The Star’s Oliver Mathenge Shows The Cold Blood Running Among Journalists In Kenya

Normally, and in most cases, birds of the same feather are believed to flock together, and so they can easily be identified.

However, Kenyan journalists who can be equated to be birds of the same feather, professionally, are defying this very common phrase as they seem not to flock together.

This comes thanks to the digital migration saga that has rocked this country over months now.

Kenya is expected to be the second country in Africa after South Africa to shift from analogue broadcasting to digital broadcasting.

However, the manner in which the Communication Authority of Kenya has handled the whole issue of digital migration has not gone down well with some media houses in the country, especially the three major ones: Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Media Services.

This has prompted court battles with the latest being the CA nullifying licences awarded to the three media houses over what they say was a misleading advertisement that discouraged viewers from buying GoTV and Startimes set top boxes.

Even as other journalists stand with others in this otherwise sour saga that will derail development in the country, one Oliver Mathenge is swimming the other way as he bashes the three media houses for refusing to go digital.

Through his tweets, Mathenge publicly loves at them and says that they are lying to Kenyans.

This is what the writer tweeted:

When I said they were misinforming Kenyans on #DigitalMigration, they almost skinned me alive. Sasa ona.

BTW, there are over 40 TV stations in Kenya. In any other industry, a group of three would have been called a cartel. #DigitalMigration

@Olez: Poor media houses. Even the viewers they claim to champion for don’t believe them…”

But why has NMG adopted this habit of illustrating their tweets with suggestive photos?

Well, this only serves to indicate the relationship that exists among journalists in Kenya.

It is a sour one and full of competition.