The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) has launched its first 24-hour Kalenjin vernacular station. Kitwek 98.0 FM joins the large KBC family at a time when media in the country is diversifying. Information Minister Samuel Poghisio officially launched the station in Eldoret town .
Mr Poghisio said the radio station will boost various projects like farming, livestock development, business and advertising activities in the region which is rich while the youth’s talents will be honed and utilized to the maximum by this medium. The minister further said that the new constitution promotes freedom of expression including in mother tongue, and refuted allegations that the vernacular local radio station would encourage disunity among all Kenyans.
(Source: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
on Aug 29th, 2011 at 08:56
This is good initiative. With liberalization of the air waves, people are free to own and expand communication networks with a caution though. That air waver are public resources and investors are only trustees. They must use them wisely. To buiild one nation state and to address public interest discourses. So anyone including KBC that is expanding the network simply because there is freedom of communication without fundamental agenda of empowering the people- the owners of the airwaves is totally misplaced. The benchmark of our performance is-how much public interest do we address?