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 public 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 of mass 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.
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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.
Read on:-
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/CA-denies-governors-radio- broadcasting-permits/1056-3389218-80o9cqz/
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