PRIESTS DECRY CONTINUED ATTACKS BY UPND SUPPORTERS
President of the Local Catholic Clergy in Zambia – Rev. Fr. Augustine Mwewa has condemned verbal attacks on Priests and Bishops made by UPND supporter Victor Kalesha at State House during a meeting with President Hakainde Hichilema on the constitutional amendment issue.
Mr. Kalesha, who claimed to be a Bishop, said Catholics Priests should not comment on the constitutional amendment issue because they do not have children.
But Fr. Mwewa of Holy Family – Lulamba Parish in Chingola of the Archdiocese of Ndola said Mr. Kalesha’s comment amounts to hate speech and abuse of Catholic Priests.
Speaking to Radio Icengelo News, Fr. Mwewa said Priests have a moral obligation and the right to comment on governance issues.
“I pity Mr. Kalesha, so he is saying all the youths, men and women without children should not speak-out? Where does he want to take our Prophetic role and human right? So now in Zambia if you have no child you hold no right to speak for the people,” Fr. Mwewa said.
He urged President Hichilema to denounce Mr. Kalesha’s remarks made in his presence at State House on Monday, 1st December, 2025.
“The President should stand up and denounce remarks by Mr. Kalesha. And the President the other day was saying he is ready for dialogue, is that dialogue we are seeing? Such people (Kalesha) must be arrested for hate speech. It is sad that we are being insulted for speaking the truth,” Fr. Mwewa said.
He said Priests will not be silenced by attacks from UPND and its supporters.
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You have no morals just keep quiet. Most of you are anti Government aligned and you don’t care because you have no children. You care less to what is good for this country. Stay away from politics and continue to plant the love of Christ.
How does a Catholic priest celebrate the stoning of the President of this country? How?
Father kalesha was right most of the criticism is coming from Catholic priests who are stunt supporters of the unburied body organisation, they are also caders dressed in white Robs,it’s high time Zambia identify these fake priests who only support a stolen hilux and forget about issues that help develop our country
This same priest always talks bad of this government in Church. He forgets that his members belong to different political parties and he doesn’t care. One day
What moral is this man talking about? Why didn’t this priest condemn the people who stoned the president in Chingola? Why didn’t this priest condemn Why me when he was insulting the president?
So it’s only immoral if “insults” are directed at you? By the way, saying that someone does not have a child is not an insult, but a fact. It’s like if someone tells someone that they are fat, dark, tall, short or whatever, these are facts about someone, and not an insult.
Look where those PF cadres insulting anyone speaking against PF that time are today. The same thing is going to befall kalesha. He doesn’t know that power doesn’t last forever.
Bembas say, nga wacindika akaice, nakena kalakucindika literary meaning that if you respect a child, the child is also going to respect you. Why complaining about being insulted and yet HH is being insulted more than you are and you are quiet And most of you Catholic Priests are taking most of these things personally because you don’t like HH for reasons best known to yourselves. Few days ago, a Catholic Priest said Hakainde is playing with fire while the other one was saying; tamwatucinfye, mwacepa sana. Why saying all those things? Are we fighting? Why do you Catholic Priests hate HH so much? And that hatred was there before elections and you didn’t even want him to win, you were saying that it was even better to rig the elections than allowing HH to win. You should remember that HH is also a human being like you, he is also a child of God like you and he needs to be loved just as you need to be loved too. The Bible says the one who hates his brother is a murderer and the love of God is not in him. Talking and too much of involvement in politics makes it difficult for people to give you the respect you deserve, you are lowering yourselves. People expect you to be exemplary Priests of love in society like Christ and not Priests of hatred.