FAITH IS CENTRAL TO GOOD POLITICS
By Brian Matambo | Lusaka, Zambia
Hon. Makebi Zulu believes that faith and good governance are inseparable. Speaking during a live national broadcast that drew over 100,000 viewers on Independence Day, the former Eastern Province Minister and respected constitutional lawyer declared that “politics deserves people that are decent” and added that Christians have a moral duty to step forward and lead.
“There are those who say, ‘I’m a Christian, I can’t be in politics,’” Makebi said. “You are a Christian, therefore you should be in politics, because politics deserves people that are decent.” His words struck a chord with many Zambians who tuned in from across the world, echoing a growing belief that moral conviction, not opportunism, should guide national leadership.
Makebi, who also serves as spokesperson for the family of the late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, spoke openly about his own walk with God, describing himself as “a Christian, born again, who fears and serves the Lord.” For him, leadership is not about control or status but about divine responsibility. “The call to leadership is a godly call,” he said. “To abuse that call is to dishonour the One who gave it.”
Throughout his address, Makebi urged both citizens and leaders to approach public service with humility and prayer. “We must pray for the government,” he said. “Power should be used for service, not control. No one will come from outside to save Zambia; we must save ourselves, and the voice of the people is the voice of God.”
His message was not just political; it was spiritual. It reminded the nation that integrity, empathy, and righteousness are not abstract virtues but essential instruments of governance. For Makebi, good politics begins where faith is alive, in the hearts of those who serve.
As Zambia looks to the 2026 elections, Makebi’s message has become a rallying call for citizens who believe that leadership anchored in faith and guided by godly principles is the only path to a just, peaceful, and prosperous nation.
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Opposite reasoning the man doesn’t know God
Makebi Zulu is just another Zambian politician trying to ride on faith to justify his suitability for high political office. It’s an old tactic in Zambian politics. I have no quarrel with faith myself although I have none. It’s the absence of honesty in politics despite the supposed presence of God at its centre that I find troubling. So I ask; where is God in Zambian politics?
God’s name is used to further politicians’ agenda in direct disobedience of the third commandment, “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name”.
In Zambia faith is not about God. It is about politics. All the show about the day of prayer, fasting, reconciliation, repentance and what have you is about politicians and God is not in the picture in anyway. The former president who consecrated this day remains unburied almost five months after his demise.
Meanwhile, Mr. Makabi Zulu leads the public performance and has the guts to mock God by talking about his faith, that he us born again. Mathew 7:16 “By their fruit you will recognise them”. Is this protracted tug of war over a body reflective of born again Christian values?
Look in the mirror, check yourself, look at the type of people you have stood for in the courts and the party you belong to and what that party has done to this country and as you do so, look in the mirror and say faith, l am sure that word will refuse to come out of your mouth