<div dir="ltr"><div>Excuse my rather off topic question, but its a question I have learnt to ask when it comes to matters devolution - especially at the trends being set up by our owners of the *devolved eco-systems*.<br><br></div>Does it come with *additional* levies?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">Interesting. How do we interpret Part IX of the County Governments Act? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px">Section 95: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail_default">(1) A County government shall establish mechanisms to facilitate public</div><div class="gmail_default">communication and access to information in the form of media with the widest</div><div class="gmail_default">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 class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">(a) television stations;</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">(b) information communication technology centres;</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">(c) websites;</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">(d) community radio stations;</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">(e) public meetings; and</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">(f) traditional media.</div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="gmail_default">(2) The county government shall encourage and facilitate other means of</div><div class="gmail_default">mass communication including traditional media.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Regards, </div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">2016-09-21 12:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><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. <span><br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a href="tel:%2B254%200713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a> </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)"><font></font></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" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.c<wbr>om/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</span></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" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><span>Ali,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I suspect this has more to do with frequency availability.  On a</span><br><span>200kHz 'channel' spacing, there are only 150 distinct frequencies</span><br><span>available.  If one county is granted a licence, it won't be long</span><br><span>before the other 46 counties would want in on the act.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Of course, frequencies may be re-used based on geographical separation</span><br><span>- but this requires a level of planning skill they maybe don't have?</span><br><span></span><br><span>The 'constitution' excuse is just a convenient way of avoiding the issue ;)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Cheers,</span><br><span>Tony</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On 21/09/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has denied county governments</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>permits to set up radio stations, stirring a fresh storm between Nairobi and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the devolved units.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The telecoms sector regulator has rejected 20 county government applications</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>seeking FM radio broadcast bands, arguing that broadcasting is not a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>devolved function.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Read on:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/CA-denies-governors-radio-broadcasting-permits/1056-3389218-80o9cqz/" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/C<wbr>A-denies-governors-radio-broad<wbr>casting-permits/1056-3389218-<wbr>80o9cqz/</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Principal</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hussein & Associates</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="tel:%2B254%200713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alih<wbr>kassim</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Tony White</span><br><span></span><br><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m<wbr>ailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m<wbr>ailman/options/kictanet/info%4<wbr>0alyhussein.com</a></span><span><br><span></span><br><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.</span><br><span></span><br><span>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.</span></span></div></blockquote></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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