OPINION: KENYAN MEDIA HOUSE BANS HATE SPEECH TARGETING LGBTI IN ADVERTS
OPINION: KENYAN MEDIA HOUSE BANS HATE SPEECH TARGETING LGBTI IN ADVERTS OPINION: KENYAN MEDIA HOUSE BANS HATE SPEECH TARGETING LGBTI IN ADVERTS Election time is looming in Kenya and there is a sense of guardedness as the country moves from the dark past of post election violence in 2007 that resulted in the deaths of over 1,500 people. Melissa Wainaina Arcus Correspondent Kenya The upcoming election is also a litmus test of the new people-driven constitution that Kenyans came up with in 2010. The election will also mark the end of the incumbent president's second term of office and efforts are being made to ensure that the transition of power is peaceful, free and fair. In light of the sometimes adverse role sections of the media played at the last election, the move by the Nation Media Group (NMG, East and Central Africa's largest media house) to publish guidelines for political advertising comes as a pleasant surpris