[kictanet] Gov't threatens to shut media houses announcing election results - Citizentv.co.ke

[Dorcas Muthoni]

My point remains,  we must be protected from the media itself.  This I will
not be afraid to say again and again.

Forget making the media look good and innocent. It's normal human beings
working in the media and the reality is many are partisan if not
compromised.

The government must protect us (ordinary Kenyans). I expect the government
to go the extra mile especially during this election where stakes have been
raised to extreme levels.

No responsible media house will be rushing to get punished by a shutdown.
Not unless,  they are motivated by other reasons beyond sharing information
which we shall be getting from IEBC anyway.

On Jul 31, 2017 12:53 PM, "William Oloo" <williamjanak at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dorcas, you cannot agree with the CS on shutting down the media. The media
> outlets will pick results as announced by IEBC officials, not their own
> figures. There is no law prohibiting the media from updating the public on
> the results or announcing who the winners from the results as they stream
> in. What is the preserve of the IEBC Chairman is the DECLARATION of the
> presidential winner and conferring formal/official victory on him/her.  We
> must stop this unnnecessary fear, especially that it is the media
> announcement which can spark off chaos. Chaos will be sparked off by the
> failure of the media to inform the public or announce the results and by
> failure by the IEBC to announce credible results and in a timely manner.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> The media must act very responsibly. On this one, I will support the CS.
>> Everyone may tally but a media house cannot purport to have the official
>> record.  Only IEBC has the mandate.
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2017 4:13 PM, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> This doesn't sound right. Two steps forwad one back.
>>>
>>> Regards
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