Even as the president stated in a rally that he has no intention to gag the media, the debate is bigger and profound than the parochial and hallowed debate thus far. It not only has Kenyan imperatives, but global practices that need reflections and which Kenya cannot negate.
Very strong opinions and positions, some extreme, continued to pile on the debate on the Media Bill 2013. On the one hand you have media practitioners and stakeholders resisting it using such terms as 'gag', 'draconian' and 'retrogressive' to mention but a few.
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