[kictanet] Fw: Summary Day 1: Debate on the Independent Communications Commission of Kenya Bill 2010

[Catherine Adeya]

Thanks for your response McTim, evidently this will be an interesting debate 
going forward.

Nyaki




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From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
To: elizaslider at yahoo.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 7:28:02 AM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: Summary Day 1: Debate on the Independent 
Communications Commission of Kenya Bill 2010

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Barrack Otieno
<otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nyaki,
> I had posed a question about whether the term 'independent' was appropriate
> , why must we stress the fact that it is independent whereas it is hinged on
> the law?, sorry for persistence but i need some guidance on this.

Independence is very important for a regulator.  It's an international
Best Practice to have an independent regulator. Many of us of have
complained on this list about too much gov't involvement in the
telecoms sector.  I applaud this move.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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