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Despite a High Court ruling in Kenya last week ordering the government to suspend the shutdown of three TV stations, the government has refused to comply.

The three stations which are Kenya’s biggest television stations were taken off-air last week Tuesday for planning to broadcast the opposition leader Raila Odinga’s “inauguration” in Nairobi as the “people’s president”.

NTV, KTN and Citizen TV went off-air shortly before the actual event took place and the government decided to extend the shutdown further ignoring a court ruling asking for a suspension of the shut-down.

The stations were warned not to cover the ceremony stating that the inauguration of Raila Odinga as “the people’s president” was treasonable.

The court said the ban would be suspended for 14 days while the case was heard.

Meanwhile the Kenyan police on Saturday detained a third opposition legislator who attended the “swearing-in”.

Odinga and his coalition party boycotted last year’s re-run presidential poll claiming the electoral commission failed to provide an even playing field for a free and fair election.

A court challenge to the victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to succeed after the Supreme Court ruled that Kenyatta’s victory was legitimate.

President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term in November last year after winning the repeat presidential election held in October.

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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