<div>I think we are trying to trivialise a very critical aspect of what has happened to this country. I must stand up to be counted as a media practitioner and say that YES, the media (they really know it!) stand accused.</div>
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<div>Prior to and after elections, several media houses became blatant in their bias. In my opinion, some media houses were used to create a situation where one side was not supposed to lose - with dire consequences for us all if they did.</div>
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<div>In the course of marketing their preferred presidential candidate, journalists fell into the propaganda trap of the main antagonists. For the true and ethical professionals, what we saw and read as agenda setting was simply disgusting! It was really unimaginable that some journalists behaved like they were aliens and would simply fly into space if this country burned down - like it so nearly did.</div>
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<div>This is really a highly emotive issue but let not us underestimate or insult the intelligence of Kenyans. We all know that there is a lot of money that changes hands and big promises given during critical moments like elections. </div>
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<div>The Government task force is inevitable but of course with MCK representatives. Otherwise, in future we could easily have a Rwanda situation as the media gets bolder and more aggressive with their agenda. We as the media must realise that irresponsibility will cost us all and denial is not really a strategy any more. <br>
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<div>Stephen Ndegwa</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 13/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Aduda</b> <<a href="mailto:daduda@nation.co.ke">daduda@nation.co.ke</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Dear colleagues,</font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Having followed the debate on the media audit, I'm convinced there is consensus that it's important that we review how the media handled the elections, before, during and after. That is perfectly in order. What's alarming is the insistence that the government should do it, whereas there is an organisation, the Media Council, whose mandate includes checking how the media operates with a view to protect the producers and consumers of news.We've expressed our views as media practitioners about our disdain for a governmental audit and Dr Bitange knows about that. Our suggestion remains, let MCK do the audit, otherwise we'll be accused of creating institutions just to kill them.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">But it must be noted vilifying the media won't do when all of us know where the problem lies. It's human to take an easy route out of a crisis. The ministry of Information and Communications must not fall into that trap.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Finally, I associate myself with a view expressed earlier by one contributor, namely, moderation in this discourse.</font> </p>
<p><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">David Aduda</font> <br><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Nation Media Group</font> </p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">----------</font> <br><b><font face="Arial" size="2">From:</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">kictanet-bounces+daduda=<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> on behalf of <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a></font> <br>
<b><font face="Arial" size="2">Reply To:</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a></font> <br>
<b><font face="Arial" size="2">Sent:</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:36 PM</font> <br><b><font face="Arial" size="2">To:</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">David Aduda</font> <br>
<b><font face="Arial" size="2">Cc:</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</font> <br><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Subject:</font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2">Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables</font> </p>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">We are working towards that. We need private sector to push these developments. Government is not good in business. We can only intervene to facilitate especially the small enterprises.</font></p>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">Ndemo</font> </p><br>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">Sent from my BlackBerry®</font> </p>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">-----Original Message-----</font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">From: "Eric Osiakwan" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:eric@afrispa.org" target="_blank">eric@afrispa.org</a>></font> </p>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:22:38 </font><br><font face="Monaco" size="2"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:To:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">To:bitange@jambo.co.ke</a></font> <br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">Cc:KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></font> <br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables</font> </p><br>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">Nothing against all the big guns establishing in Kenya but what about a long term objective </font><br><font face="Monaco" size="2">of building our own version of Akamai,googles, Limelights etc. </font></p>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">Dont forget the real winners in the knowledge era are those who produce their own not use </font><br><font face="Monaco" size="2">others. So our long term objective should be to have our own alongside others because it is </font><br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">a free market economy. </font></p>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">Eric here</font> </p><br>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">---------- Original Message ----------------------------------</font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">From: Michuki Mwangi <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:michuki@swiftkenya.com" target="_blank">michuki@swiftkenya.com</a>></font> <br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">Reply-To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:michuki@swiftkenya.com" target="_blank">michuki@swiftkenya.com</a></font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:14:04 +0300</font> </p>
<p><font face="Monaco" size="2">></font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">></font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a> wrote:</font> <br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">>> Good news is that Etisalat (our partners in Teams) in conjunction with</font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">>> Akamai are building an Internet Point of Presence (POP) in Fujaira thus</font> <br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">>> eliminating long distance needs for Internet in this region. </font><br><font face="Monaco" size="2">></font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">>The long term objective should be to have the likes of Akamai, Limelight </font><br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">>and google collocating their nodes in Kenya. This will essentially keep </font><br><font face="Monaco" size="2">>at least 50% of our Internet traffic local.</font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">></font> <br>
<font face="Monaco" size="2">>Regards,</font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">></font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">>Michuki.</font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">></font> <br><font face="Monaco" size="2">>_______________________________________________</font> <br>
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