Principal Secretary for Broadcasting nominee Stephen Isaboke has promised to prioritise payment of bills owed to media houses and to protect press freedom.
Isaboke, who is coming in to replace Edward Kisiangani whose tenure was characterised by a sustained war against media, also told the National Assembly Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation that he would turn around the fortunes of KBC, the State broadcaster.
The former Multichoice Group chief executive told the House team that his net worth is Sh680.5 million.
Committee vice chairperson Alfah Mirukah revisited a controversial order by Kisiang'ani which restricted government ministries and parastatals to advertising exclusively with KBC and sought to know whether Isaboke would be following in Kisiangani's footsteps in gagging the media or usher in a new era of relations. "Your predecessor Kisiangani, towards the tail end of his tenure, gagged the media by instituting directives that denied media houses adverts.
