What made Nation Newspaper refuse to print Larry Madowo's article?

Larry Madowo

In Kenya, January is the toughest month in our calendar. This was the case of media houses that were shut down following the broadcast of swearing in of opposition leader Raila Odinga. For a while, this was like a joke but the government applied full-force in this situation.

Sample of the channels that were shut down

Larry Madowo was among the affected parties in this crackdown. But for him, he never keeps calm he speaks out what is in his mind regardless of the audience and outcome. Last week, his article was not printed on the Nation Newspaper which he had secured a space for over four years now, but Larry Madowo always has other avenues to put his articles. The agitated media personality took his article to CNN and posted on his Twitter account. What could have caused this?

Larry Madowo

“THIS WEEK, THE @DAILYNATION REFUSED TO PRINT MY COLUMN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 4 YEARS, T

HE IRONY ASIDE, THE SAME PIECE IS NOW PUBLISHED ON CNN.”

He shared the news.

Larry Madowo's post

On the article, he speaks of how he spent the night in the Nation Media Group office after plain-clothed police officers camped outside his office with intentions of arresting him alongside his counterpart Linus Kakai.

Larry Madowo's article