Central Organisation of Trade Unions-Kenya (COTU-K) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, expressed his surprise at the decision by media houses to challenge the government's directive on the live coverage of the June 25 protests.
Speaking during a media engagement, Atwoli questioned the decision by Standard Group and Nation Media to defy orders issued by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and continue to live coverage of the protests on their broadcast channels KTN and NTV respectively. "I have been everywhere and I have never seen a government office directive being challenged in court," Atwoli stated.
CA issued a directive to all TV and radio stations on Wednesday to stop the live coverage of the violent protests.
The directive affected NTV, KTN and Citizen, major stations in the country.
