MISA demands fair, equal media coverage of political parties during campaigns

MISA Zambia national director Austin Kayanda has advised media houses to give equal coverage to all political parties as they campaign ahead of the August 12 general elections. In an interview, Thursday, Kayanda said it was MISA’s hope that media houses would give fair coverage to all political players regardless of their political affiliation. “What we are discouraging is for the media not to be polarised, not to allow one political party to dominate their air waves but instead give a chance to everybody to have an equal opportunity to sell their messages during the campaign periods. MISA would like to see an issue based campaign where people can go and sell their ideas equally,” he said. Kayanda further said…...