Guka's Take: Why the On-Going Crackdown MUST Continue

Grundy · February 5, 2018, 11:15am

When the gavament shut-down three main TV stations, almost the entire country breathed a sigh of relief. We were all tired of the biased, prejudiced talking heads - who rotated from station to station - spewing ethnic hatred and propaganda couched as informed analyses.

We were tired of the spin in news that made our beautiful country sound like Syria or Libya - a doomed enterprise.

Which is why a majority of us - sane, right-thinking Kenyans whether in Nasa or Jubilee - welcome the current crackdown on fake news, indiscipline, tribal and ethnic war-mongering, etc etc etc.

The TV stations must stay shut. And Kenyans are so OK with it you won’t hear complains!

The fact is media freedom must come with media responsibility. All rights guaranteed in the Constitution, including the rights of the media, must be exercised in a way that they do not impinge on the rights of others or endanger the survival of the nation.

The Kenyan media has in particular failed to observe this basic tenet. It has given platform to the likes of Miguna, for instance, to call for the rape of Nairobi Women representative, and Babu Owino to call the president the son of a dog. Where in the world does a responsible media allow that to happen? If CNN and BBC are our standards, are these kind of things allowed there?

Citing its freedom to broadcast, the Kenyan media has in addition failed to observe even the basic rules and regulations it has set ITSELF. These include a few seconds, say 30, delay of live transmissions to enable editing out of unsuitable material. So today you have all manner of idiots saying all manner of trash on live TV. Where does that happen?

The gavament must move with similar determination as it did with the media to bring discipline and order in other sectors.

The evil society for one must be tamed, and individuals who think they are a law unto themselves must be cut down to size.

It is instructive, for instance that in most of the West, which prides itself as the beacon of democracy, that NGOs that are funded by foreign donors have to register as ‘foreign agents’. Australia just passed a law on this.

Only in ‘weak’ countries like Kenya are we expected to put up with all manner of shit dished by the likes of Wainaina, Kegoro, Kiai, etc etc who are funded by foreign entities. It is as if we Africans should forever accept to be the chattel of their foreign masters. First it was slavery, then colonialism and now neo-colonialism using NGOs.

This must end, one way or the other.

Finally, let me end with Raila Amolo Odinga, being an example of how the gavament should deal with recalcitrant individuals.

To cure this country once and for all of its stupidity, Raila must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for committing high treason. Nobody should be above the law. What will happen, you ask.

Take a map of Kenya.

Nothing will happen in Central or Eastern province. Nothing will happen in North Eastern province. Nothing much will happen in the Rift Valley. That’s about 70% of Kenya.

Shit will hit the fan in Nyanza and parts of Western, Nairobi and Coast provinces. Hundreds will be shot. Then after two weeks, everybody will be tired of dying and go back to their lives.

Raila embodies all that is wrong with Kenya. An egocentric megalomaniac with a die-hard tribal following he is Bokassa, Idi Amin and Machar all rolled into one. To cure the country of his ilk, he must be cut down to size - when you get rid of the alpha baboon or hyena, the rest scatter.

One final word.

A gavament MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO KILL - ALL GAVAMENTS DO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. Bush killed 5,000 American kids for Saddam’s oil, for instance. The Gavament of Kenya must realise that governance and leadership is not a beauty pageant - it is a serious business where all organs of state must pursue only one agenda - the preservation and promotion of the nation-state.

All those that threaten this - media, politicians, individuals, whatever, - must be crushed like rats and be disposed off on the rubbish heap of history.

Kenya is greater than any individual - Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, You or Me. Whoever threatens the survival of the majority must be dealt with with extreme prejudice.

You use to be reasonable I don’t know what happened to you.
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spear · February 5, 2018, 11:19am

To be frank I couldn’t tell the difference between K24 and citizen. When I saw it on TV I thought they were back on until the very end of news.

Radical_Kisii · February 5, 2018, 11:34am

On point.

Starscream · February 5, 2018, 12:34pm

When the gavament shut-down three main TV stations, almost the entire country breathed a sigh of relief. We were all tired of the biased, prejudiced talking heads - who rotated from station to station - spewing ethnic hatred and propaganda couched as informed analyses.

We were tired of the spin in news that made our beautiful country sound like Syria or Libya - a doomed enterprise.

Which is why a majority of us - sane, right-thinking Kenyans whether in Nasa or Jubilee - welcome the current crackdown on fake news, indiscipline, tribal and ethnic war-mongering, etc etc etc.

The TV stations must stay shut. And Kenyans are so OK with it you won’t hear complains!

The fact is media freedom must come with media responsibility. All rights guaranteed in the Constitution, including the rights of the media, must be exercised in a way that they do not impinge on the rights of others or endanger the survival of the nation.

The Kenyan media has in particular failed to observe this basic tenet. It has given platform to the likes of Miguna, for instance, to call for the rape of Nairobi Women representative, and Babu Owino to call the president the son of a dog. Where in the world does a responsible media allow that to happen? If CNN and BBC are our standards, are these kind of things allowed there?

Citing its freedom to broadcast, the Kenyan media has in addition failed to observe even the basic rules and regulations it has set ITSELF. These include a few seconds, say 30, delay of live transmissions to enable editing out of unsuitable material. So today you have all manner of idiots saying all manner of trash on live TV. Where does that happen?

The gavament must move with similar determination as it did with the media to bring discipline and order in other sectors.

The evil society for one must be tamed, and individuals who think they are a law unto themselves must be cut down to size.

It is instructive, for instance that in most of the West, which prides itself as the beacon of democracy, that NGOs that are funded by foreign donors have to register as ‘foreign agents’. Australia just passed a law on this.

Only in ‘weak’ countries like Kenya are we expected to put up with all manner of shit dished by the likes of Wainaina, Kegoro, Kiai, etc etc who are funded by foreign entities. It is as if we Africans should forever accept to be the chattel of their foreign masters. First it was slavery, then colonialism and now neo-colonialism using NGOs.

This must end, one way or the other.

Finally, let me end with Raila Amolo Odinga, being an example of how the gavament should deal with recalcitrant individuals.

To cure this country once and for all of its stupidity, Raila must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for committing high treason. Nobody should be above the law. What will happen, you ask.

Take a map of Kenya.

Nothing will happen in Central or Eastern province. Nothing will happen in North Eastern province. Nothing much will happen in the Rift Valley. That’s about 70% of Kenya.

Shit will hit the fan in Nyanza and parts of Western, Nairobi and Coast provinces. Hundreds will be shot. Then after two weeks, everybody will be tired of dying and go back to their lives.

Raila embodies all that is wrong with Kenya. An egocentric megalomaniac with a die-hard tribal following he is Bokassa, Idi Amin and Machar all rolled into one. To cure the country of his ilk, he must be cut down to size - when you get rid of the alpha baboon or hyena, the rest scatter.

One final word.

A gavament MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO KILL - ALL GAVAMENTS DO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. Bush killed 5,000 American kids for Saddam’s oil, for instance. The Gavament of Kenya must realise that governance and leadership is not a beauty pageant - it is a serious business where all organs of state must pursue only one agenda - the preservation and promotion of the nation-state.

All those that threaten this - media, politicians, individuals, whatever, - must be crushed like rats and be disposed off on the rubbish heap of history.

Kenya is greater than any individual - Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, You or Me. Whoever threatens the survival of the majority must be dealt with with extreme prejudice.

Ooh yes

Tarantinoh · February 5, 2018, 12:36pm

Amutharime?

Mauricio · February 5, 2018, 12:52pm

When the gavament shut-down three main TV stations, almost the entire country breathed a sigh of relief. We were all tired of the biased, prejudiced talking heads - who rotated from station to station - spewing ethnic hatred and propaganda couched as informed analyses.

We were tired of the spin in news that made our beautiful country sound like Syria or Libya - a doomed enterprise.

Which is why a majority of us - sane, right-thinking Kenyans whether in Nasa or Jubilee - welcome the current crackdown on fake news, indiscipline, tribal and ethnic war-mongering, etc etc etc.

The TV stations must stay shut. And Kenyans are so OK with it you won’t hear complains!

The fact is media freedom must come with media responsibility. All rights guaranteed in the Constitution, including the rights of the media, must be exercised in a way that they do not impinge on the rights of others or endanger the survival of the nation.

The Kenyan media has in particular failed to observe this basic tenet. It has given platform to the likes of Miguna, for instance, to call for the rape of Nairobi Women representative, and Babu Owino to call the president the son of a dog. Where in the world does a responsible media allow that to happen? If CNN and BBC are our standards, are these kind of things allowed there?

Citing its freedom to broadcast, the Kenyan media has in addition failed to observe even the basic rules and regulations it has set ITSELF. These include a few seconds, say 30, delay of live transmissions to enable editing out of unsuitable material. So today you have all manner of idiots saying all manner of trash on live TV. Where does that happen?

The gavament must move with similar determination as it did with the media to bring discipline and order in other sectors.

The evil society for one must be tamed, and individuals who think they are a law unto themselves must be cut down to size.

It is instructive, for instance that in most of the West, which prides itself as the beacon of democracy, that NGOs that are funded by foreign donors have to register as ‘foreign agents’. Australia just passed a law on this.

Only in ‘weak’ countries like Kenya are we expected to put up with all manner of shit dished by the likes of Wainaina, Kegoro, Kiai, etc etc who are funded by foreign entities. It is as if we Africans should forever accept to be the chattel of their foreign masters. First it was slavery, then colonialism and now neo-colonialism using NGOs.

This must end, one way or the other.

Finally, let me end with Raila Amolo Odinga, being an example of how the gavament should deal with recalcitrant individuals.

To cure this country once and for all of its stupidity, Raila must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for committing high treason. Nobody should be above the law. What will happen, you ask.

Take a map of Kenya.

Nothing will happen in Central or Eastern province. Nothing will happen in North Eastern province. Nothing much will happen in the Rift Valley. That’s about 70% of Kenya.

Shit will hit the fan in Nyanza and parts of Western, Nairobi and Coast provinces. Hundreds will be shot. Then after two weeks, everybody will be tired of dying and go back to their lives.

Raila embodies all that is wrong with Kenya. An egocentric megalomaniac with a die-hard tribal following he is Bokassa, Idi Amin and Machar all rolled into one. To cure the country of his ilk, he must be cut down to size - when you get rid of the alpha baboon or hyena, the rest scatter.

One final word.

A gavament MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO KILL - ALL GAVAMENTS DO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. Bush killed 5,000 American kids for Saddam’s oil, for instance. The Gavament of Kenya must realise that governance and leadership is not a beauty pageant - it is a serious business where all organs of state must pursue only one agenda - the preservation and promotion of the nation-state.

All those that threaten this - media, politicians, individuals, whatever, - must be crushed like rats and be disposed off on the rubbish heap of history.

Kenya is greater than any individual - Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, You or Me. Whoever threatens the survival of the majority must be dealt with with extreme prejudice.

Spoken like one Rowan Pope. The Republic is important than any one man.

Inspector_Kaswende · February 5, 2018, 12:53pm

If your words are as wisdom filled as you think, mbona your kamwana is a coward, let’s stop monkey games arrest raila kama ajo na balls which I know hana. For now aendelee kunywa Murat’s .You will thank me later

Inspector_Kaswende · February 5, 2018, 12:55pm

Na BTW kukiharibika, you can’t even trust your Kale’s brother to save your asses, it will be Kenyans against you

Dakan · February 5, 2018, 1:06pm

100% agree with you guka. Kenya surely needs a deep clean of the media and civil society. The kind of rhetoric they spew will not be tolerated in any modern society. Not even in our traditional African society.

epoch · February 5, 2018, 1:55pm

If this is the kind of thinking we have then we got a long way to go.
I do not support media blackout!

Ubongo · February 5, 2018, 2:01pm

True words, responsibilities must reign

olycrank · February 5, 2018, 2:33pm

When the gavament shut-down three main TV stations, almost the entire country breathed a sigh of relief. We were all tired of the biased, prejudiced talking heads - who rotated from station to station - spewing ethnic hatred and propaganda couched as informed analyses.

We were tired of the spin in news that made our beautiful country sound like Syria or Libya - a doomed enterprise.

Which is why a majority of us - sane, right-thinking Kenyans whether in Nasa or Jubilee - welcome the current crackdown on fake news, indiscipline, tribal and ethnic war-mongering, etc etc etc.

The TV stations must stay shut. And Kenyans are so OK with it you won’t hear complains!

The fact is media freedom must come with media responsibility. All rights guaranteed in the Constitution, including the rights of the media, must be exercised in a way that they do not impinge on the rights of others or endanger the survival of the nation.

The Kenyan media has in particular failed to observe this basic tenet. It has given platform to the likes of Miguna, for instance, to call for the rape of Nairobi Women representative, and Babu Owino to call the president the son of a dog. Where in the world does a responsible media allow that to happen? If CNN and BBC are our standards, are these kind of things allowed there?

Citing its freedom to broadcast, the Kenyan media has in addition failed to observe even the basic rules and regulations it has set ITSELF. These include a few seconds, say 30, delay of live transmissions to enable editing out of unsuitable material. So today you have all manner of idiots saying all manner of trash on live TV. Where does that happen?

The gavament must move with similar determination as it did with the media to bring discipline and order in other sectors.

The evil society for one must be tamed, and individuals who think they are a law unto themselves must be cut down to size.

It is instructive, for instance that in most of the West, which prides itself as the beacon of democracy, that NGOs that are funded by foreign donors have to register as ‘foreign agents’. Australia just passed a law on this.

Only in ‘weak’ countries like Kenya are we expected to put up with all manner of shit dished by the likes of Wainaina, Kegoro, Kiai, etc etc who are funded by foreign entities. It is as if we Africans should forever accept to be the chattel of their foreign masters. First it was slavery, then colonialism and now neo-colonialism using NGOs.

This must end, one way or the other.

Finally, let me end with Raila Amolo Odinga, being an example of how the gavament should deal with recalcitrant individuals.

To cure this country once and for all of its stupidity, Raila must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for committing high treason. Nobody should be above the law. What will happen, you ask.

Take a map of Kenya.

Nothing will happen in Central or Eastern province. Nothing will happen in North Eastern province. Nothing much will happen in the Rift Valley. That’s about 70% of Kenya.

Shit will hit the fan in Nyanza and parts of Western, Nairobi and Coast provinces. Hundreds will be shot. Then after two weeks, everybody will be tired of dying and go back to their lives.

Raila embodies all that is wrong with Kenya. An egocentric megalomaniac with a die-hard tribal following he is Bokassa, Idi Amin and Machar all rolled into one. To cure the country of his ilk, he must be cut down to size - when you get rid of the alpha baboon or hyena, the rest scatter.

One final word.

A gavament MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO KILL - ALL GAVAMENTS DO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. Bush killed 5,000 American kids for Saddam’s oil, for instance. The Gavament of Kenya must realise that governance and leadership is not a beauty pageant - it is a serious business where all organs of state must pursue only one agenda - the preservation and promotion of the nation-state.

All those that threaten this - media, politicians, individuals, whatever, - must be crushed like rats and be disposed off on the rubbish heap of history.

Kenya is greater than any individual - Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, You or Me. Whoever threatens the survival of the majority must be dealt with with extreme prejudice.

This is stupid. I stay in Gatundu and I see most people condemning the shutdown but supporting it when asked in public. Watu wanaumia kindani

Doc_Oga · February 5, 2018, 4:22pm

Thanks for the correction kweli ni amutharime.

Doc_Oga · February 5, 2018, 4:25pm

Gatundu wapi?

system · February 5, 2018, 4:30pm

we have been there before, it is nothing new

mpotorico · February 5, 2018, 4:34pm

Correct but i have always wondered why they say it thay way.

NjuguNiTamu · February 5, 2018, 7:54pm

I am with you on this. There is no NEWS anymore, just political shit.

system · February 5, 2018, 8:06pm

When the gavament shut-down three main TV stations, almost the entire country breathed a sigh of relief. We were all tired of the biased, prejudiced talking heads - who rotated from station to station - spewing ethnic hatred and propaganda couched as informed analyses.

We were tired of the spin in news that made our beautiful country sound like Syria or Libya - a doomed enterprise.

Which is why a majority of us - sane, right-thinking Kenyans whether in Nasa or Jubilee - welcome the current crackdown on fake news, indiscipline, tribal and ethnic war-mongering, etc etc etc.

The TV stations must stay shut. And Kenyans are so OK with it you won’t hear complains!

The fact is media freedom must come with media responsibility. All rights guaranteed in the Constitution, including the rights of the media, must be exercised in a way that they do not impinge on the rights of others or endanger the survival of the nation.

The Kenyan media has in particular failed to observe this basic tenet. It has given platform to the likes of Miguna, for instance, to call for the rape of Nairobi Women representative, and Babu Owino to call the president the son of a dog. Where in the world does a responsible media allow that to happen? If CNN and BBC are our standards, are these kind of things allowed there?

Citing its freedom to broadcast, the Kenyan media has in addition failed to observe even the basic rules and regulations it has set ITSELF. These include a few seconds, say 30, delay of live transmissions to enable editing out of unsuitable material. So today you have all manner of idiots saying all manner of trash on live TV. Where does that happen?

The gavament must move with similar determination as it did with the media to bring discipline and order in other sectors.

The evil society for one must be tamed, and individuals who think they are a law unto themselves must be cut down to size.

It is instructive, for instance that in most of the West, which prides itself as the beacon of democracy, that NGOs that are funded by foreign donors have to register as ‘foreign agents’. Australia just passed a law on this.

Only in ‘weak’ countries like Kenya are we expected to put up with all manner of shit dished by the likes of Wainaina, Kegoro, Kiai, etc etc who are funded by foreign entities. It is as if we Africans should forever accept to be the chattel of their foreign masters. First it was slavery, then colonialism and now neo-colonialism using NGOs.

This must end, one way or the other.

Finally, let me end with Raila Amolo Odinga, being an example of how the gavament should deal with recalcitrant individuals.

To cure this country once and for all of its stupidity, Raila must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for committing high treason. Nobody should be above the law. What will happen, you ask.

Take a map of Kenya.

Nothing will happen in Central or Eastern province. Nothing will happen in North Eastern province. Nothing much will happen in the Rift Valley. That’s about 70% of Kenya.

Shit will hit the fan in Nyanza and parts of Western, Nairobi and Coast provinces. Hundreds will be shot. Then after two weeks, everybody will be tired of dying and go back to their lives.

Raila embodies all that is wrong with Kenya. An egocentric megalomaniac with a die-hard tribal following he is Bokassa, Idi Amin and Machar all rolled into one. To cure the country of his ilk, he must be cut down to size - when you get rid of the alpha baboon or hyena, the rest scatter.

One final word.

A gavament MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO KILL - ALL GAVAMENTS DO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. Bush killed 5,000 American kids for Saddam’s oil, for instance. The Gavament of Kenya must realise that governance and leadership is not a beauty pageant - it is a serious business where all organs of state must pursue only one agenda - the preservation and promotion of the nation-state.

All those that threaten this - media, politicians, individuals, whatever, - must be crushed like rats and be disposed off on the rubbish heap of history.

Kenya is greater than any individual - Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, You or Me. Whoever threatens the survival of the majority must be dealt with with extreme prejudice.

Nothing more to add. UhuruRuto tolerated so much crap just to avoid bloodshed but about time they showed their metal. Kenyans are vv resilient and just want to earn a living.

Conservative_dude · February 5, 2018, 8:50pm

No it should not. Guka you are old enough to know that you should not use a hammer to kill a mosquito that latches on to your testicles. Actually, the so-called crackdown may achieve unintended consequences. If the government continues on this path, then I fear for Ruto. So near yet so far. The same situation wazimu mkuu has been. :::::

History lessons for Ruto: wazimu mkuu was put in charge of mau rehabilitation. Of course it was a noble cause but fought using the wrong tactics. He was given a rope and he hang himself using it. The repercussions are evident to date.

He might not be in charge, but all it will take will be reminding the voters of how dictatorial the man is.

I think you are also old enough to have read the history of fascism in Italy and Germany. A few nut jobs sold the nationalism fad and the masses fell for it. Worse crimes were committed in the name of nationalism. Those who dared to raise a finger were termed enemies of progress.

The media is a non-issue.