A woman who was kidnapped by two men in Seattle Washington says her kidnappers had Kenyan accent.So everybody now knows how Kenyans talk?Ron Imanene of 360 had this to say:
Now, please excuse my ignorance but please also note I’m Kenyan as I ask. What is a Kenyan accent from a non-Kenyan’s perspective (I say non-Kenyan because we the Kenyans are able to ID each other just by sight and sounds), and how was this lady able to isolate the gangsters voice from amongst all the possible other African voices (give her the benefit of the presence of an accent) and the diverse accents that exist even amongst the very Kenyans he singled out. Seriously????
But as you do read and watch the video, it’s only fair to acknowledge that amongst the ignorants out there are may good folk we know and share friendships and relationships with that are open minded and have an enlightened world view. And so I end with hats off to them. It’s not all bad, especially when yours is a tough skin.
But as for whether i’m over -reacting to this news item that aired today (Nov 25th) on Seatlle’s Q13 Fox Channel – You watch it the video and be the judge.
“Such matters are best dealt with in disciplinary or other similar processes. A cardinal principle of justice in criminal law is that a person should be penalised for offences whose particulars can be established with clarity,” he said.
The code of conduct does not meet this threshold and therefore, cannot attract penal consequences.
“The ceiling of one million shillings for journalists may also be onerous,” he said.
While he argued that the tribunal ought not to make decisions that have penal consequences, Mr Kenyatta then proposed to retain the provision to impose fines of not more than Sh20 million on media houses but reduced the ceiling on fines for individual journalists to Sh500,000.
Mr Kenyatta has also suggested the expansion of the mandate of the tribunal to deal with matters relating to telecommunication, courier or postal services, information, communication and technology.
On the appointment of the authority’s board, he proposed the reorganisation of the selection panel that would recruit the members of the board. MPs would also not be involved in the vetting of the board nominees if the President has his way.
Also in the President’s memorandum is a proposal to take away the National Assembly’s powers to vet the chairperson or member of the authority’s board.
“This requirement of vetting by the National Assembly interferes with the discretionary powers of the appointing authority,” he said and also recommended that the National Assembly cede control of the removal of the chairperson or a member of the authority’s board.
Mr Kenyatta’s refusal to sign the Bill into law marked a return to the negotiations that preceded the passage of the Bill on October 31 and the guarded reaction from the Editors’ Guild suggested that the matter could be far from resolved.
“We welcome the move but are wary that it has to be law by December 6, meaning heavy consultations have to be done by the weekend to fine tune it,” said Mr David Ohito, the guild’s vice chairman. “It is a reprieve for media and a good gesture from the Jubilee administration.”
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi said that for the House to reject the recommendations of the President, it would require the approval of at least 233 MPs.
Only amendments to specific clauses would be considered, he said.
