Dr Patrick Matibini has warned media
houses that continue to publish false
reports of parliamentary proceedings
that they risk being barred from covering the proceedings of the house and
its committees reports a Lusaka based
privately owned radio station QFM radio
reported on 6 November, 2012 . And The
Post Newspapers of November7, 2012
reports that on 31 October, 2012 Matibini warned that some media institutions risk being barred from covering
proceedings of parliament if they continue misrepresenting debates resulting
in inaccurate reports . According to QFM
radio, Dr Matibini further warned that
such media houses also risk being subject
to criminal proceedings under section 25
of the National Assembly Powers and
Privileges Act. This follows an inaccurate
story published in the Zambia Daily Mail
of 18 October 2012 in which Home Affairs Minister Edgar Lungu was wrongly
quoted as saying that the deportation
of Lundazi Catholic Priest Father Vetoir
Banyangandora was necessitated by
grave misconduct.
November 9, 2012: Speaker of the
National Assembly Patrick Matibini says
he could not find Managing Editor of a
local Zambian newspaper, Daily Nation,
Richard Sakala’s contempt of parliament
because the article they published was
already published by an online publication Zambian Watchdog. This was in
his ruling on a Point of Order raised by
Patriotic Front (PF) Bangweulu Member
of Parliament (MP) Chifita Mutafwali
regarding a newspaper article entitled
‘Kaingu suspected from Parliament’ pub-

lished in the Daily Nation Newspaper on
October 4, 2012 reports the Zambian
Watchdog.



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Date: November 11, 2012
Person/ institution: ZNBC TV
Violation/ issue: Other
On October 31, 2012 the Ministry
Information and Broadcasting Services
commended Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) management for
resuming sign language interpretation
after suspending the exercise due to a
technical problem. Information Deputy
Minister Mwansa Kapeya said government was happy with the development
as it is in line with its policy of ensuring
access to information for all regardless
of one’s physical status. Kapeya said the
Ministry was happy because it had been
receiving many queries from people over
the absence of sign language interpretation on ZNBC television.

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Date: November 27, 2012
Person/ institution: ZNBC
Violation/ issue: Other
United Party for National Development (UPND) Deputy Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetw says he is happy with the
manner in which the Zambia National
Broadcasting Corporation(ZNBC)
is
managing its news content. Mweetwa
who is also Choma Central Member of
Parliament said the national broadcaster is currently the most reliable media house in the country because of it’s
wide news coverage. The Deputy Min-





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