Is it mere coincidence that during the tenure of former President Moi, the CCK (Communications Commission of Kenya) was headed by a Kalenjin and now under Kibaki, it is a Kikuyu at the helm?
Interestingly, during the Kibaki administration the Postal Corporation of Kenya docket seems to have become a preserve of the Luo community. The current Postmaster general is Fred (we used to call him "Nigga" in school) Odhiambo.
It is like heading a large multi-national corporation and then appointing those close to you to head the Information technology division (equivalent of CCK) and then naming other insignificants for cosmetic reasons to the stationary division (equivalent of Postal Corporation Of Kenya). IT is in and it is the future while stationary is rapidly dwindling because of the widespread use of computers, folks hardly need letterheads in the quantities they previously required them in. In fact we are fast heading towards a paperless office (so what will stationary shops sell in future if even paper clips will be obsolete?)
It is common knowledge that the P.O. Box era is rapidly coming to an end and this is the reason why the Postal corporation has been struggling to reposition itself and find a new identity and viable profit center. To his credit Mr Odhiambo has recently overseen the bold launch of a new money transfer service, sadly as you read this, it is being swifly wiped out by the Safaricom new M-Pesa money transfer service that is so cheap to use that it is unbelievable. Sample this. To send up to Kshs 35,000 to a registered M-Pesa account holder costs only 30 bob (yep, 30 Kenya shillings, this is not a typo).
So what are we saying here? That if the next president of Kenya is Kalonzo, we will see a Kamba heading the CCK and if it is Raila we will see a Mr Odhiambo heading it?
A Little creativity made Kenyan man $1,000 in daily profits
This woman has never heard sex, the reason will shock you.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Was This Fair To KTN?
Everybody knows that despite the ownership of the Standard group, there is no love lost between the Kibaki administration and this media house.
Was that why somebody walked into the Standard group and in one single swipe plucked out all the senior news anchors? It is instructive that during the notorious raid on the Standard by hooded gunmen, the policemen carrying it out specifically asked for Njoroge Mwaura (who had left minutes before) and now he is the only one who has not been plucked out by Citizen from KTN. That one cannot be a mere coincidence, I assure you.
So what information did Mwaura have that attracted attention from the police?
In fact Mwaura looks fairly lonely these days reading the news with novices and guys younger than his children. (The Catherine Kasavuli and Njoroge Mwaura combination was perfect and it is sad that it has come to an end). Incidentally with all due respect to Catherine, it seems that now would be a good time to retire anyway. I have documentary proof on tape of her stammering and hesitant during prime time news. I am not surprised at the angry comments that greeted my earlier post where I said this. Ms Kasavuli is loved by Kenyans, amazingly she is the only Kenyan I know who has grown prettier with the years.
But my question is, even if you raid a competitor, shouldn't you at least give them time to reorganize? It will be very hard for anybody to convince me that there was no ill-motive intended here.
Meanwhile Kenyans wait with bated breath to see the KTN News anchors on air at Citizen, which will happen from the beginning of April. Maybe the first thing the professionals should do is advice the Citizen management that red or orange or whatever that screaming background color they use is, is not a colour that is conducive to TV broadcasting.
A Little creativity made Kenyan man $1,000 in daily profits
This woman has never heard sex, the reason will shock you.
Was that why somebody walked into the Standard group and in one single swipe plucked out all the senior news anchors? It is instructive that during the notorious raid on the Standard by hooded gunmen, the policemen carrying it out specifically asked for Njoroge Mwaura (who had left minutes before) and now he is the only one who has not been plucked out by Citizen from KTN. That one cannot be a mere coincidence, I assure you.
So what information did Mwaura have that attracted attention from the police?
In fact Mwaura looks fairly lonely these days reading the news with novices and guys younger than his children. (The Catherine Kasavuli and Njoroge Mwaura combination was perfect and it is sad that it has come to an end). Incidentally with all due respect to Catherine, it seems that now would be a good time to retire anyway. I have documentary proof on tape of her stammering and hesitant during prime time news. I am not surprised at the angry comments that greeted my earlier post where I said this. Ms Kasavuli is loved by Kenyans, amazingly she is the only Kenyan I know who has grown prettier with the years.
But my question is, even if you raid a competitor, shouldn't you at least give them time to reorganize? It will be very hard for anybody to convince me that there was no ill-motive intended here.
Meanwhile Kenyans wait with bated breath to see the KTN News anchors on air at Citizen, which will happen from the beginning of April. Maybe the first thing the professionals should do is advice the Citizen management that red or orange or whatever that screaming background color they use is, is not a colour that is conducive to TV broadcasting.
A Little creativity made Kenyan man $1,000 in daily profits
This woman has never heard sex, the reason will shock you.
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