On Wednesday, October 23, Nation Media Group pulled down an article by Business Daily that shed light on the valuation of the Kenyatta Family's stake in the newly formed lending entity NCBA.
According to Business Daily, the Kenyattas controlled about 13.2 per cent of NCBA, which was formed after the successful merger between NIC Bank and Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA).
The publication reported that with a 13.2 per cent ownership, the Kenyattas' stake in the bank was valued at Ksh6.6 billion.
The story, which had been published online made unavailable hours later, despite the fact that the newspaper's version had already been published.
It wasn't immediately clear why the online story was unpublished but of late, a trend has emerged of the major dailies pulling down sensitive articles.
Eyebrows were raised on October 14, after The Standard newspaper was forced to pull down its cover story, hours to the paper's circulation.
The newspaper had published a story that brought to light a court battle involving opposition leader Raila Odinga's wife, Ida Odinga's court battle over multi-million property that was left behind by her late son, Fidel.
Quoting sources privy to the goings-on, Business Today disclosed the story was withdrawn after Raila called a senior manager, expressing his reservations about the article detailing the fight between his wife and daughter in law.
