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Government to revoke Radio Phoenix licence if it is influenced by UPND-Kambwili

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Chief Government Spokesman Chishimba Kambwili
Chief Government Spokesman Chishimba Kambwili

GOVERNMENT has instituted investigations to establish whether the United Party for National Development (UPND) has a hand in the running of Radio Phoenix.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Chishimba Kambwili said at a media briefing yesterday that Government is concerned with the radio station’s bias towards the opposition political party.

“No political party should have a hand in the running of a radio station. As Government, we have noted that Radio Phoenix is pro-opposition and anti-Government,” Mr Kambwili said.

The minister said if investigations establish that the UPND is influencing Radio Phoenix’s broadcasts, Government will revoke its licence.

“When Errol Hickey was running Radio Phoenix, it was professional and impartial but now it is no longer the case. You are ever promoting the UPND in all programming,” Mr Kambwili charged.

And Mr Kambwili said he had no hand in the firing of Radio Phoenix programme presenter Christine Ngwisha but rather she was allegedly fired by the radio station for hosting him (Mr Kambwili) on `Let the People Talk’ programme.

“For your information, ZNBC will employ Christine. So you have not achieved anything by firing her,” he said.

Mr Kambwili also took time to counsel Post Newspapers reporters against being used by their editor.

“People, including ambassadors, are complaining about The Post. You guys are young and still have a future. So be careful. Don’t be a star now because in the future you will need help,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Kambwili has said that deputy ministers, who for the first time attended a Cabinet meeting on Monday, are observers and are not participants.

“The deputy ministers are not participating in the deliberations of Cabinet. They are there to understand how we arrive at certain decisions,” he said.

Mr Kambwili further allayed allegations that Cabinet ministers receive allowances for attending Cabinet meetings.

63 COMMENTS

  1. “…No political party should have a hand in the running of a radio station…”

    Keep your fat filthy fingers away from ZNBC!!!

    • kambwili unyenga banani iwe kanshi pantu twalishiba inyele yamwaume yalishupa sana. you cant stay for years or months without ukuchita. abakashi bali kumangalande, nomba iwe ninshi nibanani unyenga????

    • Kambwili has mad cow disease! Your days are numbered. Pro- opposition means pro all opposition in Zambia not just UPND,, iwe degree holder wa Ku copperstone university

    • Has Kambwili ever heard of Private Radio Stations, put up by private capital, operated as a private business, disseminating ideas, news and information for public consumption? Certainly not! In which century is he living? Where did they pick this man from? Unbelievable ignorance and arrogance. So Mr Kambwili, which platform do you want the opposition to use when you have denied them access to ZNBC in spite of the fact that they are part of the citizens who contribute television fees and pay taxes to run it? It is time we said jump into the lake!

    • Just after reconciliation and fasting you are already throwing attacks ba kambwili sure. Mudala nishani iwe kanshi ?

    • Revoke licences for Radio Phoenix, Muvi TV, Post Newspaper (of late since being booted out of PF structures), Zambian watchdog (whoops! Can’t never!), Zambian Eye, Lusaka times (sometimes), Tumfweko (sometimes) except ZNBC, TOZ, ZDM, and Zambia Reports (Sakwiba Sikota/ Henry Banda’s publication for protecting RB and his allies’ loot).

    • Bwana IQ we are in Africa where transitions take long to mature, so in the meantime ZNBC is for the government (of the day) for the people, where same programs are shown over and over again with no sign of innovation!

    • @IQ138 and yet without Radio Phoenix Pusa Fulwe would not have won elections! Where is Maduma? Everyone lambasted him for hosting tricky Michael – even this buffoon Kisimba was there. Please don’t bite the hand that fed you boyi!

    • Please Kambwili, save me from this stress. You stress us to much. PF has a hand in the running of ZNBC and is pro- Government and anti- Opposition and that way you are happy. In fact i get hurt each time i see K3.0 taken from the poor people when buying ZESCO bills to finance the running of your controlled institution and ZNBC can even show them what they want to see.

    • Chishimba Kambwili has no right to know how private media is run,let alone who should be hired or fired.If someone is fired let Fackson Shamenda sort out the matter.
      Edgar Lungu should tell Kambwili to liaise with Shamenda.

  2. in a cabinet meeting, state secrets are sometimes discussed. so deputy ministers whether observers or participants become privy to the information which they should not have access to which clearly is a violation of the constitution because they are not sworn to oath to hear, see certain documents which are above their clearance. Lungu swore mu stadium before the chief justice that he will protect and keep the constitution of the land. ili ilyashi lyama cabinet meetings is a violation of that constitution. impeach this miserable nincompoop of a president. MMD/UPND and FDDs chifumu banda, do something mu parliament kaili!!!impeach the president!!!

    • Not hard to see the remit is to shut down ALL opposition. Once ALL media is singing from your hymn book, please expect it to get really noisy when the public sing along with their own chorus. I can hear it clearly…

      Kambwili et al: We are winning, we are doing well, we have the country under our spell

      The Nation: We are suffering, something smells, let’s cut our losses and fire the country’s bosses

      Chorus: Zambia Zambia Zambia

      At least we can all sing the chorus together, right, Info Minister with the Mono-viewpoint?

  3. Hon. Kambwili must be careful the way he handles power. Radio Phoenix and The Post Newspaper are what helped usher PF into power, because government media was used against them. Surely power blinds and breeds intolerance!

    • I wonder if the politicians sit down to read some of these comments by bloggers , if they do they can learn a lot about their mistakes. Offcourse there are those comments which are provocative and meant to demean someone, however, certain comments are very constructive even if they may be against them.

  4. Every time he opens his proboscis only threats oozes out. Oh what a dimwit of a minister. This scavenger is bigger than the government. He’s unstoppable like wild fire. Only 2016 general elections is our hope. Closing radio phoenix will only increase unemployment.

  5. KAMBWILI YOU ARE A BIG FOOLISH MINISTER IN THIS COUNTRY AND THIS COUNTRY Z NT YOURS, ONE DAY YOU WILL REMEMBER WHAT U ARE VOMITING. YOU ARE THE ONE CONTROLING ZNBC BECOZ ZNBC Z NO LONGER FOR GOVERMENT IT’S FOR PF SO U WANTED TO CONTROL RADIO PHONEX UBEPELE FYE IWE CIPUBA YOU ARE THE ONLY FAT MAN IN THIS COUNTRY WHO HAS NO BRAIN MUMUTWE MULI FYE SAND GOD WILL PUNISH U ONE DAY MIND YOU, YOU ARE NT THE ONLY MINISTER IN PF

  6. HH DOES NOT LEARN WHERE IS HIS K1.2M HE PAID MUVI TV AND RADIO MANO IN KASAMA FOR FAKE CAMPAIGNS.
    COSTA DRIVES A NICE CAR AND SOME CHAPS AT RADIO MANO HAVE FAT CHICKS BUT HH STILL LOST HON KAMBWILI PEOPLE ARE WISE HH WILL USE THE STATION AND STILL LOSE IN 2016. MARK MY WORDS

    • hahahah! seems HH is giving you sleepless nights! HA! Even where he is not mentioned he still comes into your rambling. Anyway HH is our only hope for now becoz things are not normal in Zambia.

  7. Then stop controlling ZNBC too, a public institute for that matter.

    Why do the people of Luanshya keep voting for this riffraff?

  8. Everyday an ***** is born in Zambia. Just when we thought we could get some fresh air from notorious Winter another one, a Kambwili shows up.

  9. People of Luanshya are economically distressed people. So Kabwili’s talkativeness makes them think he is the savior. Do you know that there’s another MP in Luanshya (Chungu). The man is bullied by CK all the time he says something.

  10. Lungu needs to grow a backbone and realise this man is causing more harm than good to his government, more so in his current portfolio. Every time he opens his mouth its threats and directives. This position requires a level of maturity as it is the medium between the government and its citizens and the global community to a larger extent. This reflects negatively on the entire country.

    • Kapotwe
      If like me you want PF out this Kambwili is what we need.Honestly you want PF to replace this Bafoon.It is only 12 more months and by election date he would have done so much damage it will be easier to get rid of Lungu.

  11. I would not worry about HH, as I always say, the man has a way of shooting himself in the foot at critical moments. His propensity for not listening to good advice by his more knowledgeable colleagues in his party is huge and inextinguishable. And some of his officials propensity to follow blindly everything that he says does not help him either. Look at that UPND MP who proudly went to town in Parliament ranting proudly about not attending national prayers when at that very moment HH was doing a u-turn, by the way is he attending parliament this week even with that public embarrassment? Anyway they say politicians have no shame.
    Even after the famous prayer u-turn and other examples you don’t believe what I say about HH shooting himself in the foot? Has he become wiser and more…

  12. They say birds of the same feathers flock together. If we analyse Lungu’s appointments from Chama to Chishimba kambwili and all the other minions in state house then you can clearly see the thinking of Lungu. He is a Nsanda is a slim body. All his tactics are kaponya and NOT intellectual. It is a shame to have such people as leaders because the mindset of a kaponya is full of inferirity complexies that makes them intolerable and uncompromising – The PF Convention saga that ushered in Lungu as president. We may be at war for these guys to concede defeat next year.

    • No way they will go Baba.You think the soldiers and policemen are not affected by the incompetent way they have ruled this country?

  13. ITS THIS HIPPO AGAIN. CAN LUNGU FIRE THIS HOOLIGAN. DOES HE NOT UNDERSTAND DEMOCRACY? AND WHAT PROOF DOES HE HAVE THAT CHRISTINE WAS FIRED BECAUSE OF HIM

  14. IBA Act clearly states no broadcaster should be aligned to a political party. Its simply law. However, its the IBA as watchdog that is responsible for revocation and not you honorable.

  15. Imwe tu UPND atase, have respect to honourable Kambwili please. With all this pomposity and insults on leadership, do you think any reasonable Zambian will vote for you? If only you knew the damage you have caused to yourselves by belittling the Presidency and those in leadership, you can as well forget ever dreaming to smell the corridors of power. HH is so bitter for reasons known to himself and his tribesmen.
    Who told HH that he will be president of Zambia kanshi, cause I fail to connect this illusion. HH WILL NEVER EVER BE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA, this is cast in concrete. Radio phoenix is so unprofessional in the way its presenters handle interviews and if in doubt, take a general survey and you will be shocked. People don’t tune to this stup1d radio station any more.
    In our set up,…

    • You can even come here and support this mad man? You must be a Chainama case as well. Not sure if Chimbwili has anything useful left in his skull. The fat lining is stopping normal signals to get to his small brain. I think just like Frank Bwalya, he needs urgent medical attention.
      Kambwili, very shortly you will need this Post newspaper.

  16. Perhaps it is not so much the Post who needs to be careful – politicians of today, also, have a future, and they will also need help in the future. So Mr Kambwili perhaps take some of your own advice and pass it on to your colleagues. You will not be in power forever, and the Post and Phoenix are the ones who helped you to get to your current position, even if you are now wasting everything Sata fought for by bringing Dora into the Central Committee. Shame

  17. This is the most retrogressive government… Democracy means you have the right to align yourself or your business to any party! Radio phoenix is a private entity. In any case, where is media freedom?

  18. And you think current MPs serving in UPND can make better Ministers? Hell no, they are too pompous, arrogant and think of most Zambians as trash.
    Don’t forget that HH is on record of saying that no President of Zambia can come from a compound like Chawama, Kanyama, Mandevu, Matero including Munali meaning that to HH and UPND, leadership is a preserve of the rich people only. Do you wonder why GBM is the vice president of UPND? So that they can tell you that they were super rich even before they came to politics and that whatever they do, as a poor man you cant question them.
    Information has leaked that HH and UPND shunned the prayers and fasting at the Show Grounds because they were too many poor people, marketeers, born agains and Kaponyas and so they opted to be with so called rich…

  19. Radio Phoenix hosted PF when they were in opposition and ZNBC could not do so. Kambwili one day you may need the same Radio Phoenix; 2016 is not very far away

  20. UPND IS OUR ONLY ALTERNATIVE! PF HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THE KAPONYANOMICS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO USE MAY WORK WHEN THE RUN THIER KATEMBAS BUT IS NOT WORKING FOR THE COUNTRY. CBU ATI SHANI?
    PF ECONOMY YASHUPA!!!!!!

  21. UPND IS OUR ONLY ALTERNATIVE! PF HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THE KAPONYANOMICS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO USE MAY WORK WHEN THE RUN THIER KATEMBAS BUT IS NOT WORKING FOR THE COUNTRY. CBU ATI SHANI?
    PF ECONOMY YASHUPA!!!
    UBUCHISHI BWACHILAMO
    AWE BA PF NABALEYA MWE!!!

  22. Kashimba Chimbwili’s physic and mannerism resemble those of a crossbreed between a fangtooth fish and a humpback Anglerfish, he is such a monstrosity that needs to be destroyed the day after the 2016 elections to ensure it never reproduces its vile Zingernthopus seed!

  23. Ben Tetamashimba, Winter kabwimba, Chishimba Tembwili cut from the same rag? Shikapwasha and Dora Silly yah smarter perhaps? Ataa….

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