<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Evans, anyone,<br><br>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.<br> <br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Evans Ikua
<ikua.evans@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ict.researcher@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 11, 2013 1:30 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be?<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv493864806">Wow, this is a gem from Time:<br><br><br>"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.
<b>The popular mood has also been notably anti-Western. <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">Foreign diplomats
have been warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the
poll</span></b>. <b>Foreign journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as
prejudiced if they predicted chaos and disaster.</b> And a central message
of most candidates’ campaigns was strident, patriotic
self-determination."<div style="overflow:hidden;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:left;text-decoration:none;border:medium none;"><br>Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victory-means-for-africa/#ixzz2NE3fBw4v<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><b>----------------------------------------------------<br>Kind Regards,<br>Evans Ikua,</b><br>
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