[kictanet] KeBS to re-emburse fake phone owners

[Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau]

What about the anti-Counterfeit Agency?

It should also be enjoined in this blame against KeBS and CCK.


my 0.01 cents

On 3 October 2012 13:02, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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