President Mnangagwa yesterday adjourned a rescheduled
Cabinet meeting to attend the launch of the National Day of Prayer at State
House where he urged churches to pray for peace and unity.
Most Cabinet ministers also attended the launch of the
National Day of Prayer, which is the brainchild of First Lady Auxillia
Mnangagwa. Over 300 denominations were represented at the launch that was
attended by over 1 000 people.
“We have gathered here at State House not to celebrate the
First Family, but to pray to God about the challenges we are facing because He
is the only one who can solve them. When I was inaugurated as President last
year, I preached for there to be peace, love, unity and harmony in the country
and that is what I still preach today when I get the chance,” said President
Mnangagwa.
“We want peace, love, harmony and a united country. We
should not discriminate against each other. I also know that these are the
virtues that are also promoted by the Church.”
The President said Government would adhere to the dictates
of the Constitution that guarantees freedom of religion.
He said churches have their right to worship freely and
Government respects that provision because if a nation follows Jesus Christ’s
teachings, there will be no killing of each other and damaging other people’s
property.
President Mnangagwa said God was the one who appointed
leaders, and the leaders should know that the people they lead belong to God.
“However, God does not come to directly appoint individuals
as leaders but appoints them through the people.
“We have different races across the world and each one of
them was given their own country and resources. However, we have other nations
that are not satisfied with what God gave them and want to find benefit from
other nations’ resources.
“This is how conflicts happen between nations; that is why
we always pray that each nation benefits from its resources,” said President
Mnangagwa.
Turning to the issue of political dialogue, the President
reiterated his position that he was open to talking to anyone through the
Political Actors Dialogue Forum (POLAD).
“We have our dialogue as political parties at this place
and my arms are stretched to say every political party should come and we build
our nation. We are all Zimbabweans, we might get assistance from other nations
but we all remain Zimbabweans.
“So as churches, pray for there to be peace and harmony in
the country,” he said. President Mnangagwa saluted the churches for organising the
National Day of Prayer.
“I have been at this place since 1980 and I want to tell
you that such a thing has not happened before,” he said.
He added that the church was free to organise regular
prayer meetings at State House whenever they needed.
Meanwhile, President Mnangagwa introduced the Cabinet
members to the congregants that attended yesterday’s prayer meeting.
There were also banners on display at the event promoting
the Government’s devolution policy.
The banners highlighted the various natural resources found
in each of the country’s 10 provinces that could be exploited for the benefit
of the respective communities. Herald
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