[Rev. 2012]
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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at least one shall have specialization or experience in the print
media;
at least one shall have specialization or experience in financial
management and administration.
5. Managing director
(1) There shall be a managing director of the Corporation who shall be
appointed by the Minister after consultation with the Board whose terms and
conditions of service shall be determined by the Minister in the instruments of
appointment or otherwise in writing from time to time:
Provided that the first Managing Director shall be appointed by the Minister
without the consultation under this subsection.
(2) The Board shall appoint a Deputy Managing Director and a secretary of
the Corporation, whose terms and conditions of service shall be determined under
section 15.
6. Further provisions relating to the Board
The First Schedule shall have effect with respect to the constitution of the Board
and otherwise in relation thereto.
7. Remuneration of directors
The Corporation shall pay to the directors other than the Managing Director
and public officers in receipt of a salary, such remuneration, fees or allowances
for expenses according to the scales of remuneration specified for the Corporation
from time to time by the State Corporations Advisory Committee under the State
Corporations Act (Cap. 446).
PART III – POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CORPORATION
8. Duties of the Corporation
(1) The Corporation shall—
(a) provide independent and impartial broadcasting services of
information, education and entertainment, in English and Kiswahili
and in such other languages as the Corporation may decide;
(b) provide, if the Minister so requires, an external broadcasting service
for reception in countries outside Kenya and may for that purpose,
subject to the acquisition of any requisite licence, concessions, rights
or privileges, construct or acquire and establish, install, equip and use
radio communication stations in countries or places outside Kenya or
in space;
(c) control and operate such plant, property, installations and services as
are, or may be, acquired by the Corporation under this Act;
(d) advise the Government on all matters relating to the broadcasting
services and to matters appertaining to the Corporation generally;
(e) appoint and enter into agreements with such contractors and artistes
as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act;
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