Reminds me of Exodus - how Moses and Aaron had to put up with the constant kvetching of the querulous Israelites :-) On 9 June 2011 22:12, <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
Stephen, Even if termination rates goes to Zero, international call rates out of Kenya remains high.
It is important to know that this was not a knee jerk reaction as many may think. The debate has been in public domain and indeed there were similar initiatives that were not challenged. I think we applying double standards in this matter. I will therefore not comment on this issue any further.
Regards.
Ndemo.
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-----Original Message----- From: "Stephen Mutoro" <stephen@cofek.co.ke> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:34:03 To: <bitange@jambo.co.ke> Reply-To: stephen@cofek.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] State House moves in to quell mobile price wars
Thanks Dktr. My personal respect for you and your views notwithstanding, I beg to differ not necessarily on the suitability of the decision but the approach/process. Nothing wrong for interested parties to intervene within contexts. But lets avoid setting bad and costly precedents - through our obsession as Kenyans with shortcuts or quick fixes and selfish deals whenever it suits us.
A brief story. I arrived in the country very early today. For the 5 days or so I've been away in Dakar, Senegal, my roaming bill came to about 7K not necessarily that I was making too many or long calls but the best I cld get is Sh59 per min for receiving calls and Sh108 for calling per min. Retrieving data/emails was even higher.
In short, the gains Kenyans have made on ICT and telcos sector (through you and others) are too dear to be wished/eroded away. Cofek and I request to be understood in this perspective. Lets accord CCK the "independence" and have it as practically as possible stir away from partisan influences. Good night! Sent from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: bitange@jambo.co.ke Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:14:03 To: <stephen@cofek.co.ke> Cc: <bitange@jambo.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions< kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] State House moves in to quell mobile price wars
Stephen, I wish you first asked what transpired before you make such remarks. CCK gets its policy direction from the Ministry of Information and Communications. The policy emanates from the political manifesto of the ruling party. In our current case, the harmonized manifesto. Here we agreed to a free market economy. This means that any market interventions must reflect the underlying economic policy.
When we had accellerated price decline in Uganda, Congo and other countries, they resulted to a floor price, in other words price control. Had we taken that direction, we shall have undermined the underlying economic policy. Instead we temporarily suspended the glide path to study the wider impact on the economy. The CCK board arrived at that solution.
In my view you are misunderstanding the independence rule. Central Banks world over are independent but their decisions are based on the policy direction of the country. Even if you were to head this country you will find that it is your policies that would govern the country since the buck stops with the leadership. It will make no sense if we have several independent decision makers.
Different papers reported different stories but nobody has sought clarification or offer a solution under the prevailing circumstances.
Regards
Ndemo.
Indeed a desperate move and one that has neither moral nor legal basis. What a mockery of a futile attempt of by-passing regulatory regime. It is CCK that will be the "loser" if it cowardly allows a clear abuse of Section 5(b) of Info and Comms Act. Cofek will be seeking clarification from concerned parties. We must never allow State House to conduct sector regulatory matters, whether pro or anti-consumer. Rgds Sent from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+stephen=cofek.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:17:55 To: <stephen@cofek.co.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] State House moves in to quell mobile price wars
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