[kictanet] Media Bill

[Dorcas Muthoni]

Nice, But the media is far from self regulation. Or at least, we have not
seen enough of that. The govt definitely has a role.

Mis-information is really a great role the media is recently playing.

The public has to be guarded against irresponsible journalism and govt is
definitely one of those key stakeholders in ensuring this. A supplier/s
cannot be solely trusted on this.

On 5/18/07, Kanja Waruru <kanjawaruru at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> In brief, the Bill seeks to establish
> a Media Council of Kenya and a Media Advisory Board to
> regulate journalist, enforce a code of conduct and
> manage a complaints committee.
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> The Media Owners Association has been campaigning
> against establishment of statutory media regulation to
> replace the existing self-regulation mechanism.
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> On Thursday 17th May the MOA issued a press statement
> to make their two points clear to the govt..
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> 1, MOA rejects the Media Bill 2007.
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> 2, We have our own Bill which we would be happy to
> replace with the govt Bill.
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> Will keep you posted on that.
> Kanja
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