I think we are independent to say anything we want as long as we are alive!!! If we say the govt to control all that, our media, blogs, etc nothing will come up that hidden by corrupt individuals, and we will be colonized til we all go live underground. On 1/11/10, Robert Alai <alai.robert@gmail.com> wrote:
David
We are not accusing the media on Fanning violence only. What about the nudity we have to endure and the coarse language. No media house is clean now and so we are left with no option but to ask for control. And RTML fanned genocide in Rwanda unless we want to bury our heads in the sand.
And when the politicians were sending hate speeches where did they get them from? Did we not see media houses sponsoring adverts calling for oathing and arming and also in Rift Valley others calling for expulsion of foreigners?
If someone send you insults through the media should the media relay the insults and should the media broadcast speeches where politicians call openly for killing of political opponents? This must stop and because they have failed self regulation, the government must step in ASAP and contain them.
This will make the media attack on me increase but I have no apologies and must demand that media be controlled in Kenya. Wapende wasipende
ALai
On Jan 11, 1:59 pm, "Benthu David Nthengwe" <NTHEN...@unhcr.org> wrote:
Dear members of the forum,
I rarely, rarely, comment on issues raised by forum members. But this one has made me rise from my sleep to defend the rights of media and free speech.
I do not agree at all that PEV or Rwanda genocide were the result of media. The skunker has to indeed take time and read, analyse accurately, events that led to the genocide in Rwanda and, indeed, to Kenya's PEV. As a former journalist myself, and well versed with the issues in Rwanda and Kenya, it is the politicians more than the poorly paid journalists that stoked the fire of genocide/ethnic cleansing in these great countries. So, rather than punish or regulate media, what of regulating the politicians for their irresponsible utterances and underhand manipulative acts of divide and rule?
Skunker, the politician is a cunning animal, do not buy into his/her bait easily. Kenyan politicians are scapegoating media for their manipulative acts and what followed on. Of course you would be asking yourself, how do we help media then from being abused or used? There are many ways of doing this: encourage growth of private media which you will see was never the case in Rwanda at the time of the genocide. In Kenya, the press is equally and dominantly state-owned or funded by individual politicians although some carry the banner of 'private media'. Currently, real private media in Kenya (and most of Africa) is foreign. We as Africans could do be better by promoting the development of local private media that works in the public interest. We should be advocating for better, friendly media laws/bills than is the case currently.
I could go on and on.... but I suppose you do not need my lecture on this issue!
David in the DRC...
Theus Owicho <owic...@gmail.com> 11/01/2010 10:31 >>>
Skunkers
Read this analysis by Shem Ochuodho in support of the control of Kenyan Media.
regards Owicho
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