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Radio to pay Sh1m over derogatory comments

Communications Authority of Kenya acting director-general Mercy Wanjau at a past function. [File]

Homeboyz Radio has been fined Sh1 million over derogatory comments made by its presenters that have been interpreted as promoting gender-based violence.

Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) Acting Director-General Mercy Wanjau has also suspended the station’s morning show, Lift-Off, for six months over the comments it said breached the Programming Code.

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