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No, Dr Fred M’membe didn’t say schools should have mortuaries

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iVerify Zambia accessed and examined the recorded interview on Hot FM Zambia’s “The Hot Seat” radio program which featured Dr. Fred M’membe. In the interview, Dr. M’membe did not say schools should have mortuaries as alleged by the Zambia Watchdog’s Facebook page.

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Verified Sep, 05 2023

Claim

On Friday, August 25, 2023, the Zambian Watchdog Facebook page carried a post that claimed that during a live radio program on Hot FM Radio, Dr. Fred M’membe, President of the opposition Socialist Party said all schools should have mortuaries. The post received mixed reactions from followers of the page.

Rating Justification

iVerify Zambia has determined as false the assertion by the Zambia Watchdog Facebook page that during a live radio program on Hot FM Dr. Fred M’membe had said all schools should have mortuaries.
iVerify Zambia accessed and listened to the copy of “The Hot Seat” radio program featuring Dr. Fred M’membe on Thursday, August 24, 2023, and discovered that Dr. M’membe did not say that schools should have mortuaries as claimed by the Zambian Facebook page. Therefore, the claim by the Zambia Watchdog Facebook page is false.

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