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Tanzania: Tanzania Bows to Pressure to Amend Law On Statistics
East African, 6 July 2019
Tanzania parliament has amended the punitive Statistics Act that criminalised the publishing of non-official data. Read more »
Tanzania Bows to Pressure, Amends Law On Statistics
The new amendments give people the right to collect and disseminate statistical information without criminal liability. As part of restricting the operations of civil society and the media, the Tanzanian parliament in 2018 amended the Statistics Act of 2015 to make it a crime to publish statistics without the approval of the National Bureau of Statistics.
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Tanzania: A Controversial Bill Awaits Magufuli's Signature
DW, 28 June 2019
Tanzania has steamrolled draft amended laws through parliament despite grave warnings at home and abroad that they will further curtail the rights of citizens of the East African… Read more »
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Tanzania: Researchers Urge Govt to Amend Statistics Act 2015
Citizen, 22 November 2018
Research stakeholders have called for the government to re-table the Statistics Act 2015 in parliament for amendment, warning that failure to do so would adversely affect… Read more »
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Tanzania: World Bank Blocks U.S.$50 Million Over Statistics Act
Citizen, 3 October 2018
The World Bank is holding up to $50 million (equivalent to Sh112 billion) meant for Tanzania, saying it is deeply concerned about restrictions that the government has placed on… Read more »
