This Is Why The Star Newspaper Journalists Face A Possible Ban From Practising Journalism In Kenya. They Have Rattled The Snake
The Media Council of Kenya is dismayed by the continued breaches to the Code of Conduct for the Practice of Journalism in Kenya by Radio Africa Group’s Star Newspaper.
As the body mandated with promoting ethical standards among journalists and the media in Kenya, the Media Council of Kenya is highly concerned with the blatant contravention by the newspaper of a number of articles in the Code of Conduct as entrenched in the Second Schedule of the Media Council Act 2013.
The Council is particularly incensed by the persistent publishing of offensive stories and pictures by the Star Newspaper, which continues to offend common decency and family values that the society believes in.
The council has noted a recurrent breach of several articles of the Code by the Star Newspaper including:
- Article 11 on Covering Ethnic, Religious and Sectarian Conflict
- Article 20 on the Use of Pictures and Names
- Article 9 on Obscenity, Taste and Tone in Reporting
- Article 14 on Intrusion into Grief and Shock; among other
Consequently, the Council has summoned the management of Radio Africa Group on Thursday, 22 January 2015 to explain the unprofessional conduct of its journalists before an appropriate action is taken, including a contemplated withdrawal of accreditation of its journalists and excommunication of the paper from media enterprises regulated under Media Council of Kenya.
The Media Council of Kenya advises all media houses in the country to uphold ethical practices as they go about their duties.
