They said the amendments to the Kenya Information and Communication Act, and the new Media Council Act, were against the Constitution. The only reprieve that the court gave the country's media was when it expunged two clauses in the Media Council Act because they were unconstitutional. When they went to court, journalists and media houses had argued that the fines were going to stifle debate and push journalists to self-censorship. High Court judges Isaac Lenaola, Mumbi Ngugi and Weldon Korir retained the fines on the "premise" that "there ought to be penalties for media malpractices". The clause forcing media houses to do their job in a manner to "reflect the interests of all sections of society" was rejected.

Source: Standard Digital May 27, 2016 11:00 UTC