cnyakundi.com is a Kenyan news website founded by Cyprian Nyakundi. Some court rulings in Kenya have described the blog as an advocate of free speech on matters of corruption, corporate-fraud and breaking news in Kenya[1][2][3] while other court rulings have described it as a blog for unverified news.[4][5][6][7]
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Type of site | Media |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Key people | Cyprian Nyakundi (editor) |
| Industry | Online media |
| URL | Cnyakundi.com |
| Current status | Active |
Controversy
editCyprian Nyakundi has been sued several times for articles on cnyakundi.com, sometimes courts have ruled in his favour, sometimes he has been jailed and sometimes fined.[8][9][10] In 2015 safaricom sued Nyakundi for publishing unverified news on cnyakundi.com.[11] In 2018 politician and infamous fraudster repeatedly involved multiple advance fee scams of "fake gold" in Kenya with multiple foreigners repeatedly conned into disguised transactions for non-existent sometimes fake products.[12][13][14] Steve Mbogo sued Nyakundi for publishing defamatory articles on the blog.[15] In the same year the high court barred Nyakundi from authoring defamatory words against the politician and suspected fraudster.[7][16][17] In March 2020 Nyakundi published an article on cnyakundi.com demanding a postmortem of a deceased Kenya Revenue Authority staff member who he accused the tax authority of concealing his cause of death, according to Nyakundi the cause of death was COVID-19.[18] In June 2020 the law society of Kenya opposed the arrest of bloggers in Kenya and arraignment of blogger Nyakundi for publications on cnyakundi.com[19]
References
edit- ^ Kadida, Jillo (20 January 2020). "Blogger Nyakundi wins first round in Waiguru, Sonko defamation case". The Star.
- ^ Owino, Anthony (31 July 2019). "Cyprian Nyakundi Wins Big as Court Rules on Freedom of Expression". Kenyans.co.ke.
- ^ Kiplagat, Sam. "Cyprian Nyakundi wins round one against Waiguru and Matiang'i". Nairobi News.
- ^ Milimo, Dennis (22 April 2020). "DCI goes after blogger Cyprian Nyakundi following court's decision". pulselive.co.ke.
- ^ Reporter, B. T. (2 December 2016). "Anxious Christmas for blogger Cyprian Nyakundi as jail beckons". Business Today Kenya.
- ^ Kimuyu, Hillary (22 April 2020). "Court issues arrest warrant for blogger Cyprian Nyakundi via social media". Nairobi News.
- ^ a b Walter, Dzuya (20 December 2018). "Court orders Cyprian Nyakundi to delete articles published about Steve Mbogo". Citizentv.co.ke.
- ^ Muli, Davis (22 January 2020). "Five times blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has been arrested". Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle.
- ^ Dzuya, Walter (24 January 2020). "Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi denies trying to extort KSh.17.5m, freed on a KSh 300,000 cash bail". Citizentv.co.ke.
- ^ Achuka, Vincent (21 January 2020). "Kenya: Cyprian Nyakundi Arrested Over Extortion, Sh1 Million Found". allAfrica.com.
- ^ Kiberenge, Kenfrey (24 June 2015). "Why Safaricom has sued blogger Cyprian Nyakundi". Nairobi News.
- ^ Odongo, David. "The Game of Gold: Where anything below Sh100 million is left for lowlifes". Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle.
- ^ "Steve Mbogo in court over Ksh.100M gold fraud charge". Citizentv.co.ke.
- ^ "Steve Mbogo is a fraud, not billionaire". Nation.
- ^ Wambulwa, Annete (5 December 2018). "Steve Mbogo sues blogger Cyprian Nyakundi for defamation". The Star.
- ^ "Nairobi Underground Figure Dafton Mwaitiki Feared Dead; All Eyes On Steve Mbogo". Cyprian Is Nyakundi. 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Fraudsters' paradise: Inside the world of fake gold, currency dealers". Nation.
- ^ Nyambura, Eva (22 April 2020). "Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi Demands Post Mortem Report on KRA Staff". KahawaTungu.
- ^ Wambulwa, Annete (3 June 2020). "State opposes LSK case against arrest of bloggers". The Star.