Kenya Editors Guild has raised concerns over the move by Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot to refer to the media as one of the 'cartels'.
In a statement, the Kenya Editors Guild president Churchill Otieno said that the senator's sentiments are a threat to media freedom.
"It is dumbfounding that the Senator sees the Media as a cartel rather than a catalyst of Kenya's democratic discourse without which, many politicians of his ilk would never have emerged to become anything worth quoting," Otieno said.
"If we were to take his comments seriously, the Senator is saying that President William Ruto is keen to crush the media. We hope he is wrong and that the President and his government have no such designs."
Kanye Editor's Guild has perceived the senator's remarks as an onslaught to the media saying it seeks to limit media freedom.
"It appears to be a well-choreographed scheme to profile a key pillar of Kenya's democracy and lead a lynch mob to try and cripple it," he said.
Cheruiyot was reminded to approach the Media Complaints Commission with any competent claim and desist from undermining Kanya's democracy.
The Senator said that President William Ruto will succeed in fighting cartels in most industries except for Kenyan banks and the media terming them as cartels.
"President Willian Samoei Ruto will succeed in crushing every cartel in the country save for two that are extremely powerful. One is Kenyan Banks and the second is Kenyan Media. Both are very powerful, and influential, and synergise so well to protect each other's interests. For the public good, a way must be found," Cheruiyot tweeted on Monday.
