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Spare Luapula people from cheap politicking - clergy

Spare Luapula people from cheap politicking - clergy
By Ernest Chanda
Thu 07 July 2011, 03:59 CAT

A MANSA clergyman says the dignified burial and mourning of late second Republican president Frederick Chiluba should not be interpreted as development for Luapula. In an interview, Rev Kelvin Mwitwa, who is also former Mansa Central MMD member of parliament, said the people of Luapula should be spared from cheap politicking because they needed real development.

“People gave an honourable burial to Dr Chiluba because he worked for it when he was in office. And so everyone who mourned him did that to honour him for the office he held and what he did for this country. But that gesture should not be interpreted as development for Luapula, no!” said Rev Mwitwa.

“Just yesterday Wednesday last week, I saw Lupula Province minister Mr Besa Chimbaka on ZNBC evening news where he was connecting Dr Chiluba’s burial to developments in Luapula. This is wrong because there is still no development here which he can boast about. It is wrong for him to politicise Dr Chiluba’s death and tie it to development in this province.

In any case, how does the burial of a former head of state translate into development of a particular region? I think the people of Luapula should be allowed to rest. Dr Chiluba is not here with us, so he should also be left to rest.”

Appearing on ZNBC’s main evening news last Wednesday, Chimbaka said the people of Luapula mourned Chiluba with dignity because they had seen development in the province brought about by the MMD government.

Labels: FREDERICK CHILUBA, MANSA DISTRICT, POLITICS

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