The Standard Group Plc is a
multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper
print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key
influence in matters of national and international interest.
Journalists from Nyamira and Kisii Counties match along Magombo-Keroka road while marking World Press Freedom Day on 3/5/2023. [Sammy Omingo,Standard]
Will the government achieve its objective of controlling Kenya's vibrant independent media by denying it advertising revenue and again how will this impact Kenyan journalism?
Numerous past attempts have been made to muzzle the media, especially mass circulation newspapers including when the Kanu government clamped down the Nairobi Times in the mid 1980s by denying the publication, adverts.
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