6) That; on 11thAugust 2021, the Director o f Information Services
Department acting on the power conferred upon
him under the
Act suspended a daily newspaper operating under the name and
style o f Uhuru Newspaper for 14 days.
7) That, the order dated 11th August 2021 which subsequently led
to the suspension of the newspaper, as I was not able to get the
news from the said newspaper which is in violation o f the
Constitution o f the United Republic o f Tanzania.
8) That, the order dated 11th August 2021 and subsequent
suspension violated the applicant's right to seek and receive
information as stipulated in the constitution o f the United Republic
o f Tanzania.
Gathered from the pleadings in this petition, the gist and the
center of the petitioner's claim in my opinion is based on the violation
of Article 18 of the Constitution (URT) by the provision of section 9 of
the
Media Act
No. 12 of 2015 which deals with
suspension
or
cancellation of the license of the media. Allegedly, the said provision
gives powers to the Director of Information to suspend or cancel the
license of Media. Now what are the issues to be
determined in
dissolving the petitioner's complaint. Mr. Mpoki seems to suggest four
issues in determination by this Court.
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