A Kenyan legal practitioner Ahmednasir Abdullahi has been put on the spot by netizens for a comment he made on his social media account concerning professional journalism locally.
The comment was in reply to an East/Central Africa reporter for Aljazeera who had previously met the with the Congolese president in the ongoing elections.
According to the journalist ,the DRC president was concerned with the concerned about the rain & how could affect the voter turnout.
Spoke to the president after he voted. Said he’s just concerned about the rain & how could affect the voter turnout #DRCongoElections2018 pic.twitter.com/a5Yb8zmviF
— Catherine Wambua- Soi (@C_SOI) December 30, 2018
In reply the Senior Counsel and Chairman of Al-Nur Media Africa wrote:
Saw this & realised we have many professional ladies i.e Anne Soy, Beatrice Marshall, Sophie Ikenye, Catherine Wambua etc with foreign media & judged on their professionalism, while our local girls on tv seem hired on the size of their bosom & booty.
Netizens reponse to the comment :
spot on
— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) December 30, 2018
Could it be a case of a prophet or prophetess never being honored at home. Those distinguished ladies honed their craft in Kenya before they were spotted by international media houses. As the Bible says do not despise nor forget humble beginnings.
— Waihiga Mwaura ?? (@WaihigaMwaura) December 30, 2018
Is Ahmednasir Abdullahi right to use the terms to descrbe local jounalism?