LIVESTREAM 1 Kenyans Embed URL LIVESTREAM 2 Kenyans Embed URL A lobby group has moved to court to challenge the Communication Authority of Kenya's (CA) decision to stop live coverage of the protests and switch off free-to-air signals for KTN, NTV and Citizen TV.
In a joint statement on Wednesday, June 25, the Katiba Institute and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) revealed that they had sought an urgent judicial review application at the High Court. "Today, Katiba Institute (KI) and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) have filed an urgent Judicial Review Application at the High Court in Nairobi challenging the unconstitutional directive issued by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), which ordered all television and radio stations to cease live coverage of ongoing public demonstrations," part of the statement read. "This directive was swiftly followed by police raids on major broadcast transmission sites of Citizen TV, NTV, and KTN, leading to the unlawful shutdown of their free-to-air services.
The CA threatened broadcasters with regulatory sanctions, including license revocations, should they defy the directive." More to follow...
