INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NATION MEDIA GROUP PLC


Our opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Nation Media Group PLC (the Company) and its subsidiaries (together, the Group) set out on pages 88 to 140, which comprise the Group and Company statements of financial position at 31 December 2022 and the Group and Company statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and the notes to the financial statements, which include significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group and the Company as at 31 December 2022 and of their financial performance and their cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and the requirements of the Companies Act, 2015.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report.

We are independent of the Company in accordance with the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards) issued by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA Code) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in Kenya. We have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the IESBA Code.