History Of Kenya Institute of Mass Communication

History Of Kenya Institute of Mass Communication

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The Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC) was established in 1961. It was named as the then Voice of Kenya Training School. Its main purpose was to train electronic engineering and technicians for the then, Kenya Broadcasting Service (KBS), that was later rebranded in 1962 as the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). KBC was then nationalized in 1964, and changed its brand to Voice of Kenya (VOK).
The institution also served the Ministry of Information which equally lacked qualified journalists, program producers, announcers and other cadre relevant in the field of mass communication.
Training programs started from a humble wooden structure near the Kenyatta National Hospital. During the 1967/68 financial year the institute was funded to construct mass Media Communication Training institute in South In addition to the engineering courses, radio and television production courses were introduced in 1969, followed by print journalism training in 1970, and film production courses in1975.
The training of media middle level personnel is supported by the government through funding of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication. The government in 2011, transformed KIMC into a Semi-Autonomous Government Agency (SAGA) under Legal Notice No. 197 of 2011 with a mandate to offer training in communication and the cinematic arts.
Courses at KIMC are basically for the media personnel in Kenya and beyond. Some of the countries that have benefited from the media training at KIMC include;

  • Gambia
  • South Sudan
  • Somali

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