Kenya 2.4 Broadcasting legislation has been passed and is implemented that provides for a conducive environment for public, commercial and community broadcasting. The Ministry of Information is responsible for awarding permits for broadcasting while the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) allocates the frequencies. The airwaves were liberalised in the early 1990’s, but there is no broadcasting legislation or regulatory system in place. The awarding of permits and frequencies is carried out on an ad-hoc basis with no clear pattern and very selectively. SCORES: Individual scores: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 Average score: 1.0 2.5 Community broadcasting enjoys special promotion given its potential to broaden access by poor and rural communities. ANALYSIS: The very first community radio in Africa was established in Kenya - in Homa Bay in 1982. Two years later it was de-registered. The old and new government alike regard community broadcasting as “suspicious” and do not want to accept the right of communities to run their own radio stations without interference. There is only one station on air at the moment and efforts by UNESCO to establish more failed. On the other hand, the minister of information is presently investing in a media centre with print and radio facilities in his own constituency. 12 African Media Barometer - Kenya 2005