— On Sat, 12/13/08, scania wrote:

From: scania
Subject: The Media bill
Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 10:10 AM

I the 9th Parliament we saw The President Reject the media Bill and he had several recommendations for the same. I am supprised that this bill was sneaked back into the house without a single change and a handfull MPs voted it in.

Iam just wondering why the Ministers/Mp are like joking with us, what do they want to hide from us cause I believe what ever they do is in our interest and we should have to informed of anything they do and the only way we get to know this is through the media.

if this bill is signed into law, media houses will be treading with fear lest their equipments be seized without notice.

I’m wondering if we still need the Media Council, because as per the provision of the bill the minister can act without consulting anyone not even the Media Council

Please Wana Bidii help me understand this.

And for the president, I’m urging him to make an informed decision of whether to sign this bill or not.

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:15:36 -0800
From: grnyongesa@ . . .
Subject: Re: The Media bill

I think Wanabidii should call for a press conference and issue a statement to implore President Emilio Kibaki not to assent to that draconian bill and also show solidarity with initiatives spotlighting MPs refusal to pay tax, unchecked food and fuel price increase etc. I think very soon with this culture of impunity the political class will come up laws to gag e-meetings.

George Nyongesa
Bunge la Mwananchi

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The Media Bill is the kind that, after legislation, returns to haunt those who happily give support to their kind. A former AG Chief Justice happily support a bill to remove their own tenure of office. During the Kenyatta error, Kibaki, Matiba, Rubia, Moi (by coercion), Njonjo, gave detention without trial support that haunts them to date. Some of them tasted their own poison and they are living examples of leaders so intoxicated by power they don’t realise when their own exhaulted towers of Babel are crambling.

The current parliament will be demonstrating an obscene degree of myopia if they let this Bill become law. 2012 is not far and they’ll regret ever been legislators when a draconian piece of law was passed.

We are watching.

Mathias.

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:21:18 +0000 [12/13/2008 11:21:18 PM CST]
From: mathias aguta
Subject: RE: The Media bill