MISA Zambia would like to dismiss claims by the Copperbelt Province Youth Secretary Kabwe Chanda alleging that the institution has abandoned its core role of promoting media freedom and has instead started operating as an appendage to political interests.
MISA Zambia would like to state from the onset that it does not align itself to any political party but focuses on promoting and championing freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information.
We believe that this criticism is meant to divert its attention from the recent sad developments around media freedom and freedoms of expression violations including the harassment of UNZA radio and Hone FM.
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We would like to put it on record that the PF Government is one of the beneficiaries of MISA Zambia platforms. Before the PF assumed office, the party was featured on MISA Zambia programmes when they could not access the public media
[/pullquote]Accusations of this nature, however are not new to MISA Zambia as such was the similar scenario under the MMD regime. Last year the late former Vice-President George Kunda accused MISA-Zambia of being biased and were accused of supporting PF.
We would like to put it on record that the PF Government is one of the beneficiaries of MISA Zambia platforms. Before the PF assumed office, the party was featured on MISA Zambia programmes when they could not access the public media.
Infact the PF director of media and publicity who is also a former MISA Zambia employee Chanda Mfula can attest to this.
The nation and the PF Government are free to check the MISA-Zambia website where media alerts indicate the various statements the institution has issued each time there are issues of harassments of journalists, the recent one being for UPND member William Banda where he beat up a scribe.
We would like to urge the government to fully implement media law reforms to provide for media freedom by fully implementing media law reforms and also repealing pieces of legislation that impede freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information which are critical cornerstones for good governance and an efficient democratic system.
MISA Zambia Chairperson
Nalumino Nalumino
Nalumino thanks, Tell these pathetic failures to be objective & stop politicking all the time. Paya Farmer we are tired of your useless politicking, we want a proper agenda from you for Zambia instead of your hopeless aterances. Try to be issue based like Chief HH.
Tell these chaps UNZA radio station is about too be closed or restricted to hostels only yet they are quiet on this issue, what media freedom are they promoting?? Maybe that which is PF related
lets try hh in next election not these kaponyas
they are not political
walasa apa mudala!