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Exploring media freedom in Kenya during elections

We ask Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Africa what challenges its team face in reporting the Kenyan elections. And why do some news programmes have technical failures with dropped and garbled calls?

Ahead of crucial elections in Kenya, we ask the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s deployment editor for East Africa what challenges the team face in reporting on the candidates.
And a listener asks if complex issues are being over simplified.
And why do some news programmes have technical failures with dropped and garbled calls? We investigate.
Presenter Rajan Datar.
Producer Howard Shannon.

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