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Contributor [1]
Monday, July 10, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
263 [3]
Article-Summary: 

From outside, it looks like any other transit goods container, or storage for the popular mitumba (second-hand) clothes. But inside the nondescript structure is the studio of the country’s first slum radio station. The container houses equipment and machines of newly launched 101.5 Koch FM, a private radio station owned by youth from the Korogocho slum in Nairobi. Raphael Obonyo, a manager with Koch Youth Club, came up with the radio station idea to caution young people against crime and to p...read more [4]

From outside, it looks like any other transit goods container, or storage for the popular mitumba (second-hand) clothes. But inside the nondescript structure is the studio of the country’s first slum radio station. The container houses equipment and machines of newly launched 101.5 Koch FM, a private radio station owned by youth from the Korogocho slum in Nairobi. Raphael Obonyo, a manager with Koch Youth Club, came up with the radio station idea to caution young people against crime and to provide entertainment.

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ICT, Media & Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/media/35799 [6]
Country: 
Kenya [7]

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