[kictanet] Declining English grammar in our Newsprint

Tue Oct 11 10:04:53 EAT 2011

Yes Liko, i took the long route, trying to adapt to the values on vision
2030 :-) though it was painfull.

Kind Regards

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sema Barrack ... I know that diversion
>
> Now tell us ... did you take the long route ?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I agree Daktari we have very bad manners, i was going to the Village on
>> Saturday morning and got to some diversion in Kericho, i saw people driving
>> through and was curious getting there i was asked if i have a pass from the
>> DC of which i said i dont  and was told to follow some trucks for a 30 KM
>> agonizing stretch that could rip apart a car (poor workmanship), as i was
>> reversing another driver told me that the pass ni kitu kidogo,  it made me
>> reverse even faster, what a shame! i felt like calling that DC, this culture
>> of shortcuts will cost this country a great future. I remember meeting by
>> Uncle at Telposta towers on a restaurant 5 years ago and he stopped reading
>> a newspaper since it had two many grammatical mistakes, i think its an issue
>> of ethics and rewarding mediocirty
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:08 AM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Catherine,
>>> I think we are approaching this discussion the wrong way.  If you have
>>> been employed to be an Editor, then be the best in the World.  You simply
>>> have to take the job seriously.
>>>
>>> You need to watch Michael Jackson's "This is it" in order to understand
>>> what taking your job seriously mean.  You will begin to understand why he
>>> was good.  Similarly, we can have good editors.  The Indians have succeeded
>>> in this yet we think we have better grasp of the language.
>>>
>>> There are good Editors out there but they are kept out of the job either
>>> because they do not know someone or have no money to bribe and get the job.
>>>  Do we know how the hiring is done?  For us to succeed we must first accept
>>> our inadequacies, our rotten habbits, our biases, our tribalist tendancies,
>>> our ...
>>>
>>> There is no sabstitute for hard work and transparency.  If we embrace
>>> these simple rules, our publications will change over night.  It is time we
>>> accept that governance issue for this country does not only affect the
>>> Government.  We must get rid of it from our society.
>>>
>>> This is the root cause of our bad image in everything we do.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ndemo.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com>
>>> Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.keDate:
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>>> To: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
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