Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo , who is also Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) board chairperson, has maintained that Prime TV was ethically out of order hence the decision by IBA to suspend its license for a minimum period of 30 days.
Speaking when he featured today on Hot FM programme, Mr Kasolo stressed that it was not a deliberate intention of government to inaccurately close the private media stations.
Early this month, IBA suspended the Lusaka-based private television station, citing insensitive unprofessional elements in its broadcasting through unbalanced coverage, opinionated news, material likely to incite violence and use of derogatory language.
Mr Kasolo also said that was in the process of amending the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) and Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Acts in order to make them responsive to the needs of the projected aspirations of government and the Zambian people.
Let your friends advise you, otherwise us we are failed to give advice.
Let it go Kasolo.
It’s wrong to remind a former mental health man that he was mad. “look at him giving a nice campaign speech, he just came back from Chainama where I locked him up, ali ishulu ilituntulu uyu.”
Yes Prime TV was unethical, but it’s unethical to keep denting their screen.
DeadNBC is the unethical news station.
When govt institutions start getting orders from a cadre (Davis Mwila), then u know u are as worthless as a used tissue paper.
Media freedom is a right NOT a privilege as PF would like to believe.
Ba Kasolo, talking like a politician. You are a PS, stay in the background and let the politicians mess themselves.
Pompi you are a pompwe. Kasolo is explaining the decision of the IBA as its chairman. Politicians are not involved in the running of the IBA and neither are they involved in any decision the IBA makes.
Kasolo is simply doing his job
I hope Prime TV changes for better. You cant always have biased analysis of news as they called it. Every time PF was wrong and UPND right in every thing? No no..why cant you just be neutral in giving news analysis?
Neutral? Can you give one station in the World which is Neutral? BBC, CNN, RT, CGTN? I never liked their news analysis, just like Trump doesn’t like fake news, but to close a local news channel was not right. They could have been called and reprimanded.
This IBA is definitely a lapdog. Information PS is chairman of the IBA and noone sees anything wrong with that? Government which is a player in the industry since it owns DeadNBC cannot preside over independent broadcasters. The broadcasters should hire a lawyer and challenge the constitutionality of this appointment
IBA is mandated by parliament, if there are any flaws in their modus operandi, these should be ironed out by said parliament. This is what our MPs should be doing; raising a motion in the house. Politicizing the issue will not rectify the problems.
Iam not talking about who has mandated IBA. If parliament passed a law allowing IBA to be chaired by the PS there must be something wrong with the house. There is an inherent flaw there that should have stopped the whole process. The government cant be a judge at the same time overseer of the independent media. Its just basic logic.
IBA is very unethical in it’s dealing by bullying a small private media house by order of a party chairman. Make no mistake Zambians know that Davies Mwila is behind this closure of Prime though many will not admit it because they are scared of Lungu’s oppressive boma. This is pure press suppression and Kasolo is going to account for such action.
Ba Kasolo be careful .You are taking on too much, speaking like a politician and doing the PF dirty work.Just like your brother, you will just be discarded like a used diaper when PF are finished with you.
“…..IBA suspended the Lusaka-based private television station, citing insensitive unprofessional elements in its broadcasting through unbalanced coverage, opinionated news, material likely to incite violence and use of derogatory language…”
Recording on film PF cader brutal violence and plastering it around the world is what he calls “ unbalanced unethical coverage………”
What aboit the UPND cadres who had Pangaea in the presence of prime tv journalists and attacked a pf camp, why did prime tv only report of wrongs but never reported on the Panga issue in sesheke?
Truth be told, most jounalists at prime tv are still too childish to handle national issues, and her UPND cadres since their school at Evelyn Hone college, find out the 2011 to 2013 in take. We know them because these were our classmates, the same class the current media spokesman for UPND Brian Mwiinga belonged to . So it’s likely prime tv has an agenda against government. This agenda has blinded the station from professionally report stories in an unbiased and unopinionated manner.
What about the UPND cadres who had Pangas in the presence of prime tv journalists and attacked a pf camp, why did prime tv only report pf wrongs but never reported on the Panga issue in sesheke by the opposition ?
Truth be told, most jounalists at prime tv are still too childish to handle national issues, and have been UPND cadres since their school at Evelyn Hone college, find out the 2011 to 2013 in take. We know them because these were our classmates, the same class the current media spokesman for UPND Brian Mwiinga belonged to . So it’s likely prime tv has an agenda against government. This agenda has blinded the station from professionally report stories in an unbiased and unopinionated manner.
Badala, we were shown pangas confisticated by police from PF , we were not shown any pangas from upnd , why did ZNBC not show us any pangas from upnd ???
Comment:There can only be one government at a time ,the opposition parties will not make this country ungovernable NO.
If the matter be before Court, then it is necessary to permit the Court to do its work. That is: to determine whether or not closing a TV station for airing views different from views held by Government officers was illegal. Imposing one uniform way of thinking and feeling about politics is ridiculous. Or are we promoting going underground? The results of underground dissent are not encouraging. They point to implosion, explosion, abrupt regime change, parallel systems, etc. That is not acceptable either. It is better to take public outcry seriously. If you are always right, then you are always wrong.
Do ambassadors and high commissioners, and also NGOs have the eyes and ears for the ruling governments in Africa? I doubt it. Give them evidence like the accident that happened in Solwezi as an example where the lorry mate sleeping under the truck was crashed to death. The caption was very disgusting!
ETHICS ARE NOT LAWS… Stupid PS… Jail awaits you
how can an independent body be chaired by someone from govt, thats what mwitwa calls deception
It really makes no sense. I thought INDEPENDENT usually emphasises that there are no ties to the mighty authority of government?
The IBA is wrongly constituted by having a PS as its chairman.I agree with the people wanting an independent person chair it. What Kasolo fears is losing his job. When did ZNBC praise HH, and this time Kambwili? How could the government say it had no role in the closure when one of its personnel is in the board and also chairman? Kasolo was representing PF just like the way amos chanda is. He speaks for PF and not the government. Remove Kasolo from IBA and that way it will make fair decisions. SHAME ON YOU KASOLO and your PF. People like you, Amosand Bowman etc will run away like AKUFUNA for fear of your lives when the government changes. MWEFIPONDO MWE ata se.