SECTOR 2 Most of these radio stations cover Kenya’s major towns. Radio listenership, which is dominant and cheaper, has been enhanced by radio receivers in public transport and increased use of mobile phones that receive radio signals. It is the most dominant mass media in the rural areas. There are 16 television stations but very few of them have countrywide reach, and the urban dominance remains. The entry of internet on the media scene has increased the range of information sources and accessibility. About five-six million Kenyans have access to the internet. The introduction of cheaper modems by mobile service providers has increased accessibility. The cost is Kshs 1,000 ( US $ 12.5) per 300 to 400 MB. Internet at cyber café is on average Kshs. 60 (US $ 0.75 per hour. It should however be noted that although these appear to be low costs, the slow speed owing to limited bandwidth end up raising the costs. Print Given the developments in the other media sub-sectors mentioned above, the circulation in the print media have stagnated and in some cases, gone down. A contributory factor is affordability, given the high production costs and heavy taxation of newsprint. Circulation and sales respond to the economy and the current situation is unfavourable. The Daily Nation, the Standard and their Saturday and Sunday sister publications are the largest circulating newspapers in Kenya. The others are The Kenya Times, the Sunday Times, Saturday Times and the People Daily and the People on Sunday. There is also the Business Daily, a publication of the Nation Media Group and The Star (formerly the Nairobi Star), which are the recent publications on the Kenyan market8. Nation Media Group also owns The East African, a regional weekly newspaper and Taifa (a Kiswahili daily newspaper that was established in 1959). For the leading dailies, circulation figures in 2008 stood at: Daily Nation – 180,000 The Standard – 110,000 8 Study by AfriMap on Public Broadcasting in Kenya (yet to be published). AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER KENYA 2009 25