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CS Joe Mucheru’s warning to media houses repugnant

CS Joe Mucheru

Information Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru is a man out of touch with reality. He is living in the past. Perhaps in his eagerness to please the powers that be, he is threatening to shutdown media houses that will announce election results when Kenyans elect their leaders on Tuesday next week.

For the benefit of the CS, there is a thin line between announcing and declaring results. What would be the point of allowing media houses to tally results and more importantly, isn’t tallying about arriving at a specific figure which then the public has the right to know?

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