Indeed, CCK and other state organs should fully utilize their PR departments to scour through thousands of reports that are always published distorting the facts on the ground. Many of these firms more often than not publish some of these reports out of unscientific research methods, and from the comfort of their plush hotels that are half truths to the rest of the world. Reminds me what usually happens with the NGO/Development partners community when applying funding; 60% goes to cars/houses, etc and only 40% trickles down to the rightful beneficiaries - sad really! Best Regards, Edwin From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Gilda Odera Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:19 PM To: Edwin Cc: Alex Gakuru; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] CCK releases 2nd Quarter ICT sector statistics for2011/2012 Wambua, It is encouraging to read such factual statistics from CCK. I don't know how many of you read an article in one of yesterday's dailies talking of a report which gave Kenya such poor global ranking in Internet usage (or was it ICT?)- 136th out of 142 or something like that. It was shocking and obviously incorrect. It further said Kenya had dropped 14 rankings down in some other ICT usage statistics. If anyone has it maybe you could share this with CCK so they can maybe send this firm the correct country position. I am wondering whether some of these research institutions are paid to say anything their sponsors want to see. And if they are on this list, could you share with us how you came to your findings. Kind regards, Gilda ----- Original Message ----- From: Wambua, Christopher <mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke> To: godera@skyweb.co.ke Cc: Alex Gakuru <mailto:gakuru@gmail.com> ; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:32 AM Subject: [kictanet] CCK releases 2nd Quarter ICT sector statistics for2011/2012 <http://www.cck.go.ke/news/2012/ICT_Sector_statistics.html> CCK releases 2nd quarter ICT sector statistics for 2011/2012 The number of Internet subscribers in Kenya increased by 13.48 percent from 5.42 million to 6.15 million between September 1 and December 31 last year. During the same period, the estimated number of Internet users rose to 17.38 million up from 14.30 million, representing an increase of 21.55 per cent. According to the CCK 2nd Quarter ICT Sector Statistics for 2011/2012 released today, broadband subscriptions increased to 131,829, posting a 4.14% growth from the previous period. Of the total Internet subscribers in the country, broadband subscription represented only 2.14 per cent. Meanwhile, the total mobile traffic declined to 6.70 billion minutes from 7.09 billion recorded in the previous quarter. This represented a 5.5 per cent drop in voice traffic. Similarly, Minutes of Use (MoU) per subscriber per month declined to 79.9 down from 89.3 recorded in the previous quarter (i.e. July to September 2011), posting a 10.53 per cent decrease. The number of SMS per subscriber per month also declined from 17.42 in September 2011 to 10.42 SMS by the end December 2011, representing a decline of 38.52 percent. The report further indicates that the number of mobile subscribers increased to 28.08 million up from 26.49 million recorded during the previous period, posting an increase of 5.99%. Mobile penetration increased to 71.3 percent during the same period from 67.2 per cent recorded during the first quarter. The total local letters sent over the same period declined by 4.75 per cent from 20.57 million in the previous quarter to 19.59 million. Click here to view the full http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q2_2011-12.pdf Christopher Wambua Ag. Manager/Communications Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA _____ _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/godera%40skyweb.co.ke The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4944 - Release Date: 04/18/12