{"id":7577,"date":"2025-08-02T14:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=7577"},"modified":"2025-08-02T14:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:52:27","slug":"kca-wants-kabogo-to-cancel-the-gazette-notice-making-re-appointments-of-mck-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=7577","title":{"rendered":"KCA Wants Kabogo To Cancel The Gazette Notice Making Re-appointments Of MCK Board Members\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA) has raised a red flag and concerns regarding the reapportionment of four board members into the Media Council of Kenya (MCK).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">KCA further wants the ICT Cabinet<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Secretary William Kabogo to revoke the gazette notice announcing the Re-appointments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It has come to our attention that the CS has \u201cre-appointed\u201d four members of the previous board to the Media Council for a further term of three years,&#8221; read the statement by KCA national vice Chairperson Irene Nasimiyu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The press release further states that &#8220;KCA is aware there is an advertisement<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">published in the media seeking applications for additional members to join the council and that efforts are ongoing to set up a Selection Panel for the process,&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In view of the developments, KCA Board of Management met on Wednesday July 30, 2025 to review these developments and to take a position. KCA is one of the stakeholder organizations provided for in the Media Council Act 2013 charged with the selection process of the MCK<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Council members and those of the Complaints Commission.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Having carefully reviewed the developments, KCA Board wishes to state as follows:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;There exists a Selection Panel which was inaugurated by the ICT Ministry under the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">former CS Eliud Owalo, pursuant to the Act. The Panel conducted the interviews and was almost at the tail end before it was stopped by court cases,&#8221; it read.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Following the conclusion of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">the court cases and the delivery of the judgment clearing the way for the panel to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">complete the selection process, the logical step is for the Ministry, as the facilitator of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">the Selection Process, is to re-convene the panel to complete its work and deliver a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">report with the selected names to the CS to gazette;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The four \u201cre-appointed\u201d former council members applied and were interviewed by the panel and are part of the team applicants whose fate was tied to the stalled process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The four, like all the others, MUST wait for the conclusion of the process. The ICT<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ministry CS is required by law to act on the basis of recommendations from the selection panel and can only gazette the names of those duly selected. Any other process outside the law such as this current action is not only illegal but mischievous.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We note with concern the process by the ICT Ministry to set up a new panel. There is no information communicated publicly or to the panel and the nominating bodies indicating that the previous panel has been disbanded. Setting up a new panel without this formal communication constitutes disrespect to not only the esteemed members of the panel but also the nominating stakeholder organizations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We strongly protest against some officers within the Media Council Secretariat who are trying to lobby or intimidate stakeholders including trying to influence nominations to the new panel.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This confirms our fear that they, and others are intent and determined to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">manipulate the process and its outcome.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0KCA warns that it will not accept any such<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">overtures designed to undermine the selection process as provided for by the Act.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The \u201cre-appointment\u201d and the follow -up process to set up a new panel to do partial<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">recruitment of council members as \u201ca top up\u201d, in our view, sets a dangerous precedent<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">and is illegal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This not only creates unnecessary controversy and unease within the media sector but also undermines stakeholders\u2019 confidence in the Media Council which is increasingly under state capture. In the circumstances, the MCK will cease to be the media regulatory body contemplated in Article 34 of the Constitution 2010.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In view of the emerging efforts to undermine the stakeholders and the Selection process, and recognizing that the re-appointment process has clearly violated the law and the practice since the Act came into being in 2013, KCA will NOT nominate any representative to the new panel or recognize the \u201cre-appointed\u201d Council members until the Ministry and stakeholders meet to discuss the matter and reach an amicable outcome that respects the law and the constitution.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We wish to remind the ICT Ministry and the Media sector that KCA already raised the red flag through a letter to the then CS Eliud Owalo, at the start of the selection process over a year ago, that was halted by the court cases.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We warned of spirited efforts to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">undermine and manipulate the process by seeking to reduce the panel to a mere<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">conveyor belt and rubber stamp to produce a pre-determined outcome. In the letter, we<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">also protested against the advisory by the Attorney General which sort to bar members of different media\/journalists\u2019 organizations from applying and being selected as MCK Council members.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We have been vindicated and therefore will not be drawn into giving legitimacy to this charade.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We urge the CS to recall\/cancel the gazette notice making the re-appointments, suspend the ongoing process to set up a new selection panel and any planned recruitment, and instead, urgently convene a meeting with the organizations listed in the Act who make up the selection panel and the broader media sector, to discuss the issues arising from the court cases and to streamline the selection process to shield it from any further interference, now and in the future.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We call on media industry stakeholders and other advocates of press freedom and civil<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">liberties to join in efforts to stop any actions by the Ministry, the Media Council<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Secretariat, former MCK board members and any of their agents from undermining the selection process and holding the industry to endless controversies for selfish interests.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We warn that allowing selfish interests to manipulate the selection process to plant in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">pliant council members will be a tragedy and a betrayal of all the gallant efforts over the years to set up a self-regulatory media framework and attendant efforts to secure<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">sustainable press freedom in Kenya. 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KCA further wants the ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo to revoke the gazette notice announcing the Re-appointments. &#8220;It has come to our attention that the CS has \u201cre-appointed\u201d four members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-governance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KCA Wants Kabogo To Cancel The Gazette Notice Making Re-appointments Of MCK Board Members\u00a0 - Horizon News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=7577\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KCA Wants Kabogo To Cancel The Gazette Notice Making Re-appointments Of MCK Board Members\u00a0 - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenya Correspondents Association (KCA) has raised a red flag and concerns regarding the reapportionment of four board members into the Media Council of Kenya (MCK). 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