Tim,

Thanks for this response as I wanted to confirm the statistics before responding comprehensively. It is a shame when our Media report on things without confirming the facts which are easily available these days.

CCK has done a great job of constantly updating the statistics (check out for July 2012 at http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q3_JUNE_2012.pdf)

Let us do some simple Mathematics, what is the population of Kenya? Even if we want to estimate it at about 40mill on the higher side then put this against 11,840,544 Internet users (by March 2012 and increasing)...I could easily say that is about 25%...where does the Star get facts of 10% by 2008 and STAGNATED!!!!! The 2012 figures are easily available.

When I read the article I kind of feel like throwing these recent statistics in the mix:

"The declining trend of satellite subscriptions was reversed during the quarter as the subscriptions increased from 669 the previous quarter to 787. The increase in subscription could be attributed to the need for operators to provide for redundancy as a result of the likely failure in the other modes of providing data/Internet services resulting from fibre cut and/or copper vandalism" (CCK, July 2012 Statistics).

Need I say more? We are doing well in Kenya and when we get negative coverage from our media it does worry many of those who believe in us globally.

 Best Regards,

Nyaki