East Africa Court of Justice rules Tanzania’s Media Services Law defective

In Summary

• Four non-governmental organisations lodged a petition at the regional court challenging the enactment of the Media Services Act.
• The court ruled in favour of the petitioners arguing that the new law was against the EAC treaty.

By Filbert Rweyemamu @TheCitizenTz news@tz.nationmedia.com

A regional court has ruled that the Media Services Act 2016 was against protocols of the EAC