Other Resources

Local Media

There are a number of English-language dailies, including Daily Nation, Kenya's best-selling newspaper, and widely regarded as being independent and balanced. Other papers include:

The People Daily
East African Standard (privately-owned daily)
East African (English-language weekly)
Kenya Times (daily Kanu party paper)
Taifa Leo (Swahili-language daily)

The state-run Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) broadcasts television channels in English and Swahili and a number of other broadcasters also run TV stations, such as:

Citizen TV
Family TV
Kenya Television Network (available in Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret and Kisumu)
Nation TV
Stella TV (STV)

KBC also broadcasts radio services in English, Swahili and 15 other indigenous languages. There are many other radio stations available in Kenya; for example:

Capital FM (music-based)
Coro FM (Kikuyu-language station in Nairobi operated by KBC)
East FM (targeting Nairobi's Asian listeners)
Easy FM (relays in Nairobi, Eldoret, Kisumu, Mombasa, Nakuru and Nyeri)
Kameme FM (targeting Kikuyu speakers in Nairobi and central highlands)
Kiss FM (music-based)
Metro FM (music-based station operated by KBC)
Rehema Radio (Eldoret-based station broadcasting programmes in Kalenjin)

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