KENYA: Bishop David Kamau Challenges Catholic Media Practitioners to be the Voice of Integrity

Bishop David Kamau, Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi

The Vice
Chairman of Communications Commission of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
(KCCB), Rt Rev. David Kamau has challenged those working in the Catholic Media houses to remain the
voices of integrity.

Bishop Kamau
was speaking in Nairobi on Tuesday 18th November when he officially
opened a one-week Annual General Meeting of Diocesan Communications Secretaries
and heads of various Catholic Media houses in the country.

“Communication is becoming a central part of all
activities of the Church, and in information saturated world, we need to stand
out as Catholic Communicators and do things differently from other journalists
guided by the Social Teaching of the Church,” he said.

“I cannot over-emphasize this need at a time when ethical values have
degraded so much that many people can no longer differentiate right from wrong,” he said adding that “We live in a time when, like in the times of the prophets
of old, we have to use our media to call people to the truth.”

The Bishop Kamau, who is also the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Nairobi, applauded the dioceses whose radio stations
have since improved and are doing much better. “We have had wonderful
improvements in Radio Waumini in
Nairobi Archdiocese, Radio Akicha in
the diocese of Lodwar and Radio Amani
in the diocese of Nakuru. I am also reliably informed that Radio Upendo in Eldoret diocese has already received funds to set
up a modern studio,” he pointed out.

While congratulating the Vicariate of Isiolo, for
launching Radio Shahidi last month,
Bishop Kamau noted with delight that, “Clearly, the Catholic voice is slowly
but steadily dominating the airwaves in Kenya.”

Source: Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Social Communications