[kictanet] Is Kenyan Media Asleep?

[Wycliff Ochieng]

Edith,
I think the local media seems to have been gagged to avoid raising
political tension. All the media houses had their staff in the field
and a in-house tallying centres from nearly all the constituencies but
they are somehow afraid to share with the public since IEBC is the
only body allowed to release elections results.
I think this situation, in my opinion raises un-certainty for no reason.

Rgd,
Cliff


On 3/7/13, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> With the information revolution, news makes round at the speed of light.
>
> Why should we be getting breaking news of this kind (below) from
> international news? Why not from our local media? Should our source of
> information be by international media houses?
>
> The media is represented on this list, what's going on?
>
> Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 11:44 AM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013:
> #BREAKING: Running mate of Kenya PM Odinga - one of the frontrunners in
> Monday's presidential polls - alleges vote-rigging
>
> BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) tweeted at 0:02 PM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013:
> Party of 2nd-placed candidate in Kenyan elections, Raila Odinga, says it has
> evidence that results are being "doctored"
>