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President Lungu (r) with the first Lady Ester prays during the nation pray day on peaceful elections at show ground in Lusaka yesterday Picture by Josephine Nsululu/Zanis.
President Lungu (r) with the first Lady Ester prays during the nation pray day on peaceful elections at show ground in Lusaka yesterday Picture by Josephine Nsululu/Zanis.
A clergyman in Mansa has called on Zambians to pray for President Edgar Lungu and the Government as they start to deliver their five-year mandate.

Mabumba Parish priest Patrick Kabaso said President Lungu deserved suport as he had shown commitment in transorming people’s lives.

He said Mansa was greatiful to the Head of State and government for the developmental programmes and maintaining peace especially after elections.

Speaking when he delivered a sermon during a mass attended by Minister of Helth Chitalu Chilufya yesterday, Fr Kabaso said it was only logical for anyone to respect President Lungu by helping him through prayers alas the country faced some economic challenges.

He said there was also need of reuniting different political groups so as to maintain the One Zambia one Nation motto.

“We hear there are some people who have not accepted that we have a President and a government in place.

This is unfotunate but all we can ask from you as people in govenment is to embrace even those that differ with you politically,” he said

He said all well meaning Zambians should put the elections behind them and suport the elected leadership.

The parish priest also thanked President Lungu for apointing seven ministers from Luapula.

Speaking after the sermon, Dr Chilufya thanked the church for the pivotal role it played in maintening unity and peace after the elections.

He thanked the people of Mansa for giving him and President Lungu a resounding vote during the August 11 elections.

“For the respect you gave Preisident Lungu and me for voting for us, we I am here to asure you that the promises that we made during the campaign will be fulfilled,” Dr Chilufya said.

Dr Chilufya said he with the local leadership in Mansa would soon convene a youth meeting to chart foward the welfare of the youths as emphasised by President Lungu.

He said the meetings will among other things discuss the creation and development of youth stills training centres.

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    • PF prayers are about violence against the opposition and nothing else matters, only mediocrity.
      Fuel is now over K13 due to the incompetent and illegitimate PF of this same visionless Edgar. Poverty is PF! So just let the presidential petition be heard in the concourt and Edgar must hand over power to the speaker, then people can talk. Stealing elections and want people to pray after PF is increasing prices of commodities is rhetoric of this call.

    • Praying is a useless waste of time, energy and emotion.

      Why would a perfect God be influenced by prayer when by definition he knows what he is doing better than we do and knows exactly what is going to allow to happen in the future. Why would a god change his mind? The concept of prayer is quite literally insane if you also believe in a God that knows everything. He knows in advance that you are going to pray, and of course he knows how he is going to answer it! Why on Earth do people actually think that a god will change his behaviour as result of someone mumbling a few words?

    • “Prayer is like masturbation. It feels good to the person doing it, and does nothing for the person they’re thinking about”–Don Baker.

  1. SO WHEN WERE SUBSIDIES RE-INTRODUCED?
    STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE :
    Media Statement for Immediate Release
    PRESIDENT SATA ON THE REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY
    LUSAKA, Thursday, May 2, 2013 – His Excellency, Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia, has said the removal of the subsidy on petroleum products will enable the state to have more finances available for spending and guarantee proper implementation of all government programmes and projects.
    President Sata said it is necessary that the subsidy on petroleum products, which has been a burden on state coffers for a longtime, is removed and consequently the price of fuel adjusted upwards in order to attract wider social benefits for the general populace.
    “In 2012 alone, the Treasury redirected resources amounting to…

  2. Pray for him to deliver what? More poverty? Please don’t insult our intelligence

    • No wonder that people pray to gods with their eyes closed. It is much easier to pretend there is a god when you are not looking at the world around you.

  3. Comment: STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE :
    Media Statement for Immediate Release
    PRESIDENT SATA ON THE REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY
    LUSAKA, Thursday, May 2, 2013 – His Excellency, Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia, has said the removal of the subsidy on petroleum products will enable the state to have more finances available for spending and guarantee proper implementation of all government programmes and projects.
    President Sata said it is necessary that the subsidy on petroleum products, which has been a burden on state coffers for a longtime, is removed and consequently the price of fuel adjusted upwards in order to attract wider social benefits for the general populace.
    “In 2012 alone, the Treasury redirected resources amounting to KR754 Million (K754 Billion)…

  4. Praying for brutal Muslim who take pressure in locking up his opponents and does not have the heart for poor Zambians.

    • Unfortunately there’s been one too many news items in which children have died as a result of parents withholding medical treatment in favour of prayer only. That alone is reason enough to challenge believers to show that prayer DOES NOT work!

  5. After stealing an election and marginalizing some sections of society you tell yourselves that God is with you. PF, PF. The truth is these are false prophets who do not want to tell you the truth about God. God abhors injustice and falsehood, corruption and nepotism. Truth be told: God is not with you PF unless you change your ways. Jeremiah 29:8

  6. what the Church to lead Lungu into prayer of repentance for his misdeeds to the opposition and to fellow Zambians whose PF cadres and PF police have injured and killed.

  7. I would expect the priest and other compromised pastors who are calling us to pray for president Lungu and the people he rules with, also some of the people who rule with the president have asked the public to pray for the president. The Bible commands us to pray for those who are in authority. And the Bible tells us the power and blessing of reconciliation. ” if my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land”. It is impossible for Zambia to be heal when the leaders are not following the will of God. The priests and pastors should tell first our president to make the house in order before asking us to pray for him and the…

  8. Prayers for hire! Zambian clergymen preoccupied with praying for politicians as opposed to the vast vulnerable and poor masses. Its a damn shame.

    • Albert Einstein, Bill Gates and a list of great individuals who impacted and shaped civilisation were not a praying people yet got the great solutions for the benefit of mankind “
      “when we have a nation that believes so much in praying, and which heart is not passionate about transformation, change and solutions, it’s no wonder that we’ll be lagging behind

  9. MOST OF US ZAMBIANS NEED TO WAKE UP FROM SLUNBER. WE DON’T SEEM TO KNOW OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS. WE ALSO DON’T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT POLITICIANS INCLUDING PRESIDENT ARE ANSWERABLE TO US.

  10. You leave your population without water, electricity, proper medical care and food and go to pray. I am sure even our Lord will simply ignore such misplaced prayers. Go and attend to peoples problems, that is a thousand times better than prayer and God will reward you.

  11. We just need to pray for our Country to be in God Hands. And Forgive us for our Sins.GOD BLESS ZAMBIA. We need your help JESUS. Our President and all who are working with him are HUMANS. So is Mr. HH.and Mr. GBM. We are a people of Zambia and the world at large need GOD and JESUS in our lives . So if you cannot pray for the President, please pray for your self and your families friends and your neighbours and those who hate you to be blessed.. I believe things are far from being perfect in your lives. If you are happily married, have children, got a well paying job, Not hospitalised, still there is a challenge that you are battling. THIS IS WHAT BEING A HUMAN IS ALL ABOUT.NO ONE IS PROBLEM FREE ON THIS EARTH. If you have everything and But you dont have JESUS and dont put GOD first in…

  12. NO ONE IS PROBLEM FREE ON THIS EARTH. If you have everything and But you dont have JESUS and dont put GOD first in every little thing you do in life then that’s VANITY. And might just end up like most CELEBRITIES who LIVE with HUGE VACUUMS IN THEIR LIFE’S THAT THEIR WEALTH, PRIVILEGES , GOOD LOOKS, AND POWER CANNOT FILL AND END UP DYING HORRIBLE DEATHS.

  13. IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME (CHILDREN OF GOD, JOHN 1:12) HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY, IF THEY SEEK MY FACE TURN AWAY FROM SIN (REPENT OF THEIR WRONGS OR EVIL PLANS AGAINST GOD) THEN I WILL FORGIVE THEM AND HEAR THE PRAYER OFFERED IN THIS PLACE AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND ( 2CHRONICLES 7:14-15).

    I WONDER IF ALL THE SO CALLED LEADERS OF TODAY DO UNDERSTAND THIS. THEY ARE HATERS OF EACH OTHER. WILL GOD HEAR THEIR PRAYERS WHEN THEY HAVE HATRED MOTIVES AND ARE ALWAYS DEMEANING OTHER TRIBES CREATED BY GOD IN THEIR HEARTS?
    I WILL NOT BE PART OF THIS SATANIC PRAYER BUT HAVE MY OWN PRAYER DAY AS USUAL THAN HAVING PRAYERS WITH DRUNKARDS IMMORAL PLANNERS AGAINST GOD WILL.

  14. AFTER IMPREGNATING URIA’S WIFE, KING DAVID CALLED FOR URIA THE HETITE FROM THE BATTLE TO COME HOME IN A BID TO HAVE HIM SLEEP WITH HIS WIFE. THE GUY DID NOT DO THAT. IN SHOCK, KING DAVID ASKED HIM, ‘WHY DIDN’T U GO TO YOUR HOUSE?’ IN RESPONSE, THE HUMBLE SERVANT OF THE LORD ASKED, “MY LORD, HOW CAN GO HOME TO MERRY, ENJOY MYSELF WITH MY WIFE WHEN THE ARK OF THE LORD IS AT THE BATTLEFIELD?” I ASK THE SAME QUESTION HERE, HOW DO U EXPECT PEOPLE TO GO FOR DAY OF NATIONAL PRAYERS WHEN THOUSANDS ARE IMPRISONED ON UNKNOWN CHARGES & LEFT TO ROT IN PRISON? LET US BE SERIOUS WITH MATTERS OF GOD. GOD IS NOT MAN & HE IS NOT TO BE MOCKED.

  15. NOT EVERYONE WHO SAY LORD LORD WILL ENTER HEAVEN BUT ONLY THOSE WHO DO THE WILL OF MY FATHER. WHEN YOU PRAY DO NOT SHOW OFF LIKE HEATHEN, THE ANSWERED PRAYER IS THAT WHICH ONES SEES DEEP DOWN HIS HEART AND REMOVES HIS SIN AND TURN TO GOD. ARE THE LEADERS YOU WILL PRAY FOR REPENTANT? IF YOU WANT GOD TO REACT ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING GO AHEAD AND SEE HOW HE WILL SEND HIS CONSUMING FIRE ON THESE LEADERS AND CALAMITY WILL BE ON THE ZAMBIANS.

  16. Ask the client ( poor woman he represented) whose money he stole to pray for him. Zambians (majority) whose votes he stole will never pray for Lungu. They are cursing him everyday. You have to listen to the rumours and you will believe Zambians do not like this man. And the reason is simple. They did not vote for him. Those Christmas for Lungu some of them appearing in court for theft can play ( not pray ) for Lungu. May God listen to the cries of Zambians and do them justice.

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