Kenyan Media Face Fines, Prison Terms Under Proposed Media Bills

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Based on IFEX member reports from Committee to Protect Journalists , International Press Institute , Reporters Without Borders , Human Rights Watch

Thirty minutes was all it took. On Thursday, 31 October, 60 Members of Parliament debated and then passed the highly contentious Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2013.

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