Benjamin Phiri complained : “Yes, I owed someone a K700. I hired a compactor from him and I told him I would pay him once I receive payment. But he decided to report me to the police and the police also didn’t give me chance to explain anything. When I just agreed that I was Benjamin, they started beating me up without me knowing the crime I committed,” “They beat me up terribly and threw me in their vehicle and took me to Manda Hill police post over a civil matter. As I speak, I’m still in so much pain”

zambiareports Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:46:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said : “A word to politicians, don’t drag us the church into politics. Our job is to unite the people. As Bishop of Ndola, I will always work with the government of the day regardless of who is there. Government and the Catholic church are partners in different sectors. I have no hesitation to ask government for help if it is for the benefit of the people,”

zambiareports Saturday, August 15, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said ( about Bishop Benjamin ) : “I want to thank you, your excellency for the help you rendered in Chipata and I will ask you for other projects here. I thank you my fellow Bishops who are here. My brothers, I need your support. As you are aware, I was an auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, therefore I will need your help. I will not come with an agenda but I will work with you. I will not succumb to any manipulation but we will work together as children of God,”

zambiareports Saturday, August 15, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said : “We work with the government of the day and we are going to continue criticising the government because we want to promote the common good. Again, we are not enemies of the government but we collaborate with the government,”

zambiareports Sunday, August 2, 2020 10:53:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri warned : “When you are a parent, you have a big responsibility before God. St Paul is saying parents should not offend their children; you should respect them so that they don’t lose respect for you. If you offend them, they will in the end lose respect for you, so there is a responsibility. The same for us, religious leaders and priests, Bishops and superiors…so that in whatever we do, we don’t get our personal feelings, emotions and use them in order to govern,”

postzambia Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:17:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said : “We differ in opinions, my opinion cannot be the same with all these priests who are here and we can even have our differences but should I use my position to crush them? No, I sin if I do that,”

postzambia Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:17:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri complained : “Yes, I owed someone a K700. I hired a compactor from him and I told him I would pay him once I receive payment. But he decided to report me to the police and the police also didn’t give me chance to explain anything. When I just agreed that I was Benjamin, they started beating me up without me knowing the crime I committed,” “They beat me up terribly and threw me in their vehicle and took me to Manda Hill police post over a civil matter. As I speak, I’m still in so much pain”

zambiareports Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:46:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said : “A word to politicians, don’t drag us the church into politics. Our job is to unite the people. As Bishop of Ndola, I will always work with the government of the day regardless of who is there. Government and the Catholic church are partners in different sectors. I have no hesitation to ask government for help if it is for the benefit of the people,”

zambiareports Saturday, August 15, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said ( about Bishop Benjamin ) : “I want to thank you, your excellency for the help you rendered in Chipata and I will ask you for other projects here. I thank you my fellow Bishops who are here. My brothers, I need your support. As you are aware, I was an auxiliary Bishop of Chipata, therefore I will need your help. I will not come with an agenda but I will work with you. I will not succumb to any manipulation but we will work together as children of God,”

zambiareports Saturday, August 15, 2020 9:29:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said : “We work with the government of the day and we are going to continue criticising the government because we want to promote the common good. Again, we are not enemies of the government but we collaborate with the government,”

zambiareports Sunday, August 2, 2020 10:53:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri warned : “When you are a parent, you have a big responsibility before God. St Paul is saying parents should not offend their children; you should respect them so that they don’t lose respect for you. If you offend them, they will in the end lose respect for you, so there is a responsibility. The same for us, religious leaders and priests, Bishops and superiors…so that in whatever we do, we don’t get our personal feelings, emotions and use them in order to govern,”

postzambia Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:17:00 PM EAT

Benjamin Phiri said : “We differ in opinions, my opinion cannot be the same with all these priests who are here and we can even have our differences but should I use my position to crush them? No, I sin if I do that,”

postzambia Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:17:00 PM EAT