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CS Mucheru fails to appear before Senate Committee over TV blackout

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru (PHOTO: FILE)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Information and Communications Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru on Thursday failed to honour summon by Senate ICT Committee to explain why Government shut down for television stations.

The Communications Authority of Kenya switched off KTN News, NTV, Citizen TV and Inooro TV for defying a directive not to cover the live ‘swearing-in’ of Opposition leader Raila Odinga on January 30 at Uhuru Park.

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