Kidero allocates millions for City Hall FM radio station
What you need to know:
- The project that has been in the pipeline since last year was allocated Sh50 million in the budget estimates for the next financial year.
City Hall will in the next financial year set up a radio station as it aims to increase citizen participation in county affairs and cut the cost of advertising in commercial channels.
The project that has been in the pipeline since last year was allocated Sh50 million in the budget estimates for the next financial year.
Finance executive Gregory Mwakanongo said that the project requires about Sh100 million, adding that the remaining half will be provided at a later stage.
“The radio station will serve as a platform to communicate our policies and development agenda,” said Mr Mwakanongo.
“We are moving to secure licence with the Communications Authority of Kenya for radio frequency spectrum.”
The FM station to be set up at City Hall will be a community radio funded from the budget and advertising revenue.
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