[kictanet] Safaricom SMS Swindlers

[Barrack Otieno]

Thanks Eric, Michael has already clarified the issue and promised a
refund to those affected, i however appreciate your argument

On 8/27/07, Eric aligula <jairah at kippra.or.ke> wrote:
> Barrack,
>
> True it is the charges.  I don't know about fair, but if you take Safaricom
> to court, they can argue that they had no agreement with Telkom to provide
> that service. What recourse do you have then?
>
>
> Eric Aligula Magolo
> Senior Policy Analyst
> Infrastructure and Economic Services Division
> Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
> P.O. Box 56445, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya
> Telephone:       +254-20-2719933/4
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> E-mail:             jairah at kippra.or.ke
>
> URL:               www.kippra.org
>
> First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then
> you win.  Mahatma Gandhi
> "Ex Africa semper aliquid novi"
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barrack Otieno [mailto:otieno.barrack at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 5:02 PM
> To: Eric aligula; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom SMS Swindlers
>
> Bwana aligula the contentious issues are the charges, with or without
> the sla's is it fair?
>
> On 8/27/07, Eric aligula <jairah at kippra.or.ke> wrote:
> > Alex,
> >
> > Does Safaricom have service agreement with Telkom in respect of this
> > service?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Eric Aligula Magolo
> > Senior Policy Analyst
> > Infrastructure and Economic Services Division
> > Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
> > P.O. Box 56445, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya
> > Telephone:       +254-20-2719933/4
> > Fax:                 +254-20-2719951
> > E-mail:             jairah at kippra.or.ke
> >
> > URL:               www.kippra.org
> >
> > First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then
> > you win.  Mahatma Gandhi
> > "Ex Africa semper aliquid novi"
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alex Gakuru [mailto:alex.gakuru at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:29 AM
> > To: jairah at kippra.or.ke
> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> > Subject: [kictanet] Safaricom SMS Swindlers
> >
> > Dear Consumer,
> >
> > It has come to our notice that Safaricom is charging
> > but blocking SMS sent to Telkom Wireless network.
> > Charging for undelivered goods and services is
> > outright theft, and criminal acts under Kenya Laws.
> >
> > Their Network accepts SMS from Telkom Wireless but
> > replies to these message instantly report "message
> > sending failed" although Safaricom still eat your
> > balance.
> >
> > We have been at Telcos malpractices since 2005 and now
> > it is time to change the strategies. We are filing a
> > lawsuit against Safaricom Ltd and we need as many
> > petitions as possible. Kindly send your electronic
> > petition directly to me assist our lawyers in filing
> > the suit.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Alex Gakuru
> > Chairman, ICT Consumers Association of Kenya
> >
> >
> >
> >
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