NAIROBI JULY 15, 2016(CISA)-Pope Francis appointed John Cardinal Njue alongside other 16 people to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications including six cardinals, seven bishops and two laypersons. The appointments came two days after the announcement of a new director and vice director of the Holy See Press Office. Cardinal John Njue, born 1944 is the […]
Day: 15 July 2016
KENYA: Kenyans want Government to deal with Corruption before 2017 Polls, Study shows
NAIROBI JULY 15, 2016(CISA) – Kenyans want the runway corruption experienced in both the counties and the national government addressed before the next year’s general elections, a new study has shown. According to the study commissioned by Jesuit Hakimani Centre across 30 counties in Kenya, 23 percent of the respondents want corruption addressed “with the […]
KENYA: Inform Citizens of their Role in Electoral Campaigns, Media urged
NAIROBI JULY 15, 2016 (CISA) – The media has a duty to constantly explain to citizens their electoral responsibility during campaigns, Dr James Oranga Lecturer, School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Nairobi has said. “Citizens ought to hold people, who have been seeking election to account,” said Dr Oranga during a […]
SOUTH AFRICA: Bishops Call for Parliamentary Intervention on Media Censorship Ahead of Elections
CAPE TOWN JULY 15, 2016 (CISA) – The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has called on the parliament to intervene and bring to an end to media censorship by the national broadcaster ahead of next month’s local government elections. “Through its editorial policy and the subsequent crisis, an impression has been created that the […]