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Increase in Spouse Murders irks Bishop John Mambo

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Bishop John Mambo
Bishop John Mambo
A clergyman based in Lusaka has described the recent spate of killings between lovers as unfortunate.

The outspoken former Church of God overseer John Mambo says the world is ‘shocked’ by the increased number of deaths of spouses in Zambia, in the recent past.

The clergyman said in an interview today,that the brutal killings in recent past were merely frustrating Zambia’s status of a Christian nation.

This is mainly due to people turning away from the face of God, he said.

“Its very unfortunate that lovers are killing each other. The whole world is watching Zambia that the declaration of a Christian nation is being not adhered too,” Bishop. Mambo said.

He said the role of the church is encourage people to love one another at all times and never to inflict pain on beloved ones or spouses.

He advised the Zambian people to be upright with their Lord.

Bishop. Mambo, who heads Chikondi Foundation charged with looking and caring for widows and orphans, however commended late second republican president late Frederick Chiluba for declaring Zambia a Christian nation 25 years ago in 1991.

Prominent Lusaka businessman Reeves Malambo is the latest victim to be killed by his alleged lover who knifed him dead in the early hours of today.

This was barely 72 hours, Raphael Mumba aged 24 of Lusaka’s Kaunda Square Stage-One township allegedly killed his girlfriend Stella Moonga 22, and 1 year 8 months son Mark Mumba after a domestic dispute.

The victims met their fate last week when their guardians went at a nearby shop to buy some merchandises.

Zambia Police Service Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo confirmed the development in an interview saying police have launched a manhunt for Mumba, who is currently on the run

Ms. Katongo appealed to members of the public on the whereabouts of Mumba to the police or any other law enforcement agencies.

The duo have since been buried.

Meanwhile, Ms. Katongo urged people against taking the law into their own hands but to report to Zambia Police Victim Support Unit and other relevant law enforcement agencies when aggrieved.

There are several men who have recent months lost their lives at the hands of girlfriends or wives.

35 COMMENTS

    • Mambo is a moron who cares more about politics than the word of God. Given a chance he would do a Nevers Mumba. He also strikes me as person living in the cookoo century.

      A father you are glad you never had.

      Thanks

      BB2014,16

    • These women are simply retaliating the violence they receive from Zambian men, the majority of whom are drunks and womanizers. It’s called self defense! People need to address the violence perpetrated by these men before jumping conclusions. Zambian women take alot of cr.ap from their men, no more!

      It doesn’t matter if you are a side piece, ATM or whatever the term, no woman deserves to be abused at a man’s hands.

      As a lawyer, I will defend these women pro bono. Bye! All you wife beaters including you Bishop have been warned!

  1. U chenjele naiwe Ovesear of Goad, yamena misango yako when you were cheating on your wife in the 90s with that sweet 16 in Northmead if it was now you would be dead Bishop Mambo I’m telling you. It’s good for you now umbwamba abwima otherwise you would have been “Penzared” by your long suffering wife already.

  2. The problem is the wide cheating that goes on in Zambia. People need to straighten up and opt for clean honest relationships or refrain if you can’t find good people to partner.

  3. It’s bad but also not true that the world is watching Zambia. Zambia is a nonentity in the eyes of the world. There is nobody who is watching Zambia

    • This is true. It is strange the sort of thing people would believe and say. Even if you have not travelled much, couldn’t you ask yourself why the whole wide world would be watching zambia declaration of Christian nation? What is the point in lying to yourselves? What is there to gain?

    • I can now declare that Zambia has been surpassed by every country in Africa. Be it in soccer, economic development, sofistication you name. Why? Because Zambians love living in a fools paradise. They believe they are the anointed special breed of Africans, friendly, peaceful, never had any war, the best speakers of English, the holier than other Christians! You used to look down on almost every country as minions in soccer for example,,, Malawi this, Botswana that, Namibia na, Lesotho boo, Tanzania that, Burkina Faso wele! But look at yourselves now. All these minions are easily beating you. So you are not special for the world to waste their time and start watching you. Nonenties imwe!!

  4. Polygamy as per the custom of many who belong to the United Dunderheads is the main cause- UPND MPs have caused so many breakdowns in family life as a result of their philandering ways! Truelly sa.ta.nic behaviour which is somehow being encouraged by the UPND choice of leadership ie GBV! How does a a major political party have a Vice President who commits GBV? What kind of example is this? The cause of such nonsense is tolerance of such people! Chaps like GBV and other wife beating and polygamy loving United Dunderhead MPs should be isolated from politics!

    • @2020 vision, more like a 2080 vision that you have.
      This same GBM was in your PF before remember? In a powerful defence ministry and ACTED as your president several times. What did you do or say about it?9

    • I am waiting for GBM’s wife to kill him. Kaponya (HH) is already a corpse this year once Mutinta finds out his polygamous love affair with Sylvia Masebo. The funeral will be led by Nevers Mumbwe at the verandah in Kabulonga.
      United Ponyio Nyio Dogs (UPND) will be headed by Nevers Mumbwe

  5. These people that are murdering each other are not lovers.
    These people are simply phucking each other and running businesses together. They may have kids, but those are but mistakes.
    The women find out that they are just biaches and get angry.
    No real love, just business, beauty pageantry and phucking.
    Guys, as soon as you see Brazilian hair, expensive phones, no schooling, modelling and no sign of work ethic…, RUN!

  6. Let’s call for national holiday with 48 hours of intensive prayers in tongues to The Great White Jesus to save us from the devil Satan.
    In Blond White Jesus’s name… Amen…AMEN…Amen….AAAAMMMMEEENNN!!

  7. The world can never be worried with self quoting issues due to Edgar Lungu mocking the Christian faith. Lungu has his OWN Christian followers who were very active during elections time. Judge for yourselves if a mere human being can share ownership with the creator.

  8. Why do we have bloggers like Jay Jay and 2020 vision who do not have any idea what blogging is about. No intellectual debate, just typing vabupuba. LT why don’t you dust their faecal matter before they appear in public

    • Really laughable ..what intelligent debate do you want on such a topic…why is it when something like this happens everyone stops what they are doing and takes notice? Even the male dominated social media starts churning paragraphs on how women are killing the Zambian man.
      If you want to comforted with lies go to a Priest or Bishop or a Politician…
      Wake up from your docility!!

  9. Any form of abuse should be condemned, from whichever side. We should be looking at the underlying reasons and vying to find the short term stopgaps and long term solutions. For me, it appears things have got worse due to a breakdown in the social fabric of the Zambian society. For the most, this has been caused by the kind of economic and social base obtaining. Zambia’s liberalised economic approach, lack of a social safety net for the most vulnerable, political violence based on a scramble for the resources and a regime without a clear direction, has created a sharp distinction between the haves and have not – including a very selfish survival of the fittest trait. Relationships have not been spared in the struggle – sadly, including children. This is not an issue you resolve by…

  10. … tackling the offshoots. We need to critically address the source – within the kind of society we have allowed to evolve.

  11. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. Unfortunately most Christians are just joy riding the truth and never bear fruit. What you see bearing fruit is increased wickedness. This is evidence of the last days before God brings this wicked world to judgment. I urge all to consider what you are today. Forget about yesterday and tomorrow. Worry about today and your relationship with the Almighty, probably you will be spared in his day of anger against sinners.

    • gaba…. do we have christians in zambia? or we just ve hules looking for marriages in churches, money grabbing pastors. look at our morals, hate, greedy,

  12. Let us as a country go the Indonesian way, the way they deal with drug traffickers. we should have a zero tolerance for murders. This boy should be stoned to death

  13. #@Harold, the source for these vices is PF which does not respect human life. Nigerian films too are to blame

  14. If you’re going to have coochie outside marriage, don’t bring her home, don’t let know your digits, don’t hit that more than once, operate incognito.

  15. Comment:it doesn’t matter as long has the bishop is saying the truth.We people in marriage should start respecting this union if things are to change,we should mind the way we socialize with people of the opposite sex.

  16. Comment:Especially women,stop ichibeleshi nabalume babene,and learn to dress properly so that you don’t intice these men.Please women of God,let’s act responsibly.

  17. Lusaka times: do not think that all these men were murdered by their wives. Wait for the courts so that you hear the other sides of the stories.

  18. This should not shock anyone. Women have always killed men overtly or covertly. There are some examples that can be cited of high profile men in Zambia who have been murdered by their wives or girlfriends. The year 1977 for those who remember was one such year when a high profile man was shot three times by his wife in the main bedroom of their house comming from a bath while entering the bedroom in his birthday suit.

  19. This is not just right; We need pray for repentance for blood that has been spilled and turn away from all forms of evil and seek God’s face once again. I agree to some extent to what somebody above attributed as the main cause of such barbaric acts – that men are the major problem in many homes and they are the main source of domestic violent and it’s like women are just reacting to it in self-defence; Men are God ordained leaders of the house and as such must lead by example (about 75% go bars on Saturday/Sunday and only 5% go to Church, while the opposite is true for women) – This is where the problem lies, and Zambia being a Christian nation, men must live up to their roles and responsibilities. A man is born to lead a family; he is the priest, provider and protector of his wife and…

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