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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 –Communication Authority of Kenya CA has announced shutting down of at least 56 Television channels in the country.
Communications Authority Director General David Mugonyi signed the notice indicating that the listed Kenyan stations would lose licenses in the next seven days unless they complied with the guidelines and regulations.
“Notice is given pursuant to the provisions of the Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998, that the Communications Authority of Kenya shall revoke the licences of the following service providers/operators within seven (7) days,” read the notice dated April 19, 2024.
In the notice, Director Mugonyo outlined that, as soon as the process is completed, resources under the revoked license names will be reverted to the Authority.
“Upon revocation of the licences listed hereabove, the service providers/operators shall not be authorized to operate and provide the services as indicated in the respective tables above,” added the notice.
Interestingly, the same notice failed to provide the reasons behind the revocation of the listed 56 licenses.
Mass media in Kenya includes more than 91 FM stations, more than 64 free to view TV stations, and an unconfirmed number of print newspapers and magazines. Publications mainly use English as their primary language of communication, with some media houses employing Swahili and mother tongue.
