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Pressure Piles on Kenyan Govt Over Media Harassment

Activists, together with the Kenya Union of Journalists, have threatened to sue the government following the closure of three major TV stations namely NTV, KTN News and Citizen for the live broadcast of the "swearing-in" of opposition National Super Alliance leader, Raila Odinga, as the people's president.

Kenya: Rights Groups, Journalists Condemn TV Shutdown

Nation, 1 February 2018

Five civil society organisations have asked the State to unconditionally restore TV transmission for three stations that it shut on Tuesday. Read more »

Photo: Dennis Kasivu/Daily Nation

TV camera persons at work (file photo).

Kenya: Pressure Piles on Government Over Media Harassment

Nairobi News, 1 February 2018

Human rights groups and the Inter Religious Council of Kenya have condemned the recent affront on the mainstream media by government. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya's Media Freedom is 'Largely Unfree', New Report Shows

Nairobi News, 1 February 2018

Kenya has been ranked among countries whose media freedom status is 'largely unfree' in a global democracy index report. Read more »
Kenya: Shut TV Stations Losing Sh30 Million a Day - Report

Nairobi News, 1 February 2018

The Jubilee government on Wednesday signalled that the four television stations it switched off on Tuesday could remain in the state of paralysis indefinitely as it 'investigates'… Read more »
Kenya: Journalists Seek Court Protection in Face of State Prosecution

Capital FM, 1 February 2018

Activists, journalists and other media personalities are this morning meeting outside Nation Centre over the impending arrest of NTV journalists over their alleged role in… Read more »
Kenya: Activists Come to NTV Boss Linus Kaikai's 'Aid'

Nairobi News, 1 February 2018

Human rights crusaders and journalists last evening rushed to the Nation Media Group headquarters at the Nation Centre after word went round that police were waiting to arrest a… Read more »
Kenya: TV Stations Switch Off a Throwback to Dark Days

Nation, 31 January 2018

While Kenya has one of the freest media spaces on the African continent, it has intermittently faced repression from the government. Read more »