[kictanet] Fw: Auditing the Media
Alex Gakuru
alex.gakuru at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 14 18:36:04 EAT 2008
Hi Florence,
The more the independent reports outputs, the better.
I think the audit will be be multi-tier:
Tier 1
Inhouse(voluntary): from frontline journalists, report
desks, stations, editors.... I consider the meeting I
mentioned earlier to be in this tier
Tier 2
External Audit- media owners, etc ending at (young)MCK
Tier 3
Task Force - Government (Overall)
This method ensures everyone participates even if just
self-audit or reflection of their roles.
New media, we propose additional approach
methodologies.
Regards,
Alex
--- Florence Etta <feanywhere at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been following this very interesting debate.
> Harry says in response to David that:- neither the
> Government nor the Media Council should do this
> audit.
> David had suggested:- 'Our suggestion remains, let
> MCK do the audit, otherwise we'll be accused of
> creating institutions just to kill them'.
>
> In my humble opinion there could be two or even more
> audits but at least one would NEED to be
> commissioned but not necessarily done by the MCK. If
> it is commissioined by the MCK with government
> backing (and conducted as Harry suggests by
> independent and credible researchers/professionals)
> this presupposes that it (the audit) will recieve
> its (MCK) complete and unalloyed support so that the
> findings and possibly recommendations, when they do
> come out, would hopefully get fair reception and
> possibly use.
>
> It is possible also even for KICTANET on behalf of
> the ICT community to seek support to commission an
> audit as well. This one could be stilted towards
> handhelds so that the full extent of the implication
> and use of these tools could be attempted and future
> scenarios constructed for the preservation and
> maintenance of both individual and collective rights
> and public order using these tools.
>
> Cheers,
> FE
>
> Florence Etta PhD
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Harry Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
> To: florence.etta at gmail.com
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 February, 2008 4:49:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
>
>
> David, neither the Government nor the Media Council
> should do this audit. It should be done by an
> independent research organization. The media council
> just like the ECK and other institutions have been
> too politicized to be objective and credible.
>
> Regards
> Harry
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> From:
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> On Behalf Of David Aduda
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:44 AM
> To: harry at africanedevelopment.org
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
>
> Dear colleagues,
> Having followed the debate on the media audit, I'm
> convinced there is consensus that it's important
> that we review how the media handled the elections,
> before, during and after. That is perfectly in
> order. What's alarming is the insistence that the
> government should do it, whereas there is an
> organisation, the Media Council, whose mandate
> includes checking how the media operates with a view
> to protect the producers and consumers of news.We've
> expressed our views as media practitioners about our
> disdain for a governmental audit and Dr Bitange
> knows about that. Our suggestion remains, let MCK do
> the audit, otherwise we'll be accused of creating
> institutions just to kill them.
> But it must be noted vilifying the media won't do
> when all of us know where the problem lies. It's
> human to take an easy route out of a crisis. The
> ministry of Information and Communications must not
> fall into that trap.
> Finally, I associate myself with a view expressed
> earlier by one contributor, namely, moderation in
> this discourse.
> David Aduda
> Nation Media Group
> ----------
> From:
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> on behalf of bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Reply To: bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:36 PM
> To: David Aduda
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
> We are working towards that. We need private sector
> to push these developments. Government is not good
> in business. We can only intervene to facilitate
> especially the small enterprises.
> Ndemo
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Eric Osiakwan" <eric at afrispa.org>
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:22:38
> To:bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Cc:KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
>
> Nothing against all the big guns establishing in
> Kenya but what about a long term objective
> of building our own version of Akamai,googles,
> Limelights etc.
> Dont forget the real winners in the knowledge era
> are those who produce their own not use
> others. So our long term objective should be to have
> our own alongside others because it is
> a free market economy.
> Eric here
>
> ---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> From: Michuki Mwangi <michuki at swiftkenya.com>
> Reply-To: michuki at swiftkenya.com
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:14:04 +0300
> >
> >
> >bitange at jambo.co.ke wrote:
> >> Good news is that Etisalat (our partners in
> Teams) in conjunction with
> >> Akamai are building an Internet Point of Presence
> (POP) in Fujaira thus
> >> eliminating long distance needs for Internet in
> this region.
> >
> >The long term objective should be to have the likes
> of Akamai, Limelight
> >and google collocating their nodes in Kenya . This
> will essentially keep
> >at least 50% of our Internet traffic local.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Michuki.
> >
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