Today's letters to editor

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:24:25 +0000

Calls to disband Police traffic department timely

Dear Editor,

Kindly allow me to add a comment on a story you published in your much read paper of June 24, 2017 on the above subject.

Indeed, the members of Parliament must be commended for such a good recommendation.

The call for the disbandment of the traffic department of Zambia Police is long overdue.

To start with, the traffic department under Zambia Police Service is not doing any commendable job, to say the least.

This is the department whose officers are synonymous with corruption.

Even the word CORRUPTION itself knows these officers and their supervisors by name.

For those who have driven from Lusaka to Livingstone, will agree with me that if you have a vehicle with a minor defect, e.g. a blown tail light bulb, the driver will be made to pay throughout the whole route to be allowed passage to final destination.

Secondly, the disbanding of this department in the Police Service will result in the Service deploying those officers to other needy departments like general duties or crime prevention departments in the face of lack of manpower in the Zambia Police Service.

The traffic department has officers who are just loafing.

Thirdly, officers under the Traffic department cannot reform no matter the type of education on corruption issues.

Thus, in agreeing with the recommendations from our law makers, there is urgent need for this department to be disbanded.

I do agree that the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) can discharge the duties of the Traffic police officers.

If RTSA has inadequate numbers, now that the local authorities have been empowered to collect revenue by our Constitution, they can be allowed through their security departments to help RTSA.

This can be done through a Statutory Instrument (SI).

Thank you.

Tembo Sekani

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Zambia should unite against dark forces of evil

Dear Editor,

It is unthinkable that there could be some Zambians with such evil machinations and corrupt minds as have seen in recent times.

How does one who lives in Zambia, enjoying the fruits of democracy go out to join a bandwagon of misinformers bent on painting our blessed country black to suggest that Zambia is a dictatorship.

Reginald Ntombi a journalist who has taken advantage of the freedom of expression must be ashamed of embarrassing himself with non-existent facts of abuse of authority by Government.

This man was saying that there is no freedom of expression in Zambia while expressing his ignorance freely on TRT world via Skype.

Brothers and sisters, these are not small and innocent acts but coordinated acts to bring confusion in Zambia.

Therefore, we need once again to go down on our knees and seek the face of God. Otherwise on our own, we are bound to lose.  Every day the dark forces of evil are mobilising using black money. Unfortunately some men and women of the collar have fallen for black money earned from black economic activities to help those who want us to lose the peace we have enjoyed for years.

We are lucky that we are a Christian nation, no wonder those that are calling for evil ways of settling political issues keep exposing their ignorance and keep on giving contradictory statements, why, because they don’t have a hand of God the creator in their activities.

The inferiority complex I’m seeing among some Zambians is frightening as they would rather praise the good work of the Western countries and abash their own great record of being a country endowed not only with natural resources but also with peace and love.

To journalists like Reginald Ntombi, politicians like Charles Milupi and Mike Mulongoti and the clergy like Bishop Telesphore Mpundu, never earn a name at the expense of peace.

Wisdom demands that we look at the bigger picture. Telesphore Mpundu would not fulfil God’s instruction for him and me to preach the Gospel if there was confusion in the country. Reginald Ntombi would not survive a second to report or tell a story if there was war while Milupi and Mulongoti would not have a chance to insult our head of State if there was political instability.

If there was a time to unite in prayer against the dark forces of evil, that time is now.

The hand of God is on the leadership of this country, what we need are constant prayers. Abash traitors!

Enock Chulu

Dear Editor,

For any problems that may befall a nation, there should be prayer for resolution of such conflict as written in Ephesians 6:10-18.

My dear fellow Zambians, “Praying always with all prayers and supplication in the spirit,” and in respect for each other forgiveness begins with the general public when they reconcile after a conflict.

Where matters are already before the enforcers of the law, there are instances of counselling and reconciling the conflicting parties and subsequent withdraw of cases.

If things escalate further without resolution, at the discretion of the courts too, offenders are either given lighter or suspended sentences.

Finally, in the spirit of forgiveness, the correctional facility authorization may recommend for pardon of any deserving inmates through the parole in prerogative of mercy.

In as much as there is nothing wrong, as the law permits or provides, in detaining or punishing a perceived offender, it is however not always an ultimate action if there is proven remorsefulness and room for reconciliation and quashing of the process. During the launch of the 7th National Development Plan by President Edgar Lungu on 21st June, 2017, the United Nations coordinator Ms Janet Rogan, advised that, it is the job of the leadership of the country to create the space for the peaceful, respectful national dialogue, and that it is equally the responsibility of all others to step into that space to chart the way forward peacefully and respectfully together. Ms Rogan, however, said Zambia truly remains a peaceful and democratically stable country despite all its challenges, but warned that peace and stability should never be taken for granted. This is so because, when there is a looming conflict, responsible citizens should quickly strive to prevent it by giving balanced counsel to avert the occurrence.

However, where and when such differences will have taken root, there is still room for conflict resolution through responsible arbitration.

But where the arbiter comes with no respect, confrontation and taking sides, they become an obstacle to the reconciliation process and are a new source of conflict, as they become enemy of society but most importantly to the warring parties.

Dear brethren, for when we ask from above, God’s eternal peace descends from heaven.

Therefore, God our Father, we your Zambian children, pray and ask for peace, unity, reconciliation and forgiveness.

We also ask for your eminence grace to be upon the instigators of conflict and let all your children and leadership of all political persuasions set space for the peaceful and respectful national dialogue for a stable and progressive nation.

Lord we pray with thanksgiving. Amen!

Adeodatus Matafwali

Lusaka