Journalists’ Union tells off CS Kuria over his derogatory remarks on Media

 

The Kenya Union of Journalists{KUJ} Secretary General Eric Oduor addressing a meeting of Journalist recently-Photo By KUJ

By Dickson Odhiambo

June 19, 2023

Journalists’ Union tells off CS Kuria over his derogatory remarks on Media

The Kenya Union of Journalists has told off Investment, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria to sober up and stop issuing derogatory remarks against the media.

The Kenya Union of Journalists {KUJ} has said the Cabinet Secretary is becoming a national shame following his constant attacks to the media industry in the country.

In a terse press statement to the newsrooms today, KUJ Secretary General Eric Oduor said the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Investment, Trade and Industry’s actions and utterances should promote positive image of the country as a nation in line with leadership and integrity Chapter as enshrined in the constitution of Kenya 2010.

Oduor says the CS’s reactions on media reports regarding one of the many scandals that have hit the Kenya Kwanza Government in the last ten months are not only embarrassing to Kenyans but also a confirmation that his stomach is full and can belch and eventually vomit on the shoes of hungry Kenyans with impunity.

He says a celebrated philosopher named Plato said leaders are mirrors of the society and it is their sincere hope that President William Ruto will save Kenyans from this national shame.

“While we support the ongoing initiatives by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to deal with the impact of rampant consumption of alcohol in the country, it is our opinion that for this war to bear fruit, he should cast the net wider to rid the county of leaders who are not in control of their faculties. I can assure Mr Kuria that the media will outlive his political career and will be waiting with glee to write his political obituary,” Oduor says.

The media Council of Kenya has equally issued a terse statement regarding the attack against Journalists and media Houses in the country.

The Council through its Chief Executive Officer David Omwoyo notes that this is the most extreme, since independence that individuals have pushed media and Government relations to the brink and lowered the country’s dignity.

Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has been under fire from various media stakeholders after his remarks yesterday about the Nation Media Group telling Government agencies not to offer adverts to the newspaper whom it has accused of bedding with the Opposition.

Kuria in a video circulating in the social media has warned public officers who will offer adverts to the Nation Media Group that they will be sacked forthwith.