ZAMBIA'S MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER LASHES OUT AT CERTAIN MEDIA HOUSES FOR SUGGESTING THAT HE IS IN SUPPORT OF THE GAYS IN THE COUNTRY DESPITE IT BEING CALLED A CHRISTIAN NATION

ZAMBIA'S MAIN OPPOSITION PATRIOTIC FRONT PRESIDENT MICHAEL SATA HAS LASHED OUT AT SOME MEDIA HOUSES WHO ARE SUGGESTING THAT HE IS IN SUPPORT OF GAY GROUPS EXISTENCE IN THE COUNTRY STATING THAT THERE IS NOWHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION WHERE IT IS WRITTEN THAT SUCH GROUPS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXIST.

SPEAKING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH RADIO PHOENIX MR. SATA WHO WONDERED HOW HE WOULD SUPPORT SUCH GROUPS WHEN HE IS A CHRISTIAN AND THE NATION HAS A DECLARATION WHICH SUPPORTS CHRISTIANITY SAYS SUCH PUBLICATION ARE ONLY AIMED AT DENTING HIS IMAGE AND RUIN HIS POLITICAL CAREER.

MR. SATA HAS CHARGED THAT THE MANEUVERS BY CERTAIN MEDIA HOUSES TO BRING HIM DOWN BY PUBLISHING FORCE INFORMATION PURPORTING THAT ITS HIM WHO ISSUED SUCH INFORMATION WILL NOT WORK AS HE BELIEVES IN NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH ADDING THAT AT NO TIME HAS HE EVER STOOD ON THE PULPIT TO DECLARE HIS SUPPORT FOR THE NAMED GROUPS.

HE HAS POINTED OUT THAT ANY WELL MEANING ZAMBIAN WHO IS A CHRISTIAN KNOWS HOW THIS COUNTRY HAS SINCE ITS INDEPENDENCE ENJOYED BEING A CHRISTIAN NATION WHICH HAS UNITED ALL ZAMBIANS UNDER THE THEME “ONE ZAMBIA, ONE NATION” AND BRINGS ABOUT PEACE.

MR. SATA SAYS THE MEDIA HOUSES WHO ARE PUBLISHING FORCE INFORMATION SHOULD STOP DOING SO BECAUSE THEY WILL SURELY NEED HIM WHEN HE BECOMES ZAMBIA’S NEXT PRESIDENT ADDING THAT HE MET WITH THE NAMED GROUPS AND DIPLOMATS IN A BID TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE ZAMBIANS STANCE OVER THE MATTER IS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.

published by augustine m sichula