Month: January 2024
Story of Del Monte hasn’t been fully told, what are journalists waiting for?
Francis Mwana ya Nzambe Atwoli, NOM (DZA), CBS, EBS, MBS, met outgoing managing director of Del Monte Kenya Limited Stergios Gkaliamoutsas and acting MD Wayne…
Akuwan Arupe unbowed: When journalism makes you cry
She had walked 173km from Suguta Valley to Maralal. Reported to a boarding high school with a bag and a pencil. Nothing else. Bag was…
How Tuko saved taxi driver who drove away ‘shooters of MP’
In the wee hours of February 7, 2015, Morris Njuguna, a taxi driver, received a call from a ‘customer’ at about 4am that would change…
Citizen Digital, KBC, Capital FM stories on Siaya journalists’ fight lacked foothold
By Dex Mumo On January 23, 2024, the Media Council of Kenya released a public statement expressing dismay over a public scuffle involving three journalists…
Dear media, stop cheering on killers of women
Let’s start by defining femicide. But before we go there, some sombre statistics: Did you know that nine in every 10 people have had at…
COP29 is 11 months away, enough time to get our reporting right
As we look ahead to COP29 later this year in Baku, Azerbaijan, there is an opportunity for the African media to play a pivotal role…
Rwanda’s New Times required Bodmas to report lake tragedy
It was doom at noon on Friday, January 26, 2024, on Lake Mugesera in Rwanda. According to the New Times, a tragedy happened when an…
Learned Man’s scary night with Jessica
By Makau Kitata There is a kind of sadness that visits optimists in January. On this day, we met to break the Christmas and New…
Ruling on housing levy, Maribe, women’s rage over killings trend
Introduction This trend analysis report spans January 22 to January 28, 2024, examining the interplay between digital dialogues on social media and their impacts on…
Facts are sacred, tell us how occult is leading cause of murder
Detectives suspect the killing of Rita Waeni Muendo was part of ongoing occultism in the country (Star, January 24, p.20). Occultism is one of the…