Kenya police threaten to summon Citizen TV staff over investigation into illegal gun trade
Kenya police threaten to summon Citizen TV staff over investigation into illegal gun trade
Kenyan authorities recently threatened to summon Citizen TV employees over the station’s “Guns Galore” investigation. (Photo: Citizen TV/YouTube)
Nairobi, April 22, 2021 – Kenyan police should cease harassing the Royal Media Services company and its Citizen TV broadcaster, refrain from summoning journalists for questioning, and ensure that members of the press can work without fear, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On April 20, George Kinoti, the director of the National Police Service’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations, announced that he planned to summon a reporter and members of the senior management of Citizen TV for questioning, according to news reports and a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.