There is also a very interesting aspect of Procurement where if a Sub-Contractor provides a lot more value than the main contractor, then you might as well get the items from the sub-contractor directly.

When I look at this deal, most of the work, including maintenance, will be done by Huawei, so what is Safaricom's value addition? Money? Huawei could also finance such a project at the drop of a hat.

So has Safaricom become the latest Tenderprenuer?
Rgds


On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Matunda Nyanchama via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
On this subject, it is curious that Safaricom's partner in the project is Chinese Telcom giant Huawei.

Americans have reservations, apprehensive/suspicious Huwawei technology wrt spying. Here is an excerpt

"U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers somewhat famously said last year that Huawei's products "cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems." The committee also released a report that accused Huawei of all kinds of bad behavior including bribery, corruption, and immigration violations. Huawei, of course, denied the claims."

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