{"id":2775,"date":"2026-02-23T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2026-02-23T18:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:44:46","slug":"clergyman-extols-president-hichilemas-sona-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2775","title":{"rendered":"CLERGYMAN EXTOLS PRESIDENT HICHILEMA\u2019S SONA SPEECH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Day of Prayer Chairperson Robert Sihubwa, says President Hakainde Hichilema&#8217;s speech to parliament last week is inspiring as it gives hope about\u00a0economic stability, unity, and development for Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>Father Sihubwa says President Hichilema should be supported by the church as well as all well-meaning Zambians.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, President Hichilema addressed the nation in Parliament on the progress made in the application of values and principles.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Sihubwa, who highlighted\u00a0achievements in free education, health, corruption, and the mining sector scored by President Hichilema\u2019s administration, called for patience and moral discipline as the country pursues long\u2011term development.<\/p>\n<p>The Lusaka-based clergyman said this last evening on ZNBC&#8217;s Sunday Interview programme.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Sihubwa further implored the church to pray for the Head of State as well as government officials for guidance and wisdom ahead of the August general elections.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the government\u2019s free\u2011education initiative is a\u00a0tangible expression of national values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment should be commended on free education that is transforming lives.\u00a0The policy reflects commitments to tackling human dignity, equity, social justice, equality, and non\u2011discrimination,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Day of Prayer Chairperson Robert Sihubwa, says President Hakainde Hichilema&#8217;s speech to parliament last week is inspiring as it gives hope about\u00a0economic stability, unity, and development for Zambia. Father Sihubwa says President Hichilema should be supported by the church as well as all well-meaning Zambians. Last week, President Hichilema addressed the nation in Parliament [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,15],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-2775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-latestnewsleft","category-onlyzanis","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}