Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi)
6 January 2009
President Mwai Kibaki's recent decision to approve a law to gag the broadcast media has continued to outrage the country, further soiling the now debated legacy of the man who was swept to power in 2002 by a wave of hope for democratic reforms.
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Soon we are going to overtake the west on Divorce cases. The youth of this country have been brainwashed by the media that they have no decency. There are some actions which i can not do because my soul can not allow me to do them but the media has detroyed all the self sensorship human beings were given by God. If being obscene and vulgur in the name of freedom is the in thing, let me become a slave.
Nairobi Star (Nairobi)
7 January 2008
The ODM believes the contentious Kenya Communications Act is part of a hidden agenda by some PNU hardliners to retain power in 2012.
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Whatever the reasons spare has the crap. When the bill was being debated where were they? The did not see it for all the months it stayed in the house? Why did they not propose any ammendments which they are championing now? Kenyas should be the most gullible people on this world.
The ODM seems to prefer a form of government which has an open house policy where cats can seat on the same table with mice, lions party and dance with gazelles, robbers strategise robbery with those to be robbed, spies discuss spying mission with those to be spied, murderers inform their victims in advance, etc. In short, a govt with no secrets. By extension, a government where the media would be free to do anything under the sun including encouraging men to rape their infants and rape own mothers!
Kenyan media would rather the coalition government collapses with the possible accompanying mayhem than they lose their jobs, yet the same media applauded when ECK lost their jobs despite the fact that politicians benefited from ECK shortcomings. Kenyan media had their shortcoming too-they rigged the Elections by being shamelessly partisan and erecting an alternative ''KCC'' somewhere. Not ECK! Those "bought" journalists who helped pluge this country to bloodshed deserve to lose their jobs too. This not withstanding, Kenyans deserve a responsible media that respects the right of individuals to preserve common decency. As things stand today, every Kenya,self respecting or not - be he/she young, old , child or even infant, is being subjected to KOINANGE STREET CULTURE by the media. Bedroom language is being discussed liberally on air to all and sundry! Children are Not being afforded their human rights- their cardinal right to enjoy a period of innocence.-The media would rather tell them Koinange Street culture is the universal cultural norm. KNCHR should be in the forefront fighting to reclaim the rights of children to innocence. The only animal species in Kenya that devours its young is the Kenyan human species, particularly of the male gender.