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By ZamChro Correspondent

President Rupiah Banda has complained that the continued attacks on him by some sections of the private media were unfair.

Speaking on a live programme on Radio Chikaya in Lundazi yesterday, Mr Banda said most of the times, he was unfairly covered by some private media and had chosen to remain quiet so that the people of Zambia could decide for themselves who was telling the truth.

The president was responding to a question from the presenter who wanted to know how he felt about the continued media attacks on him.

“I think the continued media attacks on me by the private media are unfair, I am a human being, I feel the continued attacks on me by The Post and other private media are very unfair. I have enough powers to shutdown any media organisation by removing their license but I do not want to do that,” he said.

Mr Banda said the continued attacks on him by the private media would not destruct him in anyway because the same media also attacked his predecessor.

He said the late president Mwanawasa was also attacked and at one time he was even called a cabbage.  

However, the president commended Radio Chikaya for their noble cause in ensuring that the community was always informed.

He said as long as the radio station was not being used as a political tool, the Government would always support its noble cause.

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