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Meru Governor Peter Munya (left) is welcomed to the Standard Group headquarters on Mombasa Road by the media house’s Chief Executive O?cer Sam Shollei Thursday. [PHOTO: GEORGE MULALA/STANDARD]
NAIROBI: Meru Governor Peter Munya has criticised the withdrawal of operating licences of the top television stations in Kenya by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).
The chair of the legal committee in the Council of Governors said handing over the right to distribute TV signal to a foreign firm has grave implications on security, and sends the wrong signal to would-be investors.
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