Zambia must eliminate violence - Green Party By
THE Church must work hard to help politicians eliminate violence perpetrated by cadres, especially as Zambia gets closer to the campaign period for the 2021 general elections, Green Party president Peter Sinkamba has advised.
Mr Sinkamba said it was time the Church, politicians and other stakeholders worked towards curbing political violence and lamented that some cadres were using machetes to maim innocent people ad were also rising against rival political camps.
He observed that parents and guards also had a role to play in curbing violence because the weapon- wielding cadres were coming from households.
Mr Sinkamba was speaking during a special thanks- giving service at the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Hillcrest congregation in Ndola held in honour of the Minister-in-Charge Reverend Musonda Matutu.
“People are being maimed by cadres, some of them in attire which looks like military and have given themselves
names such as commander. And by the way, these violent cadres don’t drop from hell, the come from homes and these homes have parents,” he said.
Mr Sinkamba was particularly worried that if such cadres were not stopped now, they could get more vicious towards election time.
He said the Church must continue preaching a message of peace and love so that unity and tolerance could prevail in the nation.
Mr Sinkamba said his organisation believed in civility and advised politicians not to use vulgar language against each other as that could be pollute the minds of the young people in the country.
He said his party would stick to policy issues and only engage stakeholders on matters of development, without piking any altercations in the process.
Mr Sinkamba reminded congregants that the
Green Party spearheaded the policy and regulation changes on cannabis and pledged to advocate for more policy changes that would spur development in Zambia.
He also pledged to buy
100 pockets of cement for the congregation.
Rev Matutu on the other hand thanked the congregation for having recognised his spiritual and other roles in Church.
In reciprocating, the reverend in charge pledged to continue praying for the congregation and the entire body of Christ.