{"id":30615,"date":"2016-11-26T03:33:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/jeff-koinange-live-tv-show-dropped-after-rape\/"},"modified":"2016-11-26T03:31:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:31:16","slug":"jeff-koinange-live-tv-show-dropped-after-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/jeff-koinange-live-tv-show-dropped-after-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Koinange Live: TV show dropped after rape comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Kenya’s top political TV show hosted by former CNN journalist Jeff Koinange has been dropped after a male guest made a rape remark about a female guest.}<\/p>\n

Mr Koinange apologised Thursday night for the 17 November incident, saying it was the show’s last episode on KTN.<\/p>\n

He was hosting Miguna Miguna and Esther Passaris, aspirants for the Nairobi governor seat, when the off-air personal attack was made.<\/p>\n

Mr Miguna said “Esther is so beautiful everybody wants to rape her”.<\/p>\n

“You are chasing men all over, nobody wants you,” he continued. “You think you’re beautiful, you are not. Esther is just colour. Without colour you are nothing.”<\/p>\n

Ms Passaris, a politician and businesswoman, then accused him of being a racist.<\/p>\n

The footage of the incident was shared online with many people criticising Koinange for failing to intervene.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s Gender Affairs minister Sicily Kariuki accused KTN of allowing guests on its show to engage in personal attacks and for the “trivialisation” of rape.<\/p>\n

Mr Koinange said that he was prepared to “man up” over the incident and said he was apologising to those who had been “aggrieved”.<\/p>\n

“It was regrettable in most parts but again it was one show out of 300 we’ve done here at KTN for the last three years.” he added.<\/p>\n

A former aide of Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga, Mr Miguna has filed a complaint with the Media Council of Kenya saying that he was filmed “secretly” and portrayed as unfit for the position of governor in next year’s elections, reports say.<\/p>\n

Ms Passaris tweeted after the show saying “men like Miguna have no place or role to play in our empowerment. He is part of the problem.”<\/p>\n

{{Award-winning journalist}}<\/p>\n

Koinange is an award-winning journalist who has worked for top broadcasters in the US including CNN where he was the Africa correspondent until 2007.<\/p>\n

He started working for K24, a local TV station in 2009, before moving his popular show to KTN.<\/p>\n

He said the show would be making a return on another station in the coming weeks:
\n“JKL is not going anywhere it is just changing homes”, he said.<\/p>\n

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