Media bodies, including the Media Council of Kenya (MCK), Kenya Editors Guild, and Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ), have strongly condemned attacks and equipment confiscation targeting journalists during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election.

• The assaults are seen as a grave attack on press freedom and Kenya's democracy.
• MCK, Kenya Editors Guild (represented by president Zubeidah Kananu), and KUJ (represented by secretary general Erick Oduor) are calling for swift action and justice against the perpetrators.
• Journalists from Nation Media Group and The Star were reportedly among those attacked while documenting events at a polling station.