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MPs questions State overreach in new media code of conduct

ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo addresses participants during the International telecommunication union regional development forum for Africa (RDF- AFR) 2025 in Nairobi: [File, Standard] 

A parliamentary committee is now questioning attempts by the State to muzzle the media under the new Code of Conduct for Media Practice, 2025.

During a session where MPs termed some sections of the code of conduct as contentious, they also took issue with ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo over the shutting down of TV signals during June 25, protests.

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