The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia has expressed concern over the reduction in the radius transmission of University of Zambia UNZA Radio, from 1000 watts to 260 watts by the Zambia Information, Communications Authority (ZICTA).
This follows threats by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga who recently warned to suspend UNZA Radio license on allegations that the station was providing a platform for advancing partisan interests.
MISA Zambia vice chairman Nalumino Nalumino wondered how ZICTA has gone against the law as stipulated under the license of the radio station.
According to the license provisions, the radio station is supposed to operate within a radius of up to 1000 watts and it is expected to expire in January 2013.
Mr. Nalumino says the reduction in the radius has put the radio station at a risk of breaching its contractual obligations with its advertisers.
He tells QFM in a statement that the adjustment is uncalled for as it is an infringement on freedom of expression which is a core value of MISA Zambia.
Mr. Nalumino has since called for the implementation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority IBA so that broadcast media regulation can be independent of political interests.
MISA Zambia has since written to the Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Information seeking an audience with him to discuss these issues that have recently happened.
The MISA Zambia vice chairperson says there is need for the government to realize that the country’s Constitution provides for such freedom because it is a fundamental right which is even recognized by various international instruments that Zambia has ratified.
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CNP at it again.
Everyday something weird meant to bring backwards comes up. Ba8stards
in turkey, unza radio cant operate even for a minute. This radio allows under 5s to insult GRZ.
iwe ***** Tony Blair. the station will lose income through adverts. your CNP mindset, this is not turkey.Â
Are you afool always when you open your mouth tolk only shit,why are you always againest HH?monkey koswe iwe. your CNP satana is your grand father,he is briging everything backward and you are for that.stupid poor thing nyama.
Illiterates in the Zambian government have always hated the University of Zambia.
MISA’s cry on freedom of express doesn’t make sense. Then it would the radio station didn’t have to have a license in the first place. MISA should be advising its members to operate within the limits of their license.
Have you understood the article, you PF retard? Read it again, puppy!
those danduheads at unza where dancing donchi kubeba all night naked now they have tasted their foolishness continue dancing dull degree students without foresight
what is wrong with being partisan? is critiquing a crime in politics? Be real zed.
Nalumino is UPND who doesnt know that media freedoms come with responsibilities. Does he understand the purpose of unza radio?
Ba UNZA radio malibu ya kuilombela. You allowed your station to be turned into a forum for insulting GRZ. The GRZ has powers of varying your licence provisions. There are many issues that could have preoccupied you as a laboratory station other than hosting political assasins. You will be reduced to size.
Lt this is diabolical news that shouldn’t be news to start with
I am lying on a couch tired after shopping all day from Marks and Spencer and Tesco, I then went to Topshop before getting a few things at the butchers, these are high expensive stores and I spent over £300 without hurting my account
I come back and I read this ZCTU and radio stations! please LT.. Tell us about exchange rates, investment opportunities , Houses for sale etc these are what interest me about Zambia
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This must be in your dreams, carry on dreaming!
May I also ask if abortion is a sin?
Very urgent!
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You are really crazy. Keep it away.
Mushota, u want to abort bcause u did the wrong thing. So do u think aborting will correct the wrong u commited? Just repent from the sexual issues but don’t kill. If your parents did what u ar contemplating, would be there now? By the way, God can equalise things by killing u together with what u are carrying.
Also, don’t boast too much. TESCO is a low cost shop by and large. If God has blessed u with anything be it the £3,000 salary u talked about, bless others with it so he continues blessing u, otherwise…..? My salary back home before I came here in UK as a student (which I’m still receiving besides allowances) is about £6,000 a month but never boasted.
Your Mum should not have asked the question you just asked, she could have just done it, and we wouldn’t have all trouble to answer you.
#8 & 9, no other than Mushota! I find it hard to believe you’re 27 – because what comes out of your mouth is teenage kid stuff. One would think you’re between 13 and 16. Perhaps that’s your mental age! Please grow up, and keep your kid mouth shut when you’ve nothing reasonable to contribute…
Mushota, u want to abort bcause u did the wrong thing. So do u think aborting will correct the wrong u commited? Just repent from the sexual issues but don’t kill. If your parents did what u ar contemplating, would be there now? By the way, God can equalise things by killing u together with what u are carrying.
Also, don’t boast too much. TESCO is a low cost shop by and large. If God has blessed u with anything be it the £3,000 salary u talked about, bless others with it so he continues blessing u, otherwise…..? My salary back home before I came here in UK as a student (which I’m still receiving besides allowances) is about £6,000 a month but never boasted.
Ba Mushota, keep the pregnance. Has Nick denied you? Abortion is a bad thing. It is sin. It may be permissible medically where pregnance threatens the health and/or life of the carrier. But change your attitude Mushota. Life is full of twists and turns. Stop your games and be serious. Just thank God that you are able to afford what you have and don’t think Zambians back home are just stupid. There are super intelligent people who have ended up as Kaponyas
@ Mushota, circumstances can toss people here and there. Know that there is power in the tongue, in what people say about you. You are just an individual who shall die with your education and be disposed off. Be wise and please, try to study philosophy maybe you can be wiser. ACCA/CIMA have left you trained but not educated.
the govt has taken a wrong stance on unza radio,it is heartening to see what malupenga is doing to the media fraternity after passing through a tough time when he was with the post news,he is supposed to be very liberal in his dealings,it is wrong to propagate political agenda at a public institution like unza,but any political party in zed should be allowed to have ;establish their radio stations to propel their political emanicipation,here in the usa we have FOX BROADCASTING,a republican station,mnsb,current tv for democrates.remember that these are just different approaches in theisis to solving our problems but the problems are the same.so pf should set their broadcasting station funded by the kaponyas and upnd funded by the ranch/cattle owners.mushota keep posting ur mental illness
PiaNzo I wish u could get schooled so u can express your opinions better. We don’t wanna copy the US and its imperialistic goals. We just wanna b freeee!
Is it a crime to critise the government in zambia? I thought for a second we were a democracy? Sata used to critise the government day in day out now wants to hinder the same freedoms he enjoyed.
Forum and context matters. It is OK to criticise government but do so in a befitting manner. If you go to politicise the entire university community with anti-government sentiments you will end up having riots and closures and you will blame the government. Students can politic but it has to be within acceptable limits, not the way things turned out, where you insult today, tomorrow you want the same insulted people to provide you with institutional requirements. Government can simply close it up.
Where is The Issue guys? Unza has been advised to get a proper licence called Community radio licence with which they would be treated like any other community radio and not a laboratory. This means all discipline matters that apply to all community radios will apply to UNZA radio as well. So why is UNZA fearing to get a community radio station licence?  I guess you know very well the implications. So if UNZA wants to stick to a Laboratory Licence they should also obey the law that goes with it. Kwamana.Â
This is a pilot radio station for students not a commercial radio station. It is very sad that people at MISA cannot differentiate between a laboratory licence and community or commercial licence. Zambians should start to respect laws especially institutions of higher learning should be in forefront to teach good ethics. UNZA should get rid of all sponsors of their radio, because some may come with hidden agendas and start bribing students to broadcast forbidden materials.
#11 Mushota: Your Mum should not have asked the question you just asked, she could have just done it, and we wouldn’t have all trouble to answer you.
What is in the mind of ZICTA’s CEOs who profession is tied to ethics of journalism? It is evidently clear that the PF Govt is on the verge of total collapse. The new government, after PF’s regime, has to prepare for a mammoth task of cleaning up noxious weeds that have infested the Government, the Judiciary system, universities, banks (ZANACO, Finance Bank) and other parastatal institutions, including ZICTA. All the worms that have been embeded in such systems will have to flashed-out systematically so that Zambia is once more restored to run from a clean plate. We all look up to God, Lesa, Leza, Mulungu, Mwami, Nzambe to redeem Zambia from the ravages of evil machinations.
There is nothing to support here you maggots. PF is just a govt of idi.ots who spend most of their time devising ways of restricting peoples freedoms. This is what you get when you have a government based largely on ethnicity and regionalism. It won’t last these idi.ots are just fooling themselves.
You like insulting others! Your language is definately from a dead spirit. Poor debator. What can we say about your manners? You are a bitter loser, maggot!
I think we tongas will just join barotseÂ
Land. these bemba’s do not like us and will never like us. Viva Litunga, Viva HH. work together. also invite north westerners and centrals.Â
So, the simple solution is for UNZA Radio to also broadcast over the internet.
Why bemoan the demise of UNZA radio. The future is internet.
This will allow them to broadcast to a larger audience.
Unza is a place of higher learning and thus a fountain of knowledge and
spawning ideas. Don’t get stuck in the past. Be among the leaders.
Why not wait for the license to expire and renew the conditions. Don’t change rules in the mid agreement. What are you scared of. Let the people talk and just listen and perfect your leadership.
When Malupenga starts acting like this one wonders whether we all aren’t tyrants hiding in the guise of underpriviledge. Its when in power that our true colours come out. The Post always covered us in the verbal diaorhea of freedom of speech blinding us to the political agendas of Fred Mmembe and Malupenga et al. How naïve of us to have thought these politicians were Journalists!
These include good cups! I had a similar set of gascans for 6 decades. Really the only motive I’m updating them is now that we displaced them.
bravo MISA ZAMBIA,
Thank you for standing up for the rights of journalists in Zambia. The cartel has been hatching a ploy to turn Zambia into bleeding ground of the wounded, and corpses littered like flies dying night and day. The mighty God has listened to our cries.
All the money from the cartel will be CHEWED and people will vote for EDGAR!
All the money from the cartel will be CHEWED and people will vote for EDGAR!
EDGAR LUNGU satellite is glad to inform you that in two days, you will see an ocean of people rallying around the throne of God thanking him for giving us a leader. EDGAR LUNGU FOR PRESIDENT!
All the money from the cartel will be CHEWED and people will vote for EDGAR!
DON’T KUBEBA! SATA TOLD US! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!