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Citizen
Radio returns:
The Kenyan government unexpectedly reopens an
independent radio station it shut down for nine
months. (February 4, 2002)
Gagged
yet again!: President Daniel arap Moi's
government introduced a law that raises prohibitively
the cost of publishing for media organizations.
(November 8, 2001)
Gagged
again!: The eldest son of Kenyan President
Daniel arap Moi obtained an order stopping the
Daily Nation from publishing a parliamentary
report that touched on him. (August 23, 2001)
Near-victory
as Citizen Radio fights on: A Kenyan court
has held that troubled Kenya's Citizen Radio
and Television station can continue broadcasting
while it appeals a court decision. (August 22,
2001)
Kenyan
president stops book serialization:
Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi stopped a newspaper
from serializing a book that accused him of
being present at an official's murder. (August
22, 2001)
Contempt
of truth: A Kenyan court has ordered the
prosecution of a leading newspaper editor and
a human rights official for contempt of court.(August
10, 2001)
Action
on Citizen Radio illegal, court told:
A Kenyan court was yesterday told that the seizure
of an independent station's broadcasting equipment
by authorities was illegal. (June 15, 2001)
Kenyan
journalist who wrote "alarming" report
set free: Charges against Kenyan journalist
Leonard Wekesa, accused last year of publishing
an alarming report, were dropped yesterday.
(May 15, 2001)
A
painful experience: The managing director
of Kenya's independent Citizen Radio speaks
out after police shut off her station's transmitter
and arrested its owner, her husband. (April
27, 2001)
Another
raid at Kenyan station:
Kenyan police returned to the independent Citizen
Radio and Television and switched off the station's
remaining FM radio in Nairobi. (April 27, 2001)
Independent
Kenyan station disabled again:
Kenyan police today raided and switched off
the transmitters of the largely independent
Citizen Radio and Television. (April 25, 2001)
Sweet
triumph for Kenyan independent radio station:
Six months after a Kenyan Court of Appeal refused
to order three state-connected corporations
to stop interfering with the privately owned
Citizen Radio, the station today resumed transmission
in the Mt. Kenya region using its own transmission
towers. (March 2, 2001)
Narrow
escape: Journalist Argwings Odera, who recently
appeared in a Kenyan court with a charge of
incitement against him and a bullet wound in
his shoulder, says police shot him. (January
17, 2001)
Journalist
charged with incitement: A freelance journalist
missing for several days appeared in a western
Kenyan court on January 2 with a charge of indictment
and a bullet wound in his shoulder. (January
3, 2001)
Total
humiliation: A team of journalists that
had gone to cover the Muungano wa Mageuzi (Rally
for Change) meeting at the Kenya-Uganda border
town of Busia were hunted down by riot police,
beaten up, and locked in cells. (December 11,
2000)
Exhumed
in Kenya: DFN editorial cartoonist R. Frank
Lebowitz comments on the arrest of Kenyan journalists
for reporting that the body of cabinet minister
Francis Lotodo had been exhumed to be reburied
in a bunker. (November 30, 2000)
Deadly
drama: Drama unfolded on November 26 as
14 armed policemen swarmed the small town of
Kitale in western Kenya looking for five journalists.
(November 28, 2000)
Improper
case: A case in which two Kenyan journalists
have moved to the High Court in a bid to stop
the state from prosecuting them will be determined
on November 28. (November 22, 2000)
Citizen
Radio editor gunned down: Unknown people
gunned down Kenya's Citizen Radio and Television
business editor Samuel Nduati in circumstances
that have yet to be unravelled. (October 20,
2000)
Second warning, no vernaculars: Kenyan President
Daniel arap Moi again warned radio station Kameme
FM to stop broadcasting in the vernacular Kikuyu
language. (October 9, 2000)
Puncturing
Citizen: Almost a year after its countryside
broadcasting frequencies were withdrawn, Kenya's
Citizen Radio and Television showed the first
signs of distress when it laid off 15 members
of the editorial staff. (October 4, 2000)
Applying
double standards: A Nairobi court was told
on September 6 that the seizure of broadcasting
equipment belonging to Citizen Radio and Television
was "illegal and malicious." (September 8, 2000)
Defying
a vernacular ban: Kenya's Kikuyu-language
Kameme FM 101.1 radio defiantly continued to
broadcast in vernacular as two other stations
obeyed a presidential ban. (September 5, 2000)
No
vernaculars, please: Under a new proposal
by Kenya's president, only the state-owned radio
station would be allowed to broadcast in local
languages. (September 1, 2000)
Bomb
scares and secret sales: Kenya's Citizen
Radio and Television, battling to have its countryside
frequencies restored, tried to stop the government
from secretly selling its telecommunications
gear. (August 18, 2000)
At
the government's mercy again: Kenya's Court
of Appeal refused to order the reconnection
of Citizen Radio and Television's transmitters
and restoration of its broadcasting frequencies
pending the hearing of a lawsuit filed by the
station. (July 17, 2000)
Fighting
for broadcast frequencies: A case in which
a private Kenyan radio station is demanding
back broadcasting frequencies that were allegedly
cancelled after its broadcasts reached ruling-party
strongholds will be determined on July 14. (July
6, 2000)
Kenyan
journalists' trial halted: A Kenyan High
Court temporarily halted the trial of People
Daily journalists Vitalis Musebe and Mukalo
Kwayera. (June 15, 2000)
Bonding
the press: Kenya's government may require
media publishers to execute a bond with the
government before they can publish. (May 24,
2000)
Risky
photographs: Kenyan journalist Victor Nzuma
escaped death at the hands of police officers
who warned him of dire consequences if he took
pictures of police again. (March 10, 2000)
Opposition
Kenyan station broadcasts again: A Kenyan
judge reverses his decision and allows an opposition
station to broadcast again. (March 2, 2000)
At
the government's mercy: A Kenyan court refuses
to restrain government agencies from interfering
with an independent radio station. (February
29, 2000)
Protest
letter about attacks on press freedom in Kenya:
DFN's protest letter to the members of the U.S.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee on recent
government attacks on the Kenyan media. (February
18, 2000)
Robbery
story lands journalist in jail: A journalist
who disclosed how armed tribal gangs disarmed
members of the Kenyan presidential escort was
jailed for 18 months for publishing the "alarming
story." (February 16, 2000)
Taking
orders from above: Kenyan police arrive
at a radio station to take a statement from
the owner. (February 10, 2000)
Murmurs
of discontent: Kenyan President Daniel arap
Moi once told a People Daily journalist
to "keep off military matters." After publishing
this article, the newspaper learned how serious
he was. (February 3, 2000)
Ignoring
the warning signs: Two journalists disclosed
growing discontent in Kenya's military, despite
threats from the president. Now they face long
prison terms. (February 3, 2000)
High
ratings threaten Kenyan station: Citizen
Radio and Television faces a hefty fine after
beating the government-owned station in the
ratings. (February 1, 2000)
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