Information Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i still talking tough as TV blackout enters week two

A week since Kenyans were plunged into information darkness following the switch off of three leading television stations, KTN, NTV and Citizen, positions are hardening, with media owners and Information Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i pulling in different directions.

In two separate sessions, at Parliament Buildings and at his office, the CS maintained there was no turning back on the TV switch-off decision. Appearing before members of the National Assembly’s Energy, Communication and Information Committee on Tuesday, Mr Matiang’i maintained the Government would not cede any ground.