Media Council of Kenya Workshop

Moi University media Students attend a Media Council of Kenya workshop held at Hotel Comfy in Eldoret town.

Moi University Media students waiting for start of the Media Council Session

The workshop hosted by the media council was attended by students and invited members of the public from Uasin Gishu County. Among those in attendance was Pamela, the president of Kenya maendeleo ya wanawake. The workshop discussed the need for the media to engage in efforts of fighting negative ethnicity in Kenya. Amos Kibet, a Media Council of Kenya commissioner said “the proliferation of the vernacular language radio stations is both an advantage to the democracy of the country but also a disgrace to the country as media personnel and the public have used it to gear negative ethnicity.” The workshop focused on equipping the young media professionals with tactics of dealing with negative ethnicity whenever they come up while they are airing programs at the studio. Callers should make sensible comments free of hate and free of negative ethnicity.