CCZ general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya has reiterated that the Council of Churches in Zambia will not take part in receiving any funds from the Church Empowerment Fund being given to the church. And Ikeleng’i UPND member of parliament Elijah Muchima has accused the PF of abusing the treasury for campaigning purposes. On Sunday, Vice-President Inonge Wina told religious leaders in Kasempa that there was no reason why government should not support the church with the COVID-19 empowerment response fund, if funds were available. But in an interview, Fr Chikoya wondered why government was giving out huge sums of money to the Church at a time when the country was heading towards the general elections. “Basically for us as a...