[kictanet] It's a new twist for Econet Wireless

[Alex Gakuru]

Brian, 

Probably you even know the color of this still
unopened financial bid?What was/is your role on this
tender,were you a bidder, an agent,? You appear quite
endowed with information. 

It is not a popularity contest between Ndemo, KTIG or
Econet nor personal dislike of the minister - please
reserve your "support" of persons and refrain from
emotive and direct insults, especially where it is
directed to the aggrieved party seeking justice,unless
of course, you also describe Julie Ward's father
tireless efforts to seek justice the same way...

While we are at "% and kitu-kikubwa" there is talk
going on in town of some Kshs 200 million recently
paid to someone(s) by government for "facilitating"
TEAMS this or that, could you elaborate, if you have
this info that is.

 
--- Brian Longwe <brian at isisweb.nl> wrote:

> on this particular topic I feel compelled to speak
> out and loudly  
> emphasise my support for Dr. Ndemo's comments.
> 
> The parody of appeals made by the group that called
> themselves KTIG  
> when they lost to Econet was a total demonstration
> of ineptness and a  
> lack if understanding of the process by which
> licensing disputes  
> ought ought to be handled. Add to that the blatant
> disregard to the  
> phased process by which CCK handled tenders (one
> that was so  
> efficient that parts of it have now been adopted as
> part of standard  
> procurement).......In mentioning the amounts of
> money that were bid  
> for the 3rd GSM, our colleague somehow
> forgot/overlooked the small  
> detail that CCK requested bidders to submit their
> bids with technical  
> and financial in separate sealed envelopes. Any
> bidder who didn't  
> pass technical didn't have their financial bid
> opened. KTIG failed at  
> the technical bid stage. Their financial bid was
> never opened (and  
> probably is still sealed) so only they can claim
> whatever amount it  
> was that was bid. Out of the subsequent parties that
> passed the  
> technical stage, Econet won fair and square.
> 
> The subsequent rigmarole that saw entire delegations
> flying to  
> Zimbabwe to demand their % and kitu-kikubwa is a
> story for another  
> day. Needless to say that all of these delegations
> were shown the  
> door by Masiyiwa - a man whose reputation for zero
> tolerance for  
> corruption is well known in the African market.
> 
> I won't even begin to go into the mud-slinging and
> witchhunt that  
> then ensued - with various KTIG actors furiously
> fanning any sign of  
> an anti-econet spark - to the point that the then
> Minister even went  
> as far as assuming the role of regulator and issuing
> a roadside  
> declaration that the license was cancelled , then
> eventually finding  
> himself in a hole so deep that in frantic efforts to
> save face he  
> sacked the entire CCK board on allegations of
> corruption, which  
> actually dug a deeper hole - that eventually dragged
> the entire  
> cabinet and even state house into a damage-control
> and fire-fighting  
> mode and eventually saw the portfolio for
> information & communication  
> quitely handed over to other who were less
> susceptible to leaning on  
> every word spoken with a tweng.
> 
> Guys, let's face it - this market is HOT - RED HOT.
> Everybody wants  
> to get in. In my career and history I have never
> seen such a case of  
> sour grapes as what KTIG did regarding the Econet
> issue.
> 
> I'm telling you the day I see my Nokia (but do I
> say) showing a 3rd  
> signal that reads Econet I shall send up a prayer
> for the righteous  
> who put their enemies to shame.
> 
> Mblayo
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 2, 2007, at 11:35 AM, John Walubengo wrote:
> 
> > OK. I must agree, I have finally landed on a topic
> that
> > seems so entangled that i have nothing to say but
> lurk in
> > background and watch the stories as they unfold -
> like so
> > many other Listers...
> >
> > seems i went offline and missed a couple of mails
> since am
> > still looking for the so called "spilled
> beans"...but am
> > sure i will get them since am reading the mails in
> reverse
> > order in which they hit my mailbox.
> >
> > Crazy what technology forces us to do - reading
> emails in
> > reverse order is exactly similar to watching a
> recorded
> > football match in Rewind Mode for 90 minutes!
> >
> > walu.
> >
> > --- Mike Theuri <mike.theuri at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Dr. Ndemo,
> >>
> >> It is not clear that there is any overseeing
> independent
> >> party that
> >> maintains oversight over the regulator. While the
> >> Government should
> >> not interfere with the regulator's activities,
> what
> >> recourse or
> >> mechanisms are in place to ensure that the
> regulator
> >> performs its
> >> statutory duties and obligations per the law and
> what
> >> remedial action
> >> is available if the regulator fails to perform
> its duties
> >> other than
> >> replacing the regulator's officials? The
> regulator is
> >> constantly at
> >> risk of being in conflict with the Executive arm
> of
> >> Government which
> >> in itself suggests a lack of true independence by
> the
> >> regulator.
> >> However these are issues substantial enough for
> another
> >> day and topic.
> >>
> >> As Kenyans we are all interested parties in this
> matter
> >> more so
> >> particularly on this industry related discussion
> list.
> >> Indeed in 2003
> >> when over 48 elected Kenyan MPs and by extension
> >> representatives of
> >> wananchi rose up in opposition to the licence, I
> doubt
> >> they were being
> >> insincere and unpatriotic Kenyans. Also when Vice
> >> President Awori on
> >> Ushirika Day 2007 was recently reported as
> advocating the
> >> award of the
> >> licence to KNFC, I'm certain that did not make
> him an
> >> insincere
> >> Kenyan.
> >>
> >> Adopting a doctrine where issues are only
> addressed if
> >> one supports
> >> the licence award is unfortunate. I have nothing
> to hide,
> >> I have
> >> discussed simple, plain and verifiable facts
> available to
> >> any member
> >> of the public or investigative body willing to
> seek the
> >> same
> >> information from the public domain.
> >>
> >> Let us not confuse the issues which the said
> sources
> >> (whom I presume
> >> to be truly interested parties and to whom I
> extend an
> >> invitation to
> >> emerge from the shadows of anonymity and join
> this open
> >> debate) are
> >> apparently distorting in an attempt to muddy the
> waters
> >> so as to sweep
> >> under the carpet what is factually available in
> the
> >> public domain and
> >> has been raised by many independent parties,
> diplomats
> >> and the media
> >> over the last 4 years:
> >>
> 
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