[kictanet] CA denies governors radio permits - Daily Nation

Wed Sep 21 17:55:55 EAT 2016

>From a cost perspective, the capital cost would be in the region of
Kshs10M.  The 'inflated' budget in the 'Kanjo' example is only what we
have come to expect ;)

There are very many 'community' radio stations in the world, so it's
easy to verify the above.

In reply to Henry, sharing just won't work - one county is bound to be
dominant.  Can you imagine, for example, a shared station between
Kwale, Mombasa, and Kilifi counties??

Cheers,
Tony

On 21/09/2016, henry--- via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> I respectfully disagree with @Eshuchi, @Githaiga et al.
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> The discussion on the CAK decision is a policy one. Our responses must focus
> on that and clearly reiterate what may be connived to be media pluralism and
> diversity. Similarly, we must understand that KBC is on a deathbed. Poor
> programming. No financial resources. Obsolete equipment and technology. High
> debts. Why doesn't the national government utilise KBC? Why do they use
> private media ? What is the cost of media in National government? why must
> that right for County Government be subjugated at the altar of...?
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> The argument that we have enough radios may suffice from an operational
> point but ask yourself why we thought it imprudent when KBC had numerous
> radio channels why did we advocate for more community, commercial and public
> media service entities.
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> The decision is has no basis in law but may be justified when other factors
> are brought to bear like a group of counties deciding to start one station
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> From: "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> To: henry at article19.org
> Cc: "Grace Githaiga" <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>, "ISOC Kenya Chapter"
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 2:17:43 PM
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> I am with you on this one Eshuchi. There are many radio stations that the
> country governments could consider going into partnerships with, and still
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> @Ahmed, you asked about costs. Please see these 2014 articles on the
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> From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+ggithaiga=hotmail.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> on behalf of Eshuchi Richard via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:52 AM
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
> Cc: Eshuchi Richard; ISOC Kenya Chapter
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] CA denies governors radio permits - Daily Nation
> Establishing mechanisms does not necessarily mean setting up of own radio
> stations.
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> Creating partnerships with existing stations that already have listenership
> in the counties would serve as a mechanism to facilitate public
> communication which in my view, is more prudent with regard to the spending
> of county monetary resources.
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> A media station requires diverse content, everyday. After communicating a
> public announcement, what else would air?
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> Regards,
> Eshuchi Richard
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> Sent: 21 September 2016 1:16 p.m.
> To: eshuchi.richard at gmail.com
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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 public
> communication and access to information in the form of media with the widest
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> 2016-09-21 12:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke > :
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> Tony
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> If that were the case then why doesn't the CA just come out and say it?
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> 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:
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> Ali,
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> 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.
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> Of course, frequencies may be re-used based on geographical separation
> - but this requires a level of planning skill they maybe don't have?
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> The 'constitution' excuse is just a convenient way of avoiding the issue ;)
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> Cheers,
> Tony
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> On 21/09/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke >
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