Disability is not Inability

:: Media engaging the disability community…

One of the greatest pillars of a democracy is that the majority rule and the minority are protected. With this in mind, we realize that there is much ground to cover in relation to empowerment of persons with disabilities in a country like Kenya, but Media Council of Kenya just like the Government should engage the community within equal international civil rights laws and conventions.

Such would require that the MCK lead by example and not only build its capacity to effectively include the disability community, but also retrain its journalists on disability perspectives, encourage participation of journalists with disabilities, build consultation networks with of organizations of persons with disabilities, adjust its structures to become disability friendly and finally effectively mainstream the community as equal citizens. If this can be done within self regulation of the media, then the media must not only do it, but also be seen to do it.