By IBRAHIM ORUKOMore by this AuthorKenyan editors have challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta to commit to uphold media freedom in his State of the Nation address to Parliament on Wednesday. He added that the Guild is currently reviewing the version of the Cybercrime Bill that was passed and will issue a comprehensive statement soon. On Thursday, journalists across the world will mark World Press Freedom Day. A recent report by Reporters’ Without Borders has ranked Kenya as number 96 on media freedom worldwide. “This ranking shows that Kenya and East Africa states have a lot of ground to cover in terms of meeting the global benchmarks for media freedom,” Mr Otieno said.

Source: Daily Nation May 01, 2018 12:45 UTC