Some Kenyan TV and radio still off air after symbolic ‘swearing in’ of opposition
Nairobi — Three Kenyan TV and radio stations remained off the air on Wednesday and said they had not heard from authorities, a day after they were shut down while airing coverage of an opposition gathering in Nairobi. By Wednesday afternoon, independently owned Citizen TV and Radio, KTN and NTV were still trying to find out from Kenyan authorities when the shutdown would end. "There was no comment from the government when the action was taken, and there’s been none since," said Wachira Waruru, MD of Royal Media Services, which owns Citizen TV and Radio. The stations were shut down while airing live feeds from a Nairobi park where supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered to watch him take a symbolic presidential oath — a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Attempts by Reuters to reach Kenya’s communciations authority for comment by phone on Wednesday were unsuccessful. "We’re trying to reach out informally to government officials, but we are not getting any ans...
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