Freedom of Expression with specific reference to: Media freedom and Church as Conscience of the: Nation in Contemporary Kenya
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2003
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adapted by the UN
General Assembly Resolution 217A (III) of 10 December, 1948. states that "All
human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood
[and sisterhood]." Article 18 of the same document states. -Lveryone has th•z• right to
freedom of thoutiht, conscience and religion...
The Constitution of Kenya section 79 (1) borrows a leaf from the above and
lays down the freedoms and rights of the citizens in regard to freedom of expression
in the ‘Nords "Except sith his [or her] consent no person shall be hindered in the
enjo)ment of his [or her] freedoms of opinion, that is to say, freedom to communicate
ideas and information \A ithout interference (whether communication he public
generally or to an person or class of persons) and freedom from interference with his
[or her] correspondence.
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Freedom of Expression, Media freedom, Church