[kictanet] Declining English grammar in our Newsprint

[Mwangi James Wamae]

Ahh PS Ndemo:

I'm going to enjoy reading the responses to this...

The quality of the writing in just about all of our daily newspapers is atrocious.  I have seen the same person's name spelled differently in different stories in the same edition.  Our president was recently called 'Mwaki Kibaki' -- how can you screw up the president's name?

Our journalists, copy editors, fact-checkers all need to raise their game.  As you mention, there is no shortage of fluent English speakers in Kenya so the recruiting/HR folks also need a talking to...

Many Kenyans write and write well, I read their work everyday on blogs, on Facebook and other social media, and yes, in some print media too.

At the risk of aging myself, I recall a time when our publications had stellar writing.  Let's get back there.

-Mw
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All of today's newspapers had several grammatical errors.  At this time and age of ICT, is it not too embarrasing to have such errors?  We have  thousands of English majors without jobs.  It is time for media to be thorough in what they do by utilizing our many graduates without jobs.  As a Kenyan I get embarrased to see such errors.

Ndemo.




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