ON Sunday October 18, we witnessed another milestone in Zambia’s journey when the nation prayed and fasted.
The critics of this big day were shamed as the magnitude of Zambia relinquished their daily routines and flooded the churches across Zambia just to ask for forgiveness and blessings from the most High.
Those of us who were glued to the Television sets saw the miraculous events unfolding in the sky over the show grounds.
The sun was surrounded by a rainbow circle and later, by a small cloud; this proved the evil critics who even shunned attending the big event for their egoistic behaviour.
They blamed President Edgar Lungu for being political when he announced the day of national prayer.
The people that criticised the event should realise that leadership comes from God and we will see how they will get there if they don’t embrace God.
I am sure every Christian out there has now realised how evil some people can be.
“All those who want to come to my Father should do so by mentioning my name,” Jesus Christ.
MWANSA KAMUKWAMBA

Lets take care of babies in prisons

HUMAN life is continuous battle on earth. To make ourselves saints, it is important to always remember that we are here on earth as pilgrims, on a journey to heaven.
As we celebrate 51 Years of Independence, we should remember that every child has the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
If a child is well managed in its formative years, then that same child will stand a great chance of attaining college/university education, consequently leading to the attainment of bright future.
It is sad that after 50 years of independence, we have not come up with a comprehensive policy to improve conditions for jailed mothers with infants.
There is need to introduce a courtyard for children to enjoy and feel bright like any other child who goes to other day-care centres.
My concern is that babies born in prisons live just like their jailbird mothers, behind bars, never seeing a blade of grass, earth, trees or any part of the natural world.
To be honest, you would cry at the facilities for female inmates and their babies.
Babies are limited to a soulless section and play on the cold cement floors. These children are in actual fact being punished; their only crime is that their mothers, who are serving sentences for violent crimes like robbery, among other things, have had a run-in with the law.
The children are living in isolation and are not exposed to the outside world. They never see dogs, cats, cows, elephants or men. There are no father figures.
It is simply not part of their world. These female inmates with babies end up being the most depressed and may suffer psychological damage from spending such a long time in prison.
Parliamentarians and constitutional leaders should speedily tackle this unfavourable policy.
Dominic Muntanga
Kabwe

‘Be careful with social media content’

Technology has made the distribution of information easier and affordable using the internet.
However, this has compromised the standards of news content.
We now have too many fabricated lies spreading on Social networks as news.
The sad fact is that most people do not even counter check to prove the validity of information.
Mis-information is a barrier to good citizenship.
We now have too many people who depend on speculations.
We need to depend on reliable news sources if we are to make well informed decisions.
The culture of lies is growing very fast in our country due to irresponsible anonymous citizens who publish lies.
We need to be responsible with the information we receive or give.
Wisdom Kaunda
Kabwe