1 SHARES Share TweetNAIROBI, Kenya, May 3 – UK Minister for Africa James Duddridge has underscored the importance of a free media as a critical part of an open society, even if politicians may not always like it. In Kenya, he pointed out that UK High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has been building a support network of female journalists. The Press Freedom Day celebration coincides with the 30th year anniversary of the 1991 Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent, and Pluralistic Press, which led the United Nations to proclaim World Press Freedom Day in 1993. Speaking during the World Press Freedom Day celebrations at a Nairobi Hotel, Muturi says journalists ought to be paid well to protect themselves from being captives of government and news sources. “Today is my day to ask media owners to pay our children, reporters and correspondents very well.

Source: Daily Nation May 03, 2021 13:41 UTC