[kictanet] Media Condoning Corruption

[waudo siganga]

 Is the media in a "pact" (tacit or otherwise) with some large
telecoms companies NOT to publish anything negative about them,
including complaints from consumers? Onstensibly they do not want
to hurt the large but competitive advertising revenue streams??.
Let's hope not true.

Unrelated, but still talking of complaints, I requested Safaricom
to change my number 0722395900 from Postpaid to Prepaid on 9th
January this year. The number went "off air" almost immediately
and since then my visits to their offices and countless phone
calls (using my Zain line) have borne all sorts of  explanations
and false promises but no service. How many calls have I missed
in close to 2 weeks and why are these guys apparently struggling
just to activate/migrate one number?

Waudo
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:12:19 +0300, "Victor Maloi" <victormaloi3 at gmail.co
m> said:

Dear Folks,

On Monday the PS launched a Disaster Management System at
Serena.  The system objectives are to: 1) monitor incidences of
extreme hunger in rural areas and 2) monitor incidences of
corruption (stealing of relief food) in field offices.  Within
six hours, some 3,500 had called the 109 toll free number giving
graphic details how releief food is being stolen by in some cases
agents working for relief organization.  The media safe for KBC
and K24, blacked out this initiative.



It has emerged that some directors of relief organizations were
livid that the Government did not consult them.  Indeed one of
the major relief agency has employed people from one village.
Instead of acting on the corruption vice, they approached media
to form a partnership ostensibly to "help the poor".  They are
meeting this morning to announce the partnership while keeping a
tight lid on the earlier initiatives.



Yawe, Crystal, indeed Technology works but as you can see our
brothers in the media can frustrate a noble objective to get even
with government. Bwana PS, I know the FOI is not law yet but we
demand that these revelations are published in alternative media
if mainstream media is getting its hands dirtied.



Victor.
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