Vernacular Radio and Television stations have been put on notice over the propagation of hate content as the country gears towards the next general election slated for August this year.
Communications Authority of Kenya and National Cohesion and Integration commission say several vernacular stations are being monitored and soon the authorities will crack the whip on them.
The number of local vernacular radio and Television stations has increased three fold in the past five years to 139 vernacular radio and 16 TV stations.
But the figures notwithstanding doesn’t worry election stakeholders as much as the contents coming from the mother tongue broadcasting stations.
Speaking in a broadcasters meeting over the 2017 general elections, the two institutions warned the specific media houses of legal action in case the fall prey.
And for the media practitioners harboring political interest in the fourth coming polls, you have two months to relinquish your current position.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission IEBC has in the meanwhile, said it will be giving weekly updates weekly on its election preparedness as the clock fast ticks towards the August 8th polls.