Statistics Bill flawed, govt tells House

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Govt defends Media Bill in House
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The government has defended the Media Services Bill, saying it is a good foundation towards recognition of journalism as a profession, duties and rights of the press. However, the opposition contends that the bill is ridiculous, and would take the country back ...

Proposals for a 3-tier union structure purely reflect the will of the people, Katiba Team chair Judge (Rtd) Joseph Warioba told the Constituent Assembly in Dodoma today.

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'Statistics Bill infringes on freedom of media'
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With the National Assembly is scheduled to table media Bills early next week, members of the House yesterday endorsed the 'Statistics Bill 2013' which infringes on freedom of the media. According to the Bill, any media that shall publish statistics that are not ...

>The government has withdrawn the Bill meant to enact a Statistics Act in order to put more work on it, Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda announced here yesterday.

>The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has defended the 2013 Statistics Bill on the grounds that it has more room for enhancing research than what critics say.

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State withdraws Bill on statistics for review
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THE government withdrew the Statistics Act 2013 bill that it had tabled in the morning with a view to reviewing it before it tables it again in the National Assembly. The Minister of Finance, Ms Saada Mkuya, told Parliament last evening that the bill would be ...

East African Legislative Assembly
East African Legislative Assembly, Arusha, June 5, 2014: At the just ended Sixth meeting of the 2nd Session, EALA has granted Hon Dr James Ndahiro leave to introduce a Private Members’ Bill on Electronic transactions. The Bill is known as the EAC Electronic Transactions Bill, 2014. The object of this Bill is to make provision for the use, security, facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions, to encourage the use of...

The government yesterday outlined measures it is going to take to implement a number of recommendations given by the Parliament Select Committee on Land Conflicts.

After months of dilly-dallying, the government will finally table the anti-narcotics Bill in the ongoing parliamentary meeting.