooms False prophets who are only there for the money.
I will pray for the salvation of the nation in my small corner. Quietly.
Ms Sarah Longwe, thank you for been part of the team, but please the truth is the world economic malaise is not created by the Zambian constitution. The fall in metal and commodity prices both at London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Markets have nothing do to with PF and Edgar Lungu. The drying up of dams in Southern Africa has nothing to do with the Zambian Constitution. Your statement is nothing more than a political stunt to damage PF and Edgar Lungu. Remember the opposition and Post Newspaper have spent years whipping up PF and Edgar Lungu as a serious political scandal but its a political myth. 18th of October, 2015 will be a great day please let God arise in every situation in our beloved Zambia.
The SDAs believe that those who pray on Sunday, worship the sun or a god of some sot of the sun, hence the resistance by some quarters of society including HH.
The Grand Coalition should just lobby hard so that our learned Dr Ngosa Simbyakula,the Justice Minister,can speed up the constitution-making process; our country urgently needs a people-driven constitution.
The current flawed constitution was a creation of the late Fredrick Chiluba and Michael Sata when they controlled MMD.
praying and fasting i will because i have been doing this for ages. but i think voting not anymore for PF and all other parties. i will vote for myself. all parties have failed me. kikikiki