RESPONSIBLE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA MUST BEGIN WITH THE ROGUE STATE HOUSE MEDIA TEAM
Mr Hakainde Hichilema is a very interesting character. So, with a straight face, he thinks he can deceive the world into believing that he is an advocate and champion of responsible use of social media.
Given his history, what moral authority does Mr Hichilema have to preach about responsible use of social media when his own media team at State House is in the forefront using guerrilla media channels like Koswe and Zambian Watchdog to abuse, malign and insult private citizens and leaders of this country? What moral authority does Mr Hichilema have to gag citizens for exercising their constitutional right by openly criticizing him through social media?
So, for Mr Hichilema, the only use of social media that he regards as responsible is one done by his Koswe and Zambian Watchdog rogue outfits? And for that, he is determined to lock up every critic and opposition politician whilst he freely continues insulting, abusing and maligning private citizens and leaders of this country using his boys at Koswe and Zambian Watchdog?
These two highly seditious guerrilla media outfits openly incite hatred and violence against Mr Hichilema’s critics without restraint. And it is clear that they operate with the blessings of State House.
Strangely, Mr Hichilema thinks this sort of behavior and hypocrisy from him is acceptable, no! They can fool themselves into thinking they are being clever by using their own media team at State House to divide and destroy the country’s political system and moral fabric via Koswe and Zambian Watchdog. But the day is coming when all those behind these rogue media outlets operating under State House will be made to account for their actions, especially that they’re known individuals, and there are many citizens who once worked with them, and are willing to testify.
The zeal and excitement is theirs for now but its just a matter of time before this impunity and lawlessness being perpetrated by State House is nipped in the bud.
But for now, any call to responsible use of social media must start with Mr Hichilema himself and State House, where this country’s most divisive, inciting and uncouth rogue media outfits (Koswe and Zambian Watchdog) are housed and operated.
Let Mr Hichilema preach responsible reporting to his Koswe and Zambian Watchdog. They need it more than anyone else.
Fred M’membe
President of the Socialist Party
