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State cancels adverts to Standard Media as court set to rule on ad monopoly case

The Standard Group newsroom at its headquarters in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The government has cancelled adverts to Standard Media Group for the National Irrigation Sector Investment Plan (NISIP) media campaign.

In a statement on March 14, the Ministry of ICT directed the State Department for Irrigation to engage The Star, Cape Media and Nation Media Group instead, alongside the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).

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