The Media Council of Kenya is an independent national institution established by the Media Council Kenya Act, No. 46 of 2013 for purposes of setting of media standards and ensuring compliance with those standards as envisaged by Article 34(5) on Freedom of the Media of the Constitution of Kenya. The Council is guided by the vision of a society where media freedom is respected, upheld, protected an
d maintained and where journalists, media practitioners and media houses are professional, responsible and adhere to media ethics. The Council is run on a co-regulation model where it receives modest funding from the Government while at the same time it levies media houses and individual journalists. The funds are used in running the several activities the MCK undertakes.
