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VIDEO: Kimani Ichung’wa accuses Waihiga Mwaura and Citizen TV of skewed reporting live on set
A popular Kenyan live TV show turned into a verbal duel between the host and one of the guests Tuesday night, with the latter accusing the former – and the station in general – of lacking objectivity.
National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wa, who appeared on Newsnight Show together with Vighiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, had to be verbally restrained severally as he went all out to accuse the host, Waihiga Mwaura, and the Royal Media Services owned station at large, of bias and lack of objectivity in their reporting.
Ichung’wa, who complained of being interrupted unnecessarily by the host, took issue with what he viewed as skewed reporting when the station aired an investigative report in which the faces of some of the people suspected to have invaded a farm belonging to the family of former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta were ‘unveiled’ but did not do similar stories on “people who attacked and destroyed the common mwananchi’s property and raped women” during the demonstrations called by opposition politician Raila Odinga.
“You should equally do an investigative report on them too,” he said.
Ichungw’a on several ocassions during the show accused the host, Waihiga Mwaura, of bias.
“Waihiga, I watched you on this station yesterday saying that the people who attacked Northlands farm were government sponsored goons. What proof do you have? We know who you support, but plese respect Kenyans.”
“You don’t have to respect Kenya Kwanza…but please respect Kenyans,” he said.
At one point, han agitited Ichung’wa told Mwaura to ask him to leave the set if “all you are interested in is interrupting me before I finish what I am saying.”
Ichungw’a denied allegations that he fanned attacks on the Northlands farm that belongs to former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family.
He said his now infamous remarks at the weekend prior to the invasion were just a warning to the fourth president against violence should he not cease funding opposition activities.
The legislator instead raised questions on the absence of police officers stationed at the Kenyatta-owned farm, accusing the former Head of State and Mr. Odinga of orchestrating the attack and laying the blame on the Kenya Kwanza administration.
“Kenyans need to ask themselves the curious question, how come the elite policemen who guard Northlands were nowhere to be seen? We have not heard any reports, not from the OCS and OCPD of the stations around Northlands, not from the Inspector General of Police…that is, a distress call to the police for backup,” he stated.
Ichung’wah, while calling on the opposition Azimio to end the protests, said challenges that affect Kenyans have set channels through which they can be addressed.
In an unprecedented act, hundreds of people invaded a parcel of land belonging to the family of former President Uhuru Kenyatta in Kamakis along the Eastern bypass, Nairobi, Monday.
Armed with crude weapons, and unrestrained, they spent the better part of the day inside the Northlands farm, felling trees with power saws, lighting fires and looting.
In scenes which sent shock waves across a city reeling from violent protests staged by Azimio supporters, the goons carried sheep on their shoulders, loading them into waiting cars and motorbikes.
As the goons had field day, logging trees at the farm and carting away sheep, their counterparts in the Azimio protests faced the wrath of riot police who lobbed teargas canisters at them and sprayed them with water.
Demostrations in several towns around the country led to loss of life and destruction of property, according to AFP.
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