In a past testimony by Royal Media Services (RMS) Chairman SK Macharia, Citizen TV was first closed in 2000, just a months after its initial launch in 1999. Royal Media Services Chairman SK Macharia FileIn December 2000, the owner of Kunste Hotel in Nakuru approached RMS with a business proposal to broadcast his New Year's Eve Party on the media stations (Citizen TV and Radio Citizen). President Moi had a routine practice of hosting a party at State House, Nakuru which would be aired on KBC owned by the government. As Citizen TV, NTV and KTN streamed the proceedings at Uhuru Park, their transmitters were shut down. “Officials from the Communication Authority accompanied by police officers went to our transmission station in Limuru, and they disabled our transmission,” Citizen TV MD Wachira Waruru said at the time.

Source: Daily Nation November 25, 2020 10:30 UTC