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United Nation's message to government as media shutdown enters day five

The United Nations is the latest joiner in the call for the government to respect the High Court’s order and restore signals of TV stations, which have been off the air since Tuesday, January 30. The UN added its voice to international calls made earlier by the United States and European Union on Thursday where they urged the government to respect freedom of the press.

Standard Group‘s KTN News, Nation Media Group’s NTV and Citizen TV and the Kikuyu-language Inooro TV of Royal Media Services went off the air on for allegedly defying government warnings and broadcasting live from the venue of the contentious “swearing-in” of National Super Alliance (NASA) Coalition leader Raila Odinga. Viewers of the affected channels can only access them via live stream on Youtube.

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