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KENYA: TRIBUTE TO THE LATE NOAH IMBAYA

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By Agwanda Saye

The late journalist Noah Imbaya Ndaklu was finally laid to rest at his father’s home in Eshikhuyu Village,Ebukanga Sub-Location,Bunyore Central Location ,Luanda Division in Emuhaya District.

His death news was broken to me by Vihiga County reporter Nahashon Obwonya who work me early that Sunday telling me the devastating news.

“Agwanda,your friend Imbaya is dead” he told me and two hours later I was surprised to his phone ringing only for his wife Beatrice to tell me the same

I never had an opportunity to attend his burial which I would have really wished to but circumstances beyond me would not have allowed.

I will eternally be indebted to the entire “Citizen Weekly” fraternity and the entirely family of “Msakhulu” Nabule if I do not say one or two things about the late “Mwalimu” as he was known.

I knew the late while he was at their Moi Avenue offices and anytime I passed by I would always find him buried in past and current editions of publications “digging” into stories as he usually says.

Imbaya never had a desire for much and he never made unrealistic demands from colleagues, he also was a man who would keep his words and a promise he made with you would be as he said always”itakuwa tu hivyo”

Whenever he was home from the City he would asked me if I would be paying for his”Nya Ugenya or Msamaria Mwema” fare back to the city.

All the “deals” I ever made with him he never failed on his part to complete, whenever he assured you that your request is granted he never reneged on it.

The “few news sources” I ever introduced him with never at no time ever lamented to me that he was neither “a bother nor an irritant”.

To sum it all, Imbaya was a man who to me kept his word in any arrangement you made with me, whether socially or professionally.

He knew the perimeters of “a deal” and never mixed his social issues with “serious news sources” at times the said people I introduced him to would always ask me why he never always communicated with them.

He was born on 5th August 1972 to Mzee Simon Ndakalu Nabule and Mama Roda Ndakalu Nabule of Eshikhuyu Village.

He has left behind a widow Beatrice Auma and three Children,he started his Primary School at Lunga Lunga then Emukhunzulu where he did his KCPE ,he joined Emusire High School and excelled in his KCSE exams then joined Moi University Eldoret where he graduated with a BA degree in Linguistics and Sociology.

Upon graduating ,he was employed as a high school teacher in various secondary Schools such as Emusire, Emabyima, Essabra and lastly Eshibinga before joining “Weekly Citizen” as a sub editor Per excellence,

As his colleagues say he was an intellectual per excellence and his incisive and probing mind and in his transition at such a tender age the family lost a breadwinner.

“His quaint sense of humor will forever etch smiles on the faces of those lucky to have worked or socialized with him” his colleagues at Headlink Publishers Ltd lamented.

He died after short illness at St.Francis Hospital Mortuary

MEDIA VIOLATIONS IN MALI.

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By Agwanda Saye in Bamako Mali

Amid continuing political instability following a rebel takeover in the north and a military coup in the capital in March, Reporters Without Borders has compiled the following summary of media freedom violations in Mali during the past three weeks.

“Chaos has reigned in the north since March, but the persistence of media freedom violations in the south, especially the capital, Bamako, is intolerable,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It shows that the 22 March coup has overturned Mali’s status as a regional model of respect for freedom of information. The authorities can no longer be counted on to let the media operate freely. The list of violations of journalists’ rights keeps on growing.”

Journalist’s unexplained disappearance

Babi Ahbi, the editor of the Bamako-based periodical Agora, has been missing since 12 May. His family, friends and colleagues are all very concerned by his sudden disappearance at a time of threats to media personnel. No one has so far ventured any theory to explain how he vanished.

“The police must shed light on this journalist’s disturbing disappearance and they must not rule out the possibility that it is linked to his work,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Whether he has been kidnapped, imprisoned or killed, his family and colleagues have a right to know the facts.”

Some sources told Reporters Without Borders that Ahbi supported “the people in the north of Mali,” where an armed group has proclaimed a breakaway state.

Intelligence officers after journalists’ sources

State Security officers arrested Birama Fall, the editor of the bi-weekly Le Prétoire, at his newspaper at around midday on 12 May, and questioned him at State Security headquarters for four hours before letting him go.

They interrogated him about a phone conversation with a former government minister who had told him that the bodies of many “Red Beret” participants in a failed counter-coup on 30 April were buried in a mass grave in Diago, a few kilometres outside Bamako. The former minister gave Fall its alleged location but Fall had refused to publish the information because he could not confirm it.

Saouti Haïdara, the editor of the privately-owned daily L’Indépendant, was briefly arrested by three State Security officers on 16 May and was given the same treatment as his colleague from Le Prétoire.

Haïdara was interrogated about a “leaflet-style” article he had published the previous week advising Malians to stay at home or to avoid public and military buildings because of the threat of bombings or armed attacks by “a certain Captain Touré.” The intelligence officers wanted to know who his source was.

“These two arrests show that phones are being tapped, which is a serious violation of journalists’ rights,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Illegal phone tapping combined with interrogation endangers journalists and their sources and can seriously impact the media’s ability to provide the public with news and information.”

Attack on radio station

Members of the Association of Malian Pupils and Students (AEEM) attacked Radio Kayira in the central city of Koutiala on 30 April, damaging its premises and stealing equipment but failing in a bid to set it on fire because the police intervened. The station’s owner, parliamentarian Oumar Mariko, put the losses at 3.2 million euros.

The students carried out the attack because they suspect that Mariko was behind an attempt to murder AEEM leader Hamadoun Traoré on the night of 22 April, and they are still threatening to attack the Radio Kayira branches in Bamako and Niolo.

“Without getting into political disputes, we urge the two parties to open a dialogue so that media premises can be spared this kind of violence,” Reporters Without Borders said. “At this time of political unrest, it is vital that the media should be able to do their job of reporting the news in a professional and impartial manner.”

WESTERN KENYA POLICE PETITIONED OVER THREAT ON JOURNALIST’S LIFE

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By Agwanda Saye

Kenyan authorities must immediately investigate recent death threats against a Kenyan journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists says. Local businessman Armstrong Pino allegedly threatened Joel Eshikumo, a reporter for “The Weekly Citizen” and a political columnist for the weekly “Western Times”, in public on Saturday over photographs the journalist had taken of him in court on April 27, local journalists said Eshikumo told CPJ that unidentified callers had threatened him every night since Saturday, saying they would burn his house down and telling him to be prepared to die over the pictures he had taken of Pino in court.

The journalist, who is based in Mumias, a town in Western Kenya, said that Pino had complained to the court magistrate after he was photographed, but the judge said Eshikumo was a journalist and was allowed to take pictures. Attempts to reach Pino for comment were unsuccessful as the police had confiscated his phone for evidence, according to George Seda, Mumias Officer Commanding Police Division.

Eshikumo has filed a statement with the police, news reports said. Seda said they were investigating the case: “People cannot live in fear like this, so we are trying our level best to track these calls.”

“Journalists are routinely threatened in western Kenya simply for doing their job, and some of these threats have been followed by direct attacks,” said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. “Authorities must do their utmost to investigate the threats against Joel Eshikumo and allow him to work without fear of reprisal.”

In April, a businessman in the western town of Kitale threatened two journalists, Osinde Obare of The Standard and Radio Citizen reporter David Musindi, for their report on fake maize seeds being sold in his supermarket.

KENYA: AN ORATION TO THE LATE JOURNALIST GEORGE MICHAEL OLWENYA.

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By Agwanda Saye

The late Journalist George Michael Olwenya who breathed his last breath on the morning of 12th April 2012 after complaining of severe chest pains was finally laid to rest in his father’s home at Kasdeg Village West Ugenya Location within Ugenya Districtt.

I vowed that I must attend the burial because the late was not only a friend to me but was someone who never carried any form of jealousy on him,never mean and was too sincere, perhaps that is why he died “a poor man” as we witnessed in his father’s home in regard to the two houses which were hurriedly constructed for his two wives.

I saw the late George Olwenya for the first in the late eighties while I was schooling at Maseno Mixed Primary School within Maseno while he was a footballer with the then Siaya Maroon Football where he was playing as winger, by then he was very young man, he was so so so short but was so speedy with the ball that anytime he had it, the opposite defenders never quiet knew what he was going to do with the ball and the entire crowd would roar with support urging him to go on and on.

I think by then Siaya Maroon FC was playing their Provincial League Matches and those days the said matches would always be played either at the then Siriba Teachers Training College or Government Training Institute which all have been converted to form the current Maseno University College.

I later met Olwenya in Siaya when I started practicing journalism, whenever I had any issue I would consult him and advice me accordingly, for the duration I worked and knew him as a journalist there is no any single day he “misled” me on any issue and any information I wanted from him if he was never sure he would be frank enough and tell me that he was not issue or simply he didn’t know.

Sometimes back I had some “professional differences” with the current Gem MP Washington Jakoyo Midiwo which ended at the hands of the police, OLwenya out of his wisdom called me and told him to forget all that which was between me and Jakoyo and find a way how we could co-exist adding that I had done “enough” to Jakoyo, I heeded his advice and through Kisumu Veteran Journalist Leo Odero Omollo we made peace with Jakoyo and to date we do not have any difference with him.

Olwenya was never a character to put any of his colleagues in problems and he would advice you and it was upon you to heed the advice or not, for that I really respected him.

Despite our age differences whenever we would relate you would think that we were age mates not only to me but to also his other colleagues.

Olwenya made many achieve their ambitions and I was really surprised that the number he helped elevate to their current states never bothered to attend his burial.

When I saw him for the last time while lying in the coffin, I concluded that truly God is the give and taker of life.

For those who never knew the late Olwenya, he was born on 9th May 1966 to Mama Leonida Awuor and Leonard Otieno Olwenya and he was a step son to Mama Anastasia Abuyu.

He started his primary schooling at St.Paul Mbotela Primary School in 1974 and which he proceeded to St.Teresa’s Secondary School Eastleigh also in Nairobi between 1981 and 1984.

Olwenya was a prolific footballer for several clubs in Nairobi such as Immigration, Coca Cola and Mbotela Kamaliza FC among others before luck smiled on his way and was among several youths who were signed by Siaya Maroon FC then a formidable football club in Nyanza in November 1987.

It marked his relocation to Siaya where he was later to be employed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in March 1988 while still a valuable winger for the club.

He served the Ministry until 1994 when he voluntarily left the government service and joined “The Standard” newspaper as a correspondent .

He married the late Millicent Apiyo whom they were blessed with a son Godwin Careca Olwenya, however Millicent died in 1998 and he later married Judith and Zainabu.

Olwenya had an accident towards the end of 2010, he suffered injuries on his back ,head and he fractured his hand, he was treated at Siaya District Hospital where he recovered and resumed duties.

Surprisingly mid last year, his hand started swelling, he later sought treatment at Siaya District Hospital where he was advised to seek specialized diagnosis in Nairobi which prompted him to go to Kenyatta National Hospital where doctors advised a biopsy test which was done and he was later confirmed to be having a skin cancer.

On advice from the doctors, he was put on Chemotherapy at Siaya District Hospital’s hospice and was scheduled to go for the second session on 18th April 2012.

He started complaining of severe chest pains, he was rushed Siaya District hospital in the morning of 12th April 2012 where unfortunately he succumbed inside X-ray room where he had been referred to by Doctors.

He leaves behind two widows Zainabu and Judith and children; Godwin Careca Olwenya Form Four Student at Ambira High School ,Kennedy Olwenya,Christine Olwenya and Janet Olwenya.

And while many wanted God to rest his soul in eternal peace, may said”Rest in Peace Ja Kasdeg”

May God rest his soul in eternal peace

KENYA: THE STANDARD PAPER BOSS, SACKED

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By Our Reporter

KISUMU

Twenty employees of The Standard newspaper have been sacked , including senior editorial staff over allegations of non-performance, scandals and massive financial loses in the floundering Mombasa Road-based giant.

In addition, the media is expected to reshuffle some of its managing editors.

Among the causalities are Senior Editor in Charge of Production Otuma Ongalo, Foreign Editor Andrew Kemboi, Mombasa Bureau Chief Ngumbao Kithi, Kisumu Bureau Chief Anderson Ojwang, sports journalist Benjamin Waindi, online editor Rosemary Nzioka and Administration Officer Peter Murigi.

Several sources erupted in anger, criticizing the Standard Group management for sacking Kithi, who is suffering from a massive cardiac problem.

A few years ago, he underwent a heart surgery in Kenyatta National Hospital. “This is unfair. How can Standard Group sack a man with a cardiac problem. We call upon the management to just reinstate him in his job. How is he going to survive without a job and he is sick,” a source in the group lamented

At the same time court reporter Evelyn Kwamboka has sent to manage Kisumu Bureau and Parliament reporter David Ochami was deployed to manage Mombasa, one of the most important bureaus in the Kenyan political circles.

In addition, the newspaper sacked five designers, touching off a firestorm of criticism. “There is a crisis in the design and graphics and yet the the newspaper has fired five of the best designers,” said a source.

These sackings have left panic in the newspaper, which has was founded in 1902, but has seen its fortunes plummet in the recent years, paving the way for several online news portals and other alternative weeklies. Media critics poured scorm in the latest move. “This is the bullshit of working in the Kenyan media, you never know when you will be kicked out of the company,” Mwangi Ngamate explained from the Cayman islands.

Early this month, the Jackal News reported that Standard group had plunged into pre-election engineering, effecting some of the most unnecessary, perhaps panic-driven changes in senior editorial. We also warned that there were fears of a Tsumani in Mombasa road.

In an earlier reshuffle, Woka Nyawoka was deported from Managing Editor, Weekend Editions and shipped to the Kwashiorkor-ridden County Weekly, paving the way for lackluster Fred Mbugua, who was plucked from the less-prestigious Deputy Managing Editor, Daily Editions.

Experienced Ben Agina was elevated to Senior Associate Editor, Weekend, perhaps to lend a hand to Mbugua, sources claim, explaining that the move was a vindication for Agina who was once news editor.

As a result of a recent 19-25 percent plunge in company overall profits, occasioned by systemic failures in KTN, sources said next time manager are swinging their machete in the television channel that was once the pride of independent TV, but is now a shadow of its former self.

But for now, the major focus in the newspaper, the main pillar of the group since they fear spending so much money on the TV could be counter-productive.

Kenya: Veteran Siaya County journalist George Olwenya is dead

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By Chak Rachar

Veteran Siaya County Journalist George Olwenya is dead.

According to his close friend who is also a Correpondent with “The Star” paper Eric Oloo, the late Olwenya who was 46 years old succumbed to death at the Siaya District hospital early on Thursday.

“He had been of late in hospital on and off and by the time his condition got worse i had spoken with him and i thought he was on his way to fully recover something which was not the case”Oloo added.

Olwenya was hailing from Kasdeg Village ,West Ugenya LOcationwithin Siaya County.
He leaves behind his wife Zainabu Olwenya and four children two girls and two boys

AN OPEN LETTER TO KENYA WORKERS UNION LEADER FRANCIS ATWOLI

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By Agwanda Jowi,

Dear Katibu,

I was really happy seeing you joining the striking Kenya Airports Authority workers and “promising” them that they will not be sacked as a result of their striking.

I am not writing to shower you with pleasantries in regard to the striking KAA workers, actually I have resorted to this open letter because I have not been able to reach you via your mobile phone and I find your press briefings so plain, repeated and boring for an adventurous journalist like me, as I have always told you before, I am a journalist by birth.

The reason behind my writing to you is to still ask you what you have always refused to answer in my many various short messages to your phone in regard to these so called “out of court settlement payment “which is so routinely with the workers saving fund National Social Security Fund(NSSF).

I have heard and seen the cases where they have paid colossal amount to either contractors or quarters purporting to being owed by NSSF, surprisingly you have opted to remain silent in regard to all these issues yet COTU sits in the board of the NSSF, surely Atwoli the way i know you, would you have been quiet if “things never worked your way?”.

I believe COTU has one of its own as a member of the NSSF board was a compromised reached or was it a case of the Animal Kingdom where all animals are equal but some are more equal than others?

As days goes by more and more Kenyan workers are loosing their trusts on you and very soon COTU will be irrelevant and young upcoming unionists like us will never forgive you down to your grave.

Lastly why are you quiet about the horrendous conditions workers are working on in one of the farms owned by former President of this country?

Why do you think Kenyans refused to heed your calls which requested them to participate in a strike during last Christmas? we as future young unionists in this country are watching you keenly and as that Chinese adage goes “one step is the genesis of a million miles journey”

KENYA: THOUGHTS ON STONE THROWING

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from Shem Sam

Mad as it seem, these are my personal thoughts on onslaught of luos as stone throwers and linking it to the PM. Laugh if you must but share your thoughts with me.
NB. the piece is unedited and it should not be published in mainstream media.

shem sam

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GOR MAHIA –Stone throwing is not bad, only the reason matters

David picked five smooth stones from the river and with a slingshot the mighty Goliath was no more. Just one stone! What am I driving at? Stone throwing, stone carving, stone cutting and stone grinding and the stone itself have been part and parcel of human civilization from yore. Perhaps stone is the most crucial part of homo habilis and homo sapiens development. From stone we made fire, whose discovery revolutionized early human existence. Homo Habilis hewed stone to make stone-knife/ machete for hunting and fighting.

I agree stone is not bad. Throwing it is bad. We have assortment of refined metals of precious value from which we make jewellery for human adornment. From copper, cobalt, aluminum, silver, magnesium, lead, diamond, gold et cetera we make a plethora of useful ware, including electricity cables from copper. Aren’t all these metals stones? Almost all metals are extracted from ores. But ores are rocks and rocks are stones. Methinks the different between rocks and stones lies in size. Even our precious diamond (composed of strongly bonded carbon) is stone. If this be the case then stone is not bad. Throwing them is bad.

Is stone throwing bad? Think again. That the victory of chosen Israel over Palestinians was delivered by a slingshot (thrown stone) is no secret. Never in the history of man and mans wars has stone throwing been exalted as in the case of David stoning the invincible Goliath. Women danced and composed instant songs in praise of David for the simple act of stoning Goliath. But that was war. So I should not mistake the context. It is therefore good to infer that stone throwing in battle is permissible, if not conventional.

In Royal Odyssey Polyphemus the Cyclop and Ulysses engage in single combat which the latter wins by craft not force. The former favoured by Poseidon tore the top of a mountain and hurled it at Ulysses without Davidic results. So the Greeks from which philosophy is handed down to us, encourage by a god, tore off top of a mountain (stone) and hurled (threw) it at a wanderer. Even the mighty Ajax and lesser Ajax at one point repelled Trojans with rocks (stones), at least according to my translation of the Iliad by Alexander Pope the author of Essay on Man, Canto, I Rape of The Lock among other works. When Patroclus (Achilles beloved cousin) died by Hectors sword and after his corps was interred Achilles organized athletics tournament, a kin to Olympics Tournament today, of which stone-throwing was part. Is Olympic not a continuation of games performed before Greek gods (Zeus included) at the foot of Mount Olympus? Why stone throwing is not part of Olympic today amazes me? Not shot-put, nor discus. If one of the most sophisticated civilizations on the planet embraced and relished stone throwing who are we to say it is a savage act? Again the context matters.

According to the Holly Bible and the Koran, stone throwing is a divine act of meting out justice or punishment, depending on the way one looks at it. Whoever broke the mosaic laws was to be stoned to death, not decapitated. Very humane and bloodless way of eliminating incorrigible offenders! I think decapitating Saddam Hussein before cameras is more savage than stoning an adulterous woman, whom our Lord acquitted. If those chosen Jews, Pharisees and Scribes stoned people (Apostle Stephen not excluded) who are we to say KOgallo fans are savages? What has that to do with their leader, if they have one in government? Spare me the tag!

How about those white English hooligans? Didn’t they just call them hooligans? They are denied visas to travel and watch world cup anywhere. They report to police stations just to be sure they are not causing troubles elsewhere. They throw practically anything. So the title hooligan suffices. Aren’t English boasting significant levels of civilization? Don’t forget they colonized Africa (Kenya). They execute their hooliganism far and wide on the globe whenever England National Football team is playing, whether faulted or not. KOgallo fanatics/hooligans just launch a few projectiles to register their disappointment with outrageous referees decision meant to slight them. But those are hooligans not fans. They are not even professional stone throwers.

To enlighten you with utmost brevity on the Luo legend, Gor Mahia wuod Ogallo (KOgallo), it is better to note that he was a Luo warrior-cum-magician. During battle combat, a part from outstanding bravery and adroitness, he could practically (not virtually/apparently) turn himself into any object -mostly a stone. The invincible KOgallo confounded all his adversaries and unlike Lwanda Magere he died peacefully in his bed. Talking of stones, Lwanda (means rock) Magere died in the battlefield in lower Nyakach plains and turned into a rock (stone). Don’t the Luo just have a divine connection with stone? Gor Mahia lived undefeated and I had the benefit of meeting his great grandson Makacha also a magician, may God rest his sol in peace, during my days at Mirogi Boys High School in Homa Bay District.

I honestly reckon that those throwing stones at Nyayo Stadium are hooligans and amateurs in the art of stone-throwing, little wonder that no one died. A profession stone thrower selects a smooth round stone, lodges it in a sling, takes and aim, makes three revolutions and project it at a tangent towards the target. The launched projectile must be in a hissing motion. Only two of such professional stone throwers can empty Nyayo stadium when it is full to the brim. The other option is to select a sizeable projectile, take two steps back, toss it slightly above your head in the air, run forward and hurl it at a tangent towards the target. I did not see any of the two scenarios on my TV screen and I concluded that they were neither Luos nor professional stone throwers.

As a child and when I became a teenager I learnt to throw stones under tutelage my uncle John William to scare monkeys away from my grandma’s cassava plantation. I practiced that for twelve years in the lofty cliffs of Mfangano Island on Lake Victoria. Don’t I have the expertise to know when a luo launches a missile?

To sum up the argument, stone throwing and civilization have a dove-tailed relationship. The act is either good or bad depending on the reason. Is our new constitution not a product of professional stone throwing?

Shem Sam

USA, Ohio: Compassionate Press

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from Chuck Watts

Here’s the blog I posted.

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http://empathysurplus.com/2012/02/17/buy-local-human-rights-needs-a-compassionate-press/
Buy Local Human Rights Needs A Compassionate Press

by Chuck Watts

The idea is simple: Ethical businesses and a moral market are tools to enhance the common good defined as expanded human rights and individual liberties.
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Last night’s Candidate’s Forum, hosted and sponsored by the Wilmington News Journal at the Murphy Theatre, violated that trust.
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There are more contested races in the both Democratic and Republican primaries:
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Caring citizens communicating American values are the solution to expanding liberty and justice for all,

Chuck Watts, Co-Founder
Empathy Surplus Project – 2012 Theme: Occupy Compassion

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KENYA: CITIZEN BREAKFAST SHOW LEADS THE WAY ON OBJECTIVITY.

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from otieno sungu

I wish to share my personal assessment of the standards of interviews by our media houses, especially the ones that touch on contemporary and topical issues, leadership and politics in general.

One media house leads the way through its very balanced approach. I must say that having watched most of these so called interrogation on issues, The Citizen’s Breakfast Show comes out as one that is fairly objective, balanced and the interviewers, both Jimmy Gathu and Henry Mutegi try to keep their political affiliations out of the show.

I must commend this level of journalism; it is this kind of level heads that will transform both our politics and journalistic standards. While we appreciate that even journalist have their affiliations, overtly, overly and shamelessly practicing the same is definitely a big no for any journalist worth his/her salt.

A lot of crap goes on in a number of other stations that I will not mention here that is passed for interrogation, one particular station relishes in leading gullible politicians into personal attacks on rivals, dragging names of opponents into the whole mix and just coming short of incitement, by the end of it all, an interview that would have been a promising platform to gauge such a leader ends up a sorry state of personalized engagement devoid of any issues.

These are the type that led to genocide in Rwanda;perhaps back home some are not far from this kind of practice if the ICC proceedings are anything to go by.

We must be very vigilant and alert to such kind of pedestrian ‘journalistic practices” that can lead to polarization.

Kudos Royal Media House for this kind of high standards, you must not think even for a moment that Kenyans do not appreciate your good work; you are actually leading the way where some are busy muddying the political waters for narrow tribal, sectarian or economic interests.

A county’s democracy is as good as its institutions, its media, its civil society and its citizenry.

We seek to stay with issues in the pursuit of good leadership, we seek to stay with issues in pursuit of good governance and we seek to stay united in all these processes.

Otieno Sungu.
Chairperson,

Vugu Vugu Mashinani.
Staying with the Issues!!!
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The African Press Organization signs a distribution agreement with DowJones Factiva

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from News Release – African Press Organization

DAKAR, Sénégal, January 17, 2012/ — The African Press Organization (APO), the leading African press release wire, announced today an alliance with Dow Jones Factiva (http://www.factiva.com), the world’s leading news and business information research tool.

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The African Press Organization (http://www.apo-opa.org) will provide Factiva with an Africa-related news release feed issued by companies, governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and United Nations (UN) agencies in six languages, including English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and German.

“This partnership will allow APO customers to reach Factiva users worldwide and inform them of new developments, investments and product launches done on the continent”, said Eloïne Barry, APO’s Executive Director. “Professionals of big corporations consider the African continent as an asset to their development. Offering them intelligence and company information in real-time will help them make better investment decisions”, added Barry.

The African Press Organization already partners and provides content to PR Newswire, Lexis Nexis, Comtex and EDD.

About the African Press Organization

The African Press Organization is the leading press release wire. With headquarters in Dakar, Senegal, the African Press Organization (http://www.apo-opa.org) owns a media database of over 25,000 contacts and the main Africa-related news online community. It offers a complete range of media relations tools such as press releases wire and monitoring services, distribution online press conferences, interactive webcasts, op-ed placements and events promotion. The African Press Organization provides free services to African journalists, innovative communications products to companies and supports many International institutions in their strategic communications. http://www.apo-opa.org

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Kenya: The chairman of the Luo Council of Elders “Ker”Ogalo Riaga congratulated the NYANZASTAR, its editors and reporters, and wished them successes

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Writes Ndira-Uradi inb Kisumu City.

The chairman of the Luo Council of Elders “Ker” Meshack Ogalo Riaga has extended his words of gratitude and congratulation to the NYANZASTAR weekly and urged its editors to maintain the highest standard of professional ethics.

Mzee Ogalo Riaga said the publication is most welcome a regional media. It is hoped that its editors will maintain the highest standard of journalism and stick to its principles of informing, entertaining and educating members of the public.

“By so doing”, Ker Ogalo Riaga added, ”the paper would only succeed in its endeavor of becoming a strong regional media for the purpose of informing the public all that is happenings within the surrounding districts in Nyanza”.

“The region”, he said, “is rich and fertile of newspaper readership and has been yawning for such publication for too long”.

Ker Ogalo Riaga also appealed to the local entrepreneur to venture into both electronic and printing media enterprises, and at the same advised the Paper’s editors and reporters to maintain what he termed as “positive neutrality and impartiality”.

He told members of the Luo community to embrace the true tenets of democracy by allowing all presidential aspirants, and all those aspiring for elective public offices to go about in their campaigns and canvassing for votes in a free atmosphere which is devoid of intimidation. None of the Luo aspirants should be allowed to visit the region for the purpose of lobbying for votes. Similarly, Luo politicians should visit all parts of the Kenya and campaign for the leaders of their own choice.

Ker Ogalo Raiaga, however, cautioned the Luos against keeping all their eggs in one basket. They should diversify politics and let everyone try his or her luck.

Speaking about the two Luo presidential aspirants, namely the Prime Minister Raila Odinga and the former Foreign Affairs Minister Raphael Tuju, Ker Riaga Ogalo said the two should feel free to visit any part of Luo-Nyanza and canvass for votes. . Luos are democratic minded people, they will vote only or one who can convince him of good things under his or her presidency. ”Please give the electorate free hands to choice whoever they want to lead them on a voluntary basis and not through stones throwing.” He added.

Ker Ogalo Riaga also strongly abhorred those hell-bent on inciting the public or members of the community against their neighbors, adding that the influential members of the Luo community should go out and campaign for the Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the neighboring communities.

Ker Ogalo Riaga also cautioned Luos against those entertaining sugar coated songs and the gospel of communal hatred. He disapproved inciting songs like those of ‘Bado Kuna Mapambano’. “There is no more Mapambano. All the Mapambano {combative politics} ended with the bonfire of independence in June1963.” He said.

He expressed that the community wished not to be locked out of the next government while urging members of the community to exercise the true spirit of love and welcome to all the presidential aspirants campaigning for the top job so as to ensure a pace in the next government. “We want to see that whoever wins the presidency in the next general elections does not single the Luos out for frustration and marginalization”, said Ker Ogalo Riaga.

Ker visited the NYANZASTAR offices in Kisumu while fuming with the joy and carrying a copy of the paper’s second edition and said it was long overdue for the people of Nyanza to have their own regional newspaper. He appealed to the local business community to use the new publication for advertising their businesses to strengthen its publications costs overheads.

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Media in Africa: twenty years after the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom

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The publication begins with an overview of the past two decades and shares assessments on the status of press freedom in Africa. The contributions are organised under four key sections – Freedom, Pluralism, Independence, and Access to Information. Articles cover these issues, as well as journalists’ safety, gender sensitive reporting, and the role of the internet.
http://www.misa.org/researchandpublication/democracy/MIA.pdf
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World: G. Palast, Hunting vultures – – not the feathered kind

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Sun.18Dec.2011, afternoon USA EST, I saw a bit of a presentation on linktv, distributed via satellite, DishTV. (linktv.org) .

The person speaking during that part of mid-afternoon was Greg Palast. That part of his presentation was surely gripping.

His perspective, apparently as an international investigative journalist, is that of one whose book chapter reads like a stereotypical, cynically speaking, “hard-boiled private detective”, tracking down solutions to crime mysteries. One journalistic story he told involves how a cholera quarantine camp in Congo (DRC), and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina are connected strongly.

Between these 2 war ravaged regions, there had been some cooperative ventures. In a previous one, financed and constructed in DRC, built by business entities in republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, were hi voltage long distance electrical distribution lines. A planned, almost implemented second one, would have been a project for a large number of soon to be bored well holes to bring sanitary drinking water to a wide area of DRC, constructed by entities based in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

However, as his visit to the capitol city Sarajevo in the Balkans for the purposes to investigate the matter showed, the deal was viciously sabotaged by a group of financial interests. G.P. terms them The Vultures (cruel business persons not feathered birds). The payment by DRC for the Water Wells project was seized by the group of international financial community operatives. As apparent authority to cover their actions, they employed Debt Paper. It was a promissory note, a promise of one nation to pay a debt. It was from a date long before the current DRC national project. The document had been illegally purchased, for pennies on the dollar, from a corrupt head of state in the Balkans. (That former leader is facing criminal indictment on associated corruption charges filed by a later administration.) Meanwhile, the rural folk in DRC have had this chance to provide them clean water stolen.

“This”, said G.P., “is Why We, those representing the majority against the top 1%, now OCCUPY!”

He has a book out now being sold. Because he was by his publishers told not to do so, he is making its first chapter available for free on-line to read or download. Visit the url-s,

http://www.gregpalast.com/vulturespicnic/documents/Vultures_Picnic_Chapter1_Goldfinger.pdf

VulturesPicnic.org .

read or d/l Vultures Picnic by Greg Palast; Ch.1; pdf document, 759KB;

It contains significant info regarding the BP oil spill off USA gulf coast. To any informed observer such as himself it was immediately obvious from the very first CNN news coverage onward, that just a symbolic small effort, not a serious oil spill containment effort, was applied.

So, mass oil spill containment methods could have been made available, but by someones choice, were left not un-applied in that instance? Also, recall some accounts of that spill which reported extensive usage of disputants (soap), although gov. regulators declared this should not be used. Some other reports further indicated scientists seeking independently to make their own measurements found they were denied access to public areas by security personnel.

Whats UP?

There hapens to be a science fiction author, perhaps M.Z. Bradley, who wrote a novel titled _The World Wreckers_ . The above situation is a reminder of that title.

KENYA: THE BIG DEBATE ON POLL OPINION AND CORRUPTION IN JOURNALISM

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From: ouko joachim omolo Colleagues Home & Abroad Regional News

BY FR JOACHIM OMOLO OUKO, AJ
NAIROBI-KENYA
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Since opinion polls showing Prime Minister Raila Odinga is leading below the 50 per cent + 1 mark, which means he would face a run-off with Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta taking the lead some ODM politicians and close allies to Raila argued that the Ipsos-Synovate Managing Director, Maggie Ireri and some journalists were bribed to release such reports.

While it is true that bribery and extortion are major problems in journalism, particularly in developing countries where journalists are guilty of taking bribes at press conferences, running fake press releases for cash and accepting payment from politicians, in this particular report I attend to disagree that journalists were bribed.

This however does not rule out the fact that some journalists and media houses in Kenya are being bribed, even though journalism is expected to protect and safeguard the democratic values in the society.

It is very unfortunate that after every press conference, the media will give the organizers of the meetings rough time until they part with the money.

Recently the Independent Electoral Board (IEB) warned that it would take action against any candidate who breaks electoral rules for the just ended football elections which saw former Kanu Youth wing Sam Nyamweya emerging the winner. It was alleged that journalists were bribed to write good stories in their favour prior to the elections.

While it is true that Journalists in Kenya do not usually earn big money, bribing people to write good things on their favour was against journalism ethics. Some politicians have been allegedly giving journalists some money in return for a favourable story being written, or an unfavourable story being ignored.

Journalists who are offered bribes will usually be offered them in private, especially in hotels where they meet with politicians either to tell them what they should write about them or not write. This is also so that the person attempting the bribe can later deny that it ever happened.

Some journalists would demand money to stop publishing a damaging article like what happened in Nyamira County in December 2008 where a journalist was arrested by Nyamira police chief for demanding a 20,000 Kenyan shilling bribe from the local businessman to continue his business in Nyamira.

Typically, a correspondent attached to any of the Kenyan media houses earns anything between Ksh5, 000 and Ksh10, 000 per month – and that is if the correspondent works hard around the month and gets published nearly on a daily basis. A correspondent falling short of that would easily make less than Ksh5, 000 monthly.

Recent revelation that Public Relations Officers in various ministries are actually paying journalists, can tell a lot. They have a budget for media, which is usually approved by ministers. They call it ‘meals and transport’.

The PROs cannot talk about it because they will be sacked as it is supposed to be the unofficial official thing,” according to a source. It is from that budget that PROs organise brown envelopes stuffed with KSh.1,000 for each journalist during press conferences by ministers.

There are also some journalists in the news room who monitor the headline for the following day’s news and call people whose story are to run for pay. Good example is what was reported that a particular journalist called Land Minister, Mr James Orengo to talk about one Front Page story in the Daily Nation on July 10, 2009, which read: ’Annan betrayed us, says Orengo’, but which was changed to ‘Annan ambushed us, says Orengo.’

James Orengo had been quoted as saying that Kofi Annan, the Chief mediator during Kenya’s post-election chaos, had ambushed the team of ministers who visited him in Geneva when he suddenly issued an ultimatum for the government to set up a local tribunal to try post-election violence suspects.

The point of concern among journalists at the Nation was that Minister Orengo had actually learnt about the headline story and walked to the Nation Centre to complain about it way before the newspaper went to press.

While in the Nation newsroom, Orengo had strangely been allowed to look at the story on the computer and changes to the headline were made in his presence.

Another good example of bribery was in October 2007, when the PNU secretariat gave out an envelope with KSh.10, 000 to a Standard reporter supposedly to deliver to one of the editors. The reporter had been given his own share of KSh.10, 000. Even before the reporter left the precincts of the press conference room, the editor called to ask whether he had his message.

A similar incident had also taken place at Daily Nation in the mid-1990s, involving an editor at the news desk and a long time trusted photographer. The editor had the habit of assigning particular reporters and photographers to stories involving sources that knew him and would thus set aside an envelope for the editor.

There was one particularly rich political activist from Central Province who was very close to former President Moi’s government. “The political activist would dish out envelopes to all reporters at his press conference, then at the end call out the Daily Nation correspondent to give him an envelope to deliver to the editor.

In Raila and Uhuru case as I have expressed earlier I attend to disagree- Ipsos-Synovate Managing Director, Maggie Ireri or journalist was not bribed by G7 or PNU to report that if Raila and Uhuru go for rerun, slightly more Kenyans (44 per cent) would vote for Uhuru and 41 per cent would vote for Raila.

If we go by 13 million registered voters as at January 2007, Raila will not get 50 percent as required by new constitution. He will not even get half of Rift Valley – 2,997,942 votes due to Mr William Ruto whom he dropped from Cabinet in a mini-reshuffle, replacing him with Prof Margaret Kamar.

Even though Raila could get many votes from Kamar supporters, he can hardly get many votes from his close ally, Musa Sirma who is a nominated ODM even after giving him East African Community Ministry. This is because the Sirma’s constituency MP is close ally to Ruto than Sirma himself.

Raila dropped Hellen Sambili as East African Community because she is in Ruto’s rebel camp. Raila cannot also count very much on former Industrialization Minister who is also ODM Chairman and Tinderet MP Henry Kosgey. Even though the ministry is still untouched, the fact that Mr Kosgey has remained relatively quiet since he stepped down after being charged for abuse of office leaves a lot to be desired.

Although he could get majority of votes from North Eastern – 258,693 because of what is believed that he is the one who has pushed for majority of Somali communities to take high offices in the government, Raila cannot so much on the Central – 1,956,642 votes.

His hope would be mainly on Nyanza – 1,787,289 and Western – 1,404,862 with half of Nairobi – 1,104,053 votes. The Coast – 1,049,553 votes he cannot also count much given that a good number from the region are Kambas who will definitely vote for Kalonzo Musyoka including Eastern – 2,125,644 votes.

But even in North Eastern not all will vote for him, especially the Garrissa Ijara 58 997 votes. His hope could only be Wajir Mandera 143 203 votes. It means that if there will be rerun Uhuru will beat him because the majority of Kambas who voted Kalonzo will vote for him.

Practically all the Kikuyu communities who would have voted for Martha Karua, Paul Muite, Peter Keneth, and George Saitoti will vote for Uhuru, including majority from Meru and Embu communities.

Raila will also share the Nairobi 1,114,189 votes with Uhuru, especially votes from Dagoreti and Embakasi, all who will vote for Uhuru, Kamkunji and Makadara leaving Raila with few votes in Nairobi.

The new constitution stipulates that a candidate shall be declared president if he/she receives more than half (over 50 per cent plus one) of all votes cast in an election.

It also requires that a presidential candidate garner 25 per cent of votes in each of the 47 counties.

Although not many Kalenjins will vote for Uhuru for a rerun due to what happened in 2008 presidential violence, good number of Masaai would vote for him instead of Raila given that Joseph Nkaissery has left Raila for Saitoti-it means those who voted for Saitoti will vote for Uhuru.

Apart from Masaai communities, Uhuru will also get more votes in Nakuru, Molo, Naivasha, Subukia, Rongai, Krusei and some parts of Eldama Ravine because these are predominantly Kikuyu communities in Rift Valley.

Even though other presidential aspirants such as Peter Kenneth, Raphael Tuju and others would garner less than two percent of the votes according to the survey, Raila still runs a risk of not getting more votes during the rerun in North, Kisii town and South Mugirango in Kisii-this leaves him with only West Mugirango.

The argument is that he wanted to sack Prof Ongeri, while in South Mugirango is not only because of Omigo Magara but because ODM lost by-election to Ford People Manson Oyonga Nyamweya.

While Uhuru’s support in the run off was drawn mainly from Central, Eastern and Rift Valley Provinces, an indication that his close association with members of the G7 alliance was yielding fruits, in North Mugirango has the chance given that MP Wilfred Moriasi Ombui was elected on a Kanu ticket of which Uhuru is the Chairman.

The Ipsos-Synovate opinion poll survey further indicated that 49 per cent of those who voted for President Kibaki in 2007 were most likely to vote for Uhuru in the 2012 elections while 11 per cent would vote for Raila.

The good news for Raila however, would be if G7 collapses before 2012 as Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo bluntly declared recently. According to Jirongo G7 will collapse because it is all about Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Internal Security Minister George Saitoti as William Ruto will end up with him.

The main reason the G7 alliance is collapsing is simple. The William Ruto wing of this alliance appears to have belatedly discovered that the “Establishment” actually wants to impose Uhuru as the de facto leader of this alliance and thus its presidential flag bearer in the elections due next year, an idea that Kalenjin communities will tell Ruto off to disagree with.

Just as Kalenjins would like Ruto to be the flag bearer for 2012, is the way Kikuyu communities would like Uhuru. Kalenjins have come to realise that they are being used merely as a disposable ladder upon which Uhuru is meant to majestically climb to become the country’s fourth president.

A cross-section of leaders from Nyeri have supported Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s bid for presidency because unlike Ruto he is clean of corruption and a man of integrity who they claim is not tribalistic who cannot harm even a fly.

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Kenya: Hate speech

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WHICH KENYA JOURNALISTS CAN TELL OFF POLITIUCIANS WHO PREACHES HATE SPEECH?
By Chak Rachar

As Kenyans are readying themselves for general elections come next year we need to look at the root cause of the problems which led to Post Elections Violence after the 2007 elections.

One of the key reasons why the violence escalate was the pre-analysis and predictions of the said results yet voting had never taken place by some of the Kenya media.

Of utmost concern was the “purported investigations” into how there were plots top rig the said elections investigation, these not only led to anxiety but made many to “brace themselves for the worst”

Its lamentable that a journalist is among the six who re presently facing various charges awaiting confirmation at the Hague in regard to the role he played in “inciting “members of one community against the other.

Which leads to the question; was there a hate media during the pre and post elections in Kenya and what is hate media and what is its origin?

The first known example of the “hate radio” dates back to 1926 when a Canadian Roman Catholic Priest Charles Coughlin (often called the father of hate radio) started weekly anti-Semitic broadcasts on a CBS network station in the USA.

But lets begin by defining what is a “hate media”, its defined as encouraging violent activities ,tension or hatred between races, ethnic or social groups, or countries for political goals /or to foster conflict by offering one-sided and biased views and opinions and resorting to deception .

People have always condemned others-Jews, blacks, Christians, pagans, heretics, political critics and criminals, saints and scientists, everybody.

But does a hate medium thrive without it being broadcast? Broadcasting has added a much more serious dimension to the problem-radio and television represent the main sources of news for most people and a key means to influence them, in negative or positive ways.

In countries or continents (Kenya and Africa included) where most of the population is illiterate and poor ,the power of radio is particularly important and its potential and benefits greatest as witnessed during the last general elections where nearly all the Kenya sub tribes where tuning to their respective ethnic radio stations.

In recent years ,the media outlets in certain countries have actively contributed to the worsening of existing tensions between and within countries by whipping up nationalistic feelings and or ethnic hatred,eg in Rwanda …”it should be stressed that people must bring matchettes,a spear ,an arrow ,a hoe,spades,rakes,nails,truncheons..Barbed wire, stones …and the like, in order, dear listeners to kill the Rwandan Tutsis” that was a Rwandese ethnic radio station calling on the Hutus to kill the Tutsis.

Presently in Kenya a Nairobi Court has ruled that Former Assistant Minister and Kuria Member of Parliament Wilfred Machage, his Mt.Elgon Counterpart Fred Kapondi and Christine Nyaguthi Miller the Widow of former Chief Justice Cecil Miller have a case to answer in regard to an alleged hate speech.

The trio will now have to defend themselves this coming November 9th, but can opt to remain silent and wait for the final determination of the case.

But what are the common outcomes of the hate speech? For one it creates an environment of hate and prejudice that legitimizes violence against its targets,hence when Machage made four Kiswahili statements targeting the Maasai,Kikuyu and the Luo , while Kapondi allegedly threatened that communities in Trans Nzoia and Bungoma would be kicked out ,it meant that they wanted violence and terror reigned on the said tribes.

We should note that the presence of hate speech in the media creates a climate that makes it impossible to have reasonable policy discussions on issues and cultivates a climate that condones violence against targeted groups.

Its lamentable without calling names that some media gain much of their profit and power by arousing the emotions of anger, ridicule and disdain in audiences and voters resulting to hate becoming a commodity.

Journalists should be aware that hate speech users usually use false facts which consists of incorrect, exaggerated,or de-contextualized facts or flawed argumentation which is rooted in hidden assumptions ,guilt by association and appeal to fear to the intended recipients.

When Kenya politicians will be using divisive language, they create or encourage an “us” vs. “them” mentality; I am of the view that they should be ignored.

Lastly, we as Kenya Journalists (me included) we should challenge all kinds of hate speech, should the speech be broadcast or reported an alternative view must be reported immediately, we should have the facts ready.

Also, we should put hate speech in the proper context, as an offensive, dangerous and a potential crime against humanity.

In case metaphors / proverbs are used i.e. Zimbabwe –“harvesting the weeds”, Kenya-“madoadoa”,Rwanda-“Kill the Cockroaches”, Nigeria “Termites, Uganda “Jiggers” and “ a very fruitful Christmas”? And Burundi “Dogs” journalists and presenters should this time deal with such metaphors and proverbs immediately, by asking the speaker for clarity, in straight forward terms by asking the said speaker what he meant by the said metaphor or who is he/she referring to, this will force the said speakers onto the defensive and makes them bear responsibility for what they will be saying.

And will any Kenya journalist be ready to interrupt the speaker or cut the program me?

How many presenters will distance their respective radio or tv stations from any threat any guests will make on air? I will and I can if the opportunity will present itself.

ENDS

Chak Rachar is a Kenya based Freelance Journalist whose specialty is analysis on topical issues touching on the daily happenings in the society.

World: Media and global health: From information to action

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Global development assistance for health has grown 375% since 1990, reaching $26.87 billion in 2010. Yet progress towards the Millennium Development Goals has been uneven and most of are off-target to reach 2015 deadlines. Focusing on the information ecology around people and their health needs is a critical component. Public health policy and health-related attitudes and behavior are greatly influenced by local media coverage. Internews evidence shows that media development interventions can contribute to policy changes and accountability and can mobilize communities towards better health outcomes.

Development investments in the media have traditionally relied on paid messaging and serialized dramas to convey health information. Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) approaches use media as a conduit, rather than a partner, underwriting PSAs and other targeted health advertising. The visibility and impact of these approaches is short-lived and dependent on sponsorship.
http://www.internews.org/pubs/health/IN_HealthFlyer-2011-10.pdf
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Engaging media in communicating research on sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa

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Given their ability to disseminate information in a broad, timely, and accessible manner, the mass media constitute an important source of information for the general public and policymakers. As information providers, the mass media inform, educate, entertain, persuade, socialize, and market commercial products, among other roles.

The African Population and Health Research Center’s media strategy evolved over the years, moving beyond conventional ways of communicating research through the media via news releases and newspaper stories, to varying approaches that sought to inspire and build the capacity of journalists to do evidence-based reporting of reproductive health issues. Experiences and reflections, and the experiences of others reviewed in this paper, indicate that a sustained mix of strategies that motivate, strengthen capacity of, and build relationships between journalists and researchers can be effective in enhancing quality and quantity of media coverage of research.
http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/pdf/1478-4505-9-S1-S7.pdf

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Kenya & Uganda: Investigate without peril: How to support investigative journalism in East Africa?

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Investigative journalism distinguishes itself from regular journalism by its depth and subject matter, often involving crime, political corruption or corporate wrongdoing. It can play an essential role in a country’s governance by keeping corporations and government accountable. However, the political and economic environment in some regions of the world present specific challenges for investigative journalists: countries that score low on governance and transparency present particular risks and underline the need to build investigative journalism capacity. This Brief analyses the obstacles to investigative journalism in the East African region, focusing on Kenya and Uganda, and discusses what can be done to help address these barriers.
http://www.cmi.no/publications/file/4125-investigate-without-peril.pdf
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World: A journalist’s guide to reporting research findings

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Research findings can provide journalists with news stories, news ‘pegs’, background information, statistics, case studies and expert sources. But research papers are often written in an inaccessible style and poorly promoted. This practical guide is for journalists and editors passionate about development issues, who see the value of publishing stories based on development research findings. It will also be of interest to communications staff in universities, think tanks, or civil society organisations responsible for promoting research findings. Although there are many advocates of communicating research through the media, there are few practical guides on how to do it well.
http://panos.org.uk/wp-content/files/2011/06/A-journalists-guide-to-reporting-research-findings.pdf

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