Govt now drops move to rush information bill

>The government at last heeded to public outcry and dropped a plan to table two controversial information bills under a certificate of urgency that would have locked out views from key players.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Daily News

27 Jun

Access to Information Bill withdrawn

Access to Information Bill withdrawn
Daily News
THE government has withdrawn the Access to Information Bill 2015 pending further deliberations by stakeholders.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 ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: DR Congo drops contentious part of bill

The parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has decided not to go ahead with a controversial proposed change to the electoral law, which had triggered days of protests.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

23 Jun

'Public debate needed on Information Bill'

IPPmedia
'Public debate needed on Information Bill'
IPPmedia
Media Owners Association of Tanzania Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi (C) chairs meeting on Access to Information Bill in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Media stakeholders want the planned second reading of the Access to Information Bill, 2015 postponed so that ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

05 May

Ministry prepares access to public information bill

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Ministry prepares access to public information bill
IPPmedia
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 ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Jun

Battle lines drawn in information Bill row

Dodoma/Dar. A new battleground was shaping up yesterday between media owners and rights activists on one hand and the state on the other over a proposed Bill to make it easier for members of the public to get information from the government.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Mar

EDITORIAL: Good law will be good for us all, so don’t rush bill

The demand for a new media law, which should effectively repeal the much-criticised 1976 Media Act is an old song. Now ideally, the report that the government will table in the ongoing Parliament sitting, two media Bills to lead to a new Media Law, should have been received with a sigh of relief. But it has only created tension.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Apr

Govt to move 64 from Yemen

>The government has said it will evacuate 64 Tanzanian nationals still stuck in war-torn Yemen, following continued fighting in the country’s capital Sanaa.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

17 Jun

Govt says ready to move into GMO for its benefits

This was revealed by the deputy minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Mr Godfrey Zambi at a recent meeting in Dar es Salaam

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Jul

Next move by Nyalandu should target govt officials

In a rather drastic move, the minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Mr Lazaro Nyalandu, has revoked the licence of a foreign hunting firm, Green Miles Safari, following revelations that it has been acting against the set regulations.

 

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