CA’s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will spend millions to build infrastructure to connect remote villages without mobile voice coverage following an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta to surrender unspent billions to the police. Mr Kenyatta said the authority had nothing to show for the billions of shillings it has collected for a fund established to support infrastructure in remote areas dubbed the Universal Service Fund (USF). Now, CA has announced plans to spend Sh85 million in connecting 23,000 residents in six sub-locations in Baringo County to mobile voice coverage. 85m only. https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/CA-s-Sh85m-plan-to-link-remote-a...
Victor As they say in accounting terms - That’s not even a rounding error in the scheme of things. CA needs to be more creative than this. Here’s a thought:- Disband the moribund USF Board and get people who are independent, forward thinking and unafraid to do the right thing. Let’s stop pussyfooting around such a big issue when a large swath of this country is being disenfranchised by lack of connectivity while we continue to pat ourselves in the back as the ‘Silicon Savannah’. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad
On 26 Feb 2018, at 7:36 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will spend millions to build infrastructure to connect remote villages without mobile voice coverage following an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta to surrender unspent billions to the police. Mr Kenyatta said the authority had nothing to show for the billions of shillings it has collected for a fund established to support infrastructure in remote areas dubbed the Universal Service Fund (USF). Now, CA has announced plans to spend Sh85 million in connecting 23,000 residents in six sub-locations in Baringo County to mobile voice coverage. 85m only.
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Ksh85m is too little too late from a fund that has collected billions. Running a single BTS is resourse intensive. It requires physical security, generators, power lines, road access, human resource ... and much more. Spending the USF on benchmarking trips and allowances seems the modus operandi of this board. For the upteenth time, I also join Ali's call for the board to be disbanded immediately. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh On 26 February 2018 at 08:09, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Victor
As they say in accounting terms - That’s not even a rounding error in the scheme of things.
CA needs to be more creative than this. Here’s a thought:-
Disband the moribund USF Board and get people who are independent, forward thinking and unafraid to do the right thing.
Let’s stop pussyfooting around such a big issue when a large swath of this country is being disenfranchised by lack of connectivity while we continue to pat ourselves in the back as the ‘Silicon Savannah’.
Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle
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On 26 Feb 2018, at 7:36 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will spend millions to build infrastructure to connect remote villages without mobile voice coverage following an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta to surrender unspent billions to the police.
Mr Kenyatta said the authority had nothing to show for the billions of shillings it has collected for a fund established to support infrastructure in remote areas dubbed the Universal Service Fund (USF).
Now, CA has announced plans to spend Sh85 million in connecting 23,000 residents in six sub-locations in Baringo County to mobile voice coverage.
85m only.
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/CA-s-Sh85m-plan-to-link-remote-a...
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I beg to disagree Kivuva, We need a report first, are there any factors that have impeded the functioning of the board?, we don't want to be learning about these from the courts, if a new board is appointed under the prevailing conditions, we will repeat this conversation in the near future. Best Regards On 2/26/18, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Ksh85m is too little too late from a fund that has collected billions. Running a single BTS is resourse intensive. It requires physical security, generators, power lines, road access, human resource ... and much more.
Spending the USF on benchmarking trips and allowances seems the modus operandi of this board. For the upteenth time, I also join Ali's call for the board to be disbanded immediately. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
On 26 February 2018 at 08:09, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Victor
As they say in accounting terms - That’s not even a rounding error in the scheme of things.
CA needs to be more creative than this. Here’s a thought:-
Disband the moribund USF Board and get people who are independent, forward thinking and unafraid to do the right thing.
Let’s stop pussyfooting around such a big issue when a large swath of this country is being disenfranchised by lack of connectivity while we continue to pat ourselves in the back as the ‘Silicon Savannah’.
Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle
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On 26 Feb 2018, at 7:36 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will spend millions to build infrastructure to connect remote villages without mobile voice coverage following an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta to surrender unspent billions to the police.
Mr Kenyatta said the authority had nothing to show for the billions of shillings it has collected for a fund established to support infrastructure in remote areas dubbed the Universal Service Fund (USF).
Now, CA has announced plans to spend Sh85 million in connecting 23,000 residents in six sub-locations in Baringo County to mobile voice coverage.
85m only.
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/CA-s-Sh85m-plan-to-link-remote-a...
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I believe the fund already connected about 70 rural sites (as well as several hundred schools) last year so has begun to make progress. From:Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet To:Adam Lane Cc:Mwendwa Kivuva Date:2018-02-26 14:36:09 Subject:Re: [kictanet] CA’s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice Ksh85m is too little too late from a fund that has collected billions. Running a single BTS is resourse intensive. It requires physical security, generators, power lines, road access, human resource ... and much more. Spending the USF on benchmarking trips and allowances seems the modus operandi of this board. For the upteenth time, I also join Ali's call for the board to be disbanded immediately. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh On 26 February 2018 at 08:09, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Victor
As they say in accounting terms - That’s not even a rounding error in the scheme of things.
CA needs to be more creative than this. Here’s a thought:-
Disband the moribund USF Board and get people who are independent, forward thinking and unafraid to do the right thing.
Let’s stop pussyfooting around such a big issue when a large swath of this country is being disenfranchised by lack of connectivity while we continue to pat ourselves in the back as the ‘Silicon Savannah’.
Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle
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On 26 Feb 2018, at 7:36 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will spend millions to build infrastructure to connect remote villages without mobile voice coverage following an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta to surrender unspent billions to the police.
Mr Kenyatta said the authority had nothing to show for the billions of shillings it has collected for a fund established to support infrastructure in remote areas dubbed the Universal Service Fund (USF).
Now, CA has announced plans to spend Sh85 million in connecting 23,000 residents in six sub-locations in Baringo County to mobile voice coverage.
85m only.
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/CA-s-Sh85m-plan-to-link-remote-a...
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Hi Adam, In light of the intense criticism the USF board has received, it needs to come out strongly and clarify what it has achieved unless it is not independent as we are made to beleive. Regards On 2/26/18, Adam Lane via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
I believe the fund already connected about 70 rural sites (as well as several hundred schools) last year so has begun to make progress. From:Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet To:Adam Lane Cc:Mwendwa Kivuva Date:2018-02-26 14:36:09 Subject:Re: [kictanet] CA’s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice
Ksh85m is too little too late from a fund that has collected billions. Running a single BTS is resourse intensive. It requires physical security, generators, power lines, road access, human resource ... and much more.
Spending the USF on benchmarking trips and allowances seems the modus operandi of this board. For the upteenth time, I also join Ali's call for the board to be disbanded immediately. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
On 26 February 2018 at 08:09, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Victor
As they say in accounting terms - That’s not even a rounding error in the scheme of things.
CA needs to be more creative than this. Here’s a thought:-
Disband the moribund USF Board and get people who are independent, forward thinking and unafraid to do the right thing.
Let’s stop pussyfooting around such a big issue when a large swath of this country is being disenfranchised by lack of connectivity while we continue to pat ourselves in the back as the ‘Silicon Savannah’.
Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle
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On 26 Feb 2018, at 7:36 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will spend millions to build infrastructure to connect remote villages without mobile voice coverage following an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta to surrender unspent billions to the police.
Mr Kenyatta said the authority had nothing to show for the billions of shillings it has collected for a fund established to support infrastructure in remote areas dubbed the Universal Service Fund (USF).
Now, CA has announced plans to spend Sh85 million in connecting 23,000 residents in six sub-locations in Baringo County to mobile voice coverage.
85m only.
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/CA-s-Sh85m-plan-to-link-remote-a...
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