Eye Media condemns illegal website shutdown as Kenyan judge confirms Eye Radio not party to Capital Pay lawsuit

Eye Media, the parent organization operating South Sudan’s independent broadcaster Eye Radio, strongly condemns the illegal, unauthorized, and fraudulent shutdown of its official website, which severed public access to its primary domain and 23-year digital news archive.

The condemnation follows court proceedings on Thursday, September 17, 2026, before the High Court of Kenya in Kisumu, where presiding Judge Joe M. Omido explicitly confirmed on the record that Eye Media is not a party or defendant in the lawsuit (Capital Pay International Limited v. Google LLC, Microsoft Corporation, and 34 others).

The judge’s clarification directly exposes the invalidity of the document served on hosting provider Hostinger to force www.eyeradio.org offline on September 10.

Adding to the digital suppression, Eye Radio revealed that an anonymous entity recently sent threatening messages to the station’s official WhatsApp account. The sender threatened to bring down Eye Radio’s X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook accounts unless the broadcaster deleted specific news reports based on official government statements regarding Capital Pay.

Capital Pay’s lawsuit alleges defamation concerning four public-interest articles detailing parliamentary deliberations, digital revenue collection systems, and official 2022 COVID-19 audit findings.

Eye Radio maintains that all referenced articles were published strictly in accordance with professional media ethics, drawing directly from official government records and state probe reports.

Out of multiple regional and international media outlets listed in Capital Pay’s paperwork, Eye Radio was uniquely targeted for an immediate, full offline block.

To address the breach, Eye Media is actively seeking an emergency court order directing Hostinger to restore access to www.eyeradio.org and unblock its historical archive.

The organization is also consulting with legal counsel to launch formal court action against Capital Pay International Limited to seek damages for misrepresenting judicial documents and attempting to suppress independent media in South Sudan.

Firmly citing Article 24 of the Transitional Constitution of South Sudan—which guarantees media freedom and the public’s right to information—Eye Radio has temporarily transferred its online news operations to www.eyeradio.news to ensure uninterrupted public coverage.