Mon, 22 May 2017 12:42:59 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO MANIPULATION, deceit, and lies have flooded international media which is all out to tarnish the image of Zambia over the incarceration of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, the Evangelical Youth Alliance (EYA) has observed. EYA executive director Reverend Moses Lungu told the Daily Nation that the development could create a problem if records were not set straight. Rev Lungu said the increasing distortion in media portrayals concerning Zambia by international media houses were either purposefully misleading or inadvertently misrepresenting facts on what was obtaining and could lead to chaos if not stopped. He said international media was desperately trying to tarnish Zambia’s good image as a country with a flourishing democracy by creating an impression that dictatorship was slowly gaining ground where opposition political parties were being prosecuted to create room for President Edgar Lungu to easily consolidate his push for re-election in 2021. He said the […]
