Live broadcast case adjourned
The High Court failed to hear a case on the controversial Government suspension of live media coverage. Deputy Solicitor-General, Ms Muthoni Kimani, told the High Court yesterday that she needed more time to consult the Attorney General, Mr Amos Wako. “The AG was not available to give us direction after we were served with the suit papers,” she said.
Representing members of the Editors’ Guild, Nairobi advocate, Mr Pheroze Nowrojee told Justice Joseph Nyamu that he was not opposed to the application to have the case adjourned, so long as the AG’s office agrees to file replying affidavits by Monday. In the case, Media Institute and KTN’s Editorial Head, Ms Farida Karoney want the court to quash the suspension of live broadcasts.
The two moved to court after the deadline to the Government by the Editor’s Guild, to lift the suspension expired. They told the High Court that the suspension order is an illegal censorship and should be quashed. Nowrojee said two senior Government officials have no powers to issue the suspension order. Former Internal Security minister, Mr John Michuki, suspended live broadcasts through Information PS, Dr Bitange Ndemo on December 30, last year.
East African Standard
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