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We are a professional organisation of journalists in Kenya. We defend freedom of the press. Affiliated to @IFJGlobal @COTU_K +254 (011) 3269
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KUJ OUTRAGED: KUJ demands justice for journalist Catherine Kariuki (Mediamax) shot by police in Nakuru.
@IPOA_KE
must investigate & prosecute the officer within 7 days. "We will pursue private prosecution if action isn't taken."-
@Oduorerick
#JournalistsMatter
The moment K24 journalist Catherine Wanjeri Kariuki was shot and injured by police while covering anti-government protests in Nakuru
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Calling all media comrades 📽️🎤📺📻🎬🎥📡in Kenya
#WeAreNotCriminals
.
Join our nationwide protests Wednesday demanding a free & safe press! ✊ Together, let us stand with journalists fighting for truth & accountability. Can you hear us? 📢
⏲️10:00am
📌Nation Center, Nairobi
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We will not stand for the impunity and injustice that have denied the workers in the media industry their rightful wages. We will launch campaigns to expose the truth and demand justice for our fellow workers who have suffered without pay.
#MediaWorkersMatter
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#WeAreNotCriminals
and as we exercise our duty, we demand:
Press freedom
Safety and Security for Journalists
unrestricted access to information
Prosecution of violent police
Stop
@CA_Kenya
threats
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@HonMoses_Kuria
must have slept through the revolution. Our country has come of age to
appreciate the rule of law, and the separation of roles in a democracy.
The
language of threats to both media and government officials was buried in the year
2010. -
@KenyaEditors
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All media houses in Kenya should ignore the directive from the
@CA_Kenya
as we vividly know that, it is the
@MediaCouncilK
that should issue such a directive. "Take CA's directive with contempt" -
@Oduorerick
, co-convenor KMSWG.
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Why are officials in fear of media
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We condemn the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in a shootout incident, which Kenya police have admitted was carried out by
General Service Unit officers in an ambush following a signal over car
theft/abduction. Full statement from
@Oduorerick
, SG
@KUJ_Kenya
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ALERT:
The Kenyan government should not do anything that denies free flow of information to the public. We have received reports of plans to shut down
the broadcast media and/or the internet and throw the country into information darkness ahead of tommorrow’s demonstrations.
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You can download an e-copy of "Defending Journalists: A Guide for Legal Protection of Journalists." The guide explores enforcing rights through state institutions and judicial channels.
#WPFD2024
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It is with deep regret that we learnt of the unfair dismissal of Mediamax employee contracts. This is a clear contravention of section 40 of the Employment Act. We demand that the Company puts on hold the directive and allow for consultations that comply with the law....
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We are holding a 2-day
@KUJ_Kenya
-
@IFJGlobal
seminar on strategic union building for young journalists.
#KUJSolidarity
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We are grateful to the
@ODPP_KE
Mr Renson Mulele for gracing
#IDEI2023
in Nairobi and being gracious in launching our “The Impact of Disinformation and Misinformation on Media and Democracy in Kenya,” report.
#EndImpunityKe
It can be downloaded here ▶️
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Welcome to day two of
@KUJ_Kenya
-
@IFJGlobal
seminar on strategic union building for young journalists. Engage us via
#KUJSolidarity
We are holding a 2-day
@KUJ_Kenya
-
@IFJGlobal
seminar on strategic union building for young journalists.
#KUJSolidarity
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The Kenya Media Sector Working Group has expressed its commitment to facilitating a constructive national conversation following the recent protests led by Gen-Z Kenyans.
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With the abduction of veteran Kenyan journalist
@MachariaGaitho
, the Kenya Media Sector Working Group and friends are at The Karen Police station in solidarity. State impunity against journalists must end.
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Journalists’ Union condemns Standard Group for 10 months of non-payment of salaries via
@Nairobi_News
#MediaWorkersMatter
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The
@IEBCKenya
@EACCKenya
@ODPP_KE
have made a commitment to work with the media by having synergies in disseminating accurate information to the citizens
#MediaSustainability
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The
@KUJ_Kenya
holds the
@StandardGroupLc
Board of Directors fully accountable for the suffering of its staff. Allowing these injustices to continue at Kenya's oldest media house will not be tolerated.
Take action! Enough is Enough!
#PayJournalists
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"It is time to stand in solidarity as the Kenya media fraternity. For how long should media houses blame the COVID pandemic? What is happening is not dignifying" -
@AFJFreelance
@WinnieKamau254
#PayStandardGroupWorkers
#MediaWorkersMatter
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Statement by Kenya Media Sector Working Group on the attacks on journalists and threats to shot down media houses during the ongoing countrywide
#RejectFinanceBill2024
protests .
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Today, we join the global community to mark World Press Freedom Day. This is a crucial reminder of the importance of press freedom and the need to protect and promote the right to freedom of expression.
#WPFD2023
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Tonight on
@citizentvkenya
#JKLive
our SG,
@Oduorerick
will be in a panel discussion alongside
@zubeidahkananu
@NyangePatience
@williamjanak
and Dr Harun Mwangi because media issues do not end as we mark
#WPFD2023
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Today, we are 📌Tom Mboya Labour College, Kisumu City where we shall be interacting with Kisumu journalists on a "Gender Responsive National Protection and Safety Mechanism". This is under the
@article19eafric
's PROTECT Project.✍️ Engage us via
#SafetyForAllJournalists
👇
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Today marks the seventh day after we issued a strike notice to
@StandardGroupLc
over among others, non-payment of
salaries, remittance of Sacco savings and statutory deductions. This is violation of
labour laws and the Constitution.
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@StandardGrouplc
Defies Labour Laws, Denies Workers Salaries "This is not only illegal but immoral & a gross violation of human rights, & therefore, it must be held to account, especially by its stakeholders & business partners."
#MediaWorkersMatter
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Today, we shall expose the impunity and injustice of
@StandardGroupLc
which has not paid its workers for months despite several meetings and promises. Don’t miss this press conference at 11 a.m. at the Stanley Hotel.
#PayStandardGroupWorkers
#MediaWorkersMatter
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We have taken note that journalists were brutally attacked - 2 stabbed, cameras smashed - at Kettle House during
@NACADAKenya
raid.
"These barbaric acts have no place in a civilized society."
We demand justice by holding perpetrators accountable & the owner liable.
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"A symbol of national shame"
Tonight, The Memo is a defence of media freedom and a call to basic good manners.
This memo is about one Moses Kuria, the CS for Investment, Trade and Industry, who, in most civilised societies, should have resigned.
The media does not operate at Kuria's pleasure.
#NTVTonight
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"This World Press Freedom Day, the focus is on solutions! The media landscape is changing rapidly, and journalists face numerous challenges. -
#WPFD2024
@Oduorerick
Key Takeaways from the Secretary-General KUJ. Below
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Today, our Secretary General,
@Oduorerick
was present to show that the union is committed to ending sexual harassment in the Kenyan media. This is one of the initiative that the Kenya Media Sector Working Group identified and tasked
@AMWIK
to lead cc
@jhrnews
,
@vwgrs
@AMWIK
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When all is said and done, we utilise legal means to challenge laws, regulations or practices that impede media freedom or hinder journalists' rights.
#IKnowKUJ
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Tuesday, we shall be joining industry media stakeholders alongside other government officials to mark the International Day to End Impunity 2021 2021. Key issues will revolve around countering the present culture of impunity for violence against media workers.
#IDEI
#EndImpunity
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How do you see the Kenyan media changing the way we shape our democracy?
@KUJ_Kenya
has organised a one day conference to forge forward by enhancing the capacity of our journalists in the way they report elections.
#MediaandElectionsKE
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The discourse on how we engage men to be champions against sexual harassment in the media is vital in advancing inclusion. This is a reason why we are part of the two-day workshop to evaluate the progress of the male engagement activities with
@FemnetProg
@AMWIK
#MenEngageKE
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The
@StandardGroupLc
is in trouble and we have issued a 7 day ultimatum for it to act. If not we shall announce a Solidarity strike against the
@NSE_PLC
listed company
@StandardKenya
#PayStandardGroupWorkers
#MediaWorkersMatter
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Through our safety and security program, we shall relentlessly champion a safe, secure and conducive working environment for all journalists.
#KnowKUJ
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"How can journalists be respected by the public when the employer does not respect them?
@Oduorerick
#MediaWorkersMatter
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The Media Council of Kenya should steer a media lnformation literacy policy that will serve to build the capacity of citizens, by giving them the skills that they would need to operate in this new space.(digital) -
@AbraMariita
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As a journalist, freedom of expression is your right to speak up! Did you know freedom of expression is a fundamental human right? This guide explores what this right means and how it's protected.
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What are the best practices that will ensure safety and security of journalists in elections reporting?
This session is being moderated by
@vicbwire
,
@MediaCouncilK
.
#RightsMedia
#UsawaSasa
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Our Secretary General
@Oduorerick
has joined other media stakeholders in a media roundtable organized by
@MediaCouncilK
to discuss emerging issues in the industry. Here is what he shared: 1/4
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Unpaid wages shouldn't be a tool to control the media. Journalists deserve fair pay. Today, let us stand with Kenya's press for a free and independent press.
#PayJournalists
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Ibrahim Oduor, Legal Officer KUJ shares his views on a sexual harrasment policy for the media industry. Key among them: preservation of evidence, how to embed the policy in national laws, time for reporting SHR
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What is the state of Kenya's Media Industry? The
@MediaCouncilK
will be sharing insights on whether we are declining, stagnating or making progress.
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The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists is marked on
November 2 annually across the world.
#EndImpunityKE
cc
@UnescoEast
@KenyaEditors
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Journalism is a profession and those who practice are guided by a code of conduct.
Ethics applies both online and offline including content platforms. -
@vicbwire
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This morning, we are taking journalists through the referendum reporting guidelines developed with the support of
@MediaCouncilK
@SADES_K
@AMWIK
@CSRGKenya
and input from the Kenya Media Sector Working Group.
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Kenya SILENCES the Messengers! Journalists SHOT covering
#RejectFinanceBill2024
protests.
#HoldKoomeAccountable
#ProtectThePress
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We have taken the gender discourse in Central Kenya. The forum builds the capacity of Journalists to have an understanding of gender and how they report in media. This is an initiative we are undertaking together with
@jhrnews
#MediaAndGender
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Thank you Kakamega county journalists for standing in solidarity.
#WeAreNotCriminals
#PressFreedomKe
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"Profiling of journalists and media houses (ethically and politically), including profiling linked to media ownership, remains one of the biggest threats in the media industry in Kenya. This happens a lot during elections."
@LinusKaikai
#MediaFreedomKe
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'We are not criminals': Kenyan media and journalists march against 'police intimidation’ -
@AJEnglish
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We are hosting a two days Eastern And Journalists Summit themed "Standing United for media freedom and better working conditions"
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Yes,
#JournalismIsNotACrime
and we remain vigilant and tell the state that they should stop targeting Kenyan journalists.
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Friday, we shall be continuing with our virtual series which we have partnered with
@WomenInNews
to build the capacity of Kenyan journalists on managing sexual harassment within the media industry. Join the discussion using
#IWillNotBeSilent
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We are participating in this year's
@jhrnews
annual human rights media conference themed "The media's role in advancing women's inclusion and participation in Kenya's political processes"
#UsawaSasa
#RightsMedia
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To ensure journalists safety is protected, we shall be announcing a Journalists' legal safety framework. This will be coupled with enhanced capacity building program for journalists in Kenya.
#JournalismIsNotACrimeKE
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Dear
@StandardKenya
,
@StandardGroupLc
Your statement has no new information to what we responded to our comrade 's ❓ You too can listen to it.
#MediaWorkersMatter
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Our SG
@Oduorerick
has joined members of the
@KenyaEditors
@MediaOwnersKe
@MediaCouncilK
@FNF_Kenya
to critically review Kenya's media landscape through a participatory and collaborative process. Issues raised will be submitted as a policy brief for review/ammend them.
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Inspiring Story of
@VickyRubadiri
: First Kenyan Woman to Win the BBC Komla Dumor Award via
@nairobi_leo
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Thank you
@NyangePatience
, ED
@AMWIK
:
"Our gathering here is in solidarity with the frustrations that everybody else is facing in the media industry. This gathering is a call, it is an answer to a call of desperation."
#MediaWorkersMatter
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We have joined the
@IEBCKenya
's National Election Conference 2022 - Media framing opinion polls in shaping the electoral process
#MediaAndElectionsKe
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Our Secretary General
@Oduorerick
was one of the panellists on
@citizentvkenya
alongside
@DinahOndari
@zubeidahkananu
and the political leadership to discuss "Media and political relationship" Listen to the conversation
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Under the "East Africa: Strengthening Trade Union & Community Organizations' Advocacy & Democratic Practice", program in collaboration with
@SolidarityCentr
, we are conducting a capacity building session for Nairobi female journalists on labour Law & GBVH for them
#WomenInMediaKe
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Congratulations Lynn
I was recently awarded the I Change Nations Community Ambassador Award and I am grateful to God and to all of you for your amazing love and support🙏🙏
The award was in recognization to my commitment and dedication in impacting lives in my community.
Thank you Dr. Ruben West🙏
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We join the
@MediaCouncilK
and other stakeholders in the industry to urge all journalists to take care of their health and safety by protecting themselves from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Comrade Pa Louis Thomasi, Director
@IFJGlobal
Africa office shared the solidarity on why the 2 days are aimed at addressing the issues that threaten the media profession and industry.
#KUJSolidarity
⏬🧵
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We have partnered with
@WomenInNews
to train Kenyan journalists on managing sexual harassment within the media industry. Today, the participants are largely composed of male journalists in Kenya.
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The
@IEBCKenya
is engaging the Kenya Media Sector Working Group as the electoral body begins the countdown to the 2022 general elections. The meeting is largely composed of the media in Kenya. This is an ongoing series of engagements on election preparedness.
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Media United Against Corruption.
#MediasummitKE2019
#AJEA2019
Be careful to avoid accepting bribes and handouts from the same thieves you write about,
@USAmbKenya
tells
#MediasummitKE2019
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Congratulations to
@Judiekaberia
the new
@AMWIK
Executive Director. She takes over from
@Marcelblessed
. Karibu sana.
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“We must call out impunity and crimes against journalist in our newsrooms. Financial stress
has been captured as the leading cause of mental health in newsrooms.”
@Oduorerick
via
@PeopleDailyKe
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"Poor terms of service & non-payment of salaries have grown into a monster, & now they are new threats to press freedom in Kenya, which, if not stopped, will cause the media industry to lose credibility in the eyes of the society that we serve."
@Oduorerick
#MediaWorkersMattter
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Thomasi: What is happening in the media and journalism landscape in particular is not a crisis.
#KUJSolidarity
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Join us as we launch and discuss "The State of Media Freedom in Kenya 2023" report. Where are we? Are we better or worse of? Follow the highlights
#MediaFreedomKE
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"I want to call on all Journalists to exercise high levels of Ethical and Moral obligations in reporting
#CoronaVirusKenya
.
Report Accurately, Inform Responsibly, Write Objectively and above all Stay Safe. We will prevail..."
KUJ Sec Gen.
@Oduorerick
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.
@AMWIK
is sharing updates on how the Kenya media industry can effectively address sexual harrasment in newsrooms. This is a key issue the Kenya Media Sector Working Group identified.
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The
@KUJ_Kenya
will be offering legal support to journalists during this election period. Cases can be brought to us or use our online portal to report complaints. -
@Oduorerick
#ElectionManagementTraining
@IEBCKenya
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"Upholding media freedom: A call to action against state interference in Kenya's media landscape" - Kenya Media Sector Working Group
#MediaFreedomKE
. THREAD cc
@MoICTKenya
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Leadership of The Gambia Press Union and KUJ when they paid us a courtesy visit. The GPU is visiting Kenya for a learning visit about the media industry and what they can adopt.
#KUJPartnerships
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How do we address gendered dimensions of journalists' safety based on
@UNESCO
's Safety indicators?
@africafoicentre
is presenting its Kenyan report on the same. The report covers the period 2016-2021. Cc
@SolidarityCntr
#MediaFreedomKe
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13 point resolutions following the conclusion of the 3 day Kenya Media Sector convention that sought to
discuss key issues affecting the media industry, including the coverage & reporting of the forthcoming referendum & how to address the emerging challenges facing the media
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Happy International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Join us this morning together with other media stakeholders as we mark
#IDEI2020
#KeepTruthAlive
#KeepTruthAliveKE
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Carolyne Nakazibwe, Uganda sharing insights on how to advance the "gender balance in content" discourse within our newsrooms. This is part of the ongoing series on gender with Kenyan journalists.
#GenderBalance
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Mr Wafula Chebukati Chair
@IEBCKenya
says the commission will conduct the general elections 9 August 2022. "Today begins the countdown. We are committed to deliver free, fair and credible elections."
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Kenya's press freedom ranking is dropping. As a result, we convened stakeholders with support from
@FNF_Kenya
to discuss threats to journalists & access to information in 2024.
#PressFreedomKE
#WeAreNotCriminals
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