Month: February 2018
Get it, folks: Food is a right
Some 3.4 million Kenyans are facing death from starvation. No, it is no longer news. It is normal. It happens year in year out. That…
Swaleh Mdoe’s kidney sale and other fake news
Fake news is defined by events, big and small, political and economic, religious and social. It is motivated by players in the public arena. These…
Defend Gado’s freedom to offend
Several years ago, celebrated cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa aka Gado told this writer that he believes freedom of expression includes the freedom to offend. In other…
Celebrating a sacking that never was
Last Monday, a popular and controversial presenter at the Gikuyu language radio station Kememe FM was allegedly sent packing. The MediaMax, who own the station,…
KBC’s nice little spin for DP
Unless you are a journalist who just landed from Mars, you already know something about the rule of law debate now raging in Kenya. A…
Jubilee MPs gagged?
And finally, Kenyan TV and radio are about to get better – or worse, depending on what you fancy. If you are a politics junkie,…
Diplomats dropped an elephant and media went to sleep
The biggest story last week was a statement by Western envoys in Nairobi, that Uhuru Kenyatta is the legitimate president of Kenya, full stop. It…
Fake news a threat to democracy, says new report
The jury is in. Fake news is a serious danger to Kenya’s young democracy, according to a new report. The State of the Internet in…
Fake News: The NYS scammer and other tales
Most fake news in Kenya is around political contest. Last week the political scene was relaxed, a bit. Still, fake news showed up. Mutahi Ngunyi…
A dissenting voice silenced at the Nation
Last Monday, NTV news presenter and Daily Nation columnist Larry Madowo told his 1.39 million followers on Twitter that he was ending his Tuesday column…