Court Lifts Gov Media Blackout

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During the protests, KTN and NTV were instructed to block live images. The civil society groups and the Law Society of Kenya criticized the move, terming it unconstitutional. The High Court had to step in and ordered that the broadcasters must be reinstated on the grounds of the freedom of the press, which the Constitution guarantees.