John Onyando I used to write on these pages that Larry Madowo is a bad journalist. But that was during those election debates, and many are those who read my views through the partisanship of electioneering. Well, Larrys unprofessionalism was laid bare tonight as he turned his interview with MPs Alfred Keter and Birdi Singh into a shouting match. On a show where Keter, still smarting from his unfortunate storming of a road weighbridge to demand the illegal release of a detained truck, should have been on the defensive, Larry yelled at the MP, using needless adjectives while prosecuting only one thought - roasting the MPs for unethical behaviour. No context, no attempt at finding what took place beyond the moments captured on the recording, and certainly no interest in the MPs point of view. In the end, Keter, who like all notorious URP rent seekers knows how to lie through his teeth, conceitedly took the victims seat, humbly begging to be heard without prejudice. He of course had nothing to say but lie. But his decorum earned the sympathy of many viewers, I believe. On a more fundamental issue, this Keter incident just confirmed how sheepish the media has become. Finding a soft target, an institution that collectively failed to report the truth on the Langata Rd Primary Sch landgrabbing finally discovered its anti-corruption role. They seized onto the incident with gusto, adopting literally the same lines, including the sacrilegious treatment of that statement from State House. One wonders whether this media is a watchdog or a gatekeeper for those in power
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:07:47 +0000
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