{"id":6295,"date":"2021-09-17T18:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights"},"modified":"2021-09-17T18:50:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:50:10","slug":"government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights","title":{"rendered":"Government clears off accusations on gay rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Government has refuted allegations by former Water Development Minister Raphael Nakachinda that President Hakainde Hichilema is travelling to United States in order to introduce gay rights in Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, Minister of Information and Media Chushi Kasanda clarified that while the UPND respects human rights, it does not promote gay rights. Ms. Kasanda who is also Chief Government Spokesperson says the UPND government is determined to uphold Zambia\u2019s status as a Christian nation.<\/p>\n<p>She says contrary to the wild allegations, President Hichilema is slated to attend the UN General Assembly on behalf of the entire Zambian population to advance the country\u2019s position on international issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Hichilema is being accorded a rare honour to hold a bilateral meeting with the President of the United States of America, undoubtedly the leader of the free world. This is in recognition of Zambia\u2019s now enhanced democracy,\u201d Ms. Kasanda said. And Mrs Kasanda said Mr Nakachinda is showing signs of bitterness following the UPND\u2019s victory in August 12, 2021 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we acknowledge and reaffirm that Mr Nakachinda has a right to exercise his freedom of expression, we find the comments he made about the Republican President Mr Hakainde Hichilema to be shrouded in bitterness and inappropriate for a former cabinet minister, who should be a role model to young people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She described Mr Nakachinda\u2019s criticism against the Presidency as disrespectful. \u201cMr Nakachinda should have exercised personal judgment and realized that it is too early for the majority Zambians to entertain criticism that borders on disrespecting the people\u2019s president, whose victory is still being celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nakachinda during a press briefing yesterday insinuated that President Hichilema\u2019s meeting with the US President is meant to advance gay rights in Zambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Government has refuted allegations by former Water Development Minister Raphael Nakachinda that President Hakainde Hichilema is travelling to United States in order to introduce gay rights in Zambia. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, Minister of Information and Media Chushi Kasanda clarified that while the UPND respects human rights, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,2513,2512,233],"class_list":["post-6295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-chushi-kasanda","tag-minister-of-information-and-media-2","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government clears off accusations on gay rights - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Government has refuted allegations by former Water Development Minister Raphael Nakachinda that President Hakainde Hichi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government clears off accusations on gay rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government has refuted allegations by former Water Development Minister Raphael Nakachinda that President Hakainde Hichi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-17T18:36:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-17T18:50:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/09\/img-6144e3395a033.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Government clears off accusations on gay rights\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-17T18:36:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-17T18:50:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/09\/img-6144e3395a033.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Chushi Kasanda\",\"Minister of Information and Media\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/government-clears-off-accusations-on-gay-rights\",\"name\":\"Government clears off accusations on gay rights - 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