[kictanet] KeBS to re-emburse fake phone owners

[Odhiambo Washington]

Bring this a little closer home, Steve.

Where do you think KeBS was when all those substandard seatbelts were being
imported?
Where do you think KeBS was when all those substandard speed governors were
being imported?

They were very much there, and awake, but the fat cats wouldn't let them
touch those imports, leave alone look at them!

Someone said imports are pre-inspected/approved at source by agents of
KeBS. It's just an entry in the statutes, probably.



On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:11 PM, John Gitau <jgitau at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm not sure I understand where KEBS failed. Unless the phones being
> > switched off were actually certified by KEBS.
>
> +1.
> It could argued that operators should have never allowed invalid IMEIs
> to register on their networks in the first place, but this goes full
> circle, back to the CCK again - why the regulatory framework was not
> in place to prevent it in the first place.
>
> The basic features of the GSM core network could have been used to
> block services to counterfeits from the onset, thus reducing the
> burden on KEBs. That would have denied the counterfeits a foothold in
> the market in the first place. Several birds dead, killed with one
> regulatory stone.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
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