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Kenya

Volume 270: debated on Monday 29 January 1996

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Her Majesty's Government have made to the Government of Kenya concerning their intention to introduce the Press Council and Mass Media Commission Bills, especially insofar as they affect foreign correspondents. [12118]

We have maintained a dialogue at senior level with the Kenyan authorities on the draft legislation in question, in which we have emphasised the importance we attach to freedom of the press in Kenya.