Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili says government is confident that the church will spearhead the political dialogue process well.
Reverend Sumaili says the church has been and is an all-weather stakeholder of government in preaching peace and uniting people in the nation, hence confident that positive results will emerge from the process.
The Minister said it is against this background that government considered that church is considered as a major strategic partner to national development.
Rev. Sumaili said this in Lusaka yesterday during the official launch of the Renew Our World Campaign in Zambia, which is a platform created for the church and others in creating a better society.
She noted that Zambia is a Christian nation and therefore the church cannot be left out in issues of national development.
And speaking in a separate interview with ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday, Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) Executive Director Paul Mususu said the church has never failed to transcend on political matters.
Bishop Mususu appealed to the political players participating in the dialogue to take the church seriously and not to doubt it.
“We have never failed as a church in any political dialogue All the processes have been successful,” he said.
The clergyman disclosed that the church comprising EFZ, the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) and the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) was engaged by ZCID before in 1991, 1996 and 2002 respectively for a similar interaction.
The Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue, ZCID is organizing the dialogue.
Dialogue for what? Is this dialogue going to discuss stolen money for fire trucks, ambulances, maizegate, fake sovereign Guarantor signing by a person whose description does not cover indebtedness of ZESCO, Swaziland mansions, stopping ZCCM from suing KCM, or the entire Lungu criminal syndicate? Who dialogues with criminals or thieves? Someone stole the other guys woman, sorry, voted. What’s there to dialogue? How they won’t steal next votes?
PF is very consistent with inconsistencies. Mwila is say one thing Sumaili another. Have a common ground and say one thing.
#2 Chichi, Its actually one thing they are saying yunless you are wearing upnd hearing aids which are programmed in their language or is it tribe
Get telesphore mpundu out of retairment to help….
But the PF SG said the church will only be invited by ZCID as participants while the minister says the church will lead the process so which is which?