Claim
The Patriotic Front (PF) Facebook page published an article on July 16, 2022 claiming that State House instructed Cabinet Office to exclude opposition political party leaders from attending the African Union meeting in Lusaka.
Rating Justification
iVerify Zambia’s fact-checking team has determined as false the claim that State House instructed Cabinet Office to exclude opposition political party leaders from attending the African Union meeting. To verify this claim, our fact-checking team visited
opposition Member of Parliament Miles Sampa’s Facebook page. His Facebook page, shows a picture of him being swabbed for Covid-19 at the venue of the AU meeting. The other picture shows the 41st ordinary session of the Executive Council in progress with Mr. Sampa displaying his health clearance card to the meeting. He said it was not possible to attend the meeting without being tested for Covid-19. And another PF official, Mr. Emmanuel Mwamba published on his Facebook page pictures of PF leader of the opposition Brian Mundubile and himself during the opening ceremony of the African Union meeting. The postings by Mr. Sampa and Mr. Emmanuel Mwamba on their respective Facebook pages show that invitations to the AU meeting had also been extended to opposition party leaders, and that some opposition figures did attend.
False
