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Punitive fines will gag media, starve public of information

David Ohito- Standard Editor
                   David Ohito Standard Editor

David Ohito
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The warning signs were very clear that some people were keen on whittling down media freedom and reversing gains made on free press and Kenya’s democracy at large. The absurd impact of these draconian and retrogressive laws to gag media will be felt by majority of Kenyans but more importantly those who have relied on community or vernacular radio stations as their sole source of information.

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