Kenya’s press freedom rating among peers has dropped radically in this year. We always immediately dismiss such global assessments, and say we are a foreign country, and how others view us does not matter. This year, Kenya has been ranked 102 in the Reporters Without Borders global press freedom index, among the worst ranking in the recent past. A report by the International Peace Institute in 2020, noted that the state of press freedom globally has gone down, as some governments were including sweeping media control measures alongside COVID-19 containment measures. We as a country must care and be concerned about this drop in our press freedom ranking.

Source: The Star April 22, 2021 07:07 UTC