Update from Kenya by Moses Wasamu.
Kenya is seen as having one of the most diverse and vibrant media landscapes in East Africa. But a controversial six-day media switch-off has put the country’s news organizations at loggerheads with the government.
Three major television stations – Citizen Television, NTV and KTN News – were taken off the air on 30 January because they broadcast an opposition rally in Uhuru Park, Nairobi, where opposition leader Raila Odinga swore himself in as the ‘People’s President’.
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