Rule of Law

It is worth noting that elements of the amended act remain open to competing perspectives, depending on one’s vantage point. As one among several interested parties to this discussion, this is our take

We are deeply concerned by the unnecessary criminalization of the basic duties and responsibilities of political parties and other actors, combined with excessively punitive measures without provisions for due process in the Act.

This short paper analyses the Media Service Bill, as published in September 2016, with the objective of putting forward recommendations for how the bill can be improved.

Amendments to fourteen different laws are proposed. Of these, brief checks confirm that eleven are not as
such, directly relevant to Twaweza’s work, and therefore are not included in the analysis in this note.