A Critical year for Tana FM in the run up to Kenya’s elections

With recent warnings from Kenya’s electoral commission that a rise in ethnically charged “hate speech” threatens Kenya’s elections in 2017, the team at HCR partner station, Tana FM, know they have an important role – to promote peace.  Elections in the past have led to violence, particularly in Tana River County.  Next month,  some 22.4 million people will register to vote in the 2017 poll, far more than the 14.4 million who registered for the 2013 election.  Reporter Alex Williams provides an update on Tana FM’s progress following it’s launch last year.