[kictanet] State House moves in to quell mobile price wars

Fri Jun 10 14:58:33 EAT 2011

Reminds me of Exodus - how Moses and Aaron had to put up with the constant
kvetching of the querulous Israelites :-)


On 9 June 2011 22:12, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:

> Stephen,
> Even if termination rates goes to Zero, international call rates out of
> Kenya remains high.
>
> It is important to know that this was not a knee jerk reaction as many may
> think.  The debate has been in public domain and indeed there were similar
> initiatives that were not challenged.  I think we applying double standards
> in this matter.  I will therefore not comment on this issue any further.
>
>
> Regards.
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Stephen Mutoro" <stephen at cofek.co.ke>
> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:34:03
> To: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> Reply-To: stephen at cofek.co.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] State House moves in to quell mobile price wars
>
> Thanks Dktr. My personal respect for you and your views notwithstanding, I
> beg to differ not necessarily on the suitability of the decision but the
> approach/process. Nothing wrong for interested parties to intervene within
> contexts. But lets avoid setting bad and costly precedents - through our
> obsession as Kenyans with shortcuts or quick fixes and selfish deals
> whenever it suits us.
>
> A brief story. I arrived in the country very early today. For the 5 days or
> so I've been away in Dakar, Senegal, my roaming bill came to about 7K not
> necessarily that I was making too many or long calls but the best I cld get
> is Sh59 per min for receiving calls and Sh108 for calling per min.
> Retrieving data/emails was even higher.
>
> In short, the gains Kenyans have made on ICT and telcos sector (through you
> and others) are too dear to be wished/eroded away. Cofek and I request to be
> understood in this perspective. Lets accord CCK the "independence" and have
> it as practically as possible stir away from partisan influences. Good
> night!
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:14:03
> To: <stephen at cofek.co.ke>
> Cc: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] State House moves in to quell mobile price wars
>
> Stephen,
> I wish you first asked what transpired before you make such remarks.  CCK
> gets its policy direction from the Ministry of Information and
> Communications.  The policy emanates from the political manifesto of the
> ruling party.  In our current case, the harmonized manifesto.  Here we
> agreed to a free market economy.  This means that any market interventions
> must reflect the underlying economic policy.
>
> When we had accellerated price decline in Uganda, Congo and other
> countries, they resulted to a floor price, in other words price control.
> Had we taken that direction, we shall have undermined the underlying
> economic policy.  Instead we temporarily suspended the glide path to study
> the wider impact on the economy.  The CCK board arrived at that solution.
>
> In my view you are misunderstanding the independence rule.  Central Banks
> world over are independent but their decisions are based on the policy
> direction of the country.  Even if you were to head this country you will
> find that it is your policies that would govern the country since the buck
> stops with the leadership.  It will make no sense if we have several
> independent decision makers.
>
> Different papers reported different stories but nobody has sought
> clarification or offer a solution under the prevailing circumstances.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>
> > Indeed a desperate move and one that has neither moral nor legal basis.
> > What a mockery of a futile attempt of by-passing regulatory regime. It is
> > CCK that will be the "loser" if it cowardly allows a clear abuse of
> > Section 5(b) of Info and Comms Act. Cofek will be seeking clarification
> > from concerned parties. We must never allow State House to conduct sector
> > regulatory matters, whether pro or anti-consumer. Rgds
> > Sent from my BlackBerry®
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:17:55
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