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.