MAKEBI ZULU PLOTS TO TAKEOVER TONSE ALLIANCE
…amidst party turmoil SOME leaders in the Tonse Alliance are plotting to install lawyer Makebi Zulu as chairman…
SILENCE IN THE VINEYARD: WHY ARCHBISHOP ALICK BANDA’S QUIET RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
By Chiti Manga By any measure, the Catholic Church in Zambia occupies a moral high ground in public…
WHEN SOLIDARITY BECOMES A POLITICAL CIRCUS
By Chiti Manga What was billed as a solemn show of religious solidarity around Lusaka Archbishop Alick Banda…
Kwacha Surge Signals Economic Recovery
#TheEditorZambia The Kwacha has continued showing a significant strengthening trend against the US Dollar (USD), reaching a 27-month…
WHEN ACADEMIA DESCENDS INTO ALARMISM: THE SISHUWA SISHUWA PROBLEM
By Manga Chiti There is a line every serious academic understands, but some eventually choose to cross: the…
HH Gives With Purpose, Not as Privilege; The Case of ZRA vehicle Given To Alick Banda
President Hakainde Hichilema’s Churchsupport is fundamentally different from former president Edgar Lungu’s gift of a motor vehicle to…
Why Is ZCCB Silent About The Toyota Hilux In The Vineyard?
SOME members of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) have expressed unwavering solidarity with the Archbishop of…
OPPOSITION’S POLITICS OF ENDLESS MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE
By Chiti Manga If there is one defining trait of Zambia’s opposition in the post-2021 era, it is…
IT’S NOT A WAR ON THE CHURCH, BUT ON ALLEGED GRAFT BY ALICK BANDA
By Chiti Manga The loud claim now echoing from some sections of the clergy and the opposition suggesting…
As a lawyer, I understand and respect the mandate of law enforcement institutions. As a Catholic, I also understand the role of the Church and its shepherds in speaking to the conscience of the nation. It is from these two positions that I reflect on the recent matter involving Archbishop Dr. Alick Banda and the Drug Enforcement Commission.
On the legal side, Mr. Nason Banda, the Director General of DEC, is carrying out a difficult national…