Southern Africa: Zambian Media in Need of Training On Parliamentary Reporting

press release

Speaker of the National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, has chastened the press and called for serious investment in training of reporters in Parliamentary reporting to ensure that journalists do not misrepresent the proceedings of the house.

In a ruling on a point of order raised by Kalomo Member of Parliament, Request Muntanga in which he wanted to know if Radio Phoenix were in order to broadcast information on July 23rd 2015 which alleged that Parliament had passed a resolution to increase salaries on a motion tabled by Hon. Patrick Mucheleka, Independent MP.

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