Rainbow Party Leader Wynter Kabimba says the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) should be disbanded for failure to execute its mandate.
Mr Kabimba has labeled ZICTA an incompetent body that has failed to address the ills on social media in Zambia.
He said Social media has been controlling the narrative in Zambia and in a wrong way and if not well managed will cause civil strife in Zambia.
Speaking on the Hot Seat Programme on Hot FM, Mr Kabimba said ZICTA has a mandate to ensure that users of social media do so responsibly without infringing on the rights of other citizens.
He said most of the people that are using social media are fictitious and despite being reported to the Police or ZICTA nothing is done to bring them to book.
Mr Kabimba said ZICTA should be held accountable by the Zambian people because most of the statements appearing on Social media are inflammatory and divisive.
He emphasised that the ZICTA should ensure that the use of social media is not done at the expense of a peaceful society.
But Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya said the government plans to come up with a Statutory Instrument that will help deal with producers of fake news and those spreading it.
Mr Kafwaya has acknowledged that fake news is a danger to the development of the country.
Winter you don’t know what you know , which is nothing……
Don’t blame SM for leading the headlines , it is ZNBC that does not tell the truth and is a PF media arm that has made the masses turn to SM…..
If the truth was told on ZNBC , there would be no reason to follow SM for headlines
kaili the post News Paper munavala,so where do you expect us to get reliable and true information kansi??? Oh bitter Mr.Kabimba,u are aound kansi???
Agree with winter 100%. This social media unleashed in Zambia is a menace – more so because, let’s face it, among us Zambians are a lot of gullible, overly excitable, young ones that are unable to evaluate – – I mean among those who use these devices. ZICTA hasn’t done a good job and the otherwise respectable and intelligent just makes it worse by saying : the govt PLANS to come up with an SI. That statement is lukewarm and i spit it out.
He is correct, some of the fake news especially over past events is an example.
I thought Winter Kabimba was dead.
I also think the govt should ban all West African and locally produced films depicting witchcraft, township crime and other such vices because these things play on the minds of the ignorant and easily excited masses.
Also Pentecostal churches should be under censorship so thay they are not part of this mad mass hyestria making machine that accusses people of witchcraft often leading to loss of innocent lives.
Many hated Wynter Kabimba, but this man was actually a disciplinarian and rumours doing the rounds are that Lungu wants to fire Mwila and appoint Wynter as new SG to bring sanity to the party.
Wynter is correct ZICTA as failed lamentably and it as to be dissolved with immediate effect.
Arrest all those misusing social media and jail them because they are a threat to society.
Wynter Kabimba, this nonsense. Citizens are free to use a pen name but this is no licence to abuse others. LT has right now collected my e-mail address for posting this message. I’m traceable because of that. In fact I know hw much snooping has been going on about me. It doesn’t worry me at all because I’m not interested in fake news.
Mr Kabimba is right . How can ZICTA be called an authority when they can’t enforce anything? ZICTA should prove that they are not here for academic purposes.
But what laws exist to what you are saying?? That’s why comms. Minister announced the introduction of the SI to curb the misuse of social media. Problem is opposition wants to appear too clever and subvert institutions like ZICTA. Mwebo ba Wynter, where are your mps or councillors. Kano fye ukubwata bwata mu media?? Chopeti!!
Kabimba what a u calling for, this period we are in is not dictatorship, ni freedom of speech and it’s you politicians who were calling for this in th name of democracy. When u enriched yourself from the national resources, now you don’t want people to shut up the people. Some of you a very rich than a nation u’re leading, so now u want not to talk abt.
Everything has advantages ad disadvantages, how would we know this is fake news? Some news are real but those being exposed will deny tht ad call it fake news. We know u ad want to hide in it. Thieves.
We are in democracy ad freedom of speech must exist whether fake or real, that must be side by side. Ad mind u earth is not heaven when truth exist 100%, no!! Ad that’s why we hv thieves stealing from the poor ad the rich caging…
ZICTA PROMISED US THAT THE FAKE INTERNET PROVIDERS WILL NO BE EXPIRING OUR BUNDLES BUT IT IS STILL HAPPENNING.
WHO DOES ZICTA REPRESENT?
DEFINITELY NOT THE ZAMBIAN PUBLIC BUT MAY BE THEIR POCKETS!!
Aaaaah still around!
A timely and accurate portrayal of Zambian social media. There a many characters with no idea of the science behind successful social media output. As long as they can press and publish they go right ahead. A lot of mediocrity and irresponsible Publishing.
It is time to get tough. Sadly people do want that connection with stories that matter to them, but the fakers are abusing the trust given them by visitors to their pages. Zambia is exploding from the hate peddled.