Edith, I think the local media seems to have been gagged to avoid raising political tension. All the media houses had their staff in the field and a in-house tallying centres from nearly all the constituencies but they are somehow afraid to share with the public since IEBC is the only body allowed to release elections results. I think this situation, in my opinion raises un-certainty for no reason. Rgd, Cliff On 3/7/13, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.ca> wrote:
Listers,
With the information revolution, news makes round at the speed of light.
Why should we be getting breaking news of this kind (below) from international news? Why not from our local media? Should our source of information be by international media houses?
The media is represented on this list, what's going on?
Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 11:44 AM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013: #BREAKING: Running mate of Kenya PM Odinga - one of the frontrunners in Monday's presidential polls - alleges vote-rigging
BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) tweeted at 0:02 PM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013: Party of 2nd-placed candidate in Kenyan elections, Raila Odinga, says it has evidence that results are being "doctored"