Adan Keynan leads another brazen bid to gag the Kenyan media

Eldas MP Adan Keynan has sponsered a bill that seeks to introduce a crime of defamation of Parliament and criminalise the publishing of what in the eyes of the Speaker or committee chairmen would amount to be false or scandalous libel on Parliament.

The National Assembly has inched closer to enacting draconian legislation to gag the media and shield Members of Parliament from public scrutiny. Despite the criticism the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 35 of 2014) has attracted, MPs voted to conclude debate and propel the proposed law to the last stages of law making.

The bill sponsored by Eldas MP Adan Keynan, seeks to introduce a crime of defamation of Parliament and criminalise the publishing of what in the eyes of the Speaker or committee chairmen would amount to be false or scandalous libel on Parliament.