MPs get media skills
Oct 03, 2004
Members of Parliament have received lectures on media skills and how to handle the law of defamation
Members of Parliament have received lectures on media skills and how to handle the law of defamation, writes Paul Kiwuuwa.
The seminar, organised by the legislative support activity (LSA) at Parliament on Friday, was attended by MPs sitting on select committees for public accounts, local government accounts, commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises.
Nangwala of m/s Nangwala, Rezida & co. advocates told Mps that the yardstick of defamation is the presence of a right-thinking member of society. “For a defamation to be committed, there must be a publication, words must be communicated to a third party.
There is no defamation when the offending words are communicated to the offended person only,†Nangwala said.
Nangwala told the Mps that there were two types of defamation - slander and libel. “Slander is defamation by spoken words, sounds, looks signs or gestures while libel is disparagement embodied in permanent form such as printed or written wards ,picture or effigy,†Nangwala said.
The seminar, organised by the legislative support activity (LSA) at Parliament on Friday, was attended by MPs sitting on select committees for public accounts, local government accounts, commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises.
Nangwala of m/s Nangwala, Rezida & co. advocates told Mps that the yardstick of defamation is the presence of a right-thinking member of society. “For a defamation to be committed, there must be a publication, words must be communicated to a third party.
There is no defamation when the offending words are communicated to the offended person only,†Nangwala said.
Nangwala told the Mps that there were two types of defamation - slander and libel. “Slander is defamation by spoken words, sounds, looks signs or gestures while libel is disparagement embodied in permanent form such as printed or written wards ,picture or effigy,†Nangwala said.