Month: October 2021
Mshujaa Day is history, but also about present struggles for justice
“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it” – Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth. You’ve probably…
Radio presenters are breaching ethics by jumping into advertising
By Kodi Barth Radio stations nowadays run adverts in two ways. One, a standard, professional-cut commercial clip is cued and played on air. Two, a…
Reporting Somalia: Love for Motherland without fidelity to truth is deceit
This month, one story toppled the 2022 race for State House from the headlines: Somalia. Reporters in Nairobi who have never reached the border still…
Gutter press: If you want to be uninformed, read the gossip columns
Who writes and edits newspaper gossip columns? Do they have any background in journalism? We don’t think so. Because if they did, we would at…
It isn’t over till the fat lady sings, or you owe walevi a drink
The post below appeared on the National Police Service Tweeter handle on the evening of Mashujaa Day: “Following the vacation of the covid (sic) related…
No problem printing passports at Immigration, office clarifies
By Lucy Mwangi and Jacob Nyongesa A tweet by @abiga_makori claiming that the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai was rushed to hospital is false….
Is Nation aware of what might happen to the drink mgema akisifiwa?
She is a trailblazer in the liquor industry. A personification of resilience and a go-getter, decorated in the continental arena due to her unprecedented achievements…
Media confers power, but here’s why some people fear journalists
Let’s be the devil’s advocate today. A lot of people are honestly afraid of talking to the media or being in the news. They might…
Mashujaa Day: Nyamora, unsung Second Liberation hero who first cartooned Moi
Pius Nyamora and his wife Loyce would spare nothing to spoil their granddaughter, Nevaeh, aged 14. “We pick her up from high school most days…
Conjecture and reporter’s opinion? Not in the news, please
A woman is found dead in Nakuru with a kitchen knife stuck in her chest. Her man takes a shortcut to the bottom of a…