The UNITED PARTY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT says it sees no convincing reason for it to attend the October 18th,2020 National day of Prayers Commemorations.
Giving guidance to the Religious Affairs Committee of the UPND at the party secretariat in Lusaka this morning, Ms Nalumango condemned what she termed as the hypocritical and pretentious use of the Word of God to perpetuate ethnic divisions and regionalism in the country by the ruling party.
She said it was regrettable that the PF was diverting from the true essence of prayer, fasting, and reconciliation by allowing those in power to continue siphoning and looting public resources.
“Our position on this issue is very clear. It will be hypocritical for us to participate in the prayers because that will mean endorsing hypocrisy. According to the Bible, the true fasting which God approves of is one where you free those who are falsely imprisoned. To lighten the burden of those who work for you. Remove the yoke that binds people; to share food with the hungry and to give clothes to those who need them,” she said.
She wondered what good would come out of fasting and prayers if the ruling party has continued to arrest and incarcerate opposition figures on flimsy charges.
“Who has reconciled the country since 2016? Have you seen any reconciliation? What good is fasting and prayer if you keep on fighting and quarreling all the time? Take Mucheleka out of prison then we can talk about praying,” she demanded.
Meanwhile, Religious Affairs Committee chairperson, Pastor Kelly Mukonka has appealed to Government to reconsider its position on the use of school classrooms as centres for worship.
The reasoning in UPND is very worrying. If people like Mucheleka think they can break the law just because they think they are “better” citizens then we have a problem. UPND members that are in prison have commited crime other are as serious a murder. Criminals need more prayers
Prayer does not require any conditions, we are going ahead with our national day of prayer and fasting with or without mucheleka after all upnd are atheists.
The comments above have taken the words out of my mouth or rather out of my fingers. How does any sane person living in a christian nation give conditions for communicating with their creator-the one and only jehovah? It seems in upnd there is a lack of cordination and leadership. Who is their political strategist in this party imwe bantu? It seems everyday different party members wake up and say what they want without a single thought being given to their statements. HH has lost control of this party. It is time someone esle took over. How can you stand for over 4 times and still expect your members to have confidence in your leadership?
Who says you only speak to Jehova through a PF prayer meeting? Stop bringing God into your politics
@KCI spot on. Under 5 thinking nikatwishi fye.
Those dem.ons in upnd…kaya pride too much. Mucheleka has committed a crime let him answer, You can’t destroy government property and you want to go escort free… Madam de.mon even if you break a pencil belonging to government..Boma will visit you. You don’t play with government property….
The reasoning of our colleagues in UPND is pathetic to say the least!!Patrick Mucheleka and co committed a crime-a serious one for that matter!They destroyed Govnt property and beat civil servants!!If UPND believes in the rule of law,why cant they allow justice to prevail on this matter?Jay Jay Banda,Spax Mulenga,etc- PF members committed crimes and they’re still in police custody while appearing in court.So whats so special about Mucheleka?President Lungu is a true leader because he does not favour anyone!!UPND has completely lost the political direction.After losing 2021 elections UPND will be history in Zambia!!
National prayer and fasting event will go on smoothly on 18/10/2020 with or without UPND-period!!
National day of prayer, fasting, reconciliation and fighting immediately after. What a waste of Gods time.
Be realistic ba Pafwa Finama. Selective application of law to individuals is at work.
Ba lipota there is what is called background. What did Mucheleka do? Dont assume everyone reading knows. All fully done stories provide the reader with background.
Hahahahaha gah, just after Mr Katuka questioned why the head of state was quiet in the ECZ summit, Mr Nalumango says they can not pray until their Mucheleka comes out of prison. Is this a political party or simply a cult? Or just a social club or both? This explains why this political party will remain an opposition for many more years to come. Mr Nalumango if you don’t pray that is your choice. Any sane person cannot link prayer to a person who is in the cells for violence or destruction of property.
Ms Nalumango and Katuka should be holding joint press conferences because both are ugly and have no brains. The good thing is that Garry Nkombo has started using his own brain other than that of HH. Unfortunately just after Garry says issuance of NRC is going well in Mazabuka, he mysteriously gets involved in a car accident. This political cult is evil.
What about the guy who beat up policy in Lusaka central policy
PF behaves as if they were not just from opposition. They treat the opposition worse than they were ever treated when in opposition. I can see this PF party of clowns disbanding once they are voted out. They are all a visionless bunch of kleptomaniacs and psychopaths.
NALUMANGO IS MISSING OUT ON THE ESSENCE OF PRAYER.
THOSE SAME REASONS ARE THE REASONS WHY SHE SHOULD GO TO THE PRAYER MEETING. GO AND ASK GOD TO RELEASE MUCHELEKA AND ASK GOD TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PF. OR EVEN ASKING GOD TO SORT OUT PF IF YOU HAVE REASONS TO GIVE GOD. DAVID SAID “I WAS GLAD VERY GLAD WHEN THEY SAID TO ME, LET US GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD TODAY”. BUT NALUMANGO CANNOT IMITATE THE BIBLICAL DAVID.
This woman must be prayed for by Papas so that the demon in her which is against prayers is removed.
This christian nation concept is breeding too many hypocrites! Those people who truly believe in God, pray every day. Why establish a national day of prayer when all other days are reserved for treating others in inhuman ways. Dont expect god to sort out political and economic problems of Zambia through fake prayers meant to appease self-serving leaders. Nalumango was simply saying she will not ” talk of prayers” until those calling for prayers stop being hypocrites. Some people commenting here pretend to be holier than god!
This Christian nation concept is just increasing the number of hypocrites who want to be holier than God. People who truly believe in God, pray every day. The national day of prayers is just for the self-serving leaders who use one day of fake prayers to appease gullible citizens. Nalumango is right in saying the opposition UPND will only “ talk of prayers” when those calling for prayers stop treating people in inhuman manner throughout the year only to call for a national day of prayers on 18th October. LT I hope you will also post my earlier comment. It is frustrating when you are selective in posting comments.
You have really suffered for HH, you have been there all the time you are so hooked up to this gentleman come rain come sunshine HH is everything . Mwanawasa gave up Gbm gave up even bo Inonge gave up but you still remain standing even ECL was with UPND at one time.
This day of prayer and reconciliation is a huge mockery to God just like the calf Aaron built for the Israelites to worship which Moses later destroyed was repulsive to God. What was the reason behind establishing this day? To hoodwink the so called Christians in Zambia who are very clueless about what and who they worship because they go into it for results they hope to see unfold like magic in their lives that is why they are all slagardds? The Bible to obey is better than sacrifice.