Two private Kenyan TV stations are now back on air after being shut down for seven days.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernment switches NTV and KTN News back on after seven days,\u201d privately-owned NTV said\u00a0on its live feed on YouTube.<\/p>\n
But the stations are only available on pay TV platforms. Two other stations – Citizen TV and Kikuyu-language station Inooro TV – remain off air.<\/p>\n
Earlier, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital, Nairobi, demanding that the government obey a court order to allow the stations to resume broadcasting until a final ruling is made.<\/p>\n
The government shut down four private TV stations on 30 January after they failed to abide by a state-imposed ban against broadcasting the “inauguration” of opposition leader Raila Odinga as the “people’s president”.<\/p>\n
Interior Minister Fred Matiang\u2019i had said the TV stations would remain closed until an investigation of the media houses was concluded.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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