Reports of black Africans being subjected to racial abuse in China are shocking, retrogressive and should be condemned outrightly. Several reports of Nigerian and Kenyan nationals being denied entry into their homes and public spaces such as subways because they are foreigners have emerged and caused an uproar on social media. It has also been reported that members of the black community in Guangzhou are facing special scrutiny amid coronavirus pandemic, unlike the citizens. It is inappropriate and inhuman for the Chinese government to treat foreigners, who are in the country legally, like animals. The world is currently facing a deadly pandemic that has so far left over 125,000 people dead. Economies are suffering. Millions of people across the world have lost their jobs because they cannot go to work lest they contract the deadly virus, whose disputed source is said to be a food market in Wuhan, China. Thousands of families have lost their loved ones and there is the need to ...
This article is not an attack on the Kenyan legacy media. Rather, it is a case I want to present to prove that the Kenyan media has abandoned its watchdog role. I have been following, keenly, the news coverage by the three main dailies in the country, with special attention on the stories given prominence by the print media. From my observation, the Kenyan print media has given politics, more so, the 2022 presidency succession debate, a lot of coverage than any other important issue facing the country. News print editors have given prominence to stories about who is likely to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta when his term ends in three years, instead of focusing on investigative pieces on corruption, the ailing health sector and the long-ignored education and creative arts industry, including sports, by the past and present governments. While the media has highlighted some scandals such as the one on Pumwani Maternity Hospital’s dead babies fo...