[kictanet] [isoc_ke] CA denies governors radio permits - Daily Nation

Thu Sep 22 06:21:07 EAT 2016

Hallo GraceThe county Government Act call for the Counties to establish mechanisms to facilitate public communication does not mean putting up TV/Radio stations for every county.Some of us have interests in more than one county and may not keep hopping from one channel to the other. A one county broadcasting channel would be agreeable. But look at  KBC, what have we done with this public broadcasting space ?   I think county government should have communication centers that have multiple communication channels through ICT and this can only be achieved through partnerships. 

Jane

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Interesting. How do we interpret Part IX of the County Governments Act? Section 95: (1) A County government shall establish mechanisms to facilitate publiccommunication and access to information in the form of media with the widestpublic outreach in the county, which may include—
(a) television stations;(b) information communication technology centres;(c) websites;(d) community radio stations;(e) public meetings; and(f) traditional media.
(2) The county government shall encourage and facilitate other means ofmass communication including traditional media.

Regards, 
2016-09-21 12:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:

Tony
If that were the case then why doesn't the CA just come out and say it? 
Talking about broadcasting being a National Function makes a nonsense of the current dispensation. 

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On 21 Sep 2016, at 9:53 AM, Tony White via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote:

Ali,

I suspect this has more to do with frequency availability.  On a
200kHz 'channel' spacing, there are only 150 distinct frequencies
available.  If one county is granted a licence, it won't be long
before the other 46 counties would want in on the act.

Of course, frequencies may be re-used based on geographical separation
- but this requires a level of planning skill they maybe don't have?

The 'constitution' excuse is just a convenient way of avoiding the issue ;)

Cheers,
Tony

On 21/09/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote:

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has denied county governments

permits to set up radio stations, stirring a fresh storm between Nairobi and

the devolved units.

The telecoms sector regulator has rejected 20 county government applications

seeking FM radio broadcast bands, arguing that broadcasting is not a

devolved function.

Read on:-

http://www.nation.co.ke/news/ CA-denies-governors-radio- broadcasting-permits/1056- 3389218-80o9cqz/

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Hussein & Associates

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