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Stop killing independent media, Ruto's administration is warned

Kenya Editors Guild President Zubeida Kananu, former KEG President Churchill Otieno and KUJ Secretary General Eric Oduor during Editors Guild at Stanley Hotel. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Kenya Kwanza administration has come under heavy criticism over its continued under-hand dealings against the country's independent media.

Barely two months ago, the Ruto administration withdrew government advertisements from major local dailies and handed them to one entity. And last week, it announced that it was diverting all government broadcast advertisements to State broadcaster, KBC.

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