NTV, KTN News back on air

TV signals for three television stations were switched off on January 30, 2018. PHOTO | KALUME KAZUNGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Citizen TV and Inooro TV, however, are yet to be reinstated.
  • Free to air transmission was switched off on January 30th.
  • Mr Matiang'i said the ban would last as long as the government needed to investigate airing of Nasa leader Raila Odinga's "swearing-in".

NTV, KTN NEWS back on air after 7 days shutdown by government; Citizen TV and Inooro TV yet to be reinstated.

The move comes on the same day that activist Okiya Omtatah filed a lawsuit seeking the arrest of Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, ICT counterpart Joe Mucheru and the Communications Authority (CA) board for contempt of court.

This is after the government failed to comply with a High Court order to immediately restore all TV transmissions last week Thursday, pending hearing of a suit filed by Mr Omtatah.

Free to air transmission was switched off on January 30th with Mr Matiang'i saying the ban would last as long as the government needed to investigate the live coverage of Nasa leader Raila Odinga's "swearing-in".

The Interior CS reckons that the stations were bent on inciting violence by airing the political event.

“Accordingly, the Government took a decision to shut down the concerned media houses, until further notice, as it launches a full investigation into the serious breach of security,” said Dr Matiang’i at the time.

It was not immediately clear why Citizen TV and Inooro TV were yet to be reinstated by the CA.

The three media houses have taken a financial hit after the State's move, estimated to run into about Sh30 million a day lost in advertising revenues.

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