{"id":19230,"date":"2020-12-15T22:11:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=19230"},"modified":"2020-12-15T22:11:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:11:49","slug":"media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists","title":{"rendered":"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media\u00a0from covering FKF Premier League matches.<\/p>\n

In a press release dated December 14, the\u00a0Council\u2019s\u00a0Chief Executive Officer, David Omwoyo, informed FKF president Nick Mwendwa that their actions violate the rights to\u00a0media\u00a0freedom.<\/p>\n

He asked the federation to furnish it with information as to why journalists were barred from covering a FKF Premier League match at the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is illegal and unconstitutional for FKF or any other body or institution to bar journalists from accessing public functions. All complaints against journalists or\u00a0media\u00a0houses should be reported to the\u00a0Media\u00a0Complaints Commission,\u201d Omwoyo stated in the press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to note that Articles 34 and 35 of the Constitution guarantee\u00a0media\u00a0freedom and access to information respectively. Thus the alleged act of denying journalists access to a public event is a violation of their fundamental freedom and rights established under the Constitution,\u201d added Omwoyo.<\/p>\n

Omwoyo\u2019s letter comes two days after the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) criticised FKF\u2019s move to block journalists from covering the match.<\/p>\n

AIPS president Gianni Merlo said the global sports writers\u2019 organisation will defend the independence of journalists in the course of their work.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n

Over the weekend, The Standard\u00a0Media\u00a0Group stopped coverage of all FKF Premier League matches until the local FA stopped muzzling the\u00a0media\u00a0as the boycott of the league enters the third day today.<\/p>\n

FKF started by refusing to accredit Standard Group print division reporters and photographers, locking them out of all FKF Premier League matches, Harambee Stars Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and international friendlies.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, select journalists were denied access to the Nyayo Stadium with FKF yet to explain why it arrived at the decision to bar these accredited journalists.<\/p>\n

Leading\u00a0media\u00a0houses including the Nation\u00a0Media\u00a0Group and Standard Group have subsequently suspended coverage of FKF leagues and activities in protest, a move that has been fully supported by the MCK<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fully support the decision by Kenyan\u00a0media\u00a0houses to stop coverage of FKF functions and encourage a total blackout until FKF restores the dignity and rights of the\u00a0media,\u201d MCK said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Kenya police service should stop enforcing illegal orders issued by people bent on threatening Freedom of the\u00a0Media. FKF being a public body will always be scrutinized by the\u00a0media\u00a0even if they are uncomfortable,\u201d added the\u00a0council.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, MCK has written to Football Kenya Federation demanding an explanation from FKF over\u00a0media\u00a0ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media\u00a0from covering FKF Premier League matches. In a press release dated December 14, the\u00a0Council\u2019s\u00a0Chief Executive Officer, David Omwoyo, informed FKF president Nick Mwendwa that their actions violate the rights to\u00a0media\u00a0freedom. He asked the federation to furnish it with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":19226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[6914,828,2433],"class_list":["post-19230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-david-omwoyo","tag-fkf","tag-mck"],"yoast_head":"\nMedia Council slams FKF for barring journalists - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-15T22:11:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"572\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-15T22:11:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists\"},\"wordCount\":433,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"David Omwoyo\",\"FKF\",\"MCK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists\",\"name\":\"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-15T22:11:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":572},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists - kenya","description":"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists","og_description":"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2020-12-15T22:11:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":572,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists","datePublished":"2020-12-15T22:11:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists"},"wordCount":433,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg","keywords":["David Omwoyo","FKF","MCK"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists","name":"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-15T22:11:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned Football Kenya Federation (FKF)for illegally and unconstitutionally denying the\u00a0media","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/media_council_slams_5fd8107f1b41f.jpg","width":800,"height":572},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/media-council-slams-fkf-for-barring-journalists#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Media Council slams FKF for barring journalists"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}