For the first time in a long time, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto took time off their busy schedule to give very sound advice to the opposition.

ODM for instance has been forced to live with the current governor of Busia after its preferred candidate Paul Otuoma requested to be allowed to run as an independent. ODM leaders must be very unhappy because Otuoma snubbed the repeat polls even after the party assured him that he would also be allowed to include ghosts in his list of voters in the re-run.

First, they decide to impose a Sh1 million fine on an honourable lady, Elizabeth Ongoro, a loyal member whose only crime was to express herself loudly at the party headquarters.

The JSC was frothing at the mouth, trying to remind the President that he had no meaningful role in the appointment of the CJ and that he should simply do his politics without dragging in Maraga’s name.

I am upset with these hordes of haters because the Sultan, Governor 001, His Excellency, Ali Hassan Joho is an honourable man.

Folks, these past few days have been rather distressful to me. I am sure you feel it too. I have seen many idle commentators and even the opposition no less, criticising our hard working president for a speech he made in Kisii the other day.

Yesterday, after one of my articles on digital migration was published, I received two very angry emails. One was a general complaint about why the three media houses that own KTN, Citizen and NTV were not ready for digital migration, and that they were caught napping. The article ended with a few unkind words.

Article 33 of the Kenyan Constitution guarantees freedom of expression while in Article 34, is enshrined the freedom of media.

For the last one week, every kind of expert – some not so knowledgeable – have sought to weigh in on this debate that often comes down to such airy terminologies as spectrum, set-top boxes, free-to-air... the list is endless.

TV Journalist Joe Ageyo explains in detail some key concerns broadcasters have about the controversial digital migration in Kenya.