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Ways to regain media freedom in Kenya

By Cynthia  Manzi The Kenyan constitution allows for freedom of expression which does not extend in cases of incitement of violence, the propaganda of war and spread of hate speech. It may appear in a paper that as a country we...

governance promotion in the digital age

By Sylvester Addo Today, we live in a world where everything is moving online and becoming digital because of the fourth industrial revolution. We shop and sell online, chat and meet with family and friends on social media platforms, have...

When we become each others’ responsibilities we build better communities

By Tibo Deo Most people called him the tiny bird, messenger, some the confused village boy while others called him a wise boy.  He was everything you needed to know about the updated political prevailing situations of the community.  I...

How I would use the digital skills learnt to promote governance issues in my community

By Peter Mmbando The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has been conducting online training sessions, since August aimed at equipping young minds with digital skills to spark conversations and  promote governance issues in their communities. Here is a perspective of...

Social Media Fake News in times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Ernest Mwanzi Dictionary.com defines Fake News as false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared or distributed for the purpose of generating revenue, or promoting or discrediting a public figure, political movement, company, etc....

Victor Yegon wants Boniface Mwangi charged for hate speech for his social media posts

Victor Yegon, an activist wants the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Criminal Investigations compelled to lodge a hate speech case against photojournalist and activist Boniface Mwangi for his social media posts. Mr. Yegon accuses Boniface of inciting...

Court declines Vimal Shah’s request to compel Google and Twitter to pull down Blogger Nyakundi’s posts

A request by billionaire Vimalkumar Bhimji Depar Shah and his company Bidco to compel Google and Twitter to enforce a mandatory injunction on content by blogger Cyprian Nyakundi was declined by Justice Aburili Roselyne Ekirapa in an ongoing defamation case. In the case,...

Blogger Dennis Owino held by Police for six hours without a reason

Blogger Dennis Owino, popularly known as @KinyanBoy was yesterday arrested and held for six hours without being told the reason for his arrest. Dennis was also not told of his accuser. While walking along Harambee Avenue around 1.00pm yesterday, Criminal...

Deputy President William Ruto sues Boniface Mwangi for defamation over a tweet

Deputy President William Ruto has filed a defamation case against activist Boniface Mwangi over a tweet terming it false and malicious. I hope Deputy President has no plans of killing me the way he killed his old friend,Jacob Juma a...

Deputy President William Ruto threatens to sue Boniface Mwangi for defamation

Deputy President William Ruto has threatened to sue Boniface Mwangi over his tweet which he says was false and malicious. The words in their ordinary and plain meaning are defamatory and they have severely injured our client's reputation, reads a demand letter...

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