[kictanet] CA denies governors radio permits - Daily Nation

[Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)]

Interesting. How do we interpret Part IX of the County Governments Act?
Section 95:
(1) A County government shall establish mechanisms to facilitate public
communication and access to information in the form of media with the widest
public 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 of
mass 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.
>
> *Ali Hussein*
> *Principal*
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>
> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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/
>
>
>
> Ali Hussein
>
> Principal
>
> Hussein & Associates
>
> +254 0713 601113
>
>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
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>
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>
>
> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what
>
> no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
>
> --
> Tony White
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