Tanzania, May 3 -- Dar es Salaam. The minister for Information, Communications and Information Technology, Nape Nnauye, has promised more amendments to the Media Services Act, 2016 to improve press freedom in the country.

Notable amendments to the Act, passed in 2016 after almost a decade of debates over the Bill that was first unveiled in 2007, were made in June 2023.

Just the fact that the government was able to make some changes to the law, considered too draconian when it was passed in 2016, brought a sense of relief to the media fraternity about the better days ahead for press freedom in the country.

Some of the amendments that were passed included removing the role of the Director of the Information Service (Maelezo) in apportion...