. Lubinda

By STEVEN ZANDE –
AGRICULTURE Minister Given Lubinda has advised Zambians to look out for ‘evil and dark forces’ emanating from some sections of the opposition ahead of the August 11 polls.
Mr Lubinda cited violent behaviour and total disregard of the law by some opposition parties as a ‘sign of times’ that should be guarded against as he asked right-thinking Zambians to turn to God.
“You keep hearing about Black Friday this, Black Sunday that or whatever…it clearly denotes evil,” Mr Lubinda said.
“In a Christian nation, whose President has constantly turned to God for help, you can’t have such talk. We must guard against dark forces.”
He said this yesterday when he featured on a Radio Phoenix programme, ‘Let the People Talk’.
Mr Lubinda said Zambians should learn from President Lungu who called for the national day of prayers last October instead of following leaders who preach “hate and darkness.”
He said dark spirits could be at play, especially among those that are not happy that President Lungu had re-affirmed the decree of Zambia as a Christian Nation that should shun evil in any form.
Mr Lubinda also warned Zambians to check the temperament of those aspiring for the high office before they could vote for them because some of them had documented records of violence.
“There are leaders who, if they differ with their wives, the wife will end up in hospital because they can only settle differences with fists and violence.
“You have to be careful and guard against voting for such leaders. You cannot beat wives and workers just because you have differed,” Mr Lubinda said.
Even though the former Kabwata legislator did not mention any aspirant, The Post in recent publications had exposed business executive Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, commonly known as GBM, as a violent man who takes keen interest in beating his wife in order to show love.
Mr Lubinda appealed to Zambians to vote for President Edgar Lungu for him to continue with the progressive agricultural policies which had ensured food security in the country.
The minister, who is the PF Kabwata parliamentary candidate, said people should vote for Mr Lungu to give him a five-year mandate which would enable him to turn Zambia into a regional food basket.
He said Mr Lungu had so far started implementing sound agricultural policies which had attracted local and foreign investors to the sector.
“I assure the nation that when we re-elect President Lungu, Zambia will remain food secure because he has demonstrated a will to actualise the economic diversification to agriculture which his predecessors just talked about,” Mr Lubinda said.
He said under President Lungu’s tenure, Zambia had, among other crops, recorded increased soya beans and rice exports.