Abstract:
This paper examines the status of broadcast media in Kenya under the new information and communication law.
Two objectives are used to develop the thesis of the paper; the operational status of broadcast media in Kenya
over time; and the threats to media freedom by subsequent media laws and the new KICA 2013. The paper
adapts a documentary review methodology in highlighting the framework of media regulation in Kenya. Online
journals, books and unpublished papers as well as the Kenyan constitution are used to gather relevant literature
to meet the set objectives. The paper agrees with reviewed works on the fact that media regulation in Kenya has
its genesis in colonial era and the motive has since remained to curtail its freedom. The paper proposes a review
of the new communications law failure to which freedom of the press which was hard earned will forever be
curtailed.
