Citizen TV’s Julie Gichuru Attacked by Political Bullies
Politicians are the kind of people you will find hard to understand; the outspoken Julie Gichuru has come under attack from political bullies and the reason for the offensive will even amuse you.
The media always try to be impartial in their reporting even so, it still gets to be attacked by forces which perceive it as a threat to their very existence. Sunday the 31st on Citizen TV’s Sunday Live, the TV station featured a story about the plight of women in Awasi, Kisumu country. The women were being exploited for sex in exchange for water supply and in case they resisted they were being raped by alleged water vendors. The featuring of this story on Julie’s Sunday Live show was the genesis of her attacks by deceitful political forces.
The political forces are taking a tribal angle to launch attacks on Julie even ignoring the fact that the feature story depicted first-hand account of witnesses narrating their escapades as they try to fetch water. This is a clear revelation of how manipulative some politicians can get; they fail their electorate then when the media illuminate on their failures they quickly turn the whole situation to appear as if the media is launching attack on their tribe.
The media is the mirror of the society and it does not play tribal politics so according to me, any entity that threats any individual or the media for a good course should not be tolerated at all. Julie should keep on doing her great work without the fear of intimidation from any quarter. That is just my opinion, what do you think of that whole situation?
