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Government denies plans to muzzle freedom of expression

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and the Director General National Intelligence Service Noordin Haji at the end of the two day Mashariki Cooperation Conference that drew heads of security from over 40 African countries in Enashipai Spa in Naivasha on 4/4/25. [Antony Gitonga/Standard]

The government has denied that it intends to muzzle freedom of expression following the recent outcry on social media.

Through the National Intelligence Service (NIS), it noted that freedom of speech was guaranteed in the constitution through disinformation as a threat to national security.

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