CAP. 221
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
[Rev. 2012]
(2) An advisory council shall consist of not less than seven and not more than
thirteen persons, each appointed by the Board and the Board shall appoint one of
the members to be chairman.
(3) An advisory council shall not take part in the day-to-day business of
broadcasting administration in the Corporation.
(4) The Second Schedule shall apply with respect to advisory councils.
13. Matter to be broadcast in and costs of external services
(1) Where the Minister has, under paragraph (b) of section 8(1), required the
Corporation to provide any external services, the Corporation shall—
(a) broadcast programmes in the external services to such countries,
in such languages and at such times as may from time to time be
specified by the Minister after consultation with the Corporation;
(b) consult and collaborate with such Ministries and Departments of the
Government as may be specified in writing by the Minister and shall
obtain and accept from them such information regarding conditions in,
and the policies of the Government of Kenya towards, the countries
specified and other countries as will enable the Corporation to plan
and prepare its programmes in the external services in the interests
of Kenya.
(2) The full net cost of providing and transmitting external services shall be
borne from funds specially provided to the Corporation by Parliament for that
purpose.
14. Announcements and programmes of national importance
(1) The Corporation shall, whenever so required in writing by the Minister
or by any person authorized in that regard by the Minister in writing, broadcast
announcements or programmes of national importance, whether by sound or
television.
(2) The Corporation, when broadcasting any announcement or programmes
under this section, may at its discretion announce or refrain from announcing that
it is broadcast at the request of the Minister.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the right of the Government
to submit to the Corporation items of general interest or utility for broadcasting at
the discretion of the Corporation.
PART IV – STAFF
15. Employment of officers, servants and agents
(1) Subject to this Part, the Corporation may appoint and employ such officers,
servants and agents as it deems necessary for the discharge of its functions and
duties under this Act upon such terms and conditions of service as the Board
may determine, in consultation with the State Corporations Advisory Committee
established under the State Corporations Act.
(2) The Corporation shall within two years and six months after the
commencement of this Act, make provision for a staff superannuation scheme of
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