MOST traditional churches do not allow those who have died by suicide to pass through their doors, and that rule hit Mathew Nkhuwa painfully when the United Church of Zambia refused to receive his son’s body, using what he describes as oppressive rules and regulations to close their doors when he needed them most for comfort. Standing before mourners, emotionally wounded during the burial, Nkhuwa, a former Energy minister, lamented that the Reverend at St Mark’s in Chingola, the congregation his son Maposa belonged to, refused to hold the service because his son had taken his own life, without even knowing the full facts of his death. Nkhuwa, who was also Chingola Central member of parliament, said the church had...