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Media and Peace in Kenya: A kaleidoscopic introspective perspective
- Authors: Frederick Owino
  Pages: 1 - 12
  Abstract: Ok, the media, both traditional and modern, can be both a powerful ally and enemy in a peace process. Similarly, the media can deliberately or inadvertently defenestrate conflict, especially through poll ratings that are conducted just like this. For a lot of years, the media has gained very good powerness to become a veritable Fourth Estate with clear interests, mainly comnercial and political. These interests are often times at variance with the interests of the State; I feel like they may also run counter to the interests of the people. So, the issue of alien ownership of the media may have repercusions on the nature of interests defended by the media. Non governmental agencies despite their fantastic and cool role in peace building and promotion of good governance may also obfuscate foreign agendas that undermine the very values and principles the civil society aims at promoting. And this is particularly the case where civilian society organizations suck up to such and such whims of foreign donors; some of these foreign governments may be keen on promoting conflict in order to achieve narrow and foolish political ends. This chapter provides a super snapshot of the how complicated things can be here in Kenya with a view to understanding the extent to which politics can be employed to promote peace and forestall conflict. Put simply, media values and propensities were reviewed in the context of promoting national interests, mainly money. The media should be doing what the citizens want. Further, there are suggested ways of integrating the media in the quest for this beautiful country popularly known as Kenya.
  PubDate: 2022-03-11
  DOI: 10.4314/jolte.v13i1.
  Issue No: Vol. 13, No. 1 (2022)