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Current media crisis caused by digital break, says CS Owalo

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ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo during the Inaugural Symposium on Enhancing Cybersecurity for National Development at the National Defence University in Lanet, Nakuru County, on October 26, 2023. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The government is hesitant to own up to the role it has played at distabilising Kenya's legacy media and has instead linked the challenges the Fourth Estate has been facing to digital disruption.

Information, Communications and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo, during an interview with The Standard, said he has formed a working group to deliberate on the future of the Fourth Estate.

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