The Tanzanian Communication Agency has suspended the licences of
six television and 21 radio stations for failing to pay regulatory
fees.
The agency says that it issued a
payment notice to 40 stations last July, but only 13 have paid the fees,
hence the order for the remaining 27 stations to stop broadcasting.
But the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) has criticised the decision saying the move infringes the public right to information.
Speaking to the BBC, MCT Executive
Secretary Kajubi Mukajanga said stopping the stations from broadcasting
is simply depriving people of important information.
He said there could be other ways to force the stations to pay the fees.
The Sahara Media Group, which owns three of the affected stations, has denied allegations that they have not paid the fees.
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