CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says government won’t be in a hurry to respond to sentiments from the clergy because some sections of the church were infiltrated by politicians in the past. And Mweetwa says President Hakainde Hichilema has booked himself a ticket for another five years because of his unprecedented performance. Speaking when he featured on Prime TV’s Oxygen of Democracy, Monday, Mweetwa said President Hichilema wanted to work with the church. Asked to comment on some clergymen who were telling congregants that politicians will always lie, in apparent reference to Catholic Priest Fr Chewe Mukosa, Mweetwa said some section of Christians broke away from ordinary Christianity of Jesus Christ and God in the past. “The President emphasises that...

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