[kictanet] KeBS to re-emburse fake phone owners

Tue Oct 2 15:39:01 EAT 2012

@Wash

Your assertion that we ought to read the fine print does not always hold
true since few can appreciate T&Cs. I was out off town on Friday and I can
assure you I interacted with may folks who were worried stiff of losing
there phones due to the switch off. 90% of that number cannot understand
any fine print! KeBS and other related bodies must do there jobs as
consumer protection ought to be in the spirit of there work.

Nyaggs

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

> It's not possible to involve the CFK in this. It's not their
> responsibility to ensure that you always buy genuine merchandise! That is
> your personal responsibility. Everyone knows that cheap is expensive. If
> you bought this phone from a shop, take it back to them and lay a claim for
> indemnity, but read the fine print on the receipt they issued you with
> before you go back to them!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:23 PM, meshack emakunat <memakunat at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear listers
>> where is the so called Consumer Federation of Kenya in all this, what is
>> there role anyways. I am a victim and am "innocent".
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
>> *To:* memakunat at yahoo.com
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:11 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] KeBS to re-emburse fake phone owners
>>
>>
>> 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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