Kenyan news website
is a Kenyan news website founded by Cyprian Nyakundi. Some court rulings in Kenya have described the blog as an advocate of free speech on matters of corruption, corporate-fraud and breaking news in Kenya[1][2][3] while other court rulings have described it as a blog for unverified news.[4][5][6][7]
Controversy
Cyprian Nyakundi has been sued several times for articles on , sometimes courts have ruled in his favour, sometimes he has been jailed and sometimes fined.[8][9][10] In safaricom sued Nyakundi for publishing unverified news on [11] In politician and infamous fraudster repeatedly involved multiple advance fee scams of "fake gold" in Kenya with multiple foreigners repeatedly conned into disguised transactions for non-existent sometimes fake products.[12][13][14] Steve Mbogo sued Nyakundi for publishing defamatory articles on the blog.[15] In the same year the high court barred Nyakundi from authoring defamatory words against the politician and suspected fraudster.[7][16][17] In March Nyakundi published an article on demanding a postmortem of a deceased Kenya Revenue Authority staff member who he accused the tax authority of concealing his cause of death, according to Nyakundi the cause of death was COVID[18] In June the law society of Kenya opposed the arrest of bloggers in Kenya and arraignment of blogger Nyakundi for publications on [19]
References
- ^Kadida, Jillo (20 January ). "Blogger Nyakundi wins first round in Waiguru, Sonko defamation case". The Star.
- ^Owino, Anthony (31 July ). "Cyprian Nyakundi Wins Big as Court Rules on Freedom of Expression". .
- ^Kiplagat, Sam. "Cyprian Nyakundi wins round one against Waiguru and Matiang'i". Nairobi News.
- ^Milimo, Dennis (22 April ). "DCI goes after blogger Cyprian Nyakundi following court's decision". .
- ^Reporter, B. T. (2 December ). "Anxious Christmas for blogger Cyprian Nyakundi as jail beckons". Business Today Kenya.
- ^Kimuyu, Hillary (22 April ). "Court issues arrest warrant for blogger Cyprian Nyakundi via social media". Nairobi News.
- ^ abWalter, Dzuya (20 December ). "Court orders Cyprian Nyakundi to delete articles published about Steve Mbogo". .
- ^Muli, Davis (22 January ). "Five times blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has been arrested". Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle.
- ^Dzuya, Walter (24 January ). "Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi denies trying to extort KShm, freed on a KSh , cash bail". .
- ^Achuka, Vincent (21 January ). "Kenya: Cyprian Nyakundi Arrested Over Extortion, Sh1 Million Found". .
- ^Kiberenge, Kenfrey (24 June ). "Why Safaricom has sued blogger Cyprian Nyakundi". Nairobi News.
- ^Odongo, David. "The Game of Gold: Where anything below Sh million is left for lowlifes". Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle.
- ^"Steve Mbogo in court over KshM gold fraud charge". .
- ^"Steve Mbogo is a fraud, not billionaire". Nation.
- ^Wambulwa, Annete (5 December ). "Steve Mbogo sues blogger Cyprian Nyakundi for defamation". The Star.
- ^"Nairobi Underground Figure Dafton Mwaitiki Feared Dead; All Eyes On Steve Mbogo". Cyprian Is Nyakundi. 14 March
- ^"Fraudsters' paradise: Inside the world of fake gold, currency dealers". Nation.
- ^Nyambura, Eva (22 April ). "Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi Demands Post Mortem Report on KRA Staff". KahawaTungu.
- ^Wambulwa, Annete (3 June ). "State opposes LSK case against arrest of bloggers". The Star.
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