Wireless Reception Arrangements

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — African Colonies – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 12 Mawrth 1947.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Mr. Creech Jones:

The annual fee for a wireless receiving licence in Kenya is 30 shillings. Licences are not issued in Tanganyika and Uganda. The average annual wage of an unskilled labourer in these territories is about £36. The cost of a receiving set, rather than the cost of the licence, is the factor limiting private listening in this income group. The difficulty has been partially met by introducing communal receiving sets, and expansion of these facilities is now under examination.