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Vioja Mahakamani

Vioja Mahakamani is one of the oldest local programs at Kenya Broadcasting Coperation. As the name suggests it’s a production which tackles different issues affecting the common person in the country. Its setting is like a normal court and all court procedures are adhered to. Most of its content is about is happening at the moment.

The program is aired every Wednesday, from 7:35v to 8:10.The episode I watched it was talking about the constitution. In this program we have about five main characters Alexander a maasai guy,Makoha a the only Rasta man and Ondiek. In this episode Makoha was is behind the dock, for insulting his neighbours Mr.Ondiek. on his defence Makokha claims that the constitution says that everyone is suppose to return to his/her home land, so because Mr.Ondike is not from that region he is suppose to go back to his home turn. On the other part Ondike is claiming that he is a bonfide citizen of this country and he has the rights to live anywhere.

Giving her verdict, the judge says that Makokha has no right to insult anyone, and there is no where the constitution says that people are suppose to return to their homeland.

The content of this program is always audience oriented, because the viewer is able to relate with the content. In terms of the production I think both the video and operator know they work, because they is always smooth transition from one shot to the other, use different angles. The same apples to the audio and from the way cast position themselves I think that they use omni directional microphones which are hanged up.

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