National shutdown
Internet Services
Although the Communications Authority of Kenya issued a statement that they do not intend to shutdown access to the Internet in reaction to expected protests the next day against the government’s plan to increase taxes, an outage was detected.
- Total Duration 8 hours
Kenya
- Population
- 57,532,493
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
Although the Communications Authority of Kenya issued a statement that they do not intend to shutdown access to the Internet in reaction to expected protests the next day against the government’s plan to increase taxes, an outage was detected. We wrote in detail about this incident in this blog post.
Related documentation
Press Release on Concerns Over Internet Shutdown In Kenya. @CA_Kenya @marywambui_m @MoICTKenya pic.twitter.com/vKlOTOjfCj
— Director General (@CA_DGOfficial) June 24, 2024
Other supporting information
Internet measurements from Cloudflare radar and IODA indicated an outage in Kenya between 13:00 and 21:00 UTC, 16:00 and 00:00 local time. The incident came amidst demonstration, and was reported as an intentional Internet shutdown by multiple sources, including international media and organizations like AccessNow and the KeepitOn coalition.
