Month: August 2020
Katiba Day: Bold media leads people’s national dialogue on Constitution
Where were you on August 27, 2010? The cover of Expression Today, an independent newsmagazine championing freedom of expression and excellence in journalism in East…
Headlines that make you sit up, then buzzwords
Sweet, crisp, to the point. And startling. Startling in a way that lights up your face. This is how three headlines hit the news this…
Nanii, quit reporting chicken thieves and expose corruption
There is no doubt anymore that the country is sinking under the weight of theft. The stories are in the headlines every day. The looting…
Mediascape: Diary of a media sniper
August 11, Year of Our Lord, 2020. Headline of the day: “Baby Pendo’s parents still seeking justice three years on.” Good, at last our journalism…
PEN COP: Why do newspapers believe readers don’t know MCAs?
Wajir County is staring at yet another political crisis after some Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) filed a notice to impeach Governor Mohamed Ali…
Senator Haji, Kenya is under the rule of law not rule of men
For weeks, the Senate has been in the news “for all the wrong reasons,” as an excellent parliamentary reporter might write. Wahesh have been unable…
Fight over 10 bob showed why social media is unique
When social media tells a story, the nuance is often unique. In the recent trending story of how two lower -primary school siblings in Nyandarua…
Covid-19 cures, fake news and the politics of medicine
With the outbreak of Covid-19, which government officials and health authorities insist has no cure, people around the world have resorted to all manner of…
Listening to Malcolm X: Idi Amin and the journalist’s role as historian
“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing”…
Mediascape: In Kenya the hyenas love eating their own
Former NTV reporter Yassin Juma has one thing that is in short supply in Kenya’s mediascape. The guy has balls. Yassin was arrested and detained…