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Omtata moves to court to overturn directive on TVs shutdown

Activist Okiya Omtata [Photo: Standard]

Veteran activist Okiya Omtata has submitted a petition to court seeking to overturn the government’s directive that led to switching off Kenya’s leading TV stations, arguing the move is contravening the constitution.

Media stations such as KTN News, Citizen and NTV have been off-air following the directive from the government that they reported NASA’s ‘swearing-in’ event that happened at Uhuru Park, Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon.

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