EFZ CLERGY BACKS CALLS FOR CHURCH TO COUNSEL EDGAR LUNGU
The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia -EFZ- has backed Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana’s call on the church to counsel Former President Edgar Lungu.
Mr. Lungu’s recent threatening remarks against civil servants during Saturday’s public rally have sparked national controversy with Mr. Kawana saying the former president’s behavior has the potential to set the country on fire.
EFZ President Bishop Andrew Mwenda has also condemned Mr. Lungu’s remarks but is however of the view that both the former and incumbent, President Hakainde Hichilema, need to be counseled when they make statements that do not build the nation.
And Independent Churches of Zambia President Bishop David Masupa is disappointed that acrimony is threatening Zambia’s peaceful atmosphere, due to unnecessary political statements from both the ruling and opposition political parties.
Bishop Masupa has also challenged respective churches where political figure heads belong, to stand up and counsel their members to de-escalate the situation.
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EFZ President ,don’t listen to Kawana’s songs of praise. He is supposed to be serving and not pontificating irrevantly. Civil servants should be the professionals we hope they should be.
Please Mr Mwenda remain above demographic considerations!!!
Voice of reason not just biased support…
ECL is a loose canon. No one can counsel him. RB failed as you can see now. The late former president pleaded literally begging that HH should not strip the man of immunity for he was jail bound for sure. HH is keeping his side of the deal but of course ECL cannot. He wants a public spectacle instead…typical chimwemwe jerabo mentality!!
Ba Wapya Munzi, how do you know Mr. Hichilema and Mr. Lungu struck a deal not to lift Mr. Lungu’s immunity? If it is true, then it is good Mr. Lungu is testing Mr. Hichilema because hehad no authority to shield the former president from criminal prosecution.
The only authority he has is to pardon him after conviction.
Those calling for counseling of the former president should first ask themselves which local church does Mr. Lungu belong to? Elders in a church can only counsel one if he is a member of their local church. For Mr. Lungu matters of faith are just politics and no local church has oversight authority over him. He is a real Nowhere Man.
Is EFZ that church in a shabby yard on Kamloops road opposite the entrance to UNZA school of Vet. First, clean up your surroundings may be we can then take you seriously.
Yes, it’s that kantemba !!!