Stiffer hate speech law coming

KABANDA CHULU Lusaka PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Cabinet has approved to amend laws so that stiffer punishment including longer jail sentences is imposed on those making hate speech and divisive tribal remarks. Addressing the media yesterday at State House, President Hichilema said Zambia is one united people without segregating on colour, language, height or tribe. He said there is no child who chooses parents before they are conceived. “How parents got to know each other, we don’t know but we are a product of love and made in the image of God,” he said. “We have an obligation to ensure that no one is allowed to destroy the heritage which the 73 tribes enjoy and it didn’t matter where they came from but upon establishing Zambia, they became citizens with full constitutional and equal rights…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm