Mainstream media in the wilderness as people go for 'microwave' news

Journalists cover the State of the Nation address by President William Ruto at Parliament on November 21, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Something positive is happening in Kenya, not mandated by the government or other official entities but because people desire to do so. People are thinking individually or in groups and feel good and fulfilled. They are in universities organising random lectures or graduate discussion groups on specific areas of interest or outside the university setting focusing on particular lines.