[kictanet] Fwd: [Skunkworks] Do commercial web portals andsitesfall into Content Service Provider category?

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Yawe,
To mr knowledege, nobody has ever asked the Government to lower the fee. 
The fee is not the problem.  Make the content first then I will fight for
you tooth and nail.

Regards


Ndemo.





> Hi,
>
> From your response Mr. Ndemo we can assume that the 100,000/- fee payable
> to "content services" will soon be waived or scraped entirely as a means
> to clear the way for content generators?
>
>
> Robert Yawe
>
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>
> Kenya
>
>
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
> --- On Mon, 21/9/09, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>
> From: bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [Skunkworks] Do commercial web portals
> andsitesfall into Content Service Provider category?
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, 21 September, 2009, 1:09 PM
>
> Solomon,
> Over regulation is bad.  It curtails innovation.  My prayer is to have as
> many Kenyans online as possible.  This can only be achieved by developing
> relevant content.  I want to know for example the origin of the names 
> Mwangi, Omolo, Ndemo etc.  Only local people can do this.  Genealogical
> data will occupy us online more than anything.  We therefore need a local
> wikipedia.
>
> Once local corporations realize that five million of us are online,
> digital adverts would follow.  It is estimated that more than 60 percent
> of adverts would be online.  In other words it is up to us to create
> content that will take most our people online.
>
> On pricing of Broadband, I will do anything within the law to ensure it is
> affordable -- that is below 200 dollars a MB.  Let us allow competition to
> drive it down.  Teams was ready for service on Sept. 15 and I gues some
> operators are waiting to see who takes a plunge with attractive offers. 
> Whichever way someone will bolt out.
>
> Once again, let us not always put the law in front.  If you break it in
> the process of innovation, we all shall understand and possibly make
> something.  Let us emulate the Brits with their Common Law.  Use common
> sense, always have good intetions and embrace great moral standards.
>
> Ndemo.
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:09:00
> To: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
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>     sitesfall into Content Service Provider category?
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