In his Sunday Nation column on December 10, 2023, “The President and his team are working remotely ”, Tom Mshindi states that President William Ruto’s government is “not only borrowing with the appetite of a thirsty Bedouin but the government spending is that of a surprised thief that must exhaust illegal loot acquired suddenly and rather unexpectedly”.
Who do does our beloved Nation want us to believe? Or is this Nation ’s problems is that it speaks out of both sides of its mouth?
Columnist turned me off with jargon
I am a fervent reader of the Nation e-paper. I found myself reading an article by Eric Ng’eno in the Saturday Nation Opinion section on December 2, 2023. The headline, “Why Azimio is so easy to predict ”, sounded like a good read.
I expected to read about that from the very first paragraph. Unfortunately, the jargon used turned me off at the second paragraph.
Needless to say, the content was lost to the general reader as Mr Ng’eno was trying to sound sophisticated, or trying to reach an intended niche of readers.
A [general readership] newspaper article should never be for a niche audience. Why is it so difficult to be simple and clear, rather than conceal the intended message in lingual cobwebs?
Remove errors in ‘Revision Papers’
However, the Grade 6 Revision Paper published on December 4, 2023 had a few errors.
— Mwangi Wanjohi, Nairobi
Why relegate education to the back page?
It seems editors think and believe that happenings in the education sector ought to take a back seat to politics, business and even sports. It’s obviously not for lack of space that this is done. It’s a shame.
Gerry was friendly and open-minded
Let me add my condolences to the many on the sad news of Gerry Loughran’s passing on. It’s true Gerry was a gentleman and always responded to his readers’ comments, whether in agreement with him or not.
I recall during Covid-19, when I was locked down in Australia, his column was a respite. We had quite a banter going and he had many interesting stories of his experiences ‘Down-Under’.
