Officials of the communications Authority of Kenya forced their way into the site from which QTV, NTV, Citizen TV and KTN broadcast their analogue signals and switch off the trasmission, Business daily reported. The authorities decidedto shut the Television stations who fails to comply with new digital transmission broadcasting which takes effects in 2015 in the country. Majority of Kenyan recieves their Television signal through analogue signals because pay TV in the country such as StarTimes Kenya and GOTV Kenya are expensive for low income earners. Kenya former prime minister Raila Odinga said the government had thrown the entire country into information darkness. He said Jubilee government must explain what interests they have in keeping Kenyans information darkness and asked Kenyans to demand their right to information.
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