IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sections 38 and 46K of the Kenya
Information and Communications Act, 1998, the Minister for Information and
Communications, in consultation with the Commission, makes the following
Regulations:—
THE KENYA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS AND FREQUENCY SPECTRUM) REGULATIONS,
2010
1. Citation.
These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Information and Communications
(Radio Communications and Frequency Spectrum) Regulations, 2010.
2. Interpretation.
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“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;