Members of the public were on Tuesday urged to embrace press freedom provided by the frames of the new Kenyan Constitution.
While addressing Journalism students and other members of the public in Millennium Hall during a Press Freedom Talk, David Ohito, Bureau Chief Standard Media Group, Kisumu said that the current state of the Kenyan media provided for a considerable level of freedom that the public needed to embrace.
Mr Ohito said the Constitution provided each citizen with the opportunity of accessing relevant information they need from government offices and even from the media.
He motivated journalism students not to shy away from gathering information even from government offices once they are out in the field practicing.
He continued to urge the members of the public to share information with journalists as it was a very instrumental way of fighting graft and insecurity.
“Information is power, being informed and educated is the only way to save a society from poverty,” he said.
Dr Charles Nyambuga, an Information and Media specialist in Maseno University continued to emphasize the massage of press freedom.
He said that paying for accesses to news either from the journalists’ or news sources side was unethical as it is supposed to be a free service.
He nonetheless continued to say the public should not shy away from sharing information with the media since their security is guaranteed.
He said the media currently has special techniques for protecting news sources.