[kictanet] CA orders ignored

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Shouldn’t the CA be an independent agency?

I’m curious to get an understanding why they would want to stop flow of information.

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> On 17 Nov 2017, at 10:12 PM, Mose Karanja via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> Nation Media Group reported on Friday (17 Nov) of orders from the sector regulator, Communication Authority (CA), to desist from broadcasting live political activities.
> 
> One does not need sophisticated analysis to see how it coincided with NASA’’s planned reception of Raila Odinga back into the country.
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> This would have extended to online platforms as well, since most of these media companies livestream online, especially YouTube and Facebook.
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> Nation Media ignored the order since it did not provide any legal provisions to justify its execution.
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> I think this is the kind of pushback intermediaries should be engaging in when censorship orders are made.
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> -Moses
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