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The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>dismissal of a Kenyan newspaper Editor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has sparked fears for press freedom in a country regarded as having one of the most \u201cactive and independent media corps in Africa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Quartz reports that Denis Galava, 31, was sacked Wednesday from Kenya\u2019s biggest-selling newspaper, the\u00a0<\/span>Daily Nation<\/em>, 19 days after penning a\u00a0<\/span>editorial that called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to get his \u201cact together,\u201d spoke of \u201cexecutive myopia\u201d and rejected \u201cthe almost criminal resignation and negligence\u201d with which Kenyatta\u2019s government is alleged to have \u201cresponded to our national crises this past year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Galava\u2019s dismissal has sparked widespread criticism in Kenya. Quartz cited local media reports in which Macharia Gaitho, a former managing editor at the\u00a0<\/span>Nation<\/em>, spoke of the damage to the paper as being \u201calmost impossible to undo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The paper strongly denies that Galava has been fired for political reasons. Editor in chief Tom Mshinde told Quartz that Galava \u201cwas let go because he did not follow procedure and process in filing an editorial.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Reporters Without Borders, Kenya is ranked\u00a0<\/span>100th out of 180 countries\u00a0<\/span>in terms of press freedom.<\/p>\n

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