Table of Contents Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................................................. 3 Acknowledgements................................................................................................................................. 5 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 6 1.0. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 7 2.0. Design ....................................................................................................................................... 9 3.0. Summary-Focused Group Discussions/submissions ................................................................. 10 3.1. Access to Information ........................................................................................................... 10 3.2. Media operating environment .............................................................................................. 10 3.3. Financial independence ........................................................................................................ 11 3.4. Legal environment/Media Regulation .................................................................................. 11 3.5. Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security Act.................................................................................... 12 4.0. Discussion/Analysis ........................................................................................................................ 12 4.1. Access to Information ........................................................................................................... 12 4.2. Media regulation................................................................................................................... 15 4.3. Cyber Crime and Cyber Security Act ..................................................................................... 21 5.0. Selected Trend Highlights ......................................................................................................... 28 5.1. Socio-political environment .................................................................................................. 28 5.2. Economic Environment ......................................................................................................... 31 5.3. Media development .............................................................................................................. 34 5.3.1. Broadcast Institutions ........................................................................................... 34 5.3.2. Major Daily Newspapers ............................................................................................... 34 5.3.3. Top Social Media Outlets-Facebook ............................................................................. 34 6.0. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 35 7.0. Recommendations .................................................................................................................... 37 8.0. Appendices ................................................................................................................................ 39 8.1. Focus Group Discussion Guide .............................................................................................. 39 8.2. Submission questionnaire administered to journalists ........................................................ 40 8.3. Alerts/Selected news stories (MISA Media Monitoring System) .......................................... 42 6