<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="script-src 'self'; img-src * data:;"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0"><meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="script-src 'self'; img-src * data:;"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0"></head><body style="line-height: initial; background-image: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">Establishing mechanisms does not necessarily mean setting up of own radio stations. </font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">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.</font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">A media station requires diverse content, everyday. After communicating a public announcement, what else would air?</font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">Regards, </font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">Eshuchi Richard</font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; line-height: initial;"><br></span></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; line-height: initial;"><br></span></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div" dir="auto" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); padding: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; line-height: initial;">Sent from my BlackBerry — the most secure mobile device</span></div> <div id="_original_msg_header"> <table id="_pHCWrapper" width="100%" style="border-spacing: 0px; display: table; background-color: white;"> <tbody><tr><td id="_persistentHeaderContainer" colspan="2" style="padding: initial; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div id="from"><b>From:</b>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</div><div id="sent"><b>Sent:</b>21 September 2016 1:16 p.m.</div><div id="to"><b>To:</b>eshuchi.richard@gmail.com</div><div id="reply_to"><b>Reply to:</b>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</div><div id="cc"><b>Cc:</b>nmutungu@gmail.com; isoc@lists.my.co.ke</div><div id="subject"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [kictanet] CA denies governors radio permits - Daily Nation</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="_persistentHeaderEnd" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; display: block; padding: initial; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div> <br> </div><!--start of _originalContent --><div name="BB10" dir="auto" style="line-height: initial; background-image: initial;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Interesting. How do we interpret Part IX of the County Governments Act? </div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Section 95: </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div>(1) A County government shall establish mechanisms to facilitate public</div><div>communication and access to information in the form of media with the widest</div><div>public outreach in the county, which may include—</div></div><blockquote style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><div>(a) television stations;</div></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><div>(b) information communication technology centres;</div></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><div>(c) websites;</div></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><div>(d) community radio stations;</div></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><div>(e) public meetings; and</div></div><div style="font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif"><div>(f) traditional media.</div></div></blockquote><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div>(2) The county government shall encourage and facilitate other means of</div><div>mass communication including traditional media.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards, </div></div></div></div><div style="display: none" class="elided-text"><br><div style="display: none" class="elided-text">2016-09-21 12:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span>:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Tony</div><div><br></div><div>If that were the case then why doesn't the CA just come out and say it? </div><div><br></div><div>Talking about broadcasting being a National Function makes a nonsense of the current dispensation. <br><br><div><b>Ali Hussein</b></div><div><b>Principal</b></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba( 255 , 255 , 255 , 0 )">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:'helvetica';font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:'helvetica';font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba( 255 , 255 , 255 , 0 )">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba( 255 , 255 , 255 , 0 )"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba( 255 , 255 , 255 , 0 )">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba( 255 , 255 , 255 , 0 )">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.<wbr>com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><br></div><div><br></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div><div><br>On 21 Sep 2016, at 9:53 AM, Tony White via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div>Ali,<br><br>I suspect this has more to do with frequency availability. On a<br>200kHz 'channel' spacing, there are only 150 distinct frequencies<br>available. If one county is granted a licence, it won't be long<br>before the other 46 counties would want in on the act.<br><br>Of course, frequencies may be re-used based on geographical separation<br>- but this requires a level of planning skill they maybe don't have?<br><br>The 'constitution' excuse is just a convenient way of avoiding the issue ;)<br><br>Cheers,<br>Tony<br><br><br><br>On 21/09/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has denied county governments<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">permits to set up radio stations, stirring a fresh storm between Nairobi and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the devolved units.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The telecoms sector regulator has rejected 20 county government applications<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">seeking FM radio broadcast bands, arguing that broadcasting is not a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">devolved function.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Read on:-<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/CA-denies-governors-radio-broadcasting-permits/1056-3389218-80o9cqz/">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/<wbr>CA-denies-governors-radio-<wbr>broadcasting-permits/1056-<wbr>3389218-80o9cqz/</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Ali Hussein<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Principal<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hussein & Associates<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">+254 0713 601113<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Twitter: @AliHKassim<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Skype: abu-jomo<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/<wbr>alihkassim</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sent from my iPad<br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Tony White<br><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br></div></div>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/<wbr>mailman/options/kictanet/info%<wbr>40alyhussein.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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