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Media freedom in Kenya to be reduced after MPs pass draconian law

By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU

Nairobi, Kenya: Free speech and democracy was attacked in the National Assembly Thursday evening when MPs approved to have a government-appointed tribunal to slap punitive fines on journalists and media houses.

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