Month: September 2019
Dagoretti tragedy: Media holds feet of rulers to the fire
“The freedom of men and women depends on the freedom of their media and journalists. It falls on us to ensure that the 21st century…
Telling the truth laughingly about Mau restoration
The Nation carried a good news story on restoration of the Mau Forest Complex last week. The report appeared on Monday, September 24 headlined, “Politicians,…
Dear Kimathi Street, ‘Dr’ Sankok is a quack
Jubilee nominated MP David Sankok made a startling admission last week. In widely reported remarks following an interview with K24 TV on Wednesday, September 25,…
Ezekiel Mutua is a jolly good fellow
Why? He has curved a niche for himself in one area where only Caesar’s wife qualifies: the moral cop. But for the last couple of…
One story, same media house but different facts
Arguably one of the most important factors in news is the diverse sources used in a story but when only one media organization covers a…
The “killer” hashtag and Cambridge Analytica parallelism
On Friday, September 27 at 10 a.m the trending hashtag on twitter was #KenyaunderRuto. Online users shared varied opinions on how Kenya would look like…
Can health officers force anyone to use a condom?
According to the family, the postmortem examination was conducted on August 28 (Nation, September 23, p.2). Just write the postmortem. “Examination” is unnecessary. Write voter…
Newspaper business is dying, what do we do now?
By Kodi Barth Last week, Thomas Cook died. Who? It’s the British travel group that started arranging tours in 1841 by advertising destinations using coupons….
Akothee’s legs: The dangers of Taliban morality
Musician Akothee caused a scare at Parliament on Wednesday, September 18. House officials and security teams were thrown into a panic upon learning that the…
Post-handshake journalism and the end of Kisumu’s history
Prof Levi Obonyo, Dean of the School of Communication at Daystar University, sharply hit at the media in his column in the People Daily of…