Corruption main obstacle to freedom of information law, says Zitto

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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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10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Aug

MY TAKE ON THIS: Information freedom campaign covers all

>Two weeks ago, I wrote in this space condemning councillors in Kondoa District for their indiscriminate decision to ban a nongovernmental organisation, Sikika, from conducting its activities in the district.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Sep

JK: Freedom of information Act ready in 2015

>President Jakaya Kikwete said on Wednesday, in London, that Tanzania will have a freedom of information law by February 2015. The President flew into the UK for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) forum from New York, where he was attending the ongoing United Nations General Assembly.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Jun

Corruption main feature in debate on policy issues

Dar es Salaam. Corruption was the main feature during a debate on policy issues by leaders of opposition parties here on Thursday evening.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Jun

Why’s efficacious law on press freedom so elusive?

More than half-a-century after ‘Independence’ from foreign rule, the govt of Tanzania’s still dicing with Press Freedom.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Jul

Another anti-access to information Law awaits JK signature

Whoever contravenes this section according to the Bill, commits an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than five hundred thousand shillings or a jail term of twelve months or both.

 

10 years ago

KwanzaJamii

26 Sep

Right to Information law ready in Feb 2015, declares JK

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...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

30 Mar

ACT's Zitto Kabwe defends freedom of expression

ACT's Zitto Kabwe defends freedom of expression
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The newly registered Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT) Wazalendo was launched in Dar es Salaam yesterday with its leader, Zitto Kabwe, rooting for freedom of expression, accountability and transparency. Addressing party members, Kabwe ...
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10 years ago

IPPmedia

05 Mar

Zitto responds to yet another corruption allegation

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Zitto responds to yet another corruption allegation
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Just a day after corruption allegations were once again hurled at the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Zitto Kabwe, the MP yesterday responded by saying that he is more than ready to be taken to the ethics tribunal for investigation. Zitto who ...
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10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Nov

PRESS FREEDOM: Freedom of press took shape after abolishing Star Chamber in 1641

>To great dismay, Tanzanians were treated to horrifying ‘pictures’ of brutality by their police and some ruling party henchmen (and henchwomen, to be politically correct!)

 

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