By JAMES KUNDA, STEVEN ZANDE and CHUSA SICHONE –

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THE Home Affairs ministry and the Registrar of Societies should treat revelations by Wynter Kabimba into the operations of the Socialist Party seriously with a view to investigate any wrong dealings, Chief Government spokesperson Dora Siliya has said.
Mr Kabimba the Rainbow Party leader boasted ‘shades of truth’ into the sources of funding of the Socialist Party and its principles of sexuality, which Ms Siliya pointed to as a source of worry.
Ms Siliya, who is also Information and Broadcasting Services Minister hinted at a Press briefing in Lusaka yesterday that Mr Kabimba’s allegations should be treated seriously and needed verifying to safeguard national interest.
“Zambia has a Constitution which prescribes the conduct of political parties in relation to observing the country’s social and religious norms, as a Christian nation. So I would urge the ministry of Home Affairs to take an interest in this matter and establish what we’ve read, Mr Kabimba saying in the papers today (yesterday),” Ms Siliya said.
She urged the media to expose the conduct of political parties and leaders defying the country’s statutes by promoting liberal social norms.
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has also indicated that investigations would be launched to confirm the truth about Mr Kabimba’s allegations and that the new opposition launched at the weekend risked being deregistered for being in conflict with the law.
Other stakeholders such as the Bible Gospel Church in Africa (BIGOCA) overseer Peter Ndhlovu cautioned Zambians to be careful with the new party following Mr Kabimba’s revelations.
“People should open their eyes, see the Socialist Party for what it is and reject it because the motive behind its formation is not good for Zambians,” he said.

Christian Democratic Party (CDP) president Dan Pule said the new opposition party should be ignored as it did not mean well for Zambians.

Mr Kabimba said when he featured on Millennium Radio for an interview on Tuesday, that he was a principled person who did not ‘do desperate things’ to get money for his party adding, ‘we differed on certain groups that wanted to fund the party. We also differed on our principles on sexual orientation’.

The Socialist Party through its secretary general Cosmas Musumali distanced his party from any wrongdoing and accused Mr Kabimba of scandalising the new party.
He demanded minutes from Mr Kabimba to validate his claims.