Hallo GraceThe 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. Jane From: Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via isoc <isoc@lists.my.co.ke> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [isoc_ke] [kictanet] CA denies governors radio permits - Daily Nation Interesting. How do we interpret Part IX of the County Governments Act? Section 95: (1) A County government shall establish mechanisms to facilitate publiccommunication and access to information in the form of media with the widestpublic 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 ofmass communication including traditional media. Regards, 2016-09-21 12:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@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 HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin. com/in/alihkassim "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@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@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. 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