Month: July 2022
Live debates a huge success, they are not ‘come expecting miracle’ crusades
Kunyonga is not in the Constitution. That clarification brought the house down. And united Kenyans. What Agano Party deputy presidential candidate Ruth Mucheru clearly meant…
Who will answer President’s national unga question? Sorry, not the Fourth Estate
The revolutionary African statesman and President of Burkina Faso Thomas Noel Isidore Sankara once warned rulers that, “our stomachs shall be heard”. Well, they were,…
DP debates: Online news media dragged their feet reporting what happened
Were news houses prepared to write quickly after last week’s deputy presidential debates? We ask because after the July 19 evening debates ended, online media…
Let’s scale up fact-check journalism as we near August 9 polls
Dex Mumo There is no other pearl the media can offer Kenyans today than fact-check journalism. Yet, without the mercies of mainstream media, the public…
People Daily made a joke of Nyong’o achievements in Kisumu
Was a People Daily story titled “Nyong’o lists achievements as governor” last week a joke or what? The story by Kepher Otieno, which first appeared…
Sasa FM host tried to erase Raila’s democracy record, showed bias
By Origa Vera and Ian Francis Detachment is the emotional approach of a journalist to the content of broadcast while on air. Impartiality is treating…
Dynasty supports hustler nation? Wapi, God save the queen
Lucy Mwangi and Jacob Nyukuri 1. A digital card with the Nation Africa logo shared by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho purporting to show the results…
Year lawyer Kimani was murdered and why Wanyonyi created subs
The critical three-ply tissue paper note is believed to be the last note Kimani wrote before he, his client Josephat Mwenda, and taxi driver Joseph…
Omanyala, ‘32 joyriders’ and media’s duty to dig into what exactly happened
The People Daily lit up the skies of Kenyan journalism like a meteor in the dead of night. Readers took shots of a story in…
US Dollar, Koti Moja: Untold fun stories as scribes chase issues in campaign
In Ngong town, Kajiado county, election candidates smile at passers-by from posters pasted on shop walls and electricity poles. Some of the politicians go by…