GOVERNMENT’S DIRECTIVE ON ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ADVERTISING THROUGH KBC, RADIO & TV; ECONOMICAL OR POLITICAL? … AND LEGAL ISSUES THEREIN
Image on Google On 8 th March 2024, the Permanent Secretary State Department of Broadcasting & Telecommunications, Professor Edward Kisiang’ani issued a directive that all Government agencies, Independent commissions & public universities should exclusively air their advertisements on and through the State owned Broadcasting Corporation; KBC(radio & TV) The directive aims', as averred by the PS, is; “…to align with the government’s policy of reviving the ailing public sector entities and ensuring that any public-private partnership is not skewed against public sector institutions [1] … and to revive and utilize its institutions going forward …” The directive herein also comes a month after the government made a similar issuance targeting the ...