Tanzania The panellists also noted that programmes such as the public expenditure tracking is capacitating the citizens to hold their leaders accountable. Journalists have also benefitted in capacity building of public expenditure tracking and so far about 200 journalists have received training. This programme is under the US sponsored Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) which seeks to empower the citizens to make their leaders in the local government accountable on how the financial resources have been utilized according to the citizens interest. It was also felt that hostile laws; ownership patterns which are divided between those who want to be independent and those who want to support the government; and professional incompetence resulting in many libel cases in courts, are all contributing factors to limiting freedom of expression. SCORES: Individual scores: 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2 Average score: 2.8 (2006= 2.1) 1.3 There are no laws restricting freedom of expression such as excessive official secret or libel acts, or laws that unreasonably interfere with the responsibilities of media. ANALYSIS: There are about 27 laws that restrict access to information, freedom of expression and of the media that need to be reviewed, amended or repealed (See Appendix 1). It was also noted that the culture of secrecy in the Civil Service makes it difficult to access even the most mundane information which should in actual fact be in the public domain and would not in any way pose a threat to national security or defense. 6 African Media Barometer - Tanzania 2008