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Kenya: Kenyan Journalists Feel Heat of Govt Pressure
IPS, 13 March 2018
Freedom of the press in Kenya is facing its biggest challenge since independence, with government censorship on the rise both during and since last year's general election. Read more »
Kenyan Press Facing Biggest Challenge Since Independence
The 2017 election was filled with uncertainty and saw the unleashing of propaganda and a characteristic media clampdown. Editors were summoned to the State House prior to crucial political events and ordered to skew their reporting in favour of the current government administration, writes Gilbert Nakweya, a freelance journalist based in Nairobi.
Local and foreign journalists cover a church function at Dedan Kimathi University (file photo).
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