Government will no longer advertise through private media outlets but will only do so on my.gov; the new official government newsapaper. Major loss of revenue for our two major media houses since the inserts will be placed in the star and people daily.

The idea of media depending on government adverts for revenue haileti shangwe kapsa

This move by the government is bound to fail. They wont get as many eyeballs as the Daily Nation or Standard.

@Swenani!

The dailies will lose out on the revenue associated with govt related paid articles.

I have a feeling Okiyah Omtata will challenge this idea in court and win. This govt has a terrible case of coming up with poorly researched unconstitutional decisions that constantly get reversed and shows them for the incompetent lazy bunch that they are.

I agree. First it is discriminatory and then a reasonable government has an obligation to do all it can to reach the largest number of citizens with information and services.

Sometimes I wonder; is it possible for a government to be schizophrenic? I thought the earlier idea to lease government vehicles from the private sector made a lot of sense. One that reflected a fairly enlightened approach, namely, to get the best from the market and allow government to focus on what it is good at (which does NOT include running newspapers, repairing cars, building roads etc).

And now this.

This is exactly what I had in mind, you have put it very well. Anyone will challenge this in court, especially if the govt opts to exclusively use media with inferior circulation like people and star

1. why the two dailies? shouldn't they tender for the adverts from all the dailies? i am sure the star and people may if they win such a tender ensure that they have as wide a reach as the other two;
2. do those who cannot access internet have the capacity to deliver on government tenders? for employment opportunities and such isn't radio supplemented with a reference to the website for the same information better?
3. for the widest reach, isn't radio a better medium than newspapers?
4. would huduma center play a part in this too?
5. if there is a law that says the government must advertise in the kenyan newspapers (i think there is) then that should be repealed appropriately.
6. isn't the government single sourcing two daily newspapers for their advertisements to the disadvantage of all the other media itself unconstitutional?

eating hadnot stopped. they were taking a break by taking a small cup of water .now they continue eating