Zimbabwe: MISA-Zimbabwe analyses new bill

On March 17 2006, MISA reported that the Government of Zimbabwe had drafted the Interception of Communications Bill 2006, which seeks to empower the chief of the Central Intelligence. In essence, the proposed law seeks to empower the chief of defence intelligence, the director-general of the Central Intelligence Organisation, the Commissioner of Police and the Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to intercept telephone, e-mail and cell phone messages.