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CHRR highlights media struggles in gathering mining information

By Gawo Sande, Nyasa Times

November 23, 2011   ·   6 Comments

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Malawi’s Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has complained that the media in the country is struggling to access information on mining because the players involved are reluctant to release it.

CHRR’s Communications Officer Luke Tembo said the challenge is affecting the media’s efforts to relay relevant information that can help uplift the mining sector.

He said this during CHRR’s journalists’ orientation in Mzuzu on how they can access mining information from various stakeholders in Malawi.

“We want to sensitise journalists on issues of these two mines so that they expose some of the problems rocking sector,’’ Tembo said.

The centre has started implementing a pilot project called Access to Information on Mining in Malawi which is targeting some mines in Karonga district which has Kayelekela and Mwalambo mining sites.

The project comes after noting that the mining companies are among other things not fulfilling some of the agreements they signed with stakeholders like government and their employees.

Apart from sensitising the media, the centre will also engage traditional leaders in Karonga so that they can pass down information to their subjects.

Tags: CHRR, Kayerekera Mine, media, Uranium

6 Responses to “CHRR highlights media struggles in gathering mining information”

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   Mwamwitu Says:

   November 24th, 2011 at 7:55 am

   
   

   OCCUPY KAYALEKERA MINES ON 1ST DECEMBER 2011, CALLING ALL PARTICIPANTS TO REPORT ON THE STARTING VENUE BY 8:30AM, CARS SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOOD & DRINKS AS WELL. THEME: WE WANT OUR SHARE Like 0 Reply

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   KEMKEM Says:

   November 23rd, 2011 at 6:35 pm

   
   

   do we have mines in malawi? who benefits from those mines? Like 0 Reply

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   Mbanji Says:

   November 23rd, 2011 at 4:46 pm

   
   

   Recently we’ve heard how radiation has affected food and the like in Japan. We would like to find out how Kayelekera mine is managing the waste from the mine.We are the ones to be affected in the future if this is not properly disposed of/managed. We are asking the CHRR to find out how this is being done for the future of our generations.It doesn’t matter whether one or two Malawians are benefitting as board members today but there’s need to raise these issues. Investors will come and go but mother Malawi shall always there for our kids,what do you think Fellow Malawian?? Like 1 Reply

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   policeman Says:

   November 23rd, 2011 at 4:01 pm

   
   

   Go ahead guys have courage, we want to know more because no Malawians are benefiting from these mines only Bingu. If they dont want they must pack and GO now. Xoenophobia will come. Like 1 Reply

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   Nachanza Says:

   November 23rd, 2011 at 3:04 pm

   
   

   I don’t know Like 0 Reply

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   noel banda Says:

   November 23rd, 2011 at 2:40 pm

   
   

   How does these so called mines benefit ordinary malawians? Like 3 Reply