Political philosopher Mark Simuwe says the Law Association of Zambia is on firm ground to question whether the Independent Broadcasting Authority was in order to close Prime TV without giving them a chance to be heard.
Mr Simuwe says rules of natural justice demand that non should be punished unheard and Prime TV was not heard.
He said Prime TV must have been heard pursuant to Section 29(1),(2),(3) and (7) which require, in summary, that IBA writes a broadcast institution about the section they have violated and measures they have to put in place in a specified period, and that such a broadcaster would receive punitive action after such guidelines have not been adhered to by the broadcaster.
Mr Simuwe a News Analyst on Prime TV says the proposition by LAZ is not questioning the jurisdiction of the IBA as some people are assuming and misleading non legal minds, but whether the IBA followed it’s own law, the IBA Act No.26 of 2010.
He explained that Section 29 of the IBA Act No.26 of 2010 has been violated by the IBA.
A Lusaka based Lawyer Tutwa Ngubule had said that the current Law Association of Zambia Council has no mandate to issue statements on behalf of the Association.
Reacting to a statement put out by LAZ current President Eddie Mwitwa, Mr. Ngulube said that the mandate for the Council members expired on the 2nd of April 2020 and that Lawyers have not sat to extend the mandate of the former council members wondering where they are getting the authority to speak on behalf of the Association.
Mr. Ngulube said that as things stand, it is illegal and misleading for anyone to masquerade as a Council member and challenged those who issued a recent statement to State which Section of the Law Association of Zambia Act gave them a fresh mandate or an extension.
A white man will commit crime in Africa but no action will be taken because Africa authorities view us as semi-gods, far from the truth. A blackman can be abducted in Europe, get harrassed or even killed but no African authority will question. Africans present themselves as weak people with no hope especially when dealing with Europeans and Americans.
They are their own enemies. They hate each other and that gives their colonial masters power to continue exploiting African resources.
– Vladmir Putin
A blackman can be abducted in Europe, get harrassed or even killed but no African authority will question. Africans present themselves as weak people with no hope especially when dealing with Europeans and Americans.
They are their own enemies. They hate each other and that gives their colonial masters power to continue exploiting African resources.
– Vladmir Putin
Ati “Mr Simuwe a News Analyst on Prime TV says”….
This statement defeats the essence of the story.
Please don’t fight LAZ, fight the hat trick which is on the way, the triple 20, the Kwacha at K20 to a dollar, Inflation heading to 20% and the new fuel consignment after the big dollar kwacha slump, maybe to K20 per litre. The vigor you are using for aggressively whipping truant patrons at the bars must be the same vigour you should use to halt the impending hat trick but of course you have no capacity.
Natural justice calls for holding of a hearing before banning anyone, even the IBA law clearly stipulates this; otherwise no media would be safe as they all would merely exist at the pleasure of the Minister of Information or the President. Zambia is a democracy and not an autocracy or dictatorship. A free and independent media is a key ingredient to a thriving democratic dispensation, that’s why the IBA was formed, to protect the press from tyrants like ECL, Siliya and Malupenga. But now IBA is merely an appendage of the ruling party. Abash media intimidation.
Who would trust anything associated with a party that gasses it’s own people for political dirty tricks ?
Don’t trust any one or anything coming from PF ……if they are capable of gassing our people they are capable of anything
Mwitwa mulombwana, human freedoms, as you well know are not absolute. This is why you see people in prisons when the exceptions have been met. Licence violations are no exception. A test case for your cause can only be in a court of law. The media lack jurisdiction.
There is a difference between your individuals rights and acting in the public’s interest. The latter is and will always be more important than the former. The security and well being of an entire nation comes before the rights of a single person or rather media house. Get that in your think skulls. I have never been to law school but even I can see the logic and common sense here. I am not surprised though given the low pass rates at ziale
So which “public interest” is the PF govt serving in closing prime tv? Which public has been represented in the closed Post matter, other than a few satisfied private egos? I long for the day I will see factually and legally correct decisions and actions by the PF govt, truly in the public interest. So help me God. While you are responding to this please cite the matter of the 48 ghost houses, expired medicines at medical stores, ministers illegal salaries ordered for repayment by the Concourt, outstanding dues to govt retirees in lufing CBU and UNZA lecturers etc etc. I hope this will be a civil and mutually respectful engagement; no ad hominem please.
@KZ
WTF are you crapping about? Read Constitution before showing your “credentials” as “political advisor”!
Mark,
U and your two other so-called news analysts have caused the jobs to be lost at Prime TV because of ur biased UPND opinions, hate speech, slander,
Simuwe is on the payroll of prime tv as the so called news analyst. So dont expect any objective statement from him
Mr. Simuwe you are the people who have distroyed Prime Television. You became too political in your news analysis. You never said anything good about the current regime
The Chap masquerading as Kaizar Zulu in these posts must be ignored. If indeed this is the so called advisor to the president, must issue an audio or video statement authenticating their statements on LT comments. It is embarrassing to say the least the calibre of the comments for someone claiming to advise the president.
The decision to close prime TV is flawed. KZ is not competent to talk of individual rights and public interest. He beats people and post state matters without clearance. This boy KZ knows nothing. In this competitive world you have a simpliton as an advisor. A chap who can buy a girlfriend a house worth K1,8m when his uncle who raised him is suffering with children. His girlfriend is hitting out with a white guy.intel pick it up
Haha rob mwale please spill the beans. How come this girlfriend of mine has no name? Again just mere hot farts without evidence. You say I know nothing but last I checked I was working at the OP. You are a big clown
It is surprising to hear people talk about closure of The post media house in public interest, I thought it was due to failure to settle their dues to the Government. Why are we not sincere mwe bantu?? Shame!
KZ,HE HAS MENTAL STRESS. WHAT IS MAKING HIM UKUYUMFWISHA BWINO IS CZ HE KNOWS THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING ANYWAY. PEOPLE,REMEMBER WHEN U HAVE U ARE IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION AND THEN U SEAT AND START FANTASIZING ACTING OUT OF DESPERATION AS THOUGH U HAVE TAKEN A DRUG. LIKE,IS SO DEPRESSING FOR ABENA KZ,RED LIP CHANDA, BOWMAN ETC.CZ,THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR THERE LIVING. AND YOUR TRIALS GENTLEMEN THEY WILL BE NO NEED OF A LAWYER TO TALK FOR U.