A CASE STUDY OF MAKUTANO JUNCTION
by John Kyalo Makutano Junction is one of the many televion dramas that have flooded our Film Industry.This programme which aired on Citizen television every wednesday is a very nice one since it addreses most of the issues we find in our societies. In my study,I took a closer look at the episode on Wednesday the 26th of January 2011.In this episode the main teaching as provided by the NGO that sponsored the production of the programe was that, people could use gmail to chat with their friends and even air their opinions in radio stations as we see with the community radio.Victor Gatonye-the director of the programme- tries to bring out this message through a dramatic story which touches most of the aspects of society.He deals with son and step-father relationship where Joseph is rejected by his son,there is also the aspect of tribalism where Josiah gets a job in the water plant just because Joseph cant work with a person of another tribe and considering that he,Josiah is not a professional in that field.There is also the aspect of money whereby you find that money makes people stop thinking of their source.This comes out clearly when Anna is given money ,she just jumps up to hug Josiah despite the fact that she was not happy with the criteria used for Josiah to get the job.We also meet the women gossips in salons something that brings it to the people hence identifying with it.Irony as an aspect of drama has n ot been left behind since we find Mohammed first despising Ojiambo's water supply business but later meeting him in need of his services.I would like to comment it as a nice Kenyan productio n with a well packaged drama but a few aspects should be noted for example the community radio station looks too artificial,it looks more of a drama or theatre setting,a more real setting should be considered.