The government has suspended the licence of Mwanahalisi newspaper for six months, stopping the long-established Kiswahili investigative weekly from publishing or distributing in print and online from August 19.
Media stakeholders have reacted to the government’s decision to suspend MwanaHALISI’s publishing licence for six months over a story claiming that Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi had rejected calls to resign.
Chama cha ACT- Wazalendo kimepinga uamuzi wa Serikali wa kusitisha kwa miezi sita leseni ya Gazeti la MwanaHALISI kikisema hatua hiyo inakiuka uhuru wa habari na haki ya umma kupata taarifa.
The Information Services Department, popularly known in Kiswahili as Maelezo, has suspended MwanaHALISI’s publishing licence for six months over a story claiming that Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi had rejected a call to resign.