[kictanet] KeBS to re-emburse fake phone owners

[Odhiambo Washington]

Hello Bobby,

The Kenyan border is quite porous - by design and I can tell you that there
is very little you, as Bobby, can do to change that, because it is as
difficult as  fighting the Mafia - or come closer home, the hard drug
menace.
There are so many vested interests which make the border porous and this
starts with the Border Agency officers and goes along top include the
security officers, because at the top of the pyramid is a well-connected
fellow. If you stop his merchandise from coming in, there are two possible
scenarios: Either you get transferred or eliminated if you become a thorn
in the flesh. That is why there is no reason to blame KEBS, because they
don't quite police the borders - it isn't their mandate! Theirs is to
verify/certify.
You must be quite naive (kidding!) to expect KEBS to control imports
sanctioned by fat cats<LOL> when they can't even enforce standards on
foodstuff found in our supermarkets!



On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We all wish the headline in tomorrows paper would be "KeBS to refund fake
> owners" as to the best of my knowledge they are mandated and funded by the
> tax payer to make sure that the items that come into the country meet
> certain required usage and safety standards.
>
> Evert time I import IT items I am charged a fee for KeBS certification
> what do they do with the money collected if millions of fake (no IMEI
> numbers) mobile phones, many of which where shipped in container loads,
> passed right under their nooses.
>
> As with most issues we have a tendency of barking up the wrong tree, suing
> CCK is dealing with a symptom instead of dealing with the core problem
> which is a standards body that does no work, its time we re-outsourced the
> function.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
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Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
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