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More groups condemn media shutdown

Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Chairman Philip Anyolo (centre) flanked by his vice John Oballa Owaa(left) and Mombasa Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (right) during a press conference at Christ the King Cathedral in Nakuru on November 9, 2017. [Photo/Kennedy Gachuhi].

The conference of Catholic Bishops has condemned government’s shut down three major TV stations, saying it does not auger well for freedom of press.

“It is retrogressive and deliberate effort toward eroding the positive steps the country and her people have laid down in the Constitution as a social contract,” read the statement signed by chairman of Catholic Bishops Philip Anyolo.

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