{{Governments in the East African Community (EAC) bloc have been urged to ensure that their constitutions provide for a free and secure media regime.}}<\/p>\n
They have also been urged to make sure that other laws do not infringe on the freedom of the press and expression.<\/p>\n
The call is among seven recommendations put forward by media stakeholders. The recommendations, dubbed \u2018The Mount Meru Declaration\u2019, was compiled by a special committee selected after the commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day in Arusha on May 3, this year.<\/p>\n
Reading the Declaration in a meeting in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) – Tanzania Chapter chairperson, Mr Mohamed Tibanyendera, said that the statement aims at ensuring better and safer working environments for journalists in East Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe declaration outlines responsibilities of governments and state organs towards journalists as well as responsibilities of media practitioners towards the government and the public at large,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Other recommendations, according to Tibanyendera, include the call for media owners to undertake structural reforms.<\/p>\n
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