Nairobi County Assembly has passed a motion to formulate a county broadcast policy.
The motion tabled by Deputy Minority Whip Joyce Kamau on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, proposed the formulation of a broadcast policy to help the county establish a digital press unit, county TV and radio broadcast directorate and customer service.
All members present unanimously passed the motion.
In her submission, the legislature said that this initiative would be an effective way of information dissemination and civic education to the residents of Nairobi.
She added that a broadcast unit would help facilitate public participation and cut down expenditures on advertisement.
"This will help cut the cost of advertisement which I was checking and it was Ksh142 million. If we do our own broadcasting, we can minimize this amount and use the money in doing other projects like roads and health sector," she said.
"It will also be a major source of revenue because we can commercialise the stations and make it more social bringing in investors to make their advertisements," she added.
Joyce said that it is always hard for a common Nairobian to know what the governor is doing in different parts of the county arguing that the county media unit will be telling them all that the governor is doing everywhere.
The Deputy Minority Whip said that if it materializes, they will ensure professions are employed according to the law.
