The Kenyans have said that this move by the communication authority is draconian and obnoxious. The citizens say that shutting down media will be detrimental as it gives room for spread of propaganda on other streams such as social media.
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Here are some of the tweets:
Citizen TV and Radio,NTV have been switched off. The worse thing is we living on the digital era where streaming is possible
The government should get their act in order
I wounder who are advising#RailaSwearingInβ Tamurai Creations (@tamurai_inc) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/JobSeekers_A/status/958239578082684928
https://twitter.com/salano254/status/958241272044576768
Even if the government switches off all local media houses, we can as well follow the swearing in live on Supersport 3ππππ
Citizen TV and Radio #NASAOathDay
Kibera#RailaSwearingIn pic.twitter.com/cLuNMX1XQNβ ππΆπΈπ·ππ² ππ» β’ πΎπ¬π°πͺ (@kevojr_1) January 30, 2018
The Managing director at the Royal media group Wachira Waruru has said that they have not received due cause as to why action was taken for them to be switched off but are in consultation with the relevant authority and that the issue will be sorted as soon as possible.
KTN has also been shut down from the free to air channels and is currently only airing on DSTV.
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