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Three Kenyan radio DJs’ sacked over patriarchy

Three Kenyan radio DJs’ sacked over patriarchy

NITA BHALLA THE swift sacking of three Kenyan radio presenters who suggested women were to blame for gender-based violence should serve as a catalyst for change in the country's often sexist media, women's campaigners have said. The three disc jockeys at Homeboyz Radio were fired at the weekend following outrage over their comments about an ongoing court case in which a man is accused of pushing a woman from the 12th floor of a building after she refused his advances. Women's campaigners said misogynistic remarks remained commonplace in the Kenyan media, but they welcomed the decisive action taken, adding that…
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