Three media houses had on January 2014 challenged the laws assented to by President Uhuru Kenyatta on December 5, 2013. Media practitioners had argued the laws breached the constitutional protection granted to journalists and allows a government-controlled tribunal to impose fines on transgressors.
Hayo yamesemwa na Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Kilimo, Mifugo na Uvuvi Ndg Mathew Mtigumwe wakati akizungumza na Mtandao wawww.wazo-huru.blogspot.comkueleza muktadha wa Maonesho hayo ambayo Kitaifa yanafanyika Mkoani Lindi na kubebwa na kauli mbiu mahususi kwa mwaka huu 2017 isemayo "Zalisha kwa Tija Mazao ya Bidhaa za Kilimo, Mifugo na Uvuvi ili kufikia Uchumi wa Kati".