SECTOR 4 Developments since 2007 and the Way Forward Positive developments in the media environment in the last two years: • Internet development that has allowed broadcasting stations to stream their content. • Robust debates on the role of media in the 2007/2008 post-election violence. • Skills/training in emerging areas e.g. conflict-sensitive reporting, and trauma counseling. • State’s recognition on the role of the alternative media. • Media have filled in the position of official opposition in parliament. • Increase in local content. Negative developments in the media environment in the last two years: • Wages decreasing in media. Huge layoffs and a thin workforce. • Media owners spearheading media debates. • Continued concentration of media ownership. • Polarization of media along ethnic lines. • FM radio stations have gone overboard in terms of sexual matters. One would think Kenya is in a relationship crisis. • Journalists threatened and one killed. • Marked media-government hostility in post election violence. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER KENYA 2009 61