August 2012 - KICTANet

Fwd:Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Dear all, the suit between Muite & Others versus Moses Kuria, which I understand is proceeding to court, should be a very interesting one to watch. Hopefully it shall give some insights on content control vs freedom of expression. See below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ngunjiri <ngunjiri(a)kikuyusforchange.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:05:07 +0300 Subject: {K4c} Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology To: KC4 <kikuyusforchange(a)googlegroups.com> This will most probably interest some of us, and help all of us be careful about what we write on our blogs. --- Ngunjiri [image: Issa & Co Advocates] Our Ref: M/058/001/L**** **** Tuesday, October 4, 2011**** **** Moses Kuria**** P. O. Box 1838-00200 ‘*Advance copy by email*’**** *NAIROBI***** **** Dear Sir,**** **** *RE: DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION ***** ------------------------------ We have been instructed by our clients, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndung’u Wainaina, Maina Kiai and Hassan Omar.**** **** Our instructions are that you published in your widely read blog the following words of and concerning our clients.**** **** *‘I have said Ocampo has no case. All he has are fake witnesses coached by Hassan Omar, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndungu Wainaina, Njonjo Mue and Maina Kiai.’***** **** Your insinuations are unfounded and baseless and our clients’ professional respective standings, characters and reputations have been severely tarnished by your publication.**** **** Our instructions are to demand a retraction, an apology and an admission of liability on your part for the publication of the defamatory words. This we hereby do. We shall address the issue of the damages payable to our clients upon receipt of your apology and admission.**** **** *NOTE* that if you do not publish an apology and retraction on your blog within the next *Seven (7) Days* of the receipt of this letter we shall proceed to the law for redress at your risk as to costs. **** **** Yours faithfully,**** *ISSA & COMPANY ADVOCATES***** **** **** *MANSUR M. ISSA***** **** cc. Clients**** **** *Issa & Co Advocates* <info(a)issadvocates.co.ke>**** ------------------------------ 5th Floor, City House, Wabera Street P.O. Box *24210 - 00100*, Nairobi, Kenya *ph*: *+ 254 20 340 150 · * *fx*: *+ 254 20 340 151* *em*: *info(a)issadvocates.co.ke · ***** ------------------------------ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:* This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient is authorized. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, or any information contained in this email is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediatelyand do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.**** -- --- Fear makes men act even against their own interests- changing them from men of reason to blubbering fools. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

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Digital to Analog Conversion
by robert yawe 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

Hi, When the migration from analog to digital was initially raised fear was put into the public on how there would be no option but to throw away our analog TV sets and replace them with Digital. Now that digital transmission is finally here we need to look at how to make the migration as painless as possible while at the same time we do not disenfranchise any citizens. It has been mentioned that there are over 1 million TV sets in Kenya today, that means 1 million digital to analog converters will be required over the next 2-3 years. I believe this is a great opportunity for us to go into the electronic assembly business, I would like to propose that we 1st increase duty on converters from the current 35% to 250% so as to discourage the importation of the converters. Then exempt from duty and vat all assembly stations, test equipment and components for anyone who sets up a converter assembly plant, with a 3 year tax holiday. If you setup the plant more than 200 kilometers from Nairobi or Mombasa you receive an addition 2 years tax holiday. I believe this will sort out the issue of substandard converters and will also provide an opportunity for us to develop our electronic devices assembly skills. If you make a net profit of 1,000/- there is a clean 875,000,000/- to be made, close to what the government is spending on purchase of the Malili farm. This is assuming a standard device, there is still a market for those who want high end devices with recording, tuners, USB ports, etc which would mean that the returns could be much higher than projected above. So will we move away from juts being importers and retailers or do we have what it takes to do some value add? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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GSMA: Calls will remain high between African countries
by Grace Githaiga 02 May '14

02 May '14

GSMA: Calls will remain high between African countries By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 29 Sep, 2011 The cost of telephone calls between African countries is likely to remain high and international call volumes will drop with the introduction of taxes, according to a report from the GSM Association. Senegal, Ghana, Congo Brazaville and Gabon have introduced taxes on incoming international calls, leading to higher costs for users and reduced revenue and call volumes for mobile operators. The taxes are also likely to reduce foreign direct investments because the costs of operating businesses such as call centers will probably go up. "The tax takes the form of an imposed fixed price that operators must charge for international inbound termination, of which the government takes a set amount," said the report, issued on the sidelines of the U.N. Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi. A private party measures international inbound minutes terminated by operators and bills them accordingly, it said. While the taxes are different in the four countries, the affect on the operators has been the same. In Senegal, call prices rose by 50 percent. In Ghana, prices rose by 58 percent while inbound traffic fell by 12 percent in the six months after the tax was introduced. In Congo Brazaville, the price of inbound calls rose by 111 percent while the volume fell by 36 percent. In Gabon, prices rose by 82 percent when the tax was introduced in August 2011. The report questioned the benefit of the tax on economies, given that half the money collected is shared with the third-party company that monitors the calls. "The main objective of this taxation is to raise revenues for governments, in this case by taxing users calling from abroad into the country, however, the government transfers approximately 50 percent of the revenue from the tax to the external call monitoring party," the report said. "This leakage should be taken into account when assessing the effectiveness and net benefit of this tax." The report projects that other African countries are likely to reciprocate by raising the cost of inbound calls. In Congo Brazaville, an operator reported that an operator in another African country raised call termination charges by 30 percent. while in Senegal, an operator reported that nine operators in other African countries raised rates by 23 to 80 percent, making the call costs very high. The GSMA further noted that many operators are not making profits because the cost of other services and maintaining rural telecoms infrastructure is high. In supporting its case to remove telecommunication taxes, the GSMA released another report that highlights the benefits that Kenya has gained since it zero-rated mobile handsets in June 2009. This year, the mobile communications industry will contribute US$300 million to the GDP and a further $100 million from intangible benefits to Kenyan consumers. The industry also employs 250,000 people in Kenya. "Since June 2009 when the tax was removed, handset purchases have increased by more than 200 percent and penetration rates have increased substantially from 50 percent to 70 percent, this successful policy confirms that consumption taxes can have a significant impact on consumer behavior in Kenya," said the report. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go forth and rule the World!

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Commodity Exchange System - Revisited
by robert yawe 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hi Listers, About 9 month ago (human gestation period) I mentioned the need for developers to start looking into the development of a futures exchange system and as always is with the village madman I was dismissed. On Wednesday 8th June 2011 the Capital Markets Authority advertised for a futures exchange system, rfp is open to both international and local vendors. Regards Hi, The National Cereals and Produce Board together with the East African Grain Council are working towards the creation of a commodity exchange to trade futures. This process is at an advanced stage which begun with a process called warehouse receipting and currently Equity Bank offers credit against the receipts. What does this have to do with us in the IT field? When the Nairobi Stock Exchange tendered for the automated trading system (ATS) and more recently for the Broker Back-office System no local IT company made it past the 1st round. The fact that companies like Virtual City are winning international awards for systems development and others like PesaPal are receiving large direct foreign investments means that we do have the skills to develop world class solutions. This is an appeal to all ICT experts in the country to prepare ourselves to make sure that the grain exchange system is locally developed and we stop being spectators in our own country. I know it is said that a prophet is never recognised in his own town, it is time we made this phrase redundant. NCPB and others are already shopping overseas for a solution so be warned that time is not in our hands and if we are to have an impact we need to move quickly. The proposed system is supposed to provide a trading platform, depository system, GIS for land information, settlement system, warehouse management, weather monitoring and seed planting information system (acreage, seed type, fertiliser, etc). Lets get off our high horses and put a together a world class solution for a local problem. No tears after the horse has bolted. Useful links http://dn.nationmedia.com/DN/DN/2010/09/03/ArticleHtmls/03_09_2010_030_014.… http://allafrica.com/stories/200904271171.html http://www.ratin.net/mainfeature.asp?id=40 http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Smart%20Money/-/688614/899436/-/bypmdxz/-… http://www.unctad.info/upload/SUC/LusakaWorkshop/WarehouseServicesKenya.pdf Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.…

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Strange letter to ICANN
by Brian Munyao Longwe 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

I recently came across this letter written by Ms. Sophia Bekele to ICANN regarding the recently vacated position held by Anne-Rachel Inne at ICANN. Letter from Sophia Bekele to Akram Atallah<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/bekele-to-atallah-07aug12-en> While everyone is entitled to have their own opinion I find it extremely distasteful that Ms. Bekele would go as far as to allege that AFRICANN and for that matter AFTLD, AFRINIC, AFNOG, AFRISPA, AFRALO are made up of people who have sinister agendas. I take it as a personal affront that such an aspersion would be cast on myself as I not only consider myself an interested party in AFRICANN but I have also been involved in the founding and establishment of some of the above organizations and believe them and the individuals associated with them to be above reproach. I continue to find DCA's sustained divisive and millitant attitude quite troubling, What do other community members think? Brian

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] [EANOG] The East Africa Internet Exchange Point-- Where are we?
by Kivuva 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

As an internet user footing the bill through my wallet, I'm not only interested with the speed of access, but also the pricing. I think local content and peering will make more sense when ISPs start charging different (meaning cheaper) rates for traffic destined to local hosts. This will also spur growth of hosting infrastructure, growth of applications, and bring local content hosted abroad back home. This is the same model Safaricom uses for voice calls, with calls across networks charged a little bit higher than calls in Safaricom network. So if local data peering at KIXP is charged cheaper than international data, it will make a lot of sense. Charging the same to access Safaricom.com or orange.co.ke with yahoo.com or bbc.com is like KQ charging the same rates from Nairobi to Hethrow and Nairobi to Mombasa. I believe this is the model used by most Asian content's ISPs with the proliferation of local based online gaming. I believe experts of IXP like Brian Longwe and Michuki can attest to this. -- Lordmwesh On 23/07/2012, Stan Ngure <stanngure(a)gmail.com> wrote: > @ Kyle, the demand is there. > > The content is there in as much is doesn't compare to Japan or China. > > In my organization we are trying to publish services within the EA region > but the access experiences are as varied as peers of the ISPs. You always > hope the client is using a 'good' ISP. > > > And we are just one company, in a few years it will be many. Why should ISP > in EA first peer to Europe or SA for local destinations. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James <ndegwajim(a)yahoo.com> > Sender: eanog-bounces(a)orion.my.co.ke > Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:26:52 > To: East Africa Network Operators Group<eanog(a)orion.my.co.ke> > Reply-To: East Africa Network Operators Group <eanog(a)orion.my.co.ke> > Cc: East Africa Network Operators Group<eanog(a)orion.my.co.ke>; > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke<skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>; > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [EANOG] The East Africa Internet Exchange Point-- Where are > we? > > _______________________________________________ > eanog mailing list > eanog(a)orion.my.co.ke > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eanog > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions
by Grace Githaiga 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

IN SUMMARYThe President’s intervention, which amounts to political meddling in the work of an independent state organ, has for the second time in as many years stopped the industry regulator, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), from lowering the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR).MTR is the price that operators pay each other for calls terminating in their networks from outside and ultimately determines call costs.Mr Kibaki, who has been acting on behalf of Safaricom and Telkom Kenya, issued the directive in a letter to Information permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo, stating that there should be no change in the MTR until a fresh study of the same is carried out.Prime Minister Raila Odinga, jumped into the CCK’s regulatory mandate with a similar directive on behalf of yet another big business – Royal Media Services.Mr Odinga wrote to the CCK director-general asking him to withdraw the notice he had published of intention to revoke frequencies that the media house is accused of acquiring irregularly. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kibaki+Raila+meddling+stalls+CCK+actions…

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of online degrees + PCK...
by Walubengo J 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Just read from todays Nation http://tinyurl.com/97z64zb that the new Postmaster General holds a doctorate from http://www.washint.edu/en/ - Washington International University, a Cyberspace University. Whereas I have nothing against online education - having benefited from one - I just thought that I could share some advice. If you want to do an online program, do it from a PHYSICAL university that has an Online/Distance Learning division. In other words, the university should physically exist. Similar to if you want to do Online banking, better do it from an existing bank (e.g. Equity, Barclays, KCB, etc) who have an online division. That way you are likely to get your quality and credibility issues sorted out. I know Wikipedia is not very authoritative but it is always a good place to go to after asking Google. And so I did and this is what Wikipeidia said about Washington International University. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_International_University It even claims in its list of graduates and I quote " Asman Kamama Abongotum; Kenya's Deputy Minister for Education. He could lose his parliamentary position because of the unrecognized degree" Actually our Commission of Higher Education seems to have a problem with this University. I know the PCK board - that includes our PS Ndemo - may have seen this but argued rightfully that one may NOT need a PhD to ran a simple Postal Service in some developing economy. In which case, our self-nominated candidate, Bobby Yawe should have been called for the interview? Just thinking loudly and hope Kibunja and his friends (the mboys in mblue) dont come for me claiming this is hate speech - because I think its a mixture of advice and belated lobbying :-) walu.

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Fwd: Reaction from European Commission on ETNO / ITU / WCIT
by Barrack Otieno 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Listers FYI, Below an extract from the attached document from European Commission with regards to the debates around ITU, ETNO and WCIT : Very clear positioning : (1) The overarching objective of the European Union in relation to the WCIT is to ensure that any amendment to the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) shall contribute to the development of the information society for the benefit of all citizens and telecommunications users world-wide, and users in the European Union in particular and comply with the Union’s acquis and policy. (2) The European Union shall take the following position on proposals for decisions by the WCIT at its meeting in Dubai between 3rd and 14th December 2012 and any related preparatory meetings: (a) Do not support any proposals that conflict with the EU acquis, or introduce obligations on operators which go beyond those already provided for under the EU acquis; (b) Support proposals that respect the sovereignty of ITU member states and in particular recognise those areas that are a national matter such as cybercrime, content, national security and defence. (c) Support proposals that seek to ensure that the revised ITRs remain high level, strategic and technology neutral and oppose proposals to make ITU recommendations binding on ITU member states and operating agencies;; (d) Support any proposals to maintain the current scope of the ITRs and the current mandate of the ITU, oppose any proposals to extend the scope to areas such as the routing of Internetbased traffic, content-related issues; (e) Support proposals to respect human rights in relation to international telecommunications, support proposals to respect privacy and personal data protection in relation to personal data and communications (subject to 2(a) above) (f) Support measures to promote greater international cooperation in relation to the security of networks used for international telecommunications traffic; (g) Support pro-competitive measures intended to help achieve lower prices, and greater transparency on prices, for international telecommunications traffic, based on commercial negotiations in a free and fair marketplace; (h) Do not support proposals to establish, within the ITU, mechanisms to settle disputes between operators as such mechanisms are not necessary;; (i) Support proposals that ensure that maritime communications can be charged in an economically efficient way. In order to make (2) (a) above explicit, EU agreement to any final outcome should be explicitly conditional on the submission of a formal statement by the EU to other participants regarding the applicability of EU regulatory provisions, as follows: “In signing the Final Acts of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (Dubai, 2012), the Delegations of the Member States of the European Union declare that these States will apply the International Telecommunication Regulations in accordance with their obligations under the Treaty establishing the European Union.”. Rudi Vansnick President - CEO rudi.vansnick(a)isoc.be Mobile +32/(0)475/28.16.32 Tel : +32/(0)9/329.39.16 ------------ "The Internet is for everyone" ------------- www.internetsociety.be -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions
by Walubengo J 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

Eng. Kariuki, This piece of data you privately send to me is very good to know and with your permission and for public good I share the same on the list. You explain through parables that the Average Revenues per User are expected to fall as the Operator network grows and therefore this drop should not be construed to mean of poor Returns. That piece of data is useful in my work and maybe useful to others and so I hereby share. Enjoy :-). walu. --- On Wed, 8/29/12, John Kariuki <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: John Kariuki <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 6:41 PM Walu, This os offline. There is nothing strange with falling ARPU. Why - You started with Chairmen, the MDs, then GMs,then Managers,then Engineerd,then Secretries,the Clerks. I could go on. As you continue,you reached my Shamba boy. How do you expect ARPU to increase when you are reaching the poore segments of society. And even from old KPTC as the network got larger, we noticed more money but less ARPU. After all cost of getting a new customer gets lower as you get a large network. JN From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> To: ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 18:17 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions I hear you Kivuva. Safcom has indeed made some tidy returns. But these returns can evaporate to zero if a wrong regulatory intervention is applied. Actually the elephant in the room is that Safcom has grown to a be a dominant operator (legalese for exhibiting monopolistic behaviour) and we should address that issue appropriately. The books say Mobile Number Portability would cure the problem - but it did not for Kenya. Am not sure tweaking with the interconnection rates further would solve the problem either. It may instead drop every Operator's Returns towards Zero...and there is some evidence of this happening if you have been tracking the CCK quarterly reports - the Average Revenue per User/Customer accrued by the Operators has been dropping consistently...and may theoretically reach a point where staying in that line of business is not longer attractive. In short, am not saying status quo is fine - indeed our internet access costs as a % of our average incomes, 50% - is way too high and is internationally considered unaffordable. However, one must carefully consider long term implications of (regulatory) decisions made to the market. Yes, the Regulator must intervene - the debate is really about what is the best intervention in the face of market failure? walu. --- On Wed, 8/29/12, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: From: Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 5:54 PM On 29 August 2012 16:13, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: @Edith, Ave been working on some academic model whose preliminary data seems to support Mr. Presidents interventions i.e. the Telco market must project significant Returns for the investor to continue playing. Competition is good but cut-throat competition leaves the industry (Operators, Govt and Users) worse off than before. Think about it - would you like FREE internet that is so congested that you cannot send an email? Or would you rather pay something extra for the reasonable use of the medium? I beg to differ with you Walu. Safaricom has been making insane profits for the past ten years. INSANE profits at the expense of a consumer. You cannot make 10Billion profit in such a small market then start whining on how the market is tough and prices are depressed, and competition is high. Safaricom ended its 2012 financial year with a NET profit to Sh12.63 billion . If that is not OBSCENELY SIGNIFICANT profit, what is? I read that the government doesn't want to loose the significant DIVIDENTS it gets from Safaricom that's why it's intervening through CCK. For Telkom Kenya, they have to be more innovative and receptive to change if they are to survive. Actually, the government should dispose the remaining 49% stake and stop wasting taxpayers money in bailing the organisation every fiscal year. Going back to Mr. Prime ministers interventions - of protecting frequencies allegedly irregularly acquired by others. My model has not factored in frequencies yet - But I think CCK may have a bigger impact on the market by recovering frequencies held up by the Military (there's a band that ITU declared for public use but previous reports indicated our Military seems to hoard this band - not sure if this has changed). As to whether the President's and/or the Prime Ministers interventions are legal? It is debatable. However, I think the current legislative framework - Kenya Comm Amendment Act 2009 - provides for the government in power to direct the Regulator - BUT through Policy frameworks - rather than through specific or selected directives arising from which CEO had dinner with the President/Prime minister the previous night. walu. --- On Wed, 8/29/12, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> wrote: From: Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 1:06 PM Any reactions from Bwana Ndemo, who seems to have received one of the letters? Is this also the reason why Airtel changed their rates to subscribers from 1 shilling (permanent!! - the word has earned new meaning) back to ksh 3 per minute? No one answered this question when I asked a while back. Airtel, why the change? As stakeholders, should we accept "regulatory capture" in this industry? Edith From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Grace Githaiga [ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:36 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions IN SUMMARY The President’s intervention, which amounts to political meddling in the work of an independent state organ, has for the second time in as many years stopped the industry regulator, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), from lowering the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR). MTR is the price that operators pay each other for calls terminating in their networks from outside and ultimately determines call costs. Mr Kibaki, who has been acting on behalf of Safaricom and Telkom Kenya, issued the directive in a letter to Information permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo, stating that there should be no change in the MTR until a fresh study of the same is carried out. Prime Minister Raila Odinga, jumped into the CCK’s regulatory mandate with a similar directive on behalf of yet another big business – Royal Media Services. Mr Odinga wrote to the CCK director-general asking him to withdraw the notice he had published of intention to revoke frequencies that the media house is accused of acquiring irregularly. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kibaki+Raila+meddling+stalls+CCK+actions… -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing listkictanet@lists.kictanet.or.kehttps://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kivuva%40transworldaf… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248twitter.com/lordmweshhttp://www.transworldafrica.com/ | Fluent in computingkenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing listkictanet@lists.kictanet.or.kehttps://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing listkictanet@lists.kictanet.or.kehttps://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngethe.kariuki2007%40… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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