THE TROUBLED ROYAL MEDIA

It would seem the storm is far from over as far as Royal media services is concerned! This is after the High Court judge Lydia Achode threw out a case they had filed against the CCK.

The lawsuit was in reaction to the Communication Commission of Kenya shutting down the stations transmitters in various parts of the country.
 Actually, the CCk had already begun the process when Royal Media rushed to court and obtained the orders on February 3, a day before CCK director general Francis Wangusi said top managers of the media group would be charged in court for using frequencies illegally.

SK Macharia hadn’t prepared himself for this kind of judgement as his media company had applied for permanent orders to quash the decision to prosecute its officials and return all seized opportunities.
CCK had earlier obtained orders from the chief magistrate’s court on January 30 to shut down the transmitters serving Citizen television viewers in Embu, Taita Taveta, Muranga and Migori as well as radio listeners in Nakuru, Narok, Mukuyuni (Makueni) and Mabrui (Malindi).
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