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…..as she and her campaign team play the ’Christian card’ in Kapiri Mposhi
By Daily Revelation Correspondent
Former Lands minister Jean Kapata has falsely claimed that President Edgar Lungu declared Zambia a Christian Nation.
Kapata, who is the Presidential running-mate deputy campaign manager, made the claim when she met members of the clergy in Kapiri Mposhi.
“President Lungu is building a house according to the Bible. He did not only stop at declaring Zambia a Christian Nation but went further to building a National place of worship. And as the clergy, we need to pray and provide guidance for the country and it’s leadership as we head for elections,” Kapata said.
However, the one who declared Zambia a Christian Nation was the late second Republican president Frederick Chiluba. The only declaration President Lungu has made concerning Christianity was the declaration of the National Day of Prayer on October 18.
PF Presidential Running-mate campaign team member, Sensio Banda implored the Church to guard against the removal the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation.
Banda claimed that some leaders of certain political parties contesting the August polls were agitating to remove the Christian Nation declaration from the Republican Constitution and declare Zambia as a secular state if elected to form government.
The former Kasenengwa Member of Parliament urged the Church to support President Lungu as he had vowed to maintain the Christian declaration.
“President Lungu reaffirmed the christian nation values and principles by enshrining them in the constitution cognisant of the fact that nothing happens unless God says so meaning that God should be at the center of our lives in fact because of that declaration the center is holding,” Banda said.
And Kapiri Mposhi District Christian Ministers’ Fellowship Chairman Japhet Msoni has re-affirmed the Church’s commitment to preach peace, unity and love ahead of the 2021 General Elections.
“The Church in Kapiri Mposhi condemns violence, hate speech and tribal remarks that may plunge the country into chaos. Political parties should conduct peaceful campaigns,” Bishop Msoni said.
On other matters, Kapata said the PF government has developed a robust land policy to empower Zambians including Churches to easily access land and obtain title deeds for their property.
Kapata said the Titling Programme will empower churches to obtain loan facilities from financial institutions against their church buildings because the PF government and President Lungu regard land as a prerequisite to national economic development and wealth creation for citizens.
Kapata said through the Patriotic Front initiated Land Policy, Churches will be empowered to obtain titles which, she said they can use as collateral to access finance to venture into various Income Generating Activities to improve the lives of congregants and the needy in society.
The former minister stressed that from 1964 Zambia has never had a Land Policy to alienate land and systematically empower it’s people with title deeds.
“When I was Minister of Lands President Lungu tasked me to develop a National Land Policy and to commence the systematic National Land Titling Programme through which over 53,000 Title deeds were issued by the end of 2020,” said Kapata.
She said in its 2021-2026 manifesto, the Patriotic Front intends to produce and issue over four million certificates of title to public and private land owners.
Kapata challenged the Church to educate their congregants on the importance of voting in order to reduce voter apathy in the August 12 General Elections.
She also urged the clergy to guide their congregants how to vote and ticking of the ballot for their votes to count.
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