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Banned Kenya TV stations win reprieve

Thu Feb 1, 2018 06:47 PM
Last update on: Thu Feb 1, 2018 06:57 PM

Reuters, Nairobi

Thu Feb 1, 2018 06:47 PM Last update on: Thu Feb 1, 2018 06:57 PM

A man wears a mask among fellow supporters as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not pictured) takes a symbolic presidential oath of office in Nairobi, Kenya January 30, 2018. Photo: Reuters

A Kenyan high court has suspended a government shutdown of three private TV channels that was prompted by their coverage of opposition leader Raila Odinga's self-proclaimed presidential inauguration on Tuesday, one of the channels reported on its twitter feed.

"Government expected to restore NTV, Citizen TV & KTN News signals after High Court suspends switch off for 14 days pending case being heard," NTV Kenya wrote on its official Twitter feed.