Mkushi Community Radio Station board dissolved

Mkushi Community Radio Station board dissolved

WINDHOEK, Namibia, 04 September 2015 / PRN Africa / -- Zambia's Central Province Minister Davies Chisopa on August 28, 2015, dissolved the board of Mkushi Community Radio Station and appointed the station manager as caretaker.




Mr Chisopa announced the dissolution at a press briefing when he visited the radio station. He said that the board of the radio station had breached its own constitution to the detriment of the aspirations and interest of the citizens of Mkushi. Reacting to the dissolution, station board chairperson Gershom Musonda said that the Minister could not dissolve an elected board.




Mr Musonda added that there was no provision in the Mkushi Radio constitution that provided for anyone to act as caretaker or administrator.




A team from MISA Zambia, led by Chairperson Hellen Mwale, visited the station during the weekend of August 29 and 30, 2015, and held meetings with the concerned parties to help resolve the situation.




MISA Zambia is monitoring the situation very closely and continues to engage all the parties involved, including the Provincial Minister Mr. Chisopa.




SOURCE Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)


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