Yaani KBC the national broadcaster haiwezi letea Kenyans angalau Commonwealth games like they used to do in the Nyayo days? What’s the point of having a national broadcaster then?
A national broadcaster should be in a position to air significant international events that promote national identity e.g. The Olympic games, Rugby 7s, The FIFA World Cup, The Commonwealth games or even continental football championships like the Africa Cup of Nations or even the UEFA Champions League. Sasa watoto wamefunga shule and can’t watch The Commonwealth Games and cheer the renowned Kenyan athletes, like the children of yester year, what happened to KBC?!
I remember cheering Frankie Fredricks of Namibia as he made history in the early 90s Commonwealth games, I think the 1994 games. Or Michael Johnson the guy who used to pace around the truck anawacha kila mtu nyuma. Although he is American and therefore couldn’t participate in the commonwealth games we at least watched his daring feats and peculiar running style in other championships on KBC the national broadcaster! Linford Christie ndio alikuwa Bolt hizo miaka. Na Patrick Konchellah ndio alikuwa Rudisha. What happened to KBC?
Even local soccer or rugby hawawezi support.
Miss watching those sports too. Got in a situation where one Broadcaster buys the rights to all the sports in the olympics and then shows only what interests locals ( which is not much). And on taped delay by several hours.
We missed the boat by a river the day we decided to let KBC compete with other private broadcasters for advertising and other revenue. As I’ve argued before, the role KBC plays as a public broadcaster is far too critical for it to be left to the vagaries of capitalism. Let’s bite the bullet and fully fund KBC 100%.
Freed off the shackles of capitalism, they can now concentrate on being a proper public broadcaster, a lá BBC. Are we willing to do that?
Sawa basi dingo, lakini ilikuja na meli hio lugha. Ni hapo tu nimeandika vibaya kwa text body nilikumbuka kushikanisha. And at least I can spell and write it unlike a Briton who only knows one swahili word: safari. And maybe ‘jambo’.
Back to the topic I don’t buy this argument people are pushing ati KBC is broke. Hio ni maongo. They get their funding from the govt. or at least part of it. Our taxes! And one can’t compare todays KBC to the KBC of the Nyayo era. In the 80s and 90s that station was looted clean. Hamisi Themo alikuwa anasoma news ya saa moja usiku stima zinapotea studio, " Niwie radhi mpenzi mtazamaji nitarudia sehemu hiyo!"
“Mtukufu Rais Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi leo katika ikulu…” Inapotea tena.
“Tuwie radhi tena mpenzi mtazamaji, tunapo jaribu kwa lila na hila kurekebisha mitambo ya stima.”
Today they even have a modern studio and workers get paid. In the 90s akina Kadilo walikuwa wanasoma news na suti imechapwa patch penye iliraruka. And KBC actors were dropping dead like flies due to poverty and the dreaded AIDS scourge. Akina Othorong’ong’o Danger na Masanduku arap simit. May they RIP.
Anyway despite those many problems KBC still managed to air all manner of international sporting events: Commonwealth games, Euro cup, Olympics, champions league, world cup etc. Ama mtadai Moi used to personally pay for the events so he could divert our attention from the misery of living in Kenya?
KBC hawako serious. Govt. iko na pesa mingi sana. That CEO needs to go. Wanafaa walete commonwealth games. How can Rudisha run na hatuoni?
Kwani hii tax Uhuru anaokota Sport Pesa na national lottery inaenda wapi? ALL THAT MONEY, UHURU! That money certainly isn’t going into youth development or funding Kenyan films like he promised, then lied. Hio pesa inaenda wapi???!
WHAT’S THE POINT OF HAVING A NATIONAL BROADCASTER IF YOU CAN’T BROADCAST EVENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE???!!
They have a huge debt from the late 1980’s when they adopted obsolete Medium Wave technology at an exorbitant cost from Japan (not sure) when other broadcasters were opting for FM. And there are also other debts owed to KBC by different government departments.
During the Nyayo era KBC was the king. The government knew it was its mouthpiece so even funding was good. more so, all advertisers had no option but place their ads pale KBC. But with liberalization and digitization of the media, competition chocked KBC as indicated by @Luther12 . Those in power have their favored media outlets that overshadows the interest of the public broadcasters. Enyewe, I agree KBC needs 100% funding. I cant imagine it is the same station that used to air NBA, bundesliga, PL, World Cup, commonwealth games, Olympic, KPL, etc
Yes, there’s that Yen-denominated loan (Portland Cement has one of those as well) that’s been weighing them down for the longest time. Just the other day it was revealed they’re technically insolvent.