The Watchdog

t's a week that saw the gaging  of media rights and freedom while covering national assembly meetings as provided in chapter four of the kenyan constitution and the bill of rights in article 33 and qoute..            The offensive Section 34 of the Powers and Privileges Committee provides that a person who publishes any false or scandalous libel on Parliament, its committees or its proceedings or speaks words defamatory of the House is liable to a fine or jail term. ?It also states that a person convicted of an offence under the Act for which no penalty is provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Sh500,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both.         34...........after the national parliament passed a controversial bill regulating media from exposing MPs in their extravagant and embezzlement of public funds. A bill tabled by   Eldas ...