Vet Political Analysts to avoid alarmists, Board tells media.

 The Kenya Films Classification Board Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ezekiel Mutua{2nd R} address the press in Kisumu on Thursday where he has urged Media Houses to start vetting political analysts so as to avoid those who are alarmist while on air where they incite the public-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.

By Dickson Odhiambo.

September 21, 2017.

Vet Political Analysts to avoid alarmists, Board tells media.

THE MEDIA houses in the country have been told to first vet various political analysts before inviting them for political talk shows.

The Kenya Film Classification Board Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ezekiel Mutua says some of the so called political analysts are so alarming and engage in inciting the public while on air once invited by the media for political talk shows hence need to be vetted properly.

Speaking in Kisumu during a courtesy call to the Nyanza regional Coordinator's office, Mutua said the media houses should begin the vetting process of the political analysts they invite to their studios so as to avoid having those who can incite Kenyans against one another especially during this electioneering period.

“Some of these political analysts who have been invited into various media house’s studios have been a big let down because they have been seen to be inciting Kenyans against one another for no apparent reason while on air.This is not acceptable and we call upon the media to embark on vetting them before inviting such individuals to their studios,” he says.

Mutua says the media should help in preaching peace which is very key to various developments to take place across various parts of the country.

Mutua says there cannot be any form of meaningful development without the existence of peace across the country and it is the media which can help in preaching the various messages of peace to Kenyans of all walks of life.

“Kenyans will not entertain those political analysts who want to divide them while spewing hate speech and inciting them whenever they are invited to Media houses studios thus threatening the peace, he adds.

He says this country can not be built on pure politics all the time year in year out without embarking on various development activities to uplift the living standards of its people.

Mutua at the same time says the Government will use an estimated shs 20 billion to set up the Studio Mashina and Cinema Mashinani projects across the various parts of the country.

He says already a state of the art studio Mashinani has been put up in Isiolo County and a similar one is to be set up in Kisumu County.

He says the funds will also help in putting up creative Art Centers across the country as well as Cinema Mashinani.

Nyanza Regional Coordinator Wilson Njega says they fully support the new initiative.

He urges the public to make utilize the facilities once completed so as to help in the production of the local films contents.

He says the Government will not relent on its move to crack down on those with illegal betting machines without licenses.

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