Or so it seems from the latest clampdown on media freedom in the country. There was, therefore, no reasonable or lawful basis for the media shutdown or the ensuing harassment of the organisers of the event — no matter how strongly one feels about the event the media houses were prevented from covering. The media were performing an essential democratic duty. At the time, Matiang’i understood and defended the value of a society to whom information was disseminated without curtailment of essential democratic values. And, as surely as the day follows the night, the current assault on media freedoms will follow in the footsteps of the previous failed attempts.

Source: Daily Nation February 01, 2018 20:26 UTC