[kictanet] [mediaeditors] Why Barr the Media from PS Interviews?

[Eng. Wainaina Mungai]

Isn't it telling that the media is not up in arms trying to cover the
PSC interviews? I suppose the 18 will be turned inside out.

On 4/30/13, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca> wrote:
> The assumption is that the shortlist will have the best? How will you know?
>
> I still think both can be done, public can be present plus media could cover
> it sequentially as you coordinated yourselves for the Presidential debate.
>
> Edith
>
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> Interviews?
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> Makali has put forward my prefered approach. His approach allows for real
> 'public participation' by allowing representation of views by the public.
>
> For private media, it's impractical to have 155 persons on live TV
> continuously for 10 or so days. May the coverage be on the final shortlist,
> instead.
>
> I doubt there's need to attack the character of the Chair of PSC.
> Instead, submit representations to PSC about the candidates by Thursday,
> demand public rep. is allowed to be present at interviews and limit live
> broadcast to fewer candidates.
>
> On 4/30/13, dmakali at yahoo.com <dmakali at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Mayb we need to interrogate the meaning of "public participation"
>> threshold of the constitution.  Does watching or holding a recruitment
>> process in the open space - on tv or a physical venue like kicc -
>> constitute public participation or is it that every citizen is free
>> and has an opportunity to be considered and to raise any matter
>> pertinent to the recruitment and potential recruits that counts?
>>
>> Methinks the latter, which has been complied with by psc advertising
>> and inviting any1 interested to apply. That also meets the "competitive"
>> criterion.
>>
>> The next demand we should put on them is to facilitate or make it
>> possible for any1 who wants to sit in the room to observe the process
>> or to submit any information that may assist it to recruit the right
>> candidates do so.
>> That complies with the transparency requirement.
>>
>> The interviews can otherwise become a farce at this stage if the
>> template is applied across the 155 applicants.  The live broadcast can
>> come at the final stahe wen the shortlisted go before Parliament where
>> scrutiny should be even more thorough and of a different kind - political
>> and ideological.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry(r)
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