Month: July 2018
On Swazuri’s tantrum: Reporters must probe
National Land Commission Chairman Muhammad Swazuri said last Wednesday he did nothing wrong in the Ruaraka land saga. But how he said it is wrong….
Pretty faces OK, but give us the news
A renewed battle for the eyeballs has raged for over two weeks now. Citizen TV stormed town on a poaching frenzy that has left distant…
Keep opinion out of the news
On Tuesday, July 24, the People Daily carried a story headlined, “Raila divine political gift, declares Mbadi” (p.2) The ODM chairman and Suba South MP…
KBC’s splendid PR for Chumo
President Uhuru Kenyatta suffered a major blow – a reporter might write – after his nominee for chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Committee was…
PEN COP: Swazuri comes out with guns blazing, hey!
Mr Murkomen, the Elgeyo Marakwet Senator, on Saturday dared President Kenyatta to contradict him on the evictions, which he said were not only being done…
King Rudisha story is poor journalism
The People Daily broke the story of the woes afflicting athletics mega-star David Rudisha last week. The paper’s exclusive on July 26 read: “Mystery of…
FAKE NEWS: Ruth Kamande’s hangman found
Matiang’i and Muigai to be arrested? The blog purported President Uhuru Kenyatta issued an order for the arrest of Interior CS Matiang’i and former Attorney…
10over10 TV show will kill Kenya
On the eighth day God resumed his work of creation. He had spent the previous day resting and now felt sufficiently refreshed to proceed. God…
This is journalism with a sense of outrage, kudos!
Kenya’s free newspaper, the People Daily, last Friday hit the streets with a front-page story that stinks. No, the reporting didn’t stink. Far from it….
Media hype about Obama’s little visit
Now, Barack Obama – you have a neo-liberal black president of the most powerful empire in the world; he was never a revolutionary figure in…