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Judging the judge: A spotlight on the performance of media in Kenya since 2013 elections

IT is one year since the jubilee coalition came to power, the CORD coalition became the opposition and all the cameras have been turned on their performance in and out of government respectively.

While it would be wise to stand aside and  judge the government in all the sphere for which they came to power to manage the country, I find it quite tempting  to deviate a little bit and turn the spotlight back to the media and here I mean our main stream media houses, on their score in the areas of information, objectivity in their reporting, being the watchdog on behalf the Hoi polloi over our elected leaders both in and out of government,

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