Stakeholders told to Unite in ending Crime and Impunity against Journalists

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A section of media stakeholders follow proceedings during today's International Day to End Impunity for Crime against Journalists-Story and Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

November 2, 2023

 

Stakeholders told to Unite in ending Crime and Impunity against Journalists

 

VARIOUS stakeholders have been urged to fully unite and help in ending crime and impunity against Journalists across the country.

 

Kisumu Deputy Governor Mathews Owili says this is the surest way to ensure that crime and impunity against Journalists is ended.

 

Addressing stakeholders today in Kisumu during the International Day to End Impunity for Crime against Journalists, Kisumu Deputy Governor said a divisive media will not stand against the enemy and win.

 

“Unity is strength. Let us face the tormentors as a team not as individuals,” Dr Owili says.

 

Owili says the Journalists through their umbrella bodies should demand an end to impunity in Kenya, Africa, and the World, adding that this is because protecting journalists is protecting everyone’s rights.

Owili adds that ten years since the two French Journalists were cornered and brutally killed in Mali within West Africa, crime and impunity against Journalists in a number of countries in Africa is still witnessed.

 

“It was one of the darkest days in Journalism. A messenger had been killed. The murder sent a chilling message and a chorus of condemnation rang across the world.

At the United Nations General Assembly, shocked members vowed to take action. They passed a resolution to proclaim November 2 as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists,” Owili adds.

 

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), more than 1,600 journalists have been killed across the world since 1993.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Media Council of Kenya David Omwoyo says the perpetrators of crime and impunity against journalists must account for their actions so as to deter others from continue committing such crimes against journalists.

Omwoyo says instances where perpetrators walk scot-free is encouraging impunity against those working in the media industry.

The Media Council of Kenya CEO adds that examples of crime committed against Journalists include online attacks, Impersonation and non-payment to Journalists among others.

Judy Munyinyi, Information Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and Digital Economy says the Government is fully committed in ensuring that press freedom is fully protected.

The Information Secretary says it is a collective duty to ensure that freedom of the press is fully protected.

She says Government is strengthening legal protection of the press freedom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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