[kictanet] Nairobi switches to digital TV signal by December 31

Tue Dec 4 15:04:08 EAT 2012

I think that anyone who can afford the luxury of a TV can also afford an
STB. Well, we all have different approaches/angles to look at the same
thing.
It is the same PS, Dr. Ndemo, whose responsibility is to convince Treasury
to zero-rate STBs. So it's better for us to push the PS towards that than
start reasoning the way I heard Mr. Mutoro do on TV yesterday evening. For
us to move ahead, we cannot afford to have to wait for everyone to "move in
unison". We must always let others "catch up" as is always with technology.

Hey, and knowing Kenyans with their "last-minute actions", I can bet that
even if the decision was put on hold till 2015, still millions of Kenyans
will NOT have bought the gadgets, but opt for "tunaomba serikali isaidie
mKenya wa kawaida..". That is why I am behind the PS 101% on the switch off.

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> It will be a contradiction to switch off poor Kenyans who have food
> and school fees on their menu rather than fake Chinese gadgets in the
> pretence of improving their lives. Let Kenyans choose their prefered
> mode of reception until 2015. Only elitist and pretenders to elitism
> pass policies that favour the well off
>
> On 04/12/2012, Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ] <arebacollins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Ill believe it when its off... im thinking how legal suits will land in
> > courts, ooh, someone does not want scrutiny of elections in march, ooh,
> set
> > top boxes are nowhere, ooh this ooh that. then it will be postponed to
> mid
> > next year, then maybe end of the year.....
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:55 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Finally the government realises who is boss.
> >>
> >> Kudos to the Minister and PS for taking a stand against big business and
> >> siding with technological development.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >>
> >> Robert Yawe
> >> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> >> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> >> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> >> Kenya
> >>
> >> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
> >>   ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
> >> *To:* robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> >> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> >> *Sent:* Monday, 3 December 2012, 0:36
> >> *Subject:* [kictanet] Nairobi switches to digital TV signal by December
> >> 31
> >>
> >>
> >> IN SUMMARY
> >>
> >>    - Information PS Bitange Ndemo has noted any further delay would be
> >>    very expensive for the government
> >>    - The plan to honour a December 31 digital TV switch over in Nairobi
> >>    region comes just weeks after Dr Ndemo said the Treasury had declined
> >> an
> >>    appeal by his ministry to give subsidies on set-top boxes
> >>    - An awareness campaign is ongoing to educate consumers on the
> >>    importance of migrating to digital from the analogue platform
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Nairobi-switches-to-digital-TV-signal-by-December-31/-/1006/1634964/-/j0c6dj/-/index.html
> >>
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