"This research aims to explore the nature of community radio in Kenya, the levels at which some community radio stations were involved in the Kenyan post election violence and the impact they had on their audiences. Community radio is now widespread across Africa. Although it has a variety of functions, Zyl (2001) believes that the core concept of community radio station is that, it should be participatory, owned and operated by the community, and the broadcast contents of such stations should match with the needs of the community. Community radio like other media can be very important and useful in the growth and development of the community and country, for example providing health awareness and information. However, community-radio can be a double –edged sword, used for negative developmental purposes that, for example, can undermine social cohesion and encourage violence by propagating messages of intolerance and disinformation that have the tendency to manipulate the public to resort to violence. The complexity of the media landscape in Kenya, coupled with the 2008 ethnic violence, make it quite ideal to carry out a study of community radio and its role in violence. The government has persistently argued that the community radio stations that broadcast in local languages were responsible for the post-election violence in 2008. Other citizens have raised similar allegations." (Abstract)