The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says it is utterly disappointed on the decision by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to suspend the broadcasting licenses for Muvi Television and Komboni Radio among others and called on the IBA to provide detailed information to the nation on the so-called unprofessional conduct by the affected stations.
YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza said his organization believes that there is need for media houses, both public and private, to be as professional as possible especially at this time when there is tension in the country but that revoking licences without any warning was to extreme.
“We call for restraint and ensuring that the media double-checks information before it is given to the public. Media should guard against being engrossed in partisan politics.
“However YALI feels that revoking licences by the IBA is too harsh. IBA should have given stern warnings. They should use revocation of licences as a means of last resort after repeated warnings!” He explained.
He said his organization considers the suspension of MUVI TV and Komboni Radio as an infringement on the media adding that private broadcasters have done nothing but give the public information which the public media houses have continued to black of out.
“The IBA must be more aware that the government controlled-media have even more unbalanced and unprofessional in the manner they have continued to cover views from different political players even after elections and the private media have been offering the other side of news stories which have been blacked out on the public media.
“We consider the suspension of MUVI TV and Komboni Radio an infringement on the media freedoms and the thriving of an independent and free media in Zambia. We therefore urge IBA to rescind it’s decision in public interest and allow these media stations to freely operate.
“It is sad that IBA has suspended these licenses at a time when they know very well that affected media houses cannot appeal to the Minister as all ministerial offices are vacant and may remain vacant for weeks or months to come,” he said.
He also reminded the IBA that it’s actions are an affront to the growth of democracy in the country.
“YALI wishes to remind the IBA that it’s actions are affront to the growth of our democratic practices which allows the media to provide information from diverse sides.
“We therefore call on the IBA to engage the said media media houses with a view of correcting the situation so that as a country we are not seen to be sliding towards intolerance and dictatorial tendencies,” he said.
The IBA on Monday suspended the broadcasting licences of the biggest privately owned TV station in the country and its sister station Komboni radio after accusing the stations of unprofessional conduct.
IBA DIRECTOR AS ALREADY SAID SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHY SHE HAS CLOSED THEM!!!!!!!!
SHE HAS ONLY BEEN TOLD BY THE B.O.D!!!!!!
FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I WONDER WHY THIS DUNDERHEAD CALLED MAPOMA IS SPONGING OFF TAXPAYERS MONEY!!!!!!!
WE NEED TO CLEANSE ZAMBIA OF SUCH GOOD FOR NOTHING DIRECTORS!!!
I THANK YOU!!
“IBA DIRECTOR HAS ALREADY….”
The balance in who controls keyinstitutions is what is causing us trouble, now the difference is in decision making is becoming clear as the difference between day and light. Professionalism is going through the window, all one needs to listen to is the name and the decision will be know, just like the voting pattern. Zambians as a people we need to unit and we should not allow politicians (politics) and their cadres to divide this country. Zambia has a special diversity which we should all accept and benefit from. IBA, the ruling class and cadres of both parties you owe the peace of this country to the children and the marginalized of our society. Zambians let us all be peaceful and above all for those in key or strategic positions of authority stand and act above party lines, Zambia…
…..now needs men and women of good character in order to remain united. Bloggers, write responsibly before it is too late. Nevertheless, we should all call for a just system at all times with fear for the seek of our country and the future generation.
I can cite one incident where muvi tv lied last week. At the time when there were disturbances in Choma they ran a clip purporting that Unza students rejected re-election of president Lungu and showed a picture that students were burning tyres on great east road. This was a total fabrication as no such thing happened here. I was so shocked!
THE SPEAKER should be very CAREFUL for he EXPOSES HIMSELF TO INDICTMENT FOR his PERCEIVED ACTION OR INACTIONS!!! FOR ALL CRIMES COMMITTED AFTER LODGEMENT OF PETITION, IN THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO HIM, BECOZ AS FAR AS THE CONSTITUTION GOES, HE IS PRESIDENT FROM LAST FRIDAY!!
MR SPEAKER , AS SPEAKER, YOU ARE IN PRIME POSITION TO UNDERSTAND THIS CONSTITUTION CLEARLY!!
YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!
SUMMON OP DIRECTOR, ARMY, ZAF, ZNS COMMANDERS & DG OF POLICE TO YOUR CHAMBERS, in the PRESENCE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SPELL OUT WHAT THE CONSTITUTION DEMANDS OF ALL INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED!!!
WHEN YOU ARE SUED – YOU WILL HAVE NO DEFENCE!!!! IGNORANCE IS NO DEFENCE EITHER!!!!
CHAGWA IS COMMITTING CRIMES IN YOUR NAME – & GUESS WHAT??? HE HAS NOTHING…
….NOTHING TO LOSE AS LONG AS YOU SIT ON YOUR BUTT!!
UNLESS YOU TENDERED YOUR RESIGNATION AS THE PETITION WAS BEING TENDERED then you have NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!!
TO SAVE YOUR BUTT, ORGANISE FOR THIS MEETING ASAP, SUCH THAT IT IS ON RECORD, ONLY THEN CAN YOU CLAIM POWER WAS USURPED FROM YOU!!!!
THE CONSTITUTION IS ABOUT PEOPLE UPHOLDING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, it is NOT ABOUT BEING SCARED!!!!!!
REMEMBER IGNORAMUSES SUCH AS ROLAND MSISKA & THEIR VERBAL DIARRHOEA, ARE NOT SINGING FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL HYMN BOOK & THEY WON”T BE VOLUNTEERING ANY TIME SOON TO DEFEND YOU!!
MR SPEAKER, REMEMBER, ONLY YOU & YOU ALONE, IS DIRECTED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE – if you FEEL IT IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU, JUST RESIGN, we will all UNDERSTAND,
“IFINTU FI KONKA…
….if you FEEL IT IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU, JUST RESIGN, we will all UNDERSTAND,
“IFINTU FI KONKA ABAUME!!!!”
I THANK YOU!!
THE DECISION TO CLOSE THESE MEDIA HOUSES CAME FROM STATE HOUSE. THE IBA IS JUST BEING USED AS TOOL AND BECAUSE LUNGU KNOWS HE HAS SINCE CEASED TO BE PRESIDENT.
THE BURNING OF PROPERTIES AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE IN UPND STRONGHOLDS IS BEING ORCHESTRATED BY OP TO PAINT A BAD PICTURE OF UPND. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HH HAS LOST THE ELECTIONS AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH INCIDENTS BEFORE. LUNGU DOESN’T MEAN WELL FOR ZAMBIA. THE EARLIER ZAMBIANS OPENED THEIR EYES THE BETTER FOR ZAMBIA.
REMEMBER, MR SPEAKER, there are 15,000,000 ZAMBIANS WAITING TO SEE WHAT YOU DO!!!
THIS IS NO KIDS PLAY, THE CONSTITUTION’S DIRECTIVE, KICKED IN FRIDAY 1600hrs!!!!
“IFINTU FI KONKA ABAUME!!!”
I thank you!!
Dude why the f,,, do you have to shout all the time it is irritating. Pipe down
@Nono, by you merely saying SHOUT the dude will not understand, he never has…
I thought YALI recently was shouting “Fintu ni Lungu……..”? That is real fintu blind followers.
Let Muvi TV sue them, embarrass such fo.ols. What ever happened, you can;t just close a station without warning, there should be three written warnings before any actions. Zambian leadership is weak and a shame. Same stories as ECZ. dull people running these institutions. instead of advising who even asked the write approach.
THE HATE MONGERS ARE INCITING THE MASSES. WHAT MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU WANT? THAT IS THEIR AGENDA. THE SAME GOES FOR MMEMBE.
NEXT TIME LOCK THEM UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEYS IN LAKE KARIBA.
GOOD RIDDANCE.
I supported Lungu,when the post was closed and I agreed with him that the post must pay,and if I was in Zambia I could have voted for him ,but now he thinks Zambians are stupid,before I say something I will regret,please Lungu send your puppets to go back and reopen those stations if you still need our support,don’t take us for fools,we can see your hand in this.
@Champ: Lungu is correct about his assessment of Zambians – too dull! That Lungu could get anywhere near enough votes to rig the elections, just proves the point. If Lungu gets court approval for his rigged elections, then be ready for the real meaning of dununa reverse. I am already enjoying an 8 hour powercut right now as Lungu thinks that a rerun of the election will not be required.
Katondo boys,
this thank you you put at the end of your rubbish sucks.
Thank you very much
Media freedom is at stake in Zambia. Whoever is behind this media clampdown should cease. We can’t all have the same opinions. We are not zombies. However,media houses should also act responsibly. Burundi/Rwanda genocide was partly because media. Indeed the Board acted in the extreme coz sure a warning proceeds a suspension in any functioning society or organization.
Brown Envelope – You seriously think that these are media houses that can heed a stern warning? You rightly put it – Burundi/Rwanda, the media did everything to brew those hostilities, and we all know the end result. This is what these two media houses have been doing in the past days. The difference between media freedom and reckless reporting is not a thin line – let’s be careful.
@Brown.., unless you don’t follow news from back home. These people have been pleaded with and warned repeatedly by anybody you can think of to be responsible with the way they cover news (if you can even call it that nowadays, because “news” has become more like propaganda.) Including by the Church and foreign organizations.
In fact former Minister C. Kambwili, over and over, warned and pleaded with some of these private media outlets to be ethical and mindful of what and how they cover news. But what did he get in return? Vicious personal attacks and insults from the same people complaining today. You know, you indeed reap what you sow. I hope Zambia does not reap the “bounty” of the seed of hatred, division, xenophobia, paranoia, regionalism, and the ugly offshoots of what is…
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… being promoted and championed by some of these media houses soon. God forbid it comes to that!
Freedom comes with responsibility.
You can’t be free to do wrong.
Let the media not fuel wrong doing.
You don’t go to people who are commiting adulterly, film them, and then bring to the public.
When asked you simply and naively say, “I am just reporting, doing my job as reporter”, oh!!
Is that reasonable, are you being responsible?
Such abuse, careless use of media freedom definitely needs checking to save society from ills.
I know that some people are limited in understanding;
The above is an illustration of what is happening, so dont ask me, ” which media reported adultery”.
It calls for capacity to do basic interpretation.
I have serious problems with media biasness of the level of ZNBC where they decide not to cover opposition. But I 100% detest lies – which is meant to incite Zambians against Zambians. Showing pictures that UNZA is protesting and tires are burning on the Great East Road, among other lies is uncalled for. What is the purpose? Is this what people are calling media freedom. We have been told Litunga is died when not. IBA has also used excessive power, warn these media houses and let us move on.
Muvi TV became the political propaganda tool for UPND. They were taking the same direction as the Post newspaper. After elections, their reporting about politcal violence had potential to agitate the situation further. Very unethical and no interest of the nation at heart.
Just because they stopped reporting on PF does not mean they should stop operating….where is freedom of speech
I said it and I will say it again, lets condemn this kind of un democratic and dictatorial type of governance because it is a recipe for war. Be afraid..!!
now we are reaping for voting NO no the referendum and mind you more media houses will close just wait i say so because there is no media protection in our new constitution _ we were given the opportiunity to protect our media rights but we were mislead by power angry politicians
Well done YALI teach these *****s about democracy and freedom of information they are too shallow minded blinded by power.
Democracy is NEVER A LICENCE to be IRRESPONSIBLE! Which democracy allows impunity and disregard for the Law?
If anything Democracy calls for the highest level of responsibility because it is easy to lose it that build one!
Democracy is NEVER A LICENCE to be IRRESPONSIBLE! Which democracy allows impunity and disregard for the Law?
If anything Democracy calls for the highest level of responsibility because it is easy to lose it than build one!
Democracy is NEVER A LICENCE to be IRRESPONSIBLE! Which democracy allows impunity and disregard for the Law?
If anything Democracy calls for the highest level of responsibility because it is easy to lose one than build one. And if anyone is being “shallow minded” it is you!
See Yamba, you live in the states and the reason those states are free and developed is coz they avoid the !d!ocy that we cheer our leaders on to do. You enjoy the freedoms American democracy entails and then you encourage the stifling of dissenting views in your own country. What does that make you? Methinks that makes you a hypocrite.
IBA why u took so long. Excellent decision ! so that others will know that upnd st’upidity and impunity can be stopped_ done deal. Post_muvi_komboni_chuundu _ next?????
Pf cadre number one. wait until the tables turn. Mukalila.
1. They have a chance to appeal their case ti the IBA. In some cases when there is danger to the public peace there is no time for warning. We dont eant the country to burn and then accuse the IBA of not having taken tough actions as necessary. Prevention is better than cure.
2. ZNBC operates under different rules and not even under IBA. As far as I know the ZMBC has not broadcast anything to encourage a breakdown of peace or law and order. I also know that they have been taken to court by aggrieved parties and have won their cases so far on the courts of law. Let Muvi and others also win their cases in courts of law instead of hiding behind media freedom when they agreed to their licenses.
No sense
IBA should also visit Radio Phoenix they are calling on President Lungu to step down and ran a clip of UPND Cadre Lawyer Kapijimpanga commenting on a case that is currently in court…Radio Phoenix currently does not report objectively from the time HH started funding the radio station…
ZAKEYO READ THE COSTITITUTION THAT YOUR PRESIDENT SIGNED WITH HIS EYES CLOSED, WHAT DOES IT SAY. HE IS GOING.
@ Aleisa, On the same issue LAZ Vice Mr Mweetwa refused to comment citing the case being in Court on Hot FM this morning
Muvi TV and Komboni Radio were paid by UPND to propel the agenda of a very bitter and desperate HH. HH cannot claim to a believer in media freedom. We haven’t forgotten how he was the chief campaigner against the POST for RB after 2011 elections using the DBZ loan issue, until the POST called HH names using George Mpombo’s words. HH even sent his cadres to demonstrate against the POST in 2012, and President Sata sent police to beat them up in Addis Ababa road. HH cried foul. This the HH you Tongas and few frustrated chaps are forcing on Zambians. HH is not the right alternative to Lungu, far away.
Mr. HH and Mr. GBM are the very opposite of what the country needs at the moment i rest my case.
What does the country need at the moment? PF cannot get Zambia out of the current mess because they brought it upon Zambians.
Lungu and PF just want unimpeded access to stealing and looting of public funds with no one reporting to the nation.
You arrest all the opposition you can shut down all independent media but the truth of your looting and abuse of public money will always come out.
Only the guilty see shadows every where and are afraid….
UPND is a desparate party.Lungu should not have appointed those Judges in the name of One Zambia One Nation.Those chaps want to rule in the name of a Tonga.Lungu made a big mistake to appoint Chibomba,Sitali,Mulonda n Mulembe bcoz those are UPND sympathizers.Chibomba(tonga),Sitali(Lozi),Mulonda(kaseba’s close relative),Mulembe(Luvale).The country now will be on fire because HH and the cartel will use any means to take over becoz of tribalism.We are now in trouble bcoz the Judges are UPND.U don’t bring enemies close otherwise Zambia is now gone bcoz PF supporters in Lusaka,CB,luapula,northern,eastern,muchinga n parts of central.We are now in danger bcoz of concourt which is corrupt and tribe.I doubt if ba Lungu consulted his ministers to appoint those Judges.HH wants to rule at all…
what is desperation ? who isn’t desperate. Fact check
1. who wanted to cling on to presidency even when the constitution didn’t allow after MCS death?
2. Who wanted to Testify in the case to reinstate him as acting Presido based on evidence from Cabinet meeting minutes…then reminded that revealing Cabinet discussions is treasonable as per Cabinet Handbook?
3. Who abrogated the constitution and deliberately allowed Ministers to continue in office post Parly dissolution ?
4. Who was blocking opponents from freely campaigning using the POA?
5. Who had for the first time in campaigning history restrict Airspace use?
if these are not signs of desperation then I dont know what is …. if you ask me they are all desperate. The motive for the desperation may be the only differentiator
Fellow Zambians lets open eyes . we are adults not ba letwangasha kwati tu lifipuba.This Lungu and HH should sit down and denounce tribal haterage . Lungu and RB started wako ni wako which fueled anger in southern province.This move has divided us while benefiting Lungu.We common Zambians are the looses while Lungu gains from lies.Tongas are not bad people but are being forced to react.They are willing to work together with all zambians in fairness.
Chamanga is right. We havent heard any appeal for peace from either Lungu or HH yet we are hearing of violence in the country. What kind of leadership is this?
Lungu is currently committing treason by hanging onto the Presidency. Guy Scott and the previous AG had to confront Lungu in 2014 when he was acting President when Sata died and Lungu wanted to hang onto the Presidency. Lungu is a desperate traitor who should be tried for treason many times over.
Suspension of licenses is infact very light punishment. They should have revoked the licenses and arrest perpetrators of violence. We can’t afford to lose the peace we have enjoyed since independence because of two selfish individuals. We want media institutions that are and the ones propagating falsehood. Let all those wishing violence be caged to protect this great nation. We are one Zambia, one nation. Allow the President Elect to form an inclusive government. We reject civil war in our country!
There can never be peace if Lungu and his supporters are riding roughshod on the rest of Zambians and hoping that they will acquiesce. Shooting and intimidating Zambians cannot be said to be peaceful. KK and FTJ backed down from this cliff when it was clear that the real casualty was going to be the concept of Zambia as a nation. Lungu is leading Zambia onto the DRC and Somalia route.
THIS HAS COME BECAUSE THESE STATIONS COVERED THE OPPOSITION DURING THE CAMPAIGNS THIS PAINED LUNGU. WHO IS STILL IN OFFICE DESPITE HIS CONSTITUTION ALLOWING THE SPEAKER TO ACT IN AN EVENT WHERE ELECTIONS ARE PETITIONED. THIS IS TO REDUCE THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT AND EXPECT A FARE JUDGEMENT. LET THIS ELECTION BE NULLIFIED AND ARREST LUNGU FOR THE CRIMES HE IS COMMITTING.
Kopalatimes reported that Muvi tv interviewed ecz Chris saying that there were changes of elections results and accordingly it’s ecz website, furthermore had informed all political parties. Why not practice journalism?
After Lungu was declared winner last week, these were my comments:-
A DARK DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZAMBIA
A DARK DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZAMBIA
A DARK DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZAMBIA
A DARK DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZAMBIA
My prophecies are coming to reality too soon.
PRESIDENT MATIBINI S.C. PLEASE STAND UP & WAKE UP FROM YOUR SLUMBER!!!
YOU WERE MY LECTURER AT UNZA IN 1996, PLEASE SAVE OUR DEAR COUNTRY, OUR CONSTITUTION & OUR DEMOCRACY!!!
We don’t need irresponsible media houses with poverty stricken journalists like those at Muvi, Komboni and ItezhiTezhi radios.
Who doesn’t know that these are very unprofessional in their work?
President Lungu has been insulted, demeaned and scorned for so long especially by HH and UPND using these silly media outlets and now it’s time for us to be firm and very firm with the losers.
HH has lost these elections and he knew it’s long before we went to the polls, now why is he wasting our time? The Concourt must realise that their composition is well known and if they do any stup1d thing to please HH, let them know that they and their families will never see the sun again. The seven Provinces voted for President Lungu and rejected HH so what’s difficult to uphold the people’s…
If you kill the ConCourt judges and their families, as you threaten, just know that Zambia as a country is finished. You are not the only people with guns and machetes. An AK47 is only worth $10 on the international black markets. You are not the only people who can be evil in Zambia.
YALI you’ll do us a favour by asking the suspended media houses to go to court rather than making unhelpful and speculative statements. MUVU TV what are waiting for; please run to court unless you know you’re guity as charged!
Double standards with the law.
Very unfortunate turn of events. The authorities in this country should realize that the private media is the only voice through which the voiceless are heard. The state-controlled media refuse to give proper coverage to the opposition, so they turn to private media. That’s why Nawakwi was ‘mourning’ last week that democracy has died in this country. We are back to the one party state. And if I may kindly ask or request: Could the IBA cite some examples or the kind of reports that the these media houses did that were deemed ‘unprofessional?’
JUST GOT THIS FROM A FRIEND ON ANOTHER FORUM AND I WAS SO INSPIRED. ENJOY IT
Back in the days when Germany was divided, a huge wall separated East and West Berlin. One day, some people in East Berlin took a truck load of garbage and dumped it on the West Berlin side.
The people of West Berlin could have done the same thing, but they didn’t. Instead they took a truck load of canned goods, bread, milk and other provisions, and neatly stacked it on the East Berlin side.
On top of this stack they placed the sign:
“EACH GIVES WHAT HE HAS”
How very true! You can only give what you have.
My dear friend, what do you have inside of you?
Is it hate or love?
Violence or peace? Death or life?
What have you acquired over the years?
Is it capacity to build or capacity to…
What have you acquired over the years?
Is it capacity to build or capacity to destroy?
Is it ability to make money or steal money?
Is it ingenuity to develop good things that will benefit mankind or ability to bomb those good things that others have labored to build?
“EACH GIVES WHAT ONE HAS”
Think about it AND be the one to make that difference.
Wishing you a peaceful week and make sure you share this peace with a stranger
let them provide proof and if they refused to be reprimanded..she’s being a fool..*****..we need Muvi TV open again
If any media house needed it’s licence revoked it was the ZNBC for not only unprofessional conduct but blatant biased exclusive coverage of PF. This is all skirting around the real problem. The problem is you have a thief, dull and drunkard guy handling affairs of the nation, what do you expect? The situation in our beloved country will continue to escalate and eventually snowball into something ugly, at the rate we are moving.
Very inspiring despite the messenger…
refer to @21..
Just shows your prejuduces. What is the messenger for to do with the message? Your hatred is stifling you.
No one knows who is in charge…why is the Speaker not make any annoucements – Zambians are lucky our military is very docile and ever drunk in the barracks; in West Africa they would have issued a warning.
Governance is a big problem in Zambia.
@Jay Jay as usual you spew messages of hatred. You should be ashamed of your self if that is possible.
@Armchair Critic: you are the epitome of hatred and hypocrisy. Expecting acquiescence from people you are riding roughshod is the height of arrogance. You cannot muzzle nor kill all of us.
The chairman of the IBA General Mutale is the husband to that Dr Leah Mutale who is the chairpersonfor Christians for Lungu so you connect what’s going on in Zambia now.
How do you make a soldier in charge of freedom of expression?
When PF came to power they a surplus of funds in the treasury. MMD were building roads and hospitals and we had no debt.
PF found a free press.
PF found no debt.
PF found a sound economy.
PF found no tribal strife.
To day under lungu we have no press freedom
We are $10 billion in dept and rising…
The economy is a shambols.
Tribal strife is on the verge of minority oppression.
Every zambian should know that lungu and his gang want to silence any independent voice that will tell the masses of their misrule, reckless borrowing , corruption and day light plunder of our resources.
They just want to steal with impunity.
Who is going to challenge them ?
There was no free press when PF took over. MMD were equally Mussolinists who controlled state media like their puppy dogs. There has been no free press in Zed.
People just don’t get it. They select national leaders like they’re choosing a football team to support. They don’t realize whats at stake in making these choices. Their analytical vocabulary is limited to the words “humble, tribal, and infrastructure.” Any independent mind can clearly see the Lungu lacks leadership qualities by any measure.
All those supporting HH’s continued call for citizens to rise its either they have no children, they have no properties, they have no career, they are not taken seriously by their families ,are jealous of what other hard working Zambians have achieved, have no heart for the poor in compounds, have no heart for the sick in hospitals, have no heart for the old people. HH upto date has failed to condemn vilolence. He was on Radio Phoenix this morning saying Lungu should tell his supporters to stop violence going on in the country, he was also calling for the internation community to call for a meeting between him and Lungu(ofcourse seeking a government of national unity). The blood shed so far and properties destroyed is too much. HH must stop it.
Lungu has been shooting Zambians for months. PF have been killing Zambians in Mtendere and other areas. You never said anything. Is it because all those people were not Bembas and Ngonis? Now you are outraged because your people are feeling the agony of beatings and arson. You hypocrites!
Suspending thei licences is part of democracy. They will then know that democracy does not mean a blank Cheque. Democracy comes with huge responsibility. Media houses are not exempted from this democratic responsibility.
Muvi TV are liars and alarmists! Two weeks ago they reported that the MD and most senior managers at LWSC had been fired….But the truth of the matter is that, it’s only the MD who was fired. As for Komboni Radio, where on earth is it allowed for a presenter on duty to making running commentaries in support of a particular political party, while disparaging other political parties? This is abysmal unprofessionalism! In a democracy,one’s rights end where another person’s rights or freedoms begin. Freedom of the press/expression doesn’t mean injuring or violating other people’s rights and freedoms, or willfully reporting falsehoods with impunity. Journalism requires impeccable levels of integrity.
Tell ZNBC
Don’t mix the target market /partisanship with professionalism. The raison d’etre of businesses is meet the needs of their markets. Clearly PF and Lungu were not the markets for MuviTv, Komboni etc. You seem stuck with hearing your own voice as democracy.
Didnt the speaker go with the dissolved parliament?If the Concourt ruled that the Ministers were in office illegally because parliament was dissolved,why must the speaker remain in office?Just asking?
Law exclude speaker and his deputy
President Lungu has been very patient and extremely linient with the manufacturers of trouble.
This is why beyond any reasonable conviction ECL is a humble, but gifted and great leader.
Freedom comes with responsibility.
You can’t be free to do wrong.
Let the media not fuel wrong doing.
You don’t go to people who are commiting adulterly, film them, and then bring to the public.
When asked you simply and naively say, “I am just reporting, doing my job as reporter”, oh!!
Is that reasonable, are you being responsible?
Such abuse, careless use of media freedom definitely needs checking to save society from ills.
I know that some people are limited in understanding;
The above is an illustration of what is happening, so dont ask me, ” which media reported adultery”.
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It calls for capacity to do basic interpretation.
Countrymen let us be realistic the media coverage problems were created by PF by not allowing the opposition to provide their side of the story (campaigning). ZNBC is for all of us Zambians that’s why we are forced to pay TV levy. Because people are deprived of correct and realizable information they resort to Social media that may be decimating or peddling wrong information. The point is that somewhere somehow the President has failed to provide leadership he should be decisive in disciplining his cadres and be the first to call HH to a meeting to help keep the peace that we all so desire. IBA should call the media houses and educate them on how to report professionally especially at this time when tempers are high. There’s only one Zambia let’s protect it and its people.
That does not mean that the private media should therefore, resort to publishing falsehoods that have the potential to cause civil strife in the country. We are lucky Zambians are generally peace-loving people otherwise these falsehoods would have already created serious problems in the country. It would not be fair to ask IBA to be going round these media houses to ask them to be reporting the truth. Where is professionalism?
Peace lover – Also, it is not fair to ask ECL to meet with HH who does not and has never recognized ECL as President.
Lungu if one in a million who can tolerate all this nonsense without doing any thing to the perpetrators, I don’t think HH can do that worse GBM. God bless ECL.
i saw it coming with the reporting these guys have.
If the President loves peace he should take the initiative to meet HH that would be showing leadership, Gid wants a true Christian and leader to forgive and take the initiative to reconcile. Zambia is bigger than all of us
Zambians forget easily.
Znbc reported sata saying there was a group called tongas on oath, UPND killed PF Cadre in livinstone during a by election, HH said something tribal to chief choongo
THE PROBLEM WITH OPPOSITION IS THAT DIVERGENT VIEWS TO THEM IS INSULTS, INSUNUATIONS AND SPECULATIVE JOURNALISM. NAY
THE IBA WAS COVERED AS PART OF THE ENHANCED BILL OF RIGHTS IN THE DEFEATED REFERENDUM, ALL BECAUSE OF HH TELLING HIS CADRES TO VOTE NO. IF PEOPLE HAD VOTED YES IBA WOULDNT HAVE CLOSED MUVI TV.
WHAT A CHANCE ZAMBIANS THREW AWAY TO THE WINDS.
HH SHOULD AS WELL BE REMINDED THAT WHATS HAPPENING IN SOUTH AND WESTERN PROVINCES BORDERS ON GENOCIDE AND CRIME TO HUMANITY. WE WILL SOON MARSHAL SOME SIGNATURES TO BE SENT TO ICC IN HAGUE. LET HIM ASK BEMBA AND GENERAL NKANDA OF THE DRC.
WE CANT AFFORD TO HAVE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA BECAUSE OF GREED FOR POWER.
MADAME ICC PROSECUTOR BE READY TO VISIT ZAMBIA TO GATHER EVIDENCE OF CRIME TO HUMANITY AND GENOCIDE
YALI PAZA MISA you guys gang up and take this case to the Constitutional court. IBA cant be given such draconian powers. Their rulings should include a transparency clause that should demand they give reasons for whatever action they take. They just cant wake up and close a station because they had a bad dream. Democracy is more important than self-serving organisations that work at cross-purposes to citizens’ needs
IBA does not report to YALI. YALI must be both blind and deaf not to notice the kind of Information coming from the affected stations. It should actually be called propaganda
YALI is blind and can’t see or fix stup’ty.
Part 1 is HUMBLE DICTATOR VS. CONSTITUTION
Part 2 is HUMBLE DICTATOR VS. DEMOCRACY
Pass me the Popcorns please.
It is very wrong for IBA as a Regulator to meet in one meeting and decide to cancel a Member’s licence without proper investigation and a hearing for the members whose licences have been cancelled. The way IBA behaved and at a critical time for Petetion hearing would seem to suggest a political motive. Since some of the evidence for vote rigging by way recordings and video clips came from these institutions there is a cover up for ECZ and Lungu. Why is Lungu breaking the law and refusing to step down and allow the Speaker to be sworn in as Acting President pending the finalization of the Petetion? Lungu is closing the media in the same way he closed the Post. He does not want people to hear how Lungu and ECZ massively rigged the elections and stole votes from HH.
Lungu is a dictator that is all one can say.
At law IBA’s suspensions are Null and Void. IBA must follow laid out procedures for disciplining their members. IBA cannot suspend a member without Notice and a Hearing. Besides Rules of Natural Justice requires that members are afforded a Hearing b4 Suspension. Muvi TV and Radio stations have a right to seek redress in a Court of law. An illegal directive from an illegal source remains Null and Void. IBA must lift the illegal suspensions forthwith.