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– Kenya cuts TV transmissions over coverage of Raila Odinga's "swearing in" (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 1, 2018

Officials from Kenya's broadcast regulator, accompanied by police, switched off transmitters on 30 January 2018 while TV stations were broadcasting live coverage of an opposition party event in Nairobi.
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