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Media asks State to rescind exclusive KBC adverts order
Kenya Editors Guild President Zubeida Kananu (left) with Kenya Union Of Journalists Secretary General Eric Oduor address media at Sarova Stanley on March 13, 2024. PHOTO | SILA KIPLAGAT | NMG
Media practitioners plan to sue the government if it does not rescind its recent directive ordering all ministries, state agencies, independent commissions and public universities to exclusively air their TV and radio advertisements on national broadcaster KBC.
The Kenya Media Sector Working Group (KMSWG), a coalition of more than 20 different media associations, termed the recent directive issued by Broadcasting and Telecommunications Principal Secretary, Edward Kisangani, as a threat to Kenya's free media.
