In a few countries, such as Gambia and Niger, the first daily newspapers appeared in the period of media liberalization and boom. Besides apartheid South Africa, only Kenya and Nigeria accommodated private and independent press businesses, even then under enormous political constraints. Any newspaper expressing independent editorial attitudes was censored, banned or so controlled that most of the owners gave up publishing. But by 1970 most newspapers of any significance across the continent were government-owned. Independent media boomĪt independence in 1960 most newspapers were privately owned, organs either of the nationalist political movements and parties or of businesses mostly established by European investors. The "culture of silence," imposed first under colonialism and then by post-colonial military dictatorships and autocratic one-party states, was rudely broken. Suddenly the streets of Africa's capitals were awash with newspapers. It ended near-absolute government control and monopoly and ushered in a vibrant pluralism. The media boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s, accompanying the movement for democratic reforms in Africa, transformed the continent's media landscape virtually overnight. In fact the freest period for the African media generally has been the 15-year period between 19." Nothing in the Daily Nation story is factual," he tweeted on Wednesday, December 18.When on 18 March this year the Daily Nation, one of Africa's biggest and most successful independent newspapers, celebrated its 50th anniversary, Charles Onyango Obbo, a columnist for the Nairobi, Kenya, paper, wrote, "It has mostly been hell on earth for the African media for most of these 50 years. If you are confused by the contradictory stories in today's dailies it is because Standard chose journalism while Daily Nation went with their imagination. "Papers must carry news only and not be agents of misinformation.
ODM Secretary-General Edwin Siufuna, however, in an angry rant dismissed reports by the Daily Nation as false and misleading, even as he hailed Standard's version of events. The Daily Nation indicated that ODM Party's calls were fuelled by a concern that a prime minister appointed by the president as suggested in the BBI report would have no real power and would be at the mercy of the head of state. "ODM's fresh demands are expected to attract opposition from Jubilee Party leaders allied to DP William Ruto, who had earlier showed lukewarm support for the BBI before changing tune after it suggested a mongrel system of government that is neither pure parliamentary nor presidential, with a weak PM," the publication wrote. The publication further reported that the opposition had made submissions and recommendations that of the two deputy prime ministers, one of them was supposed to be less than 45 years to marshall support from the youth. The Daily Nation, however, reported that the ODM Party had pushed for a powerful prime minister's post with two deputies. "Even though that is what we presented and wanted, we must, however, be able to listen and accommodate the views of other Kenyans who presented a different opinion," Sifuna was quoted. The Standard reported that the ODM team had decided to abandon a bid for a prime minister's post.Īccording to the newspaper, Sifuna stated that the reason behind the change of tune was because ODM had seen a need to accommodate views from other Kenyans on the matter.
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