In defense of the media...

Assistant minister Danson Mungatana’s reference to the recent shoe humiliation for US President George Bush in Iraq to justify his support for the unpopular media Bill is not only simplistic, but also completely out of line, remarks Martin Tairo Maseghe.

“Can he, please, explain how the Bill will prevent such a thing happening in Kenya? Is it by raiding and closing down the radio or TV station such a journalist my be working for?”


Published in the Daily Nation of 19th December, 2008