On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
The reporters of the Car Track story are either not REAL Kenyans or someone else is paying them some hefty fees to pull the story. I hear the MD of Car Track offered them a cool Million which they refused and chose to do the story. Something more sinister must be cooking! Since when did corruption seize to be a way of life in Kenya?
Well, if the journalists have integrity, three cheers for them, if they don't, TrackIT have been duly uncovered, we celebrate, either way...
There are journalists and journalists! Don't ask me to do the differential calculus there. There are journalists who get paid more than some top CEOs and there are journalists who scrap a living. You understand? Anyway, in the Trackshit case, I asked myself the same question: Were they to be offered 15million, would they still go on with the exposé? Two things stand out: One is that the evidence came to them and any attempts by them to "cover" the lid would have led to serious repercussions. Secondly, they could as well still be having their conscience intact. Corruption is mostly in govt/civil service. The one in the parastatals is still govt, sort of. And yes, there are Kenyans out there who would fight corruption to the last drop of their blood! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain