When looked at from a different angle, it seriously begs question what the energy regulatory body’s role is in
ensuring energy efficiency for the nation besides price hikes on Electricity, Petroleum products etc, almost
at every turn..
The pertinent question is, does the ERC’s overall role have the consumer at heart? So far from what we have
seen, no one is sure.
Who has oversight on regulatory bodies..
Harry
From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of warigia bowman
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Under basic economic analysis, it makes more sense for government to run utilities that the private sector. They should be run based on rate of return regulation.
Even the smallest, most pathetic town in the US manages their utilities better than Nairobi.
The utilities were put under private sector control during the world bank frenzy for liberalization in the late 1990s.
I am so sorry you are suffering like this.
I find no electricity and no water nearly unbearable. Reminds me of my time working at Kabarak University.
WMB
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:06 PM, <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
At some point we did not want government in the management of utilities. We wanted private sector. So fuel, gas and power became privatized. I have not had power for the past two weeks. The small generator I have cannot sustain the energy requirements for my consumption. That is why I advocate for more energy production. This will force KPLC to begin seriously to market the power and make customers happy. In the absence of excess power they become complacent and guard profits.
As for private sector in Kenya, we have problems. We cannot complain about the Government and private sector in the same sentence. It means we have all failed. We must accept this if we need change. If government had issued the titles, the master file would have been changed. It was not even as unscrupulous people fleeced fellow Kenyans. When tenders are given to foreign companies we complain that local companies are discriminated. These locals have no morals and no shame.
Let us admit that we have all failed and seek divine intervention. Let us embrace a value system that ostracizes those who go against the norms. Even the most corrupt have the audacity to point fingers at government and we listen to them as we do with saints. We must have the courage to remind such people where they acquired their wealth from. We are just about to go to elections when practically every candidate cannot explain the source of their wealth. Do you really expect change from such rot?
Ndemo.
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