ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Media Council Act
38. Decisions of the Complaints Commission
Edition: 2025-08-01 · In force
38. Decisions of the Complaints Commission
(1)The Complaints Commission or any of its panels may, after hearing the parties to a complaint—(a)order the offending party to publish an apology and correction in such manner as the Commission may specify;(b)order the return, repair, or replacement of any equipment or material belonging to a journalist confiscated or destroyed;(c)make any directive and declaration on freedom of expression;(d)issue a public reprimand of the journalist or media enterprise involved;(e)order the offending editor of the broadcast, print or on-line material to publish the Commission’s decision in such manner as specified by the Commission;(f)impose a fine of not more than five hundred thousand shillings on any respondent media enterprise and a fine of not more than one hundred thousand shillings, on any journalist, adjudged to have violated the Act or Code of Conduct, where upon such a fine shall be a debt due to the Council and recoverable as such;(g)in its reasons for its findings, record a criticism of the conduct of the complainant in relation of the Complaint, where such criticism, is in its view, warranted;(h)recommend to the Council the suspension or removal from the register of the journalist involved;(i)make any supplementary or ancillary orders or directions that it may consider necessary for carrying into effect orders or directives made.(2)The Complaints Commission or any of its panels may make any or a combination of the orders set out in subsection (1).