STATE OF THE MEDIA IN ZAMBIA appropriate attire should either be dark suits and ties, national dress or any other formal attire when covering state functions. Any journalist clad in jeans, slacks, tights, minis, topless attires or any attire inappropriate for the function will be turned away by security,” Kaluba stated in the memo. Press Association of Zambia president Andrew Sakala says government should not use dress code restriction for journalists as a deterrence to cover news. Sakala told News Diggers! in an interview that the new dress code rules set for all journalists covering state functions and the President at the airport are strange because the rationale behind it could not be understood. “I don‟t think there should be a specific type of dress, but what should be there is that people should be decently dressed. As a person reporting, I think a person should be decently-dressed, according to what is acceptable by a news organisation. And I don‟t see how that should affect coverage of the news sources. So, if they restrict on the dress code, that‟s very strange.” Sakala said. But Zambia Union of Broadcasters and other Information Disseminators (ZUBID) secretary general Andrew Mpandamwike described government‟s decision as “progressive.” He said it was important that journalists were "smartly" dressed when coving state functions. 4.6.2. MISA Engagement Meetings towards improved Media Freedom During the second quarter, MISA Zambia continued pressing issues of media freedom and media practitioners‟ safety. Following increased harassment and attack on Journalists, the MISA wrote letters to seek audience with key government department and those in authority to find amicable ways of resolving them. 30