Is freedom from the Press an option?

As disquiet, disbelief and even embarrassment rippled through Parliament over the contentious Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill, 2014, a Somali saying crossed my mind: Somali folktale describes an enraged man who runs through a village of straw huts with a burning torch. An alarmed villager warns him not to set the village alight.

“You’ve just reminded me,” said the man. And he sets the homes on fire.