No. 2 of 1998
(b)
Kenya Information and Communications
[Rev. 2018]
subject to any limitations which the Cabinet Secretary, in consultation
with the Authority may, by regulations, determine, to all radio
communication stations and radio communication apparatus which is
released from within Kenya or its territorial waters, or from any vessel
or aircraft which is registered in Kenya.
(2) Without prejudice to the liability of any other person, in the event of the
contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) or of any regulations or orders
made thereunder, occurring in relation to any radio communication station or radio
communication apparatus on board or released from any vessel or aircraft, the
captain or the person, for the time being, in charge of the vessel or aircraft commits
an offence under this Act:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply if the contravention consists of the
use by a passenger, on board the vessel or aircraft, of any radio communication
apparatus not designed or adapted, for transmission (as opposed to reception)
which is not part of the radio communication apparatus of the vessel or aircraft.
(3) The Cabinet Secretary, in consultation with the Authority may make
regulations for the use of radio communication apparatus on board a vessel or
aircraft not registered in Kenya while the vessel or aircraft is within the territorial
limits of Kenya or its territorial waters.
[Act No. 25 of 2015, Sch.]
PART IVA – BROADCASTING SERVICES
46A. Functions of the Commission in relation to broadcasting services
The functions of the Commission in relation to broadcasting services shall be
to—
(a) promote and facilitate the development, in keeping with the public
interest, of a diverse range of broadcasting services in Kenya;
(b) facilitate and encourage the development of Kenyan programmes;
(c) promote the observance at all times, of public interest obligations in
all broadcasting categories;
(d) promote diversity and plurality of views for a competitive marketplace
of ideas;
(e) ensure the provision by broadcasters of appropriate internal
mechanisms for disposing of complaints in relation to broadcasting
services;
(f) protect the right to privacy of all persons; and
(g) carry out such other functions as are necessary or expedient for the
discharge of all or any of the functions conferred upon it under this Act.
(i) administering the broadcasting content aspect of this Act;
(j) developing media standards; and
(k) regulating and monitoring compliance with those standards.
[Act No. 1 of 2009, s. 16, Act No. 41A of 2013, s. 14.]
46B. Classification of broadcasting services
(1) Broadcasting services shall be classified for specified areas according to
the following service categories—
(a) public broadcasting;
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