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
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption m ...
, corporate-fraud and breaking news in Kenya while other court rulings have described it as a blog for unverified news.
Controversy
Cyprian 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. In 2015
safaricom sued Nyakundi for publishing unverified news on cnyakundi.com.
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. Steve Mbogo sued Nyakundi for publishing defamatory articles on the blog. In the same year the high court barred Nyakundi from authoring defamatory words against the politician and suspected fraudster.
In March 2020 Nyakundi published an article on cnyakundi.com demanding a postmortem of a deceased
Kenya Revenue Authority
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), is an agency of the Government of Kenya that is responsible for the assessment, collection and accounting of all revenues that are due to the government in accordance with the laws of Kenya.
History
The Kenya Reve ...
staff member who he accused the tax authority of concealing his cause of death, according to Nyakundi the cause of death was
COVID-19. 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
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External links
Cnyakundi.com
Internet properties established in 2013
Kenyan entertainment websites
Kenyan bloggers
Kenyan news websites
Mass media in Nairobi