ZAMBIA: Corruption derails peoples potential says Bishop Lungu

President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has said that corruption has continued to ‘suck’ life out of potential and very capable professionals. Rt. Rev. George Lungu said this in his homily on faith with reference to the gospel reading of 9th July,2018, (Matthew 9:21-26).

Speaking during Mass, which he celebrated for Catholic Bishops in Zambia at the Catholic Secretariat in Lusaka on 9^th, July, 2018, Rt. Rev. Lungu who is also the Bishop of Chipata described corruption as a virus and hemorrhage which Zambia is faced with saying Zambians should have strong faith in God in order to be healed from many ‘hemorrhages’ it is facing.

“As a member of the Conference, ZCCB, I am equally challenged by the faith of the people, in this great nation of Zambia especially through this deadly virus called corruption. Corruption is a virus that sucks life out of our potential and very capable doctors, lawyers, engineers, scientists, pilots and name them all. It sucks the life out of the innocent citizens,” he said.

The ZCCB President further explained that, because of the corruption incidences, the country continues to have patients dying at the hands of unethical doctors; building collapsing because of poor engineers; money lost at the hands of unqualified economists and accountants. Humanity dies at the hands of unqualified religious scholars and justice being lost at the hands of unscrupulous judges.

He added that elections are also lost at the hands of Electoral Commissioners who do not care about free, fair and credible elections while human rights are lost and disregarded.

Bishop Lungu further noted that there are many who are admitted to college based on corruption deals but not on merits, similarly there are those that get distinctions yet are illiterate while the genius ones remain on the streets.

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By Mwenya Mukuka