Withdrawal of licences for KTN, Citizen, NTV amounts to sabotage-CORD

ODM Secretary General Ababu Namwamba (right), Chairman John Mbadi and nominated Senator Elizabeth Ongoro address the Press Thursday at Orange House. They condemned the withdrawal of three media houses’ broadcasting signals. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The Opposition has condemned the hostile action against Kenya’s top three independent broadcasters by the regulator, describing it as “a serious threat to strategic national interest and a damaging attack against local investors”.

The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) criticised the decision by the Communications Authority (CA) to deny the Standard Group (KTN), Nation Media Group (NTV) and Royal Media