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President Lungu urges Zambians to celebrate Christmas in peace

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President Edgar Lungu before addressing the Nation on New Year's Eve.
President Edgar Lungu

 

President Edgar Lungu has implored people in the country to celebrate Christmas responsibly and avoid engaging in practices that will endanger their lives.

And President Lungu has called on the clergy of every faith to be agents of unity rather than instigators of hatred in the church and political arena.

In his Christmas message to the Nation, President Lungu said citizens from different political beliefs run to the church for counsel because they believe leaders of the church are above partisan politics.

He expressed concern that senior members of the clergy are open to the whims of party politics hence the need to pray for church leaders to lead the way in uniting people in the country.

Meanwhile, President Lungu has also expressed concern that the country records increased road traffic accidents during Christmas period hence urged motorists to respect other motorists and pedestrians, and abide by the given traffic rules.

ZANIS reports that President Lungu said this in his Christmas message to the nation today.

Dr Lungu noted that it is during Christmas time that people indulge in activities which cause a breach of the peace in society, adding that the act is not only demeaning to their own lives, but also to society.

The Head of State cited excessive drinking, drinking while driving and scuffles as some of the bad vices that people should desist from.

He explained that as people celebrate Christmas there is need to remember its original meaning and subject themselves to the government of prince of peace who is Jesus Christ by honouring the day through worshiping and thanksgiving regardless of difficult situations.

President Lungu added that people need to show love to their families and avoid domestic violence especially after intoxication.

Quoting from Isaiah 9 verse 6, Dr Lungu noted that the message of Christmas is a message of love and salvation and self-introspection, to take self-examination to see whether people’s conduct during the year reflect Christian values which represent the love of God and his son Jesus Christ

18 COMMENTS

  1. Have a bad Christmas satanA iwe lungu. You have caused zambian people misery this year. How can people be in darkness at Christmas. Lungu is ******

    • THAT’S WHY I LIKE ERACTIONS WISH WE COULD HAVE THEM EVERY YEAR. THE HOLIDAY IS OVER HE NEEDS VOTES TO TOP-UP, GUESS WHAT IT’S TOO LATE. THE PAIN AND DAMAGE YOU HAVE CAUSED NEEDS SOME SERIOUS ANSWERS.

    • Celebrate Christmas ne nsala. Buti uyu Guy wami tunfyo. No electricity ati Celebrate. What a mochery to Zambians iwe kolwe

    • Muzungu brought us Christmas with white Jesus…and we believed him and now the same Muzungu is no its not Christmas anymore its Holiday season and we are believing him….Muzungu doesnt want to share its wealth with poor immigrants and the same Muzungu is telling the poor immigrants they will be rich in heaven….which heaven ???

    • This Presidential candidate has dropped votes tremendously, I saw this article in morning before going to church. Came back, continue with drinking, and only 13 comments.
      13 comments on Christmas, that is sad. sad. sad. sad.

  2. Mr lungu , I would have expected you to address the mukula saga that is seeing the nation ,

    Zeeee ……..shuwa ?

    I would have expected you to deny those allegations and say how your GRZ was getting in touch with the EIA for clarification ???

    Are you a corrupt theif for real lungu ?

  3. The Corrupt Kavova J0n@ Wabantu will over X-mas be having tasty full meals @ taxpayers expense in State House, with uninterrupted electricity supply, music blaring as he & his cronies stuff their Corrupt bellies, & sunsha from Pungwe’ to Sundown, whilst his s!lly supporters wallow in grinding poverty, darkness & cold due to man made problems caused by J0na’z dishonesty, & inability to run the Nation.
    AS A REWARD FOR BANKRUPTING ZED, THE KABOVA J0N4 WABANTU IS TAKING STUP!D ZEDIANS FOR GRANTED, HES EVEN DREAMING OF STAYING BEYOND 2026 IN STATE HOUSE WITH HIS CORRUPT PRINCESS TAS!L4 MUKULA -I.

  4. Is the government not endangering our lives too by allowing the importation of GMOs in to the country? The MMD govt did not allow the importation of GMO products, what do we stand to gain from consuming and or importing GMOs????
    7 firms allowed to import GMOs??? This is sad.

  5. How does he expect people to enjoy Xmas when civil servants have not been paid up to now? This is the worst Xmas in years I deed.

  6. “And President Lungu has called on the clergy of every faith to be agents of unity rather than instigators of hatred in the church and political arena.”-LT

    Why lecturing us? Give us a presentation why the ministry of religious was created…

    Presentation: a speech or talk in which a new product, idea, or piece of work is shown and explained to an audience.

  7. Peace message should be directed to the ever violent PF caders. Have the people who have been stoning opposition helicopters in subsequent elections in Shiwangandu ever arrested.

  8. A picture is worth a thousand words! It fits snugly all the vices he is accused of committing! His days are numbered at plot one.

  9. twafweniko ba mudala at the Zambian Embassy in US. give us people who know what they’re doing to work here. Not ishi mbuli mwa tuma ba Lungu shuwa. shame. insoni kuno

  10. Celebrating peace when you have arrested Pilato , laura and Bonny for shinning the light on your incompetence and corruption .You have no decency of arresting thugs living and working with you .They have acquired wealth well beyond their earnings and now they are showing off by giving the poor free mealie meal and offering free accommodation to the IG because her house was burnt down .Zambian politics is packed to the rafters with thieves who have no intentions of improving the lives of the poor but line their pockets with trolley loads of tax payers money. What is happening to your mansion in Swaziland anyway ?

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