Okiya Omtata sues Communications Authority of Kenya over digital migration
What you need to know:
- Information Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has defended the move.
- CA switched off the analogue signals of three media houses — the Nation Media Group, the Standard Group and the Royal Media Services — on Saturday afternoon.
Activist Okiya Omtata has filed a case challenging a decision by the Communications Authority of Kenya to switch off analogue television broadcasting.
CA switched off the signals of three media houses — the Nation Media Group, the Standard Group and Royal Media Services — on Saturday afternoon.
Information Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has since defended the move, saying the authority served a notice to the media houses asking them to switch off their analogue transmitters by midnight February 13 in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling.
