Month: February 2021
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…