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BBC puts $10m in studios to employ 200 staff

President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing British investors in a London hotel. (Photo: PSCU)

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is investing nearly $10m in modern multimedia production studios in Kenya, which will help create 250 new jobs, a senior editor has told President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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