STOP BEING BIASED
… Police must serve all citizen fairly – Bishop Mfula
By Charles Musonda
THE Zambia Police Service must know that it is a service that should not only serve members of the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) but all citizens including the opposition, Bishop Billy Mfula has said.
Bishop Mfula, who is Jesus Anointed Ministries Overseer and chairperson of the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation, said this in an interview in Lusaka yesterday.
He was reacting to mounting public concerns over the police’s seemingly biased handling of political violence between the UPND members and mostly the Tonse-PF Pamodzi Alliance.
UPND cadres have been acting with impunity injuring opposition supporters and damaging property, including motor vehicles, without any of them being arrested while the victims of their unprovoked violence are the ones whom the police have been detaining and charging instead.
“So the police should be able to do that work and do it thoroughly without any bias at all. That is it. We trust that God will help us have integrity. Even as the police service, it is a service that must be rendered to every citizen both the ruling party and the opposition,” Bishop Mfula said.
“We need to vote responsibly. There’s no need for any bloodshed. Zambia is bigger than any political party. UNIP [United National Independence Party) came, left Zambia. MMD came, PF [Patriotic Front] came, we have the UPND now,” he said.
Bishop Mfula said Zambia was bigger than a political party. That is what all the political parties have as the ground for their operations.
He said there was no need to destroy the country.
People should vote with maturity.
Bishop Mfula said there should be respect between the ruling party and the opposition because that was a sign of good leadership.
If politicians started insulting each other, it was a sure sign that they were not ready to lead.
He also said through the Kings and Priests Summit, his church had embarked on teaching its members leadership and governance, combining the two with priesthood with the focus on how pastors and politicians could work together.
Bishop Mfula said the church was looking at the role of the Church in a nation and in governance because the Church was salt, meaning it preserved the moral fibre of the nation.
“In the absence of the Church, a nation decays morally. There will be no righteousness. So we are saying the role of the Church in the nation is vital because it is the Church that educates the hearts of men,” he said.
“We want government to understand that in governing people, there’s a heart of man that they can’t govern, only God governs the hearts of men. In this summit we are bringing out the clarity that governments cannot stand alone in the absence of the church. The church must get involved and be practical in national development because if the church is light we must guide wherever we are.”
