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Relief as court suspends digital migration

The migration to digital television, expected to start rolling out on Wednesday, has been temporarily suspended.

The Supreme Court put on hold the switchover which was to start in Nairobi and its environ following an application by the three media houses on Tuesday afternoon.

Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal granted the orders sought by The Standard Group (SG), Royal Media Services (RMS) and Nation Media Group (NMG) who filed the application arguing that there were issues yet to be ironed out even as the deadline approached.

Their lawyer Paul Muite told the court that the deadline set by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) did not comply with the three-month period given by the Supreme Court for negotiations.

Justice Rawal ordered the parties to serve CAK with the court papers and appear before the Supreme Court on Monday next week when a bench of two judges would issue more directions on the matter.