That's the point exactly, Murigi. Why did the government settle for the Chinese firm at the expense of local ones which were in the bid for the tender. @ Wash, Without an equal participation, there will always be a discontent whether the 'brown envelope' danced from a table to the other. Generally ( I hope so), the PS in the Inforrmation Ministry should sattisfy our urge and curiosity. There is something fishy about this whole deal. And whether RMS and NMG are the limping egos or crying foul after a sealed deal from the word go 'materialized', we need some satisfactory truth. I'm of the opinion, apart from China Town in the States, Kenya will be a Chinese coountry outside China. My case. On 20/07/2011, S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Not sure if 20% "local ownership" is a legal requirement in this case but NTV pointed it as lacking in the firm that won the bid.
At least local ownership such as "Mobitelea" is not evident yet.
China would never allow this in their territories. They require that Chinese be strategically involved / positioned to acquire technical knowledge from any FDI in their nation..
I don’t think that China is the real issue. They can only come in if there is a vacuum and of course their clique pushing for them. Much as I sympathize with local appeal losers solely on the need to protect our sovereignity, and especially where the procurement process is above board to allow for competitiveness – whether local or international. The new Competition Act - 504, is a call to action for all – Govt (MOIC etc),
We also know a few years the US (Congress) had issues with Arab shareholders in firms involved with their ports. National security before free trade... On Jul 20, 2011 3:23 PM, "Stephen Mutoro" <stephen@cofek.co.ke> wrote: parastatals, sector regulators including CCK to appreciate that a “big brother” Called Competition Authority will soon be watching over them and that it will have enough powers to enhance competition and protect consumers.
It is not clear whether the Chinese firm and/or the local bidders are
competitive and whether both parties would enhance consumer protection as relates to digital broadcasting. If I were the local bidders, I’d have not have bid especially if I doubted the authenticity of process and specs – I’d have contested then. Apart from diplomatic challenges, Kenya will appear as an anti-competitive market for international bidders should the Courts stop the Chinese firm. As a country, we need to take some lessons here.
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Yet in China there is limited freedom of press.
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw the same on NTV news. And I think this is all because both NTV and RMS had tendered for the licence only for some Chinese firm to win it through some unclear means.
I only wonder why this is so and why the government had to handpick the Chinese to do this.
/me/
On 20/07/2011, Philip Adar <philip.adar@gmail.com> wrote:
When you see "technicality" card being brandished, it simply means no one spoke to any body!
It will take generations before "we" learn to put our national interest above individualistic short-term gain interest. It is terrible, it is bad!
Regards Philip
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:53 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
Just been reading this article,
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Nation++Royal+Media+lose+a... ,
and the print lacks the details but also a reflection is what is happening in developing countries.
Did the local media group have the technical and financial capability to operate signal distribution platforms and roll out the services, yet got dropped out because of tender technicalities. How is this possible? Are we saying kenyans are totally incapable of understanding the requirements or commitments of such national projects?
I hope the affected parties do an indepth review of why they lost out and share that information with kenyans. We need to know, because I'm sure
kictanet-bounces+stephen=cofek.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Joseph McDonald the
local media groups were also going to buy technology platforms and implement roll out so issues like delays due to internal manufacture or creation do not even arise.
Some thoughts.
Thank you.
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