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Media Council: Let's learn from Kenya

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 08:58
Media houses have been urged to stick to media ethics to avoid the introduction of draconian laws by the government likely to curtail press freedom. The call was made in Dar es Salaam yesterday by the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT), Executive Secretary,

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Alonso's manager plays down Kenyan incident

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 08:57
Jan.6 (GMM) Fernando Alonso's manager has accused the media of over-dramatising the incident involving the Renault driver's return to Europe from a holiday in Kenya. It was reported that, as the 27-year-old Spaniard and members of his wife's family tried

Sudan, Kenya cannot afford to falter again

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 06:07
Sudan's Abdulhamid Amaria beats a Djibouti rival in the 1-1 draw in Jinja at the weekend By James Bakama, Charles Okalebo and Bruno Mugooda in Jinja AFTER slipping twice, Kenya and Sudan have to win at all costs today if they are to remain in contention

19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 05:58
Earlier this week, Human Right Watch released a report that said children are least covered in the country's roll out programmes although Antiretroviral drugs are free in Kenya. Medical Services Director, Francis Kimani, blamed the current crisis on lack

Ugandan remanded in Kenya over drugs deal

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 03:31
A Ugandan arrested in Kenya?s capital, Nairobi last month re-appeared in the Nairobi High Court on January 5 and was sent back to remand. Mr Nason Bwambale Ndyabo, was re-remanded after he denied one of the two charges of unlawful entry into the

E. Africa must oppose Kibaki?s media curb

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 03:05
On Friday, what the Kenyan media and public had dreaded for a long time became reality. From his State House resort in Mombasa, President Mwai Kibaki announced that he had assented to the controversial Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008, which all

Kenya's prime minister looks back on 2008 violence, and with hope at 2009

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 02:01
violence, and with hope at 2009 Raila Odinga, who shares government leadership with his rival, President Mwai Kibaki, has become one of Africa's most-outspoken statesmen. He describes the challenges that he, and Kenya, must tackle. By Edmund Sanders

Kenyan PM says surprised at president inking controversial bill

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:34
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga criticised a controversial communications bill Monday, saying he was surpised the president had signed into law a measure opponents claim will stifle press freedom. President Mwai Kibaki last week

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What does 09 have in store for Kenya?

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 01:32
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Kenya PM Criticizes New Communications Bill For Muzzling Press

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 00:06
NAIROBI (AFP)--Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga criticized a controversial communications bill Monday, saying he was surprised the president had signed into law a measure opponents claim will stifle press freedom. President Mwai Kibaki last week signed

Victims of Kenyan poll riots still seek peace

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:54
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Kenyan PM's Party In Crisis Talks Over Controversial Media Gagging Law

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:41
(RTTNews) - Leaders of Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) held a crisis meeting on Monday after President Mwai Kibaki signed into law a media-gagging bill despite opposition from Odinga. The crisis meeting by the ODM

Kenya PM Criticizes New Communications Bill For Muzzling Press

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:40
NAIROBI (AFP)--Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga criticized a controversial communications bill Monday, saying he was surprised the president had signed into law a measure opponents claim will stifle press freedom. President Mwai Kibaki last week signed

Kibaki ends Coast tour

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 18:49
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 5 - President Mwai Kibaki has arrived back in Nairobi from Mombasa after a working holiday season from the Coastal city. The plane carrying the President touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport shortly before 6pm on

Media accused of misleading Kenyans on ICT Act

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 18:47
The government has condemned attempts by media owners to portray the recently signed Communication Amendment Act as a tool of gagging the media. In a press release issued by the government spokesman, Dr Alfred Mutua, the government has clarified that the

Kenyan premier's party in crisis talks over coalition

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 18:12
Nairobi - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga's party was Monday holding crisis talks after President Mwai Kibaki signed into law a media bill opposed by Odinga. Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) fears that Kibaki is increasingly going his own way

Ksh 2bn to market Kenya's image

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 17:34
The Brand Kenya Board will spend two billion shillings this year to increase Kenya's positivity index at the domestic and international level. The public corporation is also engaging donor agencies to up its budget to carry out it policies effectively.

Cheaper Technology Gives Impetus to Kenya?s Movie Industry

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 17:24
After many years of discouragement due too high costs of production, Kenya?s movie industry is rising up to challenge the giants. End year report for 2008 for Kenya?s movie industry is very encouraging, thanks to cheap technology for film making and