[kictanet] Kenya: The Media is Not Innocent

[Alex Gakuru]

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Alex

--- Wainaina Mungai <wainaina.mungai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> The personal mail Alai has opted to copy to the list
> was not meant to be
> copied to then list. Apologies for that.
> 
> Clearly, we must have moderation in relation to
> these discussions else there
> will be no need to have a mailing list on which we
> seek openly but
> respectfully.
> 
> Am sure the moderator has powers to remedy the
> problem.
> 
> Wainaina
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Robert Alai
> <alai.robert at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Wainaina
> >
> > This is funny. On one hand you are describing how
> KTN/Standard did incite
> > the public and ignore the fact that All Royal
> Media outlets including
> > RamogiFM, Kameme, and KBC have gone to become
> Kikuyu chauvinist and not
> > ready to protect the interest of Kenya. On another
> hand you claim ho the
> > current Kenyan problem is political. *THE PROBLEM
> IS NOT POLITICAL BUT
> > ETHNIC. *I have just come from a tour which took
> me from Tigoni, Juja,
> > Nyeri, Naivasha, Eldoret, Kisumu, Yala and Busia.
> I travelled with the IDPs
> > and listened and cried of what I heard. Kenyans
> are being denied their
> > rights because they are not Kikuyu. I have the
> word of MPs and confirmed
> > with IOM that the government explicitly informed
> the Redcross and IOM not to
> > serve some communities. I have horror tales of
> women whose husbands were
> > hacked with pangas inside Tigoni police station
> and the police couldnt save
> > because they are not Kikuyu. I have talked to
> Abbas of IOM of how different
> > Redcross is treating IDPs. kikuyu IDPs are treated
> with all care and others
> > ignored. I personally snatched blankets from
> Pamela who is the regional
> > redcross manager in Kisumu when she refused to
> give them to mothers and
> > chidren I transported from tigoni and naivasha. I
> brought 17 buses and
> > called redcross and informed them of my mission. I
> had a meeting with Dr
> > Simiyu and Abbas Guled and they agreed to prepare
> the ground. After a whole
> > day travel I got redcross not ready and when they
> saw the buses is when they
> > started cutting the mbogas and meat. We handed
> over 4 children whose mother
> > was admitted to Agha khan with serious illness and
> redcross took the
> > children to a police station in Siaya.
> >
> > Kenyan problem is tribal and not political. We
> cannot have one tribe
> > running roughshod and even the religious leaders
> from Kikuyu preaching the
> > Kikuyu superiority. We cannot have one tribe
> killing and maiming Kenyans
> > while claiming there is a genocide against
> Kikuyus. No Kikuyu was killed in
> > Kisumu. Infact they were protected and even I have
> Mwangi, and Kuria who are
> > my friends living and working in Kisumu even now
> when they cant work
> > anywhere else. But Kibaki is ordering NGOs not to
> serve non Kikuyus. Kikuyus
> > enjoy greater access to loans and even
> humanitarian assistance. Go to
> > Kondele in Kisumu where the Kikuyu IDPs are
> housed. You will find that there
> > is a bigger difference with Moi stadium where
> redcross dont want to even put
> > basic facilities forcing the local community in
> Kisumu to house the IDPs at
> > St Stephens.
> >
> > kenyans, these theories of Bitange and Wainaina
> only works for the few
> > they serve. Bitange was key in selling 51percent
> shares of Telkom Kenya to
> > the french consortium at 26 Billion Ksh. Before
> that the government cleared
> > a debt of 69 billion. if 51% shares were sold at
> 26 it menas that Telkom
> > Kenya was just worht 52 Billion. Why settle a debt
> of 69 billion? What is
> > the mathematics here? telkom Kenya was worthless?
> Shame on you Bitange. Only
> > people who dont know your inner dealings will
> respect what you say. You
> > really like to please masters and never acts
> proffesionaly.
> >
> > Alai
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Wainaina Mungai



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