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Hostility to media rampant in counties

Increased hostility against media practitioners is rampant in counties, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Media Council of Kenya (MCK).

CPJ’s East Africa Representative Tom Rhodes said in the past four months, they have received reports of about 20 incidents of harassment and assault against journalists in the country. Mr Rhodes said 80 per cent of all the reported cases happened outside Nairobi, with about one to two in the capital city.

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