[kictanet] The Kenya Communications Amendment Bill

[Brian Longwe]

Kudos to the Ministry for the action taken regarding the  
Communications Amendments Bill.

But I have a big bone to pick with the media, in one of the local  
dailies:

"The withdrawn communication bill would have given the Government  
unfettered powers against the media"......

On what planet does the writer of this article live? It seems that in  
this recent anti-government tirade no one has really taken time to  
read and digest the contents of the comms amendment bill.

Anyway I for one am very happy that both the Media and the Comms  
Amendment Bills have been withdrawn - not because I had any issues  
with either of the bills but more because the naysayers, witchhunters  
and doomsday prophets will have to search high and low to find  
something to whine about.

Mblayo