Dispatch from Mombasa

Journalists in Nairobi Mombasa have within the last one month held demonstrations over what they claim to be the diminishing space of their operational environment. They have argued that they are undergoing threats, intimidation, and harassment, trolling and a tapping of their phones by people whom they claimed to be allied to Government. The journalists particularly in Mombasa documented cases in which their colleagues either died under mysterious circumstances or suffered in one way or another at the hand of powerful. They created hush tag #Journalistsundersiege to make a case for their grievances. Looking at it deeply, you realize that the journalists are more than justified to express their rage. They are justified to vent their frustrations, express their fears and even draw the eye of power towards the increasing number of cases of threats, harassment and intimidation some of which have been at the hands of security agents. They are justified to express their frustration...