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  • Kameme, Inooro TV Refuses To Interview Impeached DP Gachagua

    Kameme, Inooro TV Refuses To Interview Impeached DP Gachagua

    Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s attempt to be interviewed live for his Mt Kenya stronghold on Sunday night collapsed the last minute after two Kikuyu TV stations declined to interview him at his Mathira home.

    Gachagua had initially requested to be interviewed by the Royal Media Services (RMS) owned Inooro TV. The planned interview however collapsed at the last minute after RMS chairman SK Macharia vetoed the idea.

    The former DP then approached Kameme TV. This plan also failed after the Kenyatta family which owns Media Max Limited, the operator of Kameme TV insisted that the former DP had to show up at the Kameme TV studios along Kijabe Street in Nairobi if he wanted the interview to take place.

    Gachagua, who had gotten used to media crew coming to his residence whenever they wanted an interview when he was DP could not believe that he was being asked to drive from his Mathira home in Nyeri to a television studio 200 kilometres away in Nairobi.

    Consequently, the interview collapsed as a result of the stand off.

    Gachagua has since last Friday been spending time at his Mathira home where he retreated to on the eve of Prof Kithure Kindiki’s swearing in as Deputy President.

    “Home Sweet Home! Thanking God for the gift of my family,” he wrote on Friday as shared a picture of his family including his wife Dorcas Gachagua and their two sons.

    “The smell of fresh grass, the sounds of chirping birds—that’s what a happy family needs. I will remain forever grateful to God for giving me a loving and supportive family. We are happy to be home, where I was born and brought up!”

    Gachagua, who was impeached on October 17, said he looks forward to reconnecting with nature and the simplicity of rural life.

    “I can’t wait for the morning to take my walk in Hombe Forest, enjoy the beautiful scenery of Mt Kenya as I thank God for His kindness,” he added, painting a picture of a peaceful return to his roots.

  • Royal Media’s Victor Kinuthia Best and Worst Case Scenario

    Royal Media’s Victor Kinuthia Best and Worst Case Scenario

    Kenyans were baffled by Royal media journalist Victor Kinuthia who went rather was allowed to report on live coverage about the ongoing case and arrest of Kiharu MP in English, a language that clearly seemed to challenge the young Journo.

    The reporter attached to Inooro TV was trolled by Kenyans on social media after covering the arrest of Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro in what other users called Kikuyenglish.

    He, however In a post on his Facebook account, Kinuthia said that although he had been bullied online, his fellow colleagues and Kenyans had reached out and he felt encouraged.

    “I almost gave up when I found myself trending all over after yesterday’s 9 pm news. But after receiving calls and texts from my bosses, colleagues, friends, and fans I must say am encouraged,” Kinuthia stated.

    Here is a video Courtesy of @KennyKaburu of Royal Media Journalist Victor Kinuthia reporting live from Murang’a

    The video would later attract trolls from KOT  and other social media app users claiming that Royal media decided to display their githeri media journalist on live coverage.

    Here is samples of the trolls from Kenyans On Twitter.

     

    However, the good case scenario is that Kenya’s Top journalists from different media houses have come out strongly to defend embattled presenter Victor Kinuthia. which senior-most Journalists and media personalities urging him to never give up nor allow trolls to shut his ambitions and dreams down.

    Here are samples of their messages to Victor Kinuthia.

     

    First things first, Victor has been reporting mainly in Gikuyu, his own dialect which makes it difficult to switch easily, quickly and most importantly, perfectly to reporting in English. Yes, I get it, but, why is he not yet fired like other journalists who flop once and they get their contracts terminated with immediate effect for ‘shaming the brand’? Even before firing him, why did they, whoever that is/are in charge of live reporting at RMS, allow a vernacular based journalist to report live in a language that he might, is,  not familiar with?

    My worst-case scenario is, Victor Kinuthia might be a lucky example of the much-needed connections to keep media gigs and contracts in Kenya. Victor, in my opinion might be having a high-end connection that ‘placed’ him there and the connection is so deep to an extent that a group of Kenya’s most prominent journalists had to be involved in cleaning this clear clumsiness scenario. Will this “support” happen rather be unanimously expressed to every other ‘first time’ journos in the media industry?