Kenyan journalists have been urged to do the necessary research on current affairs before reporting to their audiences.
Media Council of Kenya through a tweet this Saturday has asked journalists to come up with research desks within their media houses to dig deeper into current affairs and fetch facts before passing them on to Kenyans.
According to the Media Council of Kenya, which is mandated to develop and regulate the media in Kenya in order to promote media freedom, professionalism and independence, the research desks in most media houses are not well taken care of, precisely not fully equipped.
"Journalists need to set up research desks to help break down facts when reporting on current affairs. Currently, most of such desks are not well equipped" @SamGituku of @CTV #EthicalMediaKe," MCK tweeted.
Recently, a number of public figures and most politicians have been raising concerns with some media houses for reporting on them wrongly.
One of them is Deputy President William Ruto, who has, more than once, faulted a number of local publications for giving non-factual information about him.
This Saturday, the DP raised the same concerns with the Standard for what he said they reported 'nonsense' and asked Kenyans to ignore it.
"Usual Standard gutter FAKE news. Where did WsR utter such nonsense? Kenyans should look forward to a robust, truthful national conversation to chart a unified way forward. Meanwhile, ignore Standard's garbage," Dp Ruto tweeted.