Hi All Has anyone got a copy of the media bill that is hotly contested by media sector? I thought that they (the media) had worked jointly with the government to draft this bill, so it would be interesting to find out what the points of contention are. Is it the issue of cross ownership? best alice
Alice, In brief, the Bill seeks to establish a Media Council of Kenya and a Media Advisory Board to regulate journalist, enforce a code of conduct and manage a complaints committee. The Media Owners Association has been campaigning against establishment of statutory media regulation to replace the existing self-regulation mechanism. On Thursday 17th May the MOA issued a press statement to make their two points clear to the govt.. 1, MOA rejects the Media Bill 2007. 2, We have our own Bill which we would be happy to replace with the govt Bill. Will keep you posted on that. Kanja ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php
Nice, But the media is far from self regulation. Or at least, we have not seen enough of that. The govt definitely has a role. Mis-information is really a great role the media is recently playing. The public has to be guarded against irresponsible journalism and govt is definitely one of those key stakeholders in ensuring this. A supplier/s cannot be solely trusted on this. On 5/18/07, Kanja Waruru <kanjawaruru@yahoo.com> wrote:
Alice, In brief, the Bill seeks to establish a Media Council of Kenya and a Media Advisory Board to regulate journalist, enforce a code of conduct and manage a complaints committee.
The Media Owners Association has been campaigning against establishment of statutory media regulation to replace the existing self-regulation mechanism.
On Thursday 17th May the MOA issued a press statement to make their two points clear to the govt..
1, MOA rejects the Media Bill 2007.
2, We have our own Bill which we would be happy to replace with the govt Bill.
Will keep you posted on that. Kanja
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