In Summary
- Those operating radios have been given six months to July 2nd 2015 while their Television counterparts have until January 2016 to comply.
- The regulator is mandated to license all broadcasting service providers in accordance with the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Act, 2013.
Those operating
radios have been given six months to July 2nd 2015 while their
Television counterparts have until January 2016 to comply.
The new requirement was issued by ICT Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i in a Kenya Gazette notice published Wednesday.
“All
holders of television broadcasting permits from the Ministry of
Information, Communications and Technology are granted further one and
half year period effective from 2nd January 2014 during which they are
deemed to have continued to operate in accordance with their existing
permits,” the CS said in the notice dated December 15th.
PUNISHMENT
Holders of radio permits have another two years from 2nd January 2014 to apply to the Communications Authority of Kenya for licensing.
Holders of radio permits have another two years from 2nd January 2014 to apply to the Communications Authority of Kenya for licensing.
The
regulator is mandated to license all broadcasting service providers in
accordance with the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment)
Act, 2013.
Section 46 C of the Kenya Information and
Communications Act, 1998 prescribes a fine not exceeding Sh1 million or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both for any
broadcaster operating without a licence.
Kenya has had several television and radio stations licenced since the airwaves were liberated in the mid nineties.
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