CRITIQUE BY STEPHANIE WAIRIMU 08-0750

HEALTH CHECK ON BBC WORLD SERVICE
DAY: Monday 11-10-10
TIME: 1632hrs-1700hrs
DURATION: 28 Minutes
HOST: Claudia Hammond
PRODUCER: Hellen Sharp
TARGET AUDIENCE: Doctors, Parkinson’s disease sufferers as well as potential sufferers, aid donors, drug abusers and pregnant women at risk of hemorrhage after child birth.
PROGRAMME SOURCE: Foreign

Caffeine may decrease the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Haydeh Payami on phone says that 25% of the people tested with a certain gene were found to be responsive; the other 75% were not.

Linda Pollman, journalist and Mark Lawson, charity organizer both agree that aid delivery should be changed. This is because there is a lot of misuse of aid. Linda says that aid is not seen to be doing a lot, but Mark disagrees.

Ketamine, a horse tranquilizer, is being abused as a drug by youth in China say Dr. Albert Low. Dr. Paki Chew says that this can have acute damage especially on the bladder, kidney and even liver. Mr. Wong, a former abuser, advices people to steer clear of the drug. Ann Harrid is the reporter who is responsible for this story from China.

Helima Shakur says there is a drug trial called Woman Trial. It seeks to find a drug that can stop hemorrhaging after childbirth.

Agenda
It aims to discourage any kind of substance abuse. Also to give hope to Parkinson’s patients and pregnant women.

THE BIG PREAKFAST ON KISS 100
DAY: 7-10-10
TIME: 0600hrs-1000hrs
DURATION: 4 hours
HOSTS: Caroline Mutoko, Larry Asego and Jalang’o. Najma Ismael reads the news.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Youth and adults
PROGRAMME SOURCE: Local

Justice Phillip Waki talks about the new technological advancements that the judiciary wants to make. Video recording of court proceedings, video conferencing and e-government are just some of the ICT changes that are in the process of being made at the judiciary to enable them to serve Kenyans better. They fall under the Judiciary ICT Policy Plan.

Agenda
They aim to inform Kenyans of the new changes that will soon be made in the judiciary thus giving them hope of better and more efficient justice system.