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Digital Migration, a bold step for Kenya

(all pictures from google.co.ke) It is shocking, the Former President Mwai Kibaki presided over the launch of the digital migration in 2010. All media stations were present and accounted for. No one complained, no one went to court to stop the process, everyone accepted it and we as Kenyans moved forward. 3 years down the line, when the deadline is approaching three leading media stations decide to collaborate to stop the process. This comes after an international company is given the mandate to carry the digital signal. I do not know why but every court case they have gone through so far, the government and the ministry have come out on top. When their analogue signal is blocked, they take matters into their own hands and switch of their digital broadcast signals. They then say they are looking after the 'ordinary' Kenyan interests who they claim cannot afford a set up box. The funny thing they ask them to 'tweet'. So the 'ordinary' Kenyan can af