CATHOLIC priest Fr Mofya Chisenga says some citizens shy away from paying taxes because they do not see how their money is being utilised. And Fr Chisenga says some leaders want to control the church, forgetting that it is the church’s responsibility to offer moral guidance to those in authority. In his homily, Monday, Fr Chisenga said it was government’s responsibility to explain to citizens the importance of paying taxes and to ensure that the money collected was put to good use. “In today’s Gospel, we see Jesus Christ seated with his disciples in Galilee and the tax collectors asked the disciples to say, ‘does your leader pay tax?’ Simon then heard what they were asking and he answered to...

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