CS Fred Matiang'i: Government won't shut Facebook during elections

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i speaking during the launch of the National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Nairobi on July 27, 2022. [Esther Jeruto, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang'i has dismissed NCIC's proposal to suspend Facebook for allegedly failing to flag hate content in the run-up to August 9, 2022 General Election.

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) on Friday, July 29 said Facebook, a social media platform owned by American company Meta, had contravened hate prevention guidelines in Kenya.