Kenya: Wamalwa Alleges Plot to Deploy the Military Under Cover of Media Blackout

Kenya: Wamalwa Alleges Plot to Deploy the Military Under Cover of Media Blackout

Nairobi -- Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) leader Eugene Wamalwa has alleged that the government may be plotting to deploy the military under the cover of a media blackout.

High Court orders CA to restore signals to three independent TV stations

Outcry as CA muzzles the media using outdated law on protest anniversary

The High Court in Nairobi has frozen a directive by the CA stopping media houses from broadcasting protests live, and ordered all stations to immediately resume airing.

Kenya’s Radio 47 Launches Hybrid Facility

Radio 47, part of Cape Media Ltd., has unveiled Africa’s first fully IP-based, automated hybrid broadcast facility, in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Nairobi, Kenya (June 25, 2025)—Radio 47, part of Cape Media Ltd., has unveiled Africa’s first fully IP-based, automated hybrid broadcast facility, in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. The new facility integrates radio, television, live streaming and remote production into a unified system, using broadcast techn…

Court suspends ban on live protest coverage, orders restoration of switched-off signals

The High Court sitting in Milimani has issued a conservatory order suspending a directive from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) that sought to bar television and radio stations from broadcasting live footage of the ongoing anti-government demonstrations.

CA ordered to reinstate media signals after legal challenge

The High Court has issued an order suspending, with immediate effect, a directive by the Communications Authority of Kenya to all television and radio stations, restraining them from covering the June 25, 2025, Gen-Z demonstrations. In his ruling on June 25, 2025, Judge Chacha Mwita stated that he is satisfied by the pleadings in the […]