Kujua Mb1nu Za Kumf1k1sha K1lelen1 Mwanamke Kwa Haraka: BONYEZA HAPA CHNI
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It is an incontestable fact that vernacular radio stations have played a key role in educating and informing a largely ignorant populace that does not speak nor understand Kiswahili and English, our two national languages.
For a long time it has been argued that the preservation of our various cultures is hinged on the promotion of vernacular. Professor Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, a leading literati, has time and again implored us to use our vernacular, and he is one of the leading promoters of vernacular radio stations for the same purpose. He has even written a novel in Kikuyu.
Thus, it can be said that the need to preserve and promote our cultures is largely responsible for the proliferation of vernacular radio stations. Education of the section of society that does not understand English or Swahili is the second reason advanced for the continuation of vernacular radio stations.
However, some overzealous tribal bigots have hijacked these vernacular radio stations and consequently converted them into vitriol-spewing establishments meant to malign other tribes and tribal figures by developing and brooding negative stereotypes.
In the run up to the 2007 elections, a slew of radio stations made it their agenda to propagate hate speech.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) singled out a Kikuyu song by Miuga Njoroge that was broadcast on Inooro Fm and Kameme Fm. The Song had been sponsored by the Party of National Unity (PNU), ironically. The essence of the song was that Raila Odinga is a murderer. That he is power hungry. That he doesn’t care about other tribes. That he only cares about his tribe, the Luo community. That Luos are lazy. They don’t work. They are hooligans. And, that when they rent houses, they don’t pay rent.
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