Don’t let politicians divide you, Lungu tells the church

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the church should not allow politicians to divide it. Speaking when he briefly addressed congregants at the United Church of Zambia St Margaret’s in Itezhi-Tezhi, Sunday, President Lungu said the politician’s role was to serve people. “Allow me to say that the United Church of Zambia believes in oneness. We are in one in Christ. When Dr (Kenneth) Kaunda said ‘we are One Zambia, One Nation’ I think he was inspired by that. So there is no Ila, no Tonga, no Lenje, no Mambwe. If we are in Christ, we are one. And if we are one in Christ, why should we let politicians come to divide us? Politicians just come to serve us. I think…...