Using Community Radios as a Tool for Development

Participation here is at all levels namely ownership, management (through representative local management committees) and production. And special measures are often taken to ensure that those who are historically disadvantaged or marginalized within that community, for example, women, physically challenged can participate in full as well. The BBC World Service Trust believes that community media in Kenya can and will be an important part of the media to give a voice to marginalized communities, promote good governance at local level and help building peace after the post-election violence. Governments in the past have hesitated to promote community media amidst concerns it could exacerbate social and ethnic tension. The