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Kenya: Parliament Passes Law to Punish Media
The Star, 15 October 2015
MPs yesterday ganged up to pass a draconian law to shield themselves from public scrutiny and introduce a Sh500,000 fine for journalists guilty of defaming them. Read more »
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Kenya: MPs Are Wrong to Take Away Media Freedom
Nation, 15 October 2015
Parliament Wednesday went ahead and approved a controversial law that seeks to limit media freedom. Read more »
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Kenya: We Don't Need a Prefect, Say MPs
The Star, 15 October 2015
MPs yesterday rejected having an internal ombudsman and letting the clerk order investigations into their conduct. Read more »
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Kenya: MPs Stab Journalists in the Back, Twist the Knife
Capital FM, 14 October 2015
MPs rejected an attempt by Eldas MP Adan Keynan to withdraw controversial amendments to Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill that limit media freedom when reporting in… Read more »
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Kenya: Keynan Move Welcome, but Bad Clauses Remain
The Star, 13 October 2015
Eldas MP Adan Keynan has dropped contentious clauses in the controversial Powers and Privileges Bill, 2014. Read more »
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Kenya: MP Keynan Drops Amendments Muzzling Media
Capital FM, 12 October 2015
"I will be the last person in independent Kenya or any other jurisdiction to ever contemplate to put in place caps or limitations that will impair the right to inform taxpayers,"… Read more »
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Kenya: Anti-Media Clauses to Go, MP Assures
Nation, 12 October 2015
Eldas MP Adan Keynan on Monday agreed to delete offensive clauses in the Power and Privileges Bill, which were seen as aimed at curtailing media coverage of Parliament. Read more »
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Kenya: Speaker Justin Muturi to Lobby MPs Against Controversial Bill
Nation, 18 September 2015
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi Thursday said he will rally MPs to drop offensive clauses in a controversial Bill that seeks to restrict media coverage of Parliament. Read more »
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Kenya: Muturi Opposes Law to Gag Media
The Star, 17 September 2015
Laws that violate media freedom and access to information will not be passed on my watch, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi said yesterday. Read more »
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Kenya: Parliament Speakers Assure Media On Draconian Laws
Capital FM, 17 September 2015
Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi has assured the media that Parliament will not pass laws that infringe on their freedoms. Read more »
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Kenya: Use Softer Approach on Nosy Reporters
The Star, 2 September 2015
Parliament and Speaker Justin Muturi did not have to go this far, if this potentially honourable institution and its CEO knew there are softer ways of dealing with snoopy… Read more »
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Kenya: MP's Anti-Media Bill an Exercise in Intimidation
The Star, 31 August 2015
The Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill (National Assembly Bill No 35 of 2014) is a nefarious piece of legislation. Read more »
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Kenya: ODM Respects Freedom of Press and Kenyans, MCAs Tell Keynan
The Star, 29 August 2015
ELDAS MP Adan Keynan has been criticised for sponsoring a bill that aims at depriving Kenyans of the right to information and intimidating journalists. Read more »
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Kenya: 'Rogue House' Tactics Back At Work As MPs Craft Selfish Laws
Nation, 29 August 2015
The National Assembly is once again grappling with the "rogue House" tag in the wake of recent decisions seen as shielding it from scrutiny. Read more »
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Kenya: Obnoxious Bill Merely Seeks to Gag the Media
Nation, 27 August 2015
On the eve of the fifth celebration of the Constitution marked on Thursday, the National Assembly started debate on a Bill that seeks to bar the media from covering its… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyan Media Remains Bogged Down by Lawsuits, Restrictive Bills, and Legal Limbo - CPJ Report
CPJ, 15 July 2015
Instead of passing new legislation in keeping with the new constitution's guarantees for freedom of the press, the government has introduced a series of laws that undermine… Read more »
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Kenya: Bill's Offensive Clauses to Be Expunged
The Star, 9 March 2015
ELDAS MP Adan Keynan has promised to expunge from the Kenya Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill, 2014 provisions that are offensive to the media. Read more »
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Kenya: MPs to Shield Parliament From Courts
The Star, 5 February 2015
THE courts will no longer intervene in the business of Parliament, if a constitutional amendment Bill seeking to stop such involvement is enacted by the National Assembly. Read more »