[kictanet] Digital TV signal Distribution row

Wed Jul 20 21:46:24 EAT 2011

Robert,

Indeed the following is a very important observation, one which all of us should pause and take note of:-

"We cannot make bicycles so we import them from China, we cannot make ploughs so we import them from China, we cannot make roads so we import them from China, so since we have been unable to cover the country with analog TV signal doesn't it follow that we should import them from China."

And the following is a curious line, picked from some local commentary on this:-

" Ching chung chin,dou ching chang hu" .

Anyways, our friends from the East are doing a real good job esp on our roads, but hey, Can we strike a balance and place this country on a fast trajectory to be self reliant/dependant and avoid placing unnecessary bottlenecks on this
path.....?

Harry

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From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of robert yawe
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:11 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV signal Distribution row

Hi,

The move to digital is similar to the fact that all marine cables terminate in one location at the coast, an opportunity to install a Kill switch.

NMG & RMG have objected to working with Signet right from the beginning but have never put forth a convincing argument why they wanted a different distributor of the digital signal apart from that it needs to be an independent player.

Who is more independent than a Chinese, they make up 1 out of every 5 human beings, a distributor owned by a section of the media houses is definitely not independent.  The winning in this fight must be the consumer who currently only received KBC because the other media houses believe that it is not economically viable to put up a must in those far flung regions.

Transmission infrastructure has ceased to be a competitive advantage and its time that the management of NMG & RMG accept the change in the status qua and spend their resources in purchasing local productions to the required 40% of programming and the rest on the Oga movies

It is a basic human right for me to receive clear radio and TV signal wherever I am in the country so long as I have a TV set, be it a Great Wall (another great Chinese import) or a 72" LED 3D media device a situation that cannot be left to the whims of occupants of corporate board rooms whose mandate is to maximise profit.

Regards

Tuwache ujeuri, we cannot make bicycles so we import them from chine, we cannot make ploughs so we import them from China, we cannot make roads so we import them from China, so since we have been unable to cover the country with analog TV signal doesn't it follow that we should import them from China.

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 

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From: [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins at gmail.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Wed, 20 July, 2011 10:20:50
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV signal Distribution row

I wish elective office was also competitive against the chinese.... Then we would see who would have the last laugh.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Jotham Kilimo Mwale <jokilimo at yahoo.com> wrote:

Methinks we only have part of the story ... from the losers. I would wait for more information and a balanced story before making conclusions.

Regards,
Jotham 

--- On Tue, 7/19/11, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV signal Distribution row

To: jokilimo at yahoo.com 

Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 11:25 PM

I saw the same on NTV news.
And I think this is all because both NTV and RMS had tendered for the
licence only for some Chinese firm to win it through some unclear
means.

I only wonder why this is so and why the government had to handpick
the Chinese to do this.

/me/

On 20/07/2011, Philip Adar <philip.adar at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=philip.adar@gmail.com> > wrote:
> When you see "technicality" card being brandished, it simply means no one
> spoke to any body!
>
> It will take generations before "we" learn to put our national interest
> above individualistic short-term gain interest. It is terrible, it is bad!
>
> Regards
> Philip
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:53 AM, aki <aki275 at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=aki275@gmail.com> > wrote:
>
>> Just been reading this article,
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Nation++Royal+Media+lose+appeal+for+signal+distribution+licence/-/539550/1204274/-/14gbqmu/-/index.html,
>> and the print lacks the details but also a reflection is what is happening
>> in developing countries.
>>
>> Did the local media group have the technical and financial capability to
>> operate signal distribution platforms and roll out the services, yet got
>> dropped out because of tender technicalities. How is this possible? Are we
>> saying kenyans are totally incapable of understanding the requirements or
>> commitments of such national projects?
>>
>> I hope the affected parties do an indepth review of why they lost out and
>> share that information with kenyans. We need to know, because I'm sure the
>> local media groups were also going to buy technology platforms and
>> implement
>> roll out so issues like delays due to internal manufacture or creation do
>> not even arise.
>>
>> Some thoughts.
>>
>> Thank you.
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