Listers 

Security personal yesterday blocked the internet, phones in and around parliament buildings during a special session to discuss the budget and amendments to the electoral law to allow for alternative manual transmission of electoral results in the event the electronic systems fail.

Read on:-

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Internet--phones-blocked-as-House-debates-election-laws/539546-3493404-item-0-l9ge6u/index.html

A few weeks ago we discussed this issue of shutting down communication channels during crises across African countries. 

Well now you have your answer.

If the government can shut down parliamentarians imagine what they can do to the rest of the country.

Ali Hussein

Principal

Hussein & Associates

+254 0713 601113 

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