Where political parties stand on press freedom

Presidential candidates from major political parties have taken the issue of press freedom as one of their top agendas as they ask for votes. PHOTO | FILE

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Activists and media stakeholders raised concern that the Statistics Act of 2015; the Cybercrime Act 2015; the Media Services Act 2016 and the Electronic Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulation, 2018 and amended Political Parties Act had a role in shrinking press freedom.