APRM • SECOND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Profile of print and electronic media in Kenya
PRINT MEDIA
Dailies:
Business Daily, Daily Nation, People Daily, Taifa Leo, The Standard, The Star.
Weeklies:
Coast Week, Financial Post, Inside Kenya Today , Standard on Sunday, Sunday Nation,
The Standard Group‘s The County Weekly, which in August 2013 was replaced by The
Counties, The East African, The Sunday Express, The Weekly Citizen, Truth Weekly.
Monthlies:
Business Monthly EA, Business Woman, CEO Africa, CIO East Africa, Drum, Kenyan
Kitchen, Management, The Nairobi Law Monthly, Parents, Passion, Prime Parenting, Small
and Medium Enterprise, Sports Monthly, The Diplomat, The Insyder, True Love, Finance,
Healthy Woman, Salon, Motors, African Woman, Africa Medical Review, Animal Welfare,
Business Post, Construction News, Destination, Travel, Expression Today, Focus on
Getaways, Focus on Property, Homes Kenya, Nairobi Business, Pregnant, Sacco Review,
Smartlife, Swara, Agrolink, Corporate Intelligence Africa, The Exchange, Property Zone,
Think Business, Tupike, Twende Tu, Unique Homes
Bi-monthlies:
Biashara Leo, Business Africa, Business Post, Go Places, Safari Digest, Sokoni Regional and
county publications The Sun (Kabamet), The Eye/Mwangaza (Siaya), The Eastern Star
(Machakos), Ngao (Nakuru), Sauti (Kericho), Sauti ya Gusii (Kisii), Nuru (Isiolo), Nyota ya
Magharibi (Vihiga), Sauti ya Pwani (Mombasa), Maarifa (Murang’a), Habari (Garissa), The
Truth and Education News (Nairobi), Kajiado County News and Narok County News, The
Link (Migori), South Rift Times (Kericho), the Nyanza Weekly (Kisumu), Horizon Weekly
(Bungoma), Trans Nzoia Magazine, Trans Nzoia Times. Slopes Weekly, County Leader,
Highlands Tribune, and Business Express are found in Central Kenya, while The Anchor is
in Machakos. Imenti News, Wembe, and County Focus are found in Meru, while Mombasa
has Coast Week and Pambazuko.
TV Stations
KBC, NTV, KTN, Citizen TV, K24 are the biggest TV stations in Kenya in terms of coverage
and viewers. Kiss TV is also on air.
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Kenya has demonstrated a remarkable growth in the use of social and digital media by
members of the public, bloggers and media houses. Social media platforms have been used
to cultivate societal discourses on socio-political issues, helping to disseminate information
widely and expeditiously.
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