A section of Tana River leaders have condemned the incident where a journalist was roughed up by AP officers attached to the office of the governor. Led by former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana, the leaders termed the incident as an act of "hooliganism" geared towards intimidating journalists. Read: KNA journalist roughed up at governor Dado's officeEmmanuel Masha is the Kenya News Agency officer in charge of Tana River County. He challenged the county security officials to arrest and charge the people, agents and public servants associated with the violence against the press. “For a contractor to be paid he must be related to the governor, others have stayed without being paid for over two years,’’ he said.

Source: The Star October 16, 2016 07:42 UTC