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The Law and Internet in Kenya Workshop goes to Nyeri Town

Following the success of this workshop in Nairobi and Kisumu, We are happy to inform all residents of Nyeri that we will be having this training workshop on  the 'The Law and Internet in Kenya' on 13th June 2015....

Political Blogging in Africa discussed at re:publica 15 Conference

At the beginning of this month, I got to  attend the re:publica Conference in Berlin Germany for the first time since its inception in 2007. I had been invited by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Media Africa based in...

Legal framework governing the internet in Kenya

Internet regulation in Kenya is still evolving. The country does not have specific cyber laws and as such the entry point of any legal analysis are the existing media, communications and information laws, the international instruments and the Constitution of Kenya. However,...

Social media, blogging use define Kenya’s internet freedom concerns

Concerns over internet freedoms in Kenya can be broadly traced to larger rights and freedoms enjoyed by Kenyans in the 2010 Constitution. The Constitution has a progressive Bill of Rights which among others guarantees rights to privacy, freedom of...

Journalism under threat

Independence of journalism has once again come under scrutiny after a standard newspaper journalist was summoned to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to reveal sources of information. The standard Deputy News Editor and Nakuru Bureau chief Alex Kiprotich was summoned...

Security key to press freedom, journalists tell government

  Safety and security of journalists is key to attaining freedom of the Press in Kenya. This is the key message that journalists passed to the government on Monday during celebrations to mark World Press Freedom Day. Led by the Media...

Geoffrey Andare challenges constitutionality of KICA Act 29

Geoffrey Andare, a web developer was charged under Section 29 of the Kenya Information and Communication (KICA) Act, the same section that is being used to intimidate bloggers but quickly sought to orders to declare this charge erroneous.. Before...

Is it time for a true public broadcaster!

World press freedom day is here with us, just like every year. It is a time to reflect on how far, as Kenya media has come and interrogate where the future lies. Wikipedia defines public broadcasting as; Public broadcasting includes radio,...

The future of news: The world as you want to see it

My favorite story as a kid was the tale of the Blind men and the elephant. If you have never heard it, let me give you the skinny. A king beloved by his subjects for his wisdom asked six blind...

Citizen journalists play a complimentary role to traditional journalism

Kenya on May 3, 2015 joined the rest of the world to mark the World Press Freedom day set aside to celebrate the fundamental values of press freedom and the need for governments across the world to uphold media...

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