The Standard Group Plc is a
multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper
print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
A man stares at TV sets pinned on a wall during the media shutdown in March 2018. [File, Standard]
Kenya has dropped four places in the World Press Freedom Index undoing the gains made in previous years in realising media freedom as per the dictates of Kenyan constitution.
A 2019 study published in a website known as ‘Reporters Without Borders’ paints a gloomy picture of how Kenyan media freedom has been deteriorating in the past 12 months.
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