Ala!Si watu wana utoto hapa at times. The world deadline for analogue to digital switchover is 17th June, 2015. Some countries did it back in 2006 & 8 years later we are still arguing on whether to switch! http://en.wikipedia.org/...al_television_transition

Timeline for the digital switchover 2006: Netherlands 2007: Andorra, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland 2009: Denmark, Germany, Isle of Man, Norway, United States 2010: Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Guernsey, Jersey, Latvia, Luxembourg, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain 2011: Austria, Canada, Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta, Monaco, Turkey 2012: Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom 2013: Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Iceland, Kenya, Macedonia, Mauritius, Moldova, Namibia, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Zimbabwe 2014: India 2015: Algeria, Belarus, Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Western Sahara 2017: Chile, Malaysia 2018: Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Russia 2019: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador 2020: Panama, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam 2022: Paraguay 2024: Cuba No intention of switching: Laos, North Korea

Just in case you are wondering why the 6 Kanu Youth Wingers were waxing lyrical about my family life, here's the real issue. This is a business fight between gov't and media houses. Bitange Ndemo is right in the mix of this and the CCK You can argue whether it is pro Kenya or anti-gov't if you wish, but for business purposes, I would expect any sane business entity to fight for its rights Since we are so sovereign as we are always being preached to, who sold all the rights to the chinese and why? This is the real borne of contention and not the red herring of being anti-digital. Unfortunately, this time the media has a upper hand and I think they will use their power to the fullest. Who will blink first?

@FRM2011 is telling us that we should be OK with media shutting down. I say sawa. Let them shut down and shut up! They're lying to Kenyans. If the brightest wazuan, alma, was fooled whar about the old man in his village?

Other than news and a few other programs like Papa n vioja, I hardly watch local TV. They can keep their blackout. Let them protest, it's their constitutional right, and it's also the duty of Jubilee govt to ensure its agenda rolls on, n ensure Kenya keeps pace with the rest of the world. Naomba Sirikali ikae ngumu!