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Media houses protest blackout as court orders CAK to restore signals

KTN news  centre in Nairobi, one of the media stations ordered to halt live protest broadcasts by the Communications Authority. [File,Standard]

Three mainstream media houses have condemned the shutdown of their television stations by the government terming it an attempt to suppress press freedom and access to information.

The Standard Media Group, Nation Media Group and Mediamax on Wednesday had their TV stations' — KTN, NTV and K24 respectively, switched off following a directive by Communications Authority of Kenya.

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