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Media can no longer bury its head in the sand

Journalism training in Kenya is an injustice of scandalous proportions.

That profound denouncement by Prof Murej Mak’Ochieng was perhaps the greatest indictment of the media at the two-day Kenya Editors Guild (KEG) convention held at Villa Rosa Kempinski between December 7 and 8.
That, as the good professor pointed out, is where the ‘kizungumkuti’ lies, because ultimately, it is these ‘scandalous’ products to whom the legacy of the industry will be passed.

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