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Media bill gives tribunal sweeping powers over industry

By DAVID OHITO

Media practitioners and rights’ groups had warned that the punitive measures passed by Parliament yesterday were not only an onslaught to press freedom but also a threat to democracy, but the protests were ignored.

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