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Editorial

Uganda is no model for media freedom in East Africa but it offered an important lesson last week. Many Ugandan journalists have been targeted over…

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Media must give Kenyans transformative leaders

Veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho was a “visibly angry” Kenyan last week – as an award-winning Nairobi scribe might have described him. In his February 16…

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STANDARD wrote a rat story on Ruto, why?

The Luo have an unflattering saying about a rat. Oyieyo kayi to kudhi. A rat cools you and then bites. That’s why if you went…

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Governor Oparanya: Chasing away reporters paints a bad image

Lakini nini mbaya na Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya? He is the governor of Kakamega and the immediate former chairman of the Council of Governors. Oparanya is…

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Posted in Mediascape

Yusuf Haji’s death catches Media houses pens-down

Career civil servant and Kisii’s political kingpin Simon Nyachae was finally buried in Kisii last week…make that last week but one. His death had dominated…

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Posted in Media Monitoring

Body-shaming on Radio Maisha?

The media council is currently monitoring a good number of radio stations across the country. This is done real-time. And every week, we try to…

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How could Parliament extend Kanini Kega’s term beyond 2022?

Namibia’s third secretary to Tanzania Selina Tjihero dies after a shirt illness (Citizen TV Kenya tweet, February 18). Beware of the outbreak of the “shirt…

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CBK caught in the web of misinformation

1. Claims that the Central Bank of Kenya’s Governor Patrick Njoroge supposedly declared a move to switch to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency as a reserve currency…

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Editorial

Ever heard of Kersti Kaljulaid and Kaja Kallas? They trended globally the other week. No, they are not sports gold medalists or award-winning journalists. Nor…

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Don’t just give scribes reports, serve them tea and explain slowly

  Image source: The Star The Daily Nation reported that, “Finally, a clear picture of the Competency-Based Curriculum, showing how schools will be structured to…

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