The Kenya Editors Guild (KEG) calls for government security in media houses following recent attacks during the country's ongoing anti-government protests.
According to KEG President Zubeidah Kananu, the Guild is concerned about threats being directed toward the media from various quotas, terming them as undermining journalists’ safety.
”The Guild would like to condemn the threats being peddled on social media by anonymous individuals, who have also threatened to storm the media house. We would like to condemn the continued attacks on journalists being targeted for their work or in the line of duty,” she said in a statement.
The Guild highlighted that such actions are not isolated incidents, noting a troubling trend of attacks on media houses and individual journalists.
This comes after a Nakuru-based correspondent for Kameme TV and radio, Catherine Wanjeri Kariuki, was on Tuesday shot while reporting on protests.
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Earlier, police arrested veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho in Nairobi’s Lavington area, an incident which police claimed was a case of mistaken identity.
