Kenya
SCORES:
Individual scores:

1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1

Average score:

1.1

2.6

The editorial independence of print media published by a
public authority is protected adequately against undue
political interference.

There is no print media published by a public authority in Kenya.
Therefore this indicator does not apply.
2.7

Local and regional independent news agencies gather and
distribute information for all media.

ANALYSIS:
The Kenya News Agency (KNA) is government controlled. There are
no independent news agencies that gather and disseminate news
as their core commercial business. There are, however, quite a
number of non-commercial agencies such as the Inter Press Service
(IPS), Africa.com and PANOS. Their offerings seem to be regarded
as fairly adequate and newspapers regularly use stories from these
agencies.
SCORES:
Individual scores:

5,3,5,3,3,5,4,5,5,5,3

Average score:

4.2

African Media Barometer - Kenya 2005

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