Rev. 2011]
Kenya Information and Communications
CAP. 411A
THE KENYA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
(RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND FREQUENCY SPECTRUM)
REGULATIONS, 2010
265
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 58/2010.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Information and Citation.
Communications (Radio Communications and Frequency Spectrum)
Regulations, 2010.
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
Interpretation.
“authorised frequency” means the frequency assigned to a station by
the Commission;
“harmful interference” means radiation or induction which—
(a) endangers the functioning of a radio-navigation service or of a
safety service; or
(b) obstructs or repeatedly interrupts an authorised radio or
telecommunication service;
“licensee” means a person licensed under the Act;
“network” means two or more stations operated by a person and used or
intended to be used in communication with one another;
“radio emission” means any emission of electromagnetic energy of
frequencies currently less than three hundred Gigahertz without continuous
artificial guide or such other frequencies as the Commission may from time to
time publish in the gazette;
“spectrum assignment” means the authorization by the Commission
to any licensee specific frequencies or frequency pairs for use within a given
allocation, at specified geographic location;
“station” means a transmitter, receiver, a combination of transmitters
and receivers or any accessory thereto which is used or intended to be used for
radio-communication;
“transmitter” means anything, irrespective of its use, function or the
purpose of its design, that is capable of radio emission;
“user” means any person or body of persons who uses or operates radio
communication services.
3. The purpose and objective of these Regulations is to—
(a) promote and support the orderly development and efficient
operation of radio communication systems and services to meet the
country’s socio-economic, security and cultural needs;
Purpose and Object.