<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19610"><span>Hallo Grace</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19612" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19611">The 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. </span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19613"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19613"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19613">Jane<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19629" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19628"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19627"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19626"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19625"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19624"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_20032"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_20031">From:</span></b> Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via isoc <isoc@lists.my.co.ke><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19980"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19979">To:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc@lists.my.co.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 21, 2016 1:14 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [isoc_ke] [kictanet] CA denies governors radio permits - Daily Nation<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19888"><br><div id="yiv9257774389"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19887"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19886"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19885"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_20522">Interesting. How do we interpret Part IX of the County Governments Act? </div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_20519">Section 95: </div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19884"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_20521">(1) A County government shall establish mechanisms to facilitate public</div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474512047756_19883">communication and access to information in the form of media with the widest</div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_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="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">(a) television stations;</div></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">(b) information communication technology centres;</div></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">(c) websites;</div></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">(d) community radio stations;</div></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">(e) public meetings; and</div></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">(f) traditional media.</div></div></blockquote><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8px;"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">(2) The county government shall encourage and facilitate other means of</div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">mass communication including traditional media.</div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_default">Regards, </div></div></div></div><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9257774389gmail_quote">2016-09-21 12:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span>:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9257774389gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>Tony</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If that were the case then why doesn't the CA just come out and say it? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Talking about broadcasting being a National Function makes a nonsense of the current dispensation. <span class="yiv9257774389"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></span><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">+254 0713 601113</a> </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin. com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span><br clear="none"></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 clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="yiv9257774389h5"><div><br clear="none">On 21 Sep 2016, at 9:53 AM, Tony White via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div class="yiv9257774389h5"><span>Ali,</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>I suspect this has more to do with frequency availability. On a</span><br clear="none"><span>200kHz 'channel' spacing, there are only 150 distinct frequencies</span><br clear="none"><span>available. If one county is granted a licence, it won't be long</span><br clear="none"><span>before the other 46 counties would want in on the act.</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Of course, frequencies may be re-used based on geographical separation</span><br clear="none"><span>- but this requires a level of planning skill they maybe don't have?</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>The 'constitution' excuse is just a convenient way of avoiding the issue ;)</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>Cheers,</span><br clear="none"><span>Tony</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>On 21/09/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:</span><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has denied county governments</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>permits to set up radio stations, stirring a fresh storm between Nairobi and</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the devolved units.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The telecoms sector regulator has rejected 20 county government applications</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>seeking FM radio broadcast bands, arguing that broadcasting is not a</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>devolved function.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Read on:-</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/CA-denies-governors-radio-broadcasting-permits/1056-3389218-80o9cqz/">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/ CA-denies-governors-radio- broadcasting-permits/1056- 3389218-80o9cqz/</a></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ali Hussein</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Principal</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hussein & Associates</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">+254 0713 601113</a></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote 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