In the picture : Media Liaison Committee Chairperson Enock Ngoma during the handover of ZAMEC documents. Several attempts have been made to regulate the press in Zambia, from the famous speech by President Kaunda 15 that intimated a Press Council Bill, the Media Ethics Council of Zambia (MECOZ), statutory processes (ZNBC and IBA Acts) to the Zambia Media Ethics Council (a nomenclatural synonym and precursor of the current proposed regime) 16. As observed by some respondents in the previous reports, there is need for continued caution in the enaction of the media regulation regime to avoid stifling freedom of expression and of the press. This is because Zambia has a myriad of laws that are currently inimical to freedom of the press while the nomenclature and form of the (ZAMEC Bill) process itself was See Kasoma, F.P. (1986). The Press in Zambia. Lusaka: Multimedia Publications. See also Ndawana, Y., J. Knowles and C. Vaughan (2021) “The Historicity of Media Regulation in Zambia; Examining the Proposed Statutory Self-Regulation” in African Journalism Studies Vol. 42, Iss. 2 pp 59-76. The article presents a historical account of Zambia’s media regulation journey while highlighting various observations regarding the proposed ZAMEC Bill that situate it in a theoretical realm, concluding that the proposed statutory self-regulation frame could present more challenges to the media than before. 15 16 21