28th January 2008

Rosemary Okello and Mildred Ngesa briefed the meeting on the outcomes of a forum organized last Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th January where women representing the diversity of the women’s movement in Kenya met the team of Eminent Persons led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan followed by a subsequent meeting of the movement examining itself in the context of the post-election crisis. 

In recent days, Kenya has been talked about in the same breath as Rwanda, Liberia, Afghanistan and others, with analysts breaking down our history to a conflict between two 'tribes'. Terms such as 'Ethnic genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' have been bandied about with no regard to the real issues behind the on-going unrest and blood shed in the country.

The Media Diversity Centre played host to a journalists’ training workshop in Kisumu for 30 correspondents and journalists from western Kenya. They shared their views on the dynamics of reporting political issues in an election period. The General Elections are scheduled for December 2007.