Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi on Tuesday engaged Mchinji District Council’s executive committee on the dangers of misinformation and disinformation ahead of the 2025 General Elections.
MISA vice chairperson, Chisomo Nguluwe, said the institute believes everyone has to be equipped with fact-checking skills and must have the desire to fight false information at all levels of society.
“We have also developed an online platform called i-Verify that we will use to publish verified information before, during and after the 2025 elections,” said Nguluwe.
Mchinji District Commissioner, Lucia Chidalengwa, commended MISA for the engagement, saying it has come at an appropriate time as there is a lot of fake news flying around.
“The community that the council serves usually gets information from secondary sources and it is usually distorted. It is therefore necessary to prepare them so that they should not always believe anything they are fed,” said Chidalengwa.
The DC added that as the general elections approach, it is important for the council and its stakeholders to be able to debunk unnecessary information.
The i-Verify Malawi project is supported by the UNDP with support from the EU, Royal Norwegian Embassy, and the UK International.
By Vincent Khonje, MANA
