(NDIMA/IFEX) – Journalists who write reports which tarnish the names of politicians will be beaten, Kenyan government Assistant Minister Fidelis Gumo has warned. ** Updates IFEX alert of 16 February 1999** On Saturday 20 February 1999, the minister described a section of Luhya (one of the tribes in Kenya) journalists as a “big let down”. […]
(NDIMA/IFEX) – Journalists who write reports which tarnish the names of
politicians will be beaten, Kenyan government Assistant Minister Fidelis
Gumo has warned.
** Updates IFEX alert of 16 February 1999**
On Saturday 20 February 1999, the minister described a section of Luhya
(one of the tribes in Kenya) journalists as a “big let down”. He warned
them that if they continued writing negative reports against Luhya
leaders, they would be dealt with accordingly.
Mr. Gumo’s threats to journalists came barely a week after the editor of
“Expression Today”, Mr. David Makali, was kidnapped by a gang and driven
to Karura Forest where he was tortured.
The kidnappers accused him of writing negative reports about certain
people.
