Ali,Listers
The fundamental issue is not about Safaricom bashing.
It is simply following the law and and asking the relevant authorities to invoke the relevant legal provisions including:
1. Kenya Communications Act 2009,Section 84W,sub-section (4) and (5)
2.Kenya Information and Communications (Fair Competition and Equality of Treatment) Regulations ,Sections 7 and 8
3.Competition Act of 2010 Section 4(3).
Under both pieces of legislation and from experience in other jurisdictions, Air-tel or any other applicant would appear have a very strong legal position.
John Kariuki
From: Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Friday, 23 January 2015, 14:34
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Airtel writes to regulators over Safaricom's market share
Dennis
My point exactly. We need to stop this Safaricom bashing lest we forget we are in a free market.
Microsoft was once dominant. So is Google today. In search and Mobile Operating Systems.
Markets correct themselves. And faster than a New York Minute!
Customers can do what the CA can't do. Vote with their wallets. This is not to say that regulation is a bad thing. It's not. Declaring Safaricom dominant is not a bad thing. But let's be careful with the punitive measures.
Even China has recognized that Communism only works when it's paid for by Capitalism.
Ali Hussein
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"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
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Is there anything that CA can do for service providers that are having challenges:
- Communicating what they offer to the public and what differentiates them from their competitors
- Coming up with relevant services rather than copy-paste offerings
Should an athlete ask an athlete's body to restrain one of the runners for winning too many races?
However, the athlete's body should be careful not to be misled by the successful athlete in a such manner they end up giving this athlete preferential treatment.
On Fri Jan 23 2015 at 10:35:50 Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good point Brian. It is without doubt Safaricom a.k.a Queen bee is OVER-EXPLOITING the market.
Somebody just has to look at their profits in a country whose per capita is only $2000. Their data prices especially, and money transfer cost are immoral for lack of a better word.
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