COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF KENYA, ATTORNEY GENERAL, MINISTRY OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY, SIGNET KENYA LIMITED, PAN AFRICAN NETWORK GROUP KENYA LIMITED & STARTIMES MEDIA LIMITED V. ROYAL MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED, NATION MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED, CONSUMER FEDERATION OF KENYA (COFEK), STANDARD MEDIA GROUP LIMITED, GOTV KENYA LIMITED & WEST MEDIA LIMITED

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI

(Coram: Mutunga, CJ and P; Rawal, DCJ and V-P; Tunoi, Ibrahim, Ojwang, Wanjala, Njoki, SCJJ.)

PETITION NO. 14 OF 2014

AS CONSOLIDATED WITH

PETITION NO. 14 A OF 2014;

PETITION NO. 14B OF 2014;

-AND-

PETITION NO. 14C OF 2014

-BETWEEN-

COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF KENYA

THE HON. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL

THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

SIGNET KENYA LIMITED

PAN AFRICAN NETWORK GROUP KENYA LIMITED

STARTIMES MEDIA LIMITED ..............................APPELLANTS

-AND-

ROYAL MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED

NATION MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED

STANDARD MEDIA GROUP LIMITED

CONSUMER FEDERATION OF KENYA (COFEK)

GOTV KENYA LIMITED

WEST MEDIA LIMITED........................................................................RESPONDENTS

(Being an appeal from the Judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting at Nairobi (Nambuye, Maraga and Musinga JJ.A)delivered on 28^th March, 2014 in Nairobi Civil Appeal No.4 of 2014)

JUDGMENT

INTRODUCTION

[1]This is an appeal from the J…