THE SIGHT OF A GRIEVING WIDOW IN COURT HAS PIERCED ME
By Bishop Dr. Nelly Chikwanda
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to stay silent in light of what is unfolding in our nation. As citizens and believers, we are called to support the government of the day and to pray for those in authority. That mandate remains. But even within that, there are moments when we must pause, reflect, and ask: Isn’t there a better way?
To see a widow, still dressed in mourning, standing in court before her husband is even buried is deeply unsettling. The state, which should be a source of comfort and strength in her moment of grief, appears instead to be opposing her. Is this the best we can do? Is this the tone we want to set as a nation during such a sensitive time?
This family is mourning. They have lost a husband, a father, a leader, a pillar. The entire nation has also experienced a loss. We should be walking together, not apart. We should be finding ways to support each other, not adding further pain to an already heavy burden.
As someone who not only understands Scripture but has personally walked through the valley of widowhood, the sight of a grieving widow and her children in court has pierced me in a way that words can barely express. It is a pain that lingers and raises the simple, honest question: Isn’t there a better way to handle this?
Surely, there is a more compassionate path. A path that shows empathy, one that upholds justice without wounding the brokenhearted. A path that reflects who we are as a people and who we aspire to be.
May those in leadership find that path. May wisdom, kindness, and unity prevail over legal procedures and political positions. For the sake of the grieving, and for the soul of this nation, we ask again: Isn’t there a better way?
CREDIT: Church Newspaper Zambia
I think you are jumping the gun by advancingng the sympathetic innuendos. The judges are human and can appreciate the prevailing circumstances, if true. However, as long as no one has seen Edgar’s remains, the court should take this as hearsay, and must do their work accordingly. There is no evidence, so far apart from the political gymnastics, that Esther is a widow. Calm down! Bikeni bola panshi.
This should be directed to Makebi Satan Zulu himself.
Esther is crying crocodile tears.
There are thousands of women in Zambia who are widows, do we bother about them… No
What is so special about Esther other than she being the wife and partner of the most corrupt president yet in Zambia.
She knows where the money is,.lock her up
If Nelly Chikwanda has any iota of compassion why can’t she convince this WIDOW or WINDOW kkkkkk to just let go. We’ve set ourselves as a nation precedence on how presidents are Burried.
The bitterness and hatred in her is extremely dangerous. She’s bent on dividing the country at all costs using Lungu’s dead body
Is this the wife to the late Alexandra Chikwanda the man behind most of Zambia’s unstainable borrowing for Zambia from the open market? If so she’s contributed to having Lungu become president. Lungu didn’t have the presidential nomination fee and Chikwanda paid the fee on his behalf and Lungu became so reach that even the widow in the picture and her children became so rich in 7 years where their incomes if they had any, could not much their acquired properties. If this is how stupid and incorrigible widows become then they deserve to face their derise. Holding on to a scandalous corpse won’t help her. It’s time for her to come to her senses and get Lungu to be buried in Zambia. She’s making history in stupidity by prolonging this and no burying Lungu. Everyone else is busy getting on with their lives while she seats down there stupidly being billed by Makebi Zulu.
Dr. Bishop Nelly Chikwanda, it is essential to be objective and honest when commenting on the postponed burial of former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. If Bishop Nelly Chikwanda is truly speaking the truth, can she clarify that the actions taken by the Lungu family of making unrealistic demands through their family lawyer were justifiable?
The delay and unnecessary disputes were instigated by the Lungu family and the PF, stemming from a misguided belief that they did not want the government to oversee former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s funeral. They issued unreasonable demands, which contradicts how they treated the family of former President Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda during his death and burial. So, what has changed?
Roman Catholic is the most stupid Christian and mafia organisation in the world, where a priest swear to celibacy but at there institutions are surrounded by 100s of women why not surrounded with fellow men. And you find people still walk with their hands clasped in gesture of holiness total bullcrap. It’s a pity that we don’t really know what God want us to be and do, because the Bible came in to tame and make one rule over them other. For now any claim of religion is a waste of productive time. The best is to thank God as one walks and goes about daily routine than seat in front of these cross ✝️ carriers yet inside them they are actually angels of the devil .