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Robert Alai Arrested for Highlighting the Handling of Bodies of Dead Police Officers
Blogger Robert Alai was today arrested and taken to the DCI headquarters in Kiambu Road for questioning. This comes after the blogger highlighted the improper handling of dead police officers… Read More
The deteriorating State of World’s Media Freedom
Freedom of the media has been experiencing a downward spiral around the world over the past decade. This has especially been seen in the world’s most influential democracies where socialist… Read More
Machakos County Government Interdicts Dr Alice Kasyoka For Allegedly Publishing Derogatory Post on Facebook
The county government of Machakos has interdicted Dr Alice Kasyoka Isike, an obstetrics Gynaecologist in the Machakos level 5 hospital for allegedly publishing a derogatory post on social media, on 25th Feb regarding county… Read More
The Impact of Social Media Tax in Uganda on Access, Usage, Income and Productivity
Following a brief tweet stating that ‘social media encourages gossip’ by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, a new tax was introduced by the Ugandan Parliament on July 1st, 2018 requiring… Read More
NetBlocks Launchs COST Tool to Calculate Cost of Internet Disruption Worldwide
NetBlocks in partnership with the Internet Society has launched The Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST). This tool will empower the wider community to estimate the economic impact of internet shutdowns, mobile data blackouts… Read More
Court Orders Police to Stop Posting Photos of Suspects on Social Media
The High Court has issued orders barring the Inspector of General Police and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from posting photos of suspects on social media platforms. According to an… Read More
Politician Steve Mbogo and Wife Sue Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi for Defamation
Politician Steve Mbogo and his wife Sabrina Jamal have sued controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi over defamatory publications. According to an article done by The Standard, the two claim that Nyakundi… Read More
Police distance themselves from WhatsApp message against Embu MCA Judy Mbuya
The Police have distanced themselves from a case in which Embu farmer and activist Simon Gikundo was arrested, terming it civil. Yesterday as Simon reported to Capital Hill police station,… Read More
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