Compensation –Murang’a County Governor Irungu Kang’ata has been compensated a whopping sh 12.5 million for wrong publishing.
The said stories were published in the year 2021 by the two stations – Royal Media Services RMS and Mediamax Limited.
They settled the compensation out of court in a deal that saw the SK Macharia-owned RMS part with sh 6 million, while Mediamax sh 6.5 million.
The Murang’a County boss stated that the two media houses made false publications that seemed to taint his image as an immoral leader.
Kang’ata accused the stations of doctoring Senate proceedings to give a false voice over that created a wrong impression that he was speaking from a compromised location.
He then made an appeal to the ex-Senate speaker Ken Lusaka to summon the media editors so that to shed more light on their real intentions.
He would quickly produce evidence of uncorrupted clips and ordered them to publicly apologize for the crime.
This back and forth ended up in Milimani Law Court with the victim seeking damages in millions from the accused.
They would later agree to settle this matter away from courts; what led to the two stations to directly engage with his lawyers.
“Please find for onward transmission to your client. Please let us have the receipt. The next payments will be made through the bank details provided,” RMS wrote to Kang’ata’s lawyer.
On the other hand, Mediamax Ltd made the payments of sh 6.5 million in one settlement to the bank account of the lawyer.
“Kindly confirm receipt of the funds to enable us advise our Client. Further, enclosed is consent letter in duplicate duly executed on our part marking this fully and finally settled with no orders as to costs for your execution,” Mediamax lawyers wrote.
Mediamax runs K24 TV and Kameme FM while RMS has several Tv and radio stations.
