NTV journalist Larry Madowo. [Photo| @LarryMadowo]Mixed reactions have been expressed online after the Director of Criminal Investigation summoned NTV journalist Larry Madowo.In a letter sent to the Nation Media Group on Tuesday, the police detectives want Madowo to record a statement over an interview he conducted with NASA strategist David Ndii on TV on August 22, 2017 at 9.00p.mBelow are some mixed reactions from a section of twitter users:@wa_kahugu: #Resist Police harassment of journalists is unacceptable! Larry Madowo is a journalist & anybody he interviews during the line of his duty has nothing to do with the police! The police should do their own interviews and interrogations & cannot use Larry’s materials as evidence!@MboyaApollo: The DCI is now attacking press freedom & hopes that @LarryMadowo can now be used to fax @DavidNdii . This request is dead on arrival.@kingsol2030: So Larry is more honourable than David Ndii.While Dr.Ndii was arrested like someone who just raped the firstlady,Madowo is sent a very polite sermon.....Like,"tafadhali kuja tu tukuulize maswali woiye".....@shackled2013: Larry Madowo is a lead proponent of githeri media but we should protect his right to belong to githeri media@DonaldBKipkorir: LM, our good CID is asking NMG if they can avail you ... It’s not Summons but a Request ... NMG can politely tell them they can’t avail you and that ends the matter ...
@FrankOrinde: Intimidation, extrajudicial killings, brutality just to list a few - are some of the things our police have mastered. We are slowly slipping back to the dark days of Moi era. Members of the fourth estate must stand firm
@DonaldBKipkorir: LM, our good CID is asking NMG if they can avail you ... It’s not Summons but a Request ... NMG can politely tell them they can’t avail you and that ends the matter ...