Zambia will hold a day of prayer and fasting on
Sunday, with bars shut and football matches
cancelled, to seek divine help over the country’s
currency collapse and dire economic woes. President Edgar Lungu last month ordered the
national prayer session after the kwacha fell 45
percent against the dollar since the start of the
year due to a sharp drop in the price of copper,
the country’s main export. Food prices have soared and crippling power
shortages have also been triggered by low
water-levels in Lake Kariba, where hydropower
plants supply much of the country’s electricity. God of miracles “God is a god of miracles and if we ask him, he
will bless us and the kwacha shall be restored to
its former strength and the prices of goods shall
again go down,” Bishop Simon Chihana, president
of the International Fellowship of Christian
Churches in Zambia, told AFP. “Let’s pray to God to have mercy on us. God has
done that before and he can do it again.” A large prayer gathering is planned in the Heroes
Stadium in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, where
about 85 percent of the population are Christians. The Zambian football association has postponed
all games on Sunday and the government
announced that bars should not open until 6:00
pm. Critics of the government have accused Lungu of
failing to tackle the causes of country’s economy
troubles, saying that the prayer day was a
distraction. “Stop the policy inconsistencies, put all economic
fundamentals in place and then maybe you can
pray,” financial analyst Mambo Hamaundu told
AFP.
Lungu came to power in January after the death
of president Michael Sata last year.
hii ndipo ujinga ya religion imetufikisha
seriously yawa hata kama
aki hii ni ujinga na huyo pastor ata lead the national prayers atadungwa kwacha ngapi? They recently rebased their currency around 2012 sasa watatorokea corner gani this time round?
the funny thing is that such may replicate itself in another african country
Kenya perhaps?
wacha watu waombee. But, they also need practical solutions.
This is now a misuse of faith and religion.
Watashangaa wakipelekea mungu sadaka awaambie “American dollars only please.”
I’d rather pray for Ruto…
When a country depends on one major export commodity, this is likely to happen.
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At the end of the day, countries may have to resort to Forex controls Nigerian style. Importers of some goods should be denied access to Forex. In our case, the public can be persuaded to postpone expenditure on imported goods.
People criticize Zambia yet the same happens in Kenya.