Journalists are subjected to the voice of the people and protect their rights at all times. Kenyans journalists coverage of the ICC proceedings has been for time now been wanting.
Headlines such as "a big blow to Bensouda as witnesses withdraws" has been taking toll forgetting to mention the blow trickling down to the victims as well.
After several witnesses withdrawing at the last minutes,the court had no option but to adjourn the case from the scheduled last week to this week Tuesday to give prosecution enough time to fly in the witnesses to the Hague and prepare them appropriately.
Today,Tuesday being the first day for the first witness to take on the stand delivering her testimony the stage was all set for revelations.
The witness was only identified by the prosecution using the codes 536 as a security measure to keep her identity from the public.
As soon as the word went around,various propaganda blogs had "unearthed" the trueidentity of the witness,but the real shocker came when a journalist allied to Royal Media Services and citizen TV to ne precise Willis Raburu blew the cover and exposed the witness' id.
The tweet was sent at exactly 07:06pm on 17/09/2003 Kenyan time. But the sharp eyes of Nairobi Exposed caught up with him and he quickly deleted the tweet but a screenshot was immediately taken.
Willis has since come out to give his defence on the matter saying it didn't originate from his account and that it was a mere retweet. Claims that the screenshot taken refutes.
According to Witness Protection Act (30) disclosure of the identity of a witness in protection has a 7-year jail term. And on that note here is the exclusive screenshot of the tweet.
Thats very irresponsible of him.
ReplyDeleteAs a journalist he shuld have known better whether it originated from him or mere retwwet what he did was uncalled for.# hope he gets that seven yrd iwe funzo kwake na wenzake.nkttmole
no wonder he looks like sthg unexplained,it was so unethical of him to do so such a thing considering the fact he is a journalist frm a reputable station,i hope the sharps eyes are on him nao,he made is bed let him comfortably lie on it.the 7yrs arrest shld apen soon to that speaking hog nkt
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ReplyDeleteon u !!!U shud grow up n behave maturely.U gona b de next victim if u
thnk wot u hv done iz in line wid witness protection act.o
...Raburu has fried his ass! However much he was passionate about the case and the witness he should have uheld journalim ethics and respected witness protection principles......can the ICC pick him and charge him and lock him up immediately!
ReplyDeleteshame on him his loose mouth has now expose this innocent woman to death...how i wish that he is served right
ReplyDeleteshame on him his loose mouth has now expose this innocent woman to death...how i wish that he is served right
ReplyDeleteI have in the past held Willis Raburu in high regard, but on this one,he has screwed himself.
ReplyDeletehe should be jailed..period!!!
ReplyDeleteMafi ya kuku
ReplyDeleteSeriously???? What have you done to save the situation ??? not every one follow Raburu on tweeter ! so irresponsible of you too , uve jst added fuel to a burning fire! stop trying to pull out the saint thing you are guilty too!!
ReplyDeletephotoshoped! in twitter the time you posted your tweet doesn't come below the tweet.. it comes on the extreme right. that alleged photo your have posted ain't genuine..
ReplyDeleteif you guys call a cohort a witness then shame on you. I think Willis Raburu is right. rogue witnesses deserve as such
ReplyDeleteADMIN WEWE NI MJUNGA XANA U HAVE JUST GIVEN OUT THE NAME U HAVE NO BRAINS EVEN MY 1YR OLD CAN THINK BETTER THAN U. NOT ALL PPLE READ RABURUS TWEET BT U JST POSTED IT ON A SOCIAL MEDIA KUMBAFU MAVI YA KUKU
ReplyDeletewewe sasa ndio matako sana. dont rejoice when your fellow journalist
ReplyDeletebure kabisa did it occur to you what u've done is worse than Raburu's.dont u think u've killed it.shame on u,thought u had brains.
ReplyDeleteThat Name was circulating on the social media from 3pm,Admin is attempting to ruin willis Raburus reputation despite (I) proving to him and even attaching several screenshots of different times taken earlier than 7pm... THIS IS JUST A CONFLICT OF INTEREST..
ReplyDeletethat aint a big deal... VAT is killing kenyans
ReplyDeleteRetweeting crap is definitely worse than manufacturing it, so I think he should have those 7 years in the cooler to think about the (lack of) wisdom of his actions!
ReplyDeleteStupidity
ReplyDeleteSHAME on you WILLIS!!!
ReplyDeletestop screwing yourself my friend. Sensationalism will never take you anywhere you want to be
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