[kictanet] how positive can foreign media be?

[ICT Researcher]

Evans, anyone,

Would anyone happen to have data on foreign media houses total investment on covering our expected brutally violent elections - including their travel and accomodation costs? Given no 2007-08 violence like erupted, their costly investment was largely wasted. Of course, many humanitarian organisations were ready for bloody skirmished and foreign diplomats had advised their staff to stock food in anticipation - it was reported on FM stations prior to the elections.
   




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 From: Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com>
To: ict.researcher at yahoo.com 
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 1:30 PM
Subject: [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be?
 

Wow, this is a gem from Time:


"At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral body
 with a new — though not glitch-free — electronic voting system, 
Kenyans’ determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. The popular mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats 
have been warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the 
poll. Foreign journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as 
prejudiced if they predicted chaos and disaster. And a central message 
of most candidates’ campaigns was strident, patriotic 
self-determination."

Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victory-means-for-africa/#ixzz2NE3fBw4v



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Evans Ikua,

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