Zambia: Worshippers Drag Chief Sairi to Court

FIFTEEN members of the Jehovah's Witnesses have dragged Chief Sairi of the Ngoni speaking people in Eastern Province to court seeking an injunction to restrain him from demolishing their place of worship for refusing to contribute a K1 each towards the financing of the Nc'wala traditional ceremony.

Patrick Vumisa and 14 others have accused Chimsakasa Jere, who has been sued in his capacity as Chief Sairi of subjecting them to forced labour and threatening to grab their farm fields and to demolish their place of worship.

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