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Activist Okiya Omtata sues Communications Authority of Kenya for terminating analogue broadcast

Civil rights activists have moved to court seeking to have the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) compelled to restore free to air television services across the country.

In court papers filed Thursday, Okiya Omtata argued that the Supreme Court did not order the Communications Authority of Kenya and the Cabinet Secretary for Information to terminate television services by KTN, NTV, Citizen and QTV, which are widely relied on by millions of poor Kenyans.

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