No gay rights in Zambia-HH
No gay rights in Zambia-HH
I will not support unnatural sexual practices, Zambia remains a Christian nation – Hichilema
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has assured the nation that he will not support negative and unnatural sexual practices in the country noting that Zambia will remain a Christian nation forever.
Officiating at the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) 60th anniversary celebration yesterday, President Hichilema stated that homosexuality is contrary to the African culture and Christian values.
“Our country, Zambia shall remain a Christian country. This country will not support negative and unnatural sexual practices, that’s it. We must not be shy to say what we believe in, we are Africans, we don’t support those things, we are Christians, we don’t support those things, I thought I should say it right there. We must not tire to do the right thing, Let’s focus our resources to tackle sensible issues.”
“One day, I will whisper to somebody what I did to a dignitary who visited me, I said to that dignitary, if you say these things outside there where we are addressing a press conference, I will differ with you publicly, we don’t agree with those things you want to talk about out there.
But we remain friends, if we agree on seven out of ten things, are we not good friends? But we also respect the three things we have differences on in a professional and mature way,” shared President Hichilema.
The President also called upon the Church to work with the government in addressing the increasing rates of divorce and misuse of social media, both of which he said were becoming prevalent.
“We need to tackle certain things in our country. Too many divorces in our country, let us hold our families together, let’s keep our children well, Gender Based Violence is becoming a cancer. Let’s tackle excessive abuse of social media where they will write things about the clergy, the negative stories spread even more than the factual stories,” he said.
Meanwhile, in celebration of the EFZ’s 60th anniversary, President Hichilema donated 21 heifers and one bull to help establish a herd and support their efforts in starting a ranching business.
“We are giving EFZ 21 female cattle and one bull. Please, they are not for consumption, they are for breeding. So I do believe you will find a home for them, we deliver them for you and we will like to monitor these after five years… Happy 60 years anniversary,” stated the Head of State.