Month: June 2023
Tuheshimiane: Criticism of media is welcome but not insults, profiling, delegitimising
The ink had hardly dried on our editorial last week when Trade CS Moses Kuria struck. We had cited a media freedom report warning that…
Media must unite against bullying in struggle for transparency, accountability
The Nation Media Group conducted an investigative piece exposing the potential loss of billions of shillings through unlawful tax exemptions of imports involving companies linked…
Where is church offering ‘sex sacrament’? Nation Media did shoddy job
The Nation Media Group on Monday, June 19, promoted through some of its online platforms a story that should worry every Kenyan in the wake…
Good story that should have gone further on farmers’ woes
On June 17, 2023, Saturday Nation carried the sharp headline, ‘Outrage.’ In fact, the entire front page was heavy with quite interesting titles: “Kenyan doctors conduct…
What happened to journalistic practice of doing follow-up stories?
Sometime in March last year, media reported the tragic death of Caleb Otieno at Blue Nile Rolling Mills, a steel milling plant in Thika. Otieno,…
Nation tortured NHIF scandal story, too many gaps to make sense
The heading said, “NHIF heist: How rogue health facilities preyed on elderly to mint millions”. Even Gilbert, the goat in the 2019 movie, Falling in…
Finance Bill 2023: Lessons on covering Committee Stage of Parliament
That reporting Parliament is a challenge to many journalists is a settled argument. Some stories on the National Assembly, the Senate and county assemblies carry…
The elephant in the room of media freedom in Kenya
In January, Broadcasting and Telecommunications PS Prof Edward Kisiangani called out media owners over what he described as unfriendly business practices. “Private media owners should…
Moses unites the nation – for all the wrong reasons
By Lucy Mwangi and Jacob Nyukuri During the June 19–25 week, topics that spurred conversations online included #KenyaEUTradeTies, #SyokimauRobbery, Sakaja, Lies Hamilton, #WRCSafariRally2023, 184 MPs, Titanic &…
What’s hunger? ‘Kulala njaa’ is where scribes, Kenyans draw the line
Number of Kenyans in need of food to drop by December, says report (Star headline, June 19, p.2). Good news. Intro: The number of people going…