Government says it has taken interest in the Kagunda witchcraft reports and is looking at means to amicably resolve the matter.
Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Paul Thole has advised all the affected government workers to report back to work as authorities digest on the way forward.
Speaking in an interview with Breeze FM News, Mr. Thole expressed disappointment with some members of the public who find pleasure in victimizing civil servants with their magic.
On the other hand, Mr. Thole has cautioned traditional healers who are in the habit of witch-hunting, against operating outside the provisions of their licenses.
Last month, authorities in the ministry of education threatened to withdrew teachers at Kagunda Primary School in Chipata District because of the alleged witchcraft practices and thuggery which is traumatizing teachers at the school.
Traditional leadership, headmen, councilors and the church must quickly convine a meeting with the community to address this particular issue and the calprits of wrong practice must be counselled and be threatened with eviction from the area if they continue with the practice.This practice is very retrogressive and happens in many rural parts of Zambia, I remember in siavonga a rural health center couldn’t have a clinical officer because of molestation in the night by the magicians and the officer ran away from his house and started sleeping at the clinic and later stopped work and came back to Lusaka and joined a different institution depriving the community of the much needed service.The community must rebuke this bad trend as they may have un educated people in their community.