[kictanet] The role of Media in political developement

[Grace Githaiga]

Dr. Ndemo, Barrack,
Edith, Charles et al

 

Very interesting
debate.

 

> I am challenging
this Forum to take its rightful responsibility and seek for an issue based
debate among all declared candidates. Let us know what they plan to do with:

> Youth

> Unemployment

> Food security

> Education

> Health and more.



Dr. Ndemo and listers,
if you remember KICTANet in 2007 (April-Dec) facilitated debate on
mainstreaming ICT Agenda in the 2007 electioneering debate. This was informed by
KICTANet’s mission of all round development of ICT as a tool for national
development and empowerment. 

 

In
the same breadth, KICTANet can do this in 2012. As the parties formulate the
issues to constitute their manifestos, this is the right time to force debate on
political parties on articulation of key issues that Dr. Ndemo has highlighted.



> In the US Media has a responsibility to organise town hall debates to
allow every citizen to be heard. We are the New Media. We can generate the
issues here then use the forum to enhance the political debates. In the absence
of anything politicians will always revert to siasa ya kumalizana.

> 

Many of the Presidential candidates are
already using social networks to reach out to Kenyans. I am not sure though
that they do the updates themselves or they have assistants doing the updates cause at times the responses are not exactly coherent. I and some listers have
for example raised issues with some Presidential Candidates on twitter with no
response. 
We could discuss some of these issues here online (structured debates as is our style),  but I think we should still try
and organize townhall debates, and bring together key political leadership and
political parties to discuss their own perspectives of the critical issues that
affect this nation, and ofcourse how they will position ICT as key component
for national growth.


KICTANet is a multistakeholder forum that could contribute
to political
parties drafting forward-looking policy commitments and develop strategies
through ideas generated. And ofcourse just to let the leadership know that we are watching and
expect them to be accountable to the citizens of this country. 
And since we have media represented here, we would expect that they would carry the debate/issues on their other platforms (print/broadcast) so that Kenyans who are not online or present in townhalls can also get to see/hear what the political leadership holds for this country.


We will need resources for the townhall
meetings though. Any takers? Dr. Ndemo, Edith, Others?
RgdsGG
> Regards
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> Ndemo.
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> Listers,
> 
> Having watched a couple of programmes focusing on current political
> happenings i am left wondering on the role of the media, are some of
> this media houses engaged in political activism or are they educating
> the masses?. Why cant media houses be more innovative and focus on
> debates such as what we had on this list  (Ndemo for president). This
> populist debates centered around opinions are a recipe for chaos. One
> just needs to look at what happened in Sabatia to know what can happen
> when this opinion contests are not handled well. We need to evaluate
> the possible impact of some of this opinion based discussions, they
> may shore up profits for media houses but divide the country.
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