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Originally published by Techish Kenyatech
November 3, 2025
7h ago
It’s Happening Again: Telegram Blocked in Kenya as KCSE Exams Begin
Kenya illegally blocks Telegram again during KCSE exams, an unconstitutional move critics warn sets a dangerous precedent for wider state censorship...
✨ Key Highlights
For the third consecutive year, Kenya has reportedly restricted access to the Telegram messaging app coinciding with the start of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national exams. Millions of users, primarily on the Safaricom network, experienced an outage on Monday, November 3, 2025.
- Confirmation from NetBlocks observed Telegram features as "DOWN" with 0% reachability on Safaricom and severely degraded on Airtel (42-45% reachability).
- This action is criticized as an extra-judicial and unconstitutional act of mass censorship, violating Article 33 and Article 35 of the Constitution of Kenya, and lacking a public court order.
- No formal statement has been issued by Safaricom, Airtel, the Communications Authority (CA), or the Ministry of Education regarding the disruption.
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