Department of English, Literature, Journalism and Mass Communicationhttp://erepository.kibu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1012024-03-29T07:30:48Z2024-03-29T07:30:48ZMedia Viability Needs AssessmentManje, Isaac Wamalwahttp://erepository.kibu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/96032024-02-22T12:42:37Z2024-01-01T00:00:00ZMedia Viability Needs Assessment
Manje, Isaac Wamalwa
KCOMNET through Umoja Radio for Peace (UR4P) project recently conducted a media viability needs assessment activity targeting 41 CRS. In 2021, the Media Futures East Africa Project, jointly implemented by the Aga Khan University’s Graduate School of Media & Communications and DW Akademie, investigated the state of innovation & media viability in Kenya. However, from the report presented, community radio was conspicuously missing out from the media viability needs analysis. The focus of was purely on print & commercial radio & television. This informed the need to conduct a media viability needs assessment for
community radio. Cognizant of the fact that media viability needs assessment for community media is noticeably missing from recent studies, this assessment investigated the media viability needs of community radio. Media viability is the ability of media outlets to operate financially & editorially independently while still ensuring high-quality journalism. A media viability needs assessment is a process of identifying & assessing the needs of media outlets in order to support their long-term financial sustainability & empower them to produce high quality journalism in an editorially independent manner.
2024-01-01T00:00:00ZRegulatory Framework of Community Radios in Kenya in Reference to the Development Agenda of Slum AreasManje, Isaac Wamalwahttp://erepository.kibu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/96012024-01-04T13:39:47Z2023-12-31T00:00:00ZRegulatory Framework of Community Radios in Kenya in Reference to the Development Agenda of Slum Areas
Manje, Isaac Wamalwa
This study sought to scrutinize the regulatory environment of community radios in Kenya with specific reference to the development agenda of slum areas. The study specifically focused on Pamoja FM that serves Kibera slums in Nairobi. This case study utilised a descriptive design using qualitative approaches. The study utilised interviews, observations, and review of documents as the strategies of collecting data. Data was collected from a census sample of five newsroom staff and thirty regular listeners of Pamoja FM together with key informants who were interviewed and also participated in focus group discussions to provide information on the regulatory framework of community radios in Kenya in reference to the development agenda of slum areas. Data was analyzed using thematic analysis and presented in narrative form and direct quotations. This study established that regulatory restrictions greatly limit the income of community radio stations, thus hindering them from effectively carrying out their mandate. It emerged that community radios really try to effectively deliver information and knowledge about development to members of their communities despite the strict regulatory restrictions. The study recommends that the government should make the regulatory framework and environment friendlier for community radios and that community radios should find sustainability mechanisms to help them promote the development agenda of the communities they serve.
2023-12-31T00:00:00ZThe Role of Community Radios in the Development of Slum Areas: The Case of Pamoja FM in Kibera Slums, Nairobi, KenyaManje, Isaac Wamalwahttp://erepository.kibu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/83282023-02-25T12:00:38Z2022-11-01T00:00:00ZThe Role of Community Radios in the Development of Slum Areas: The Case of Pamoja FM in Kibera Slums, Nairobi, Kenya
Manje, Isaac Wamalwa
This study sought to examine the role of
community radio in promoting the development agenda of
slum areas with a specific focus on Pamoja FM that serves
Kibera slums in Nairobi. This case study utilised a
descriptive design using qualitative approaches. The study
utilised interviews, observations, and review of documents
as the strategies of collecting data. Data was collected from
a census sample of five newsroom staff and thirty regular
listeners of Pamoja FM together with key informants who
were interviewed and also participated in focus group
discussions to provide information on the role of Pamoja
FM in promoting the development agenda of their
communities. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the
data based on study objectives and fieldwork. Data was
presented in narrative form and direct quotations. The
role of community radio in the provision of information
and knowledge for development in slum areas were found
to include fostering of peace building, promoting security,
overcoming language barrier challenges in
communication, encouraging community participation
and mobilisation in development matters, acting as a
government watchdog, empowering communities
economically, and providing communities with a form of
communication that they can closely identify with. The
study concluded that community radio is a crucial part of
the communication process that aids in social change
because of its potential to facilitate participation and
inclusion in development agenda.
2022-11-01T00:00:00ZThe COVID-19 Pandemic and Racialised Risk Narratives in KenyaZiz, Isabelhttp://erepository.kibu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/56812022-10-04T07:03:14Z2020-08-01T00:00:00ZThe COVID-19 Pandemic and Racialised Risk Narratives in Kenya
Ziz, Isabel
This report examines the language used by government, media and social media to communicate risk and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. It unpacks several themes, some of them captured in the poem. Collectively, the themes contribute to the central theme of the report; the racialisation of the pandemic in Kenya. These themes include the situation before recording the first infection, the origins of the disease; perceived Black immunity and resistance; government response to the outbreak; anti-Chinese sentiments; and debates on the cure and vaccine of the disease.
2020-08-01T00:00:00Z