Chief of Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe leads the military rehearsals at Kasarani stadium on November 22 in preparation for the inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta today. [ Photo: Business Daily]Journalists have been urged to shun from sensationalism in their reporting and opt to go beyond the surface in the kind of things they report to their audiences.United States International University-Africa (USIU) Communications don Koki Ochieng has regretted that 'even journalists have been drawn to the Sh300 million President Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration negative debate without caring to dig out facts'."We are in the age of data journalism. The journalists and the media as a whole should tell us how that money is being spent without being sensational. A lot of people say this inauguration has cost a lot of money. I agree with them. But can we get to know why without seeming to take sides," Ochieng' told NTV's Press Pass Show on Monday.She added that the media should stand in the middle of controversy and act like 'the sober judge' who resolves disputes amicably.Ochieng' noted that the importance of investigative journalism is to give answers 'where there seems to be none'."This is where investigative journalism comes in. Like now we want and we must know how that money was spent. But journalists want to be speculative like other laymen. This is where we lose our worth if we can't give answers where they are most needed," she said.The communication expert challenged all practitioners in the media to be faithful to the code of ethics or 'risk throwing journalism to the dogs'. 

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