Another anti-access to information Law awaits JK signature

Access to Information Bill withdrawn
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THE government has withdrawn the Access to Information Bill 2015 pending further deliberations by stakeholders. The bill was scheduled for the second reading during the ongoing 20th Parliamentary session here. “After carefully studying recommendations ...

>Lack of a specific legislation providing freedom to access information in the country has been termed as a major setback in the endeavour to strengthen accountability in the central and local government authorities.

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Ministry prepares access to public information bill
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A paper proposing a bill that will enact laws to allow the public and other stakeholders access to public information from public offices has been prepared. Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Dr Asha-Rose Migiro said the government is committed to ...

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Opposition camp to boycott House over Access of Information, Media Service bills
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Members of CCM aspiring for the Presidency in the October General Election are to collect registration forms at the party's headquarters in Dodoma between June 3 and July 2, the party's Central Committee resolved yesterday. Briefing journalists yesterday ...
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President Kikwete The much-awaited Right to Information bill will be tabled in the National Assembly for the first time in November this year, President Jakaya Kikwete has declared. Work on the bill started in 2007 with the government receiving views from various stakeholders. Since then, the draft bill has remained on the shelves with the government only giving promises on the tabling of the bill together with the other one on Media Service. President Kikwete told a conference on Open...

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Corruption main obstacle to freedom of information law, says Zitto
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KIGOMA North Member of Parliament, Mr Zitto Kabwe, has said that corruption has been the main obstacle to getting a Freedom of Information Act in the country. Speaking in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday at a one-day meeting organized by Twaweza, ...

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Leading rights groups call on Gambia's president not to approve tough new anti-gay legislation, saying it promotes "state-sponsored homophobia".

Ugandan rights activists and politicians file a legal challenge to overturn a tough anti-gay law condemned by Western donors.