Dar es Salaam, April 30 -- DODOMA: THE government is devising a strategy to ensure all its ministries and institutions that owe media houses in the country settle their dues with immediate effect.

The Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology, Nape Nnauye, said this during the 13th Tanzania Editors Forum (TEF) retreat in Dodoma on Monday.

Minister Nape said the media houses are currently experiencing economic difficulties as a result of unpaid debts amounting to 18bn/- by various ministries, government institutions, organs and councils.

He said out of that debt, the Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited (TSN) has a lions share of 11bn/- yet to be paid by various government institutions.

The minister insisted ...