Blank screens of leading television stations NTV, Citizen and KTN with
only K24 TV live at the Nation newsroom on January 30, 2018. The High
Court has ordered CA to restore the signals. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO |
NATION MEDIA GROUP
A Kenyan court has ordered the Communications Authority to
restore signal transmission of four television stations it switched off
on Tuesday over the opposition's mock inauguration.
A
judge at the High Court in Nairobi issued temporary orders barring the
government from interfering with operations of Nation Media Group's NTV,
Royal Media's Citizen and Inooro, and Standard Group's KTN News pending the hearing of a suit filed by activist Okiya Omtatah.
Mr Omtatah had moved to court Thursday morning seeking a declaration that the shutdown is illegal and unconstitutional.
The case will be heard on February 14.
Journalists
Meanwhile,
NTV journalists Linus Kaikai, Larry Madowo and Ken Mijungu have moved
to court to bar their imminent arrest and prosecution after the station broadcast live coverage of Raila Odinga's “swearing in”.
The three said they had all
been warned by security sources that their arrest was imminent and were
forced to spend Wednesday night in their newsroom in fear of arrest,
watching plainclothes policemen camped outside.
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