Until 1992 government-owned media outlets had a monopoly on radio broadcasting, and journalists critical of the former president were harassed.
The NTV and KTN channels were both accessible on Monday, but two others – Citizen TV and Inooro TV – remained blocked
Two men claim the title, so will the real Kenyan president please stand up?
Four major TV stations have been indefinitely suspended
One of Kenya’s top two presidential rivals has accused the electoral commission of disadvantaging him by "design or omission" in Monday’s vote.
Kenyan authorities should prosecute murderous militias implicated in the country’s devastating post-election violence, but also address any ”genuine grievances” they may have, former United Nations leader Kofi Annan said on Saturday.
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/ 26 February 2008
Two months of violence in Kenya have split the country along ethnic lines and there is a risk of further clashes if the political crisis is not resolved quickly, a top United Nations official said on Monday. Exhausted by a post-election crisis that has killed more than 1 000 people, most of the 36-million Kenyans want a quick political deal.
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/ 22 February 2008
Africa’s top diplomat was meeting Kenya’s feuding parties on Friday to push for a deal after the government agreed in principle to create a prime minister’s post to help end a deadly post-election crisis. The opposition has demanded a powerful role as executive premier for their candidate, Raila Odinga.
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/ 27 December 2007
Guarded by police, Kenyans voted on Thursday in a presidential election preceded by violence, tainted by allegations of rigging and likely to be the closest in more than four decades since independence from Britain. President Mwai Kibaki (76) having unseated the country’s 24-year ruling party in 2002, himself faces the possibility of losing power.
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/ 17 September 2007
President Mwai Kibaki hit the campaign trail on Monday in the tribal heartland of his main opposition challengers just hours after announcing he would seek re-election in Kenya’s December poll. After keeping Kenyans guessing all year, Kibaki on Sunday launched a new coalition, the Party of National Unity.