Henry Maina

The recent revelation by the Treasury that the education ministry has been home to a multi-billion fraud has attracted high public interest. This is because corruption remains the permanent and sceptic wound on the grand Free Primary Education programme mooted some nine years ago.

To many observers, the latest onslaught by the Kenyan government on the media through the publication of media regulations comes as no surprise. Most governments globally seek to control the media for fear of being executed in the people’s court.