Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
Friends Happy Holidays. This is an interesting debate, but one which I feel should be beyond digital migration and to that of how we deal with national resources. In Canada, for instance, there are industries (banking & finance, telecoms, energy, etc.) that have been designated to be of strategic national interest; and which need to have majority control exercised by Canadians. The regulators also impose conditions on any sales, mergers, acquisitions, etc. of the same, especially where foreign interests come in to assure adherence to the national interest. And that isn't about a controlled economy! It is a balancing of factors that would maximize gain for what is naturally the nation's for the benefit of its citizens. I think the challenge for us Kenyans is that "national interest" appears non-existent in our vocabulary; and worsened by the mindset/practice/tradition of "you eat where you work", damn the consequences for the nation and its future. But we also love brinkmanship rather than consensus. Perhaps if we acted more within a framework of "collective good" based on "national interest", we would favour consensus more. What would happen if a local consortium had won, but later on decided to
sell to the Chinese?
The controlled economy we are advocating here usually works to the detriment of the citizen, like our sugar industry does. Happy Holidays!
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There are times I think that our National Interest is Corruption. That could be the one thing that we all agree on! And we go to great lengths to protect under the guise of such things as free markets & liberization. Waithaka Ngigi Alliance Technologies Nairobi, Kenya www.A1.io On 30 Dec 2013 08:59, "Matunda Nyanchama" <mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> wrote:
Friends
Happy Holidays.
This is an interesting debate, but one which I feel should be beyond digital migration and to that of how we deal with national resources.
In Canada, for instance, there are industries (banking & finance, telecoms, energy, etc.) that have been designated to be of strategic national interest; and which need to have majority control exercised by Canadians. The regulators also impose conditions on any sales, mergers, acquisitions, etc. of the same, especially where foreign interests come in to assure adherence to the national interest.
And that isn't about a controlled economy! It is a balancing of factors that would maximize gain for what is naturally the nation's for the benefit of its citizens.
I think the challenge for us Kenyans is that "national interest" appears non-existent in our vocabulary; and worsened by the mindset/practice/tradition of "you eat where you work", damn the consequences for the nation and its future.
But we also love brinkmanship rather than consensus. Perhaps if we acted more within a framework of "collective good" based on "national interest", we would favour consensus more.
What would happen if a local consortium had won, but later on decided to sell to the Chinese?
The controlled economy we are advocating here usually works to the detriment of the citizen, like our sugar industry does.
Happy Holidays!
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Thank you Dr. Matunda for your insight and the Canadian case. This is the type of policy we are advocating for. Actually in Kenya, a form of such legislation exists, where MNOs are supposed to have a considerable stake owned by Kenyans. Only that the policy should be expanded to cover more sectors. We exhibit brain dead syndrome by letting investors like Nigeria's Dangote or the French Lafarge to exploit our natural resources, where Kenyans too have the capacity to benefit 100% from the same. That is economic sabotage by another name. On 30/12/2013, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi@at.co.ke> wrote:
There are times I think that our National Interest is Corruption.
That could be the one thing that we all agree on! And we go to great lengths to protect under the guise of such things as free markets & liberization.
Waithaka Ngigi
Alliance Technologies Nairobi, Kenya
www.A1.io On 30 Dec 2013 08:59, "Matunda Nyanchama" <mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com> wrote:
Friends
Happy Holidays.
This is an interesting debate, but one which I feel should be beyond digital migration and to that of how we deal with national resources.
In Canada, for instance, there are industries (banking & finance, telecoms, energy, etc.) that have been designated to be of strategic national interest; and which need to have majority control exercised by Canadians. The regulators also impose conditions on any sales, mergers, acquisitions, etc. of the same, especially where foreign interests come in to assure adherence to the national interest.
And that isn't about a controlled economy! It is a balancing of factors that would maximize gain for what is naturally the nation's for the benefit of its citizens.
I think the challenge for us Kenyans is that "national interest" appears non-existent in our vocabulary; and worsened by the mindset/practice/tradition of "you eat where you work", damn the consequences for the nation and its future.
But we also love brinkmanship rather than consensus. Perhaps if we acted more within a framework of "collective good" based on "national interest", we would favour consensus more.
What would happen if a local consortium had won, but later on decided to sell to the Chinese?
The controlled economy we are advocating here usually works to the detriment of the citizen, like our sugar industry does.
Happy Holidays!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; <http://twitter.com/#%21/nmatunda>Skype: okiambe
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We exhibit brain dead syndrome by letting investors like Nigeria's Dangote or the French Lafarge to exploit our natural resources, where Kenyans too have the capacity to benefit 100% from the same. That is economic sabotage by another name.
One of the argument here is that those who supposedly have the capacity do not put down tender documents that meet the minimum requirements. Although there could be arguments that the process could not have been open and fair, there are other mechanisms to resolve that. The issue of foreigners investing in a country, if well managed, will always lead to economic growth. The exploitation of the natural resources in Kenya, if well managed, will lead to economic growth. --James
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James Kariuki -
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Matunda Nyanchama -
Ngigi Waithaka