Used to enjoy the writings of @PokoHunter as well among others.
At some time they ran concurrently, but klist was no match for mashada intellectual discussions. Watu wa safisha mecho ndio walijaa klist, while mashada was a bit more balanced, and its political forum was always very firery. What hasnt changed alot is the war between the jakuonists and the shiny eyes. And the talk of ‘pudesh’ was also very abundant in mashada as well.
Kweli mdau. Naona tukupatie title ya:
Njamba ya Rúrīrī
Let’s keep parents out of this, but your style and opinions are very similar to that lady’s. Must be something in the randan water.
Wewe uliharibu mashada mimi niliambiwa niliharibu rcbowen or something like that. Shows the two Muchatha bonobo’s inherent lack of IT skills. Wanafikiria kuharibu ni kung’oa wire ya computer kwa socket.
Cc @Finest wine @yunomi @BBIsiMuhimu
Kenya’s popular forum Mashada.com shut down in hate speech Crackdown
Kenya’s top Web-based forum Mashada has become the first victim in the push by the government to crackdown on bloggers, social media and websites spreading ethnical acrimony ahead of the March 4 general election in the country, with reports indicating a number of bloggers could soon be prosecuted.
A new study by Umati Initiative — a project by iHub Research, World policy Institute and Ushahidi — indicates that Mashada.com is a major online forum used by Kenyans in spreading hate speech.
According to Umati Initiative, which is also carrying out a study on the effect of hate speech online, its initial results indicate that Kenyans are attacking each other online on the basis of tribe, gender, religion, politics and sexual orientation.
“Anecdotal evidence from the 2007/2008 cycle suggested that online media played a major role in the post election violence period. However, with no systematic monitoring of the online space at that time, we could not therefore track the trends,” the report said.
“This time around, we wanted to ensure that we captured the trending topics phrases and sentiments online well in advance of the election.”
Prof. Susan Benesch of the World Policy Institute and American University in Washington DC, further warns that hate speech online has potential to escalate election violence.
The shutdown of Mashada forums, known for bringing people of various political views together, is however expected to elicit acrimony from human rights groups who are likely to perceive the action as a clampdown on the freedom of expression and information.
Already, a Nairobi-based lawyer has questioned the legality of online monitoring by the government, saying the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and the Ministry of Information and Communication lacked legal backing, a fact confirmed by the director of public communications and secretary of the national steering committee on media monitoring Mary Ombara.
Ombara had however maintained that anarchy could not be allowed on social media and that the committee was tackling hate speech using the National Cohesion and Integration Act.
Once the Umati Initiative is complete, the iHub project is expected to be the world’s first collection of hate speech archives and data.
The government in the meantime says it is organising training for journalists to sensitise them on the importance of hate speech, in-depth research and interpretation of opinion polls in the run up to the March 4 general election.-Human IPO
Source:kenyalondonnews.org
It converted to ombitho.com…
I got on mashada in 2001/2, it was awesome!! Then 2007 PEV came and those who were there remember what happened.
grip_daddy wa mashada are you here?
With all the anti kikuyu vitrol on that forum, i would have wished to see mashada forum members views on the Uhuru presidency and the handshake.
Jukwaa was actually a very nice forum, back then, Miguna, mwalimu mati, Maina kiai and i suspect david ndii were regular contributors. Nasty dread coined the term Pyongyang coz Oo And his mods wouldnt tolerate his trolling. I miss it to this day. It was very sober and informative.
With all the other forums dead, including wazua, its time for you/ktalk to shine. The handshake has also helped moderate political temperatures and its unbelievable that everything is very quiet despite elections being just a few months away. Maybe the BBI is all we need for us to live happily ever after.
What about “The Meater”?
Are you hard of hearing? read me again with your finger on every letter. Let me spell it out for you…I am a parent na unaniambia niko na kimbelele na mimi si bibi yako? Shindweeeeeeeeee.
OK forgive my poor kiswahili, shida ya schooling hapo East Midlands. What is correct kiswahili word for outspoken? That is what I meant with the “k word”.
chifo uko na miaka ngafi ?
niko hapa mammy , rusha dollarz :D:D:D
Huko ‘East Midlands’ hawakuwafunza how to use google translator?
They did but English - kiswahili translations are very poor hapo google. Our TZ brothers need to wake up and fix things hapo gugu translator.
I know you are trolling but in future do not use a lingua you ‘don’t’ understand.
Anyway let’s put the “k word” behind us. So how are the council rates and TV licenses these days?