Nairobi - A consensus was achieved in the drafting of the bill but parliamentarian Karue Muriuki added a controversial amendment at the last moment, before the bill's approval on 2 August. Under this amendment, an editor could be forced to identify an anonymous source to the police or to a court.

Kibaki said the amendment ran counter to Kenya's "democratic efforts" in recent years and represented "an obstacle to press freedom."

Source: http://www.rsf.org

[24 Aug 2007 10:57]

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