[kictanet] Is there a govt. media policy?

[Wamuyu Gatheru]

CNN is this week showing a documentary on the treatment of Kenya's  
mentally ill. Its being shown on the World's Untold Stories series and  
clips also being shown on various other CNN programmes.

CNN journalist David Mackenzie and his crew are shown on 'Best of  
Backstory' locked in Ward 7 of Mathari Hospital by the hospital's  
administrator. They had govt permission to film but apparently things  
changed when they filmed a dead body lying next to one of the  
patients. David and his team call all sorts of high offices and in the  
end a call from the Prime Minister sets them free.

Does govt have a media policy that public workers are educated on?  
This David saga is a really poor show for Kenya on top of the  
unfortunate public health story.

Wamuyu


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