[kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling

[Wambua, Christopher]

Bernard,

CCK has not issued a third licence for digital signal distribution.

Christopher Wambua
Manager - Communications
Consumer and Public Affairs Department
Communications Commission of Kenya
P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800
Tel: +254 20 4242209
info at cck.go.ke<mailto:info at cck.go.ke>
www.cck.go.ke<http://www.cck.go.ke>



From: Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group] [mailto:bkioko at bernsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 4:35 PM
To: Wambua, Christopher
Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
Subject: RE: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling

Christopher,

I am an ardent supporter of the migration but I need to ask.

Have you issued any 3rd license to anyone?

Regards

From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke]<mailto:[mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke]> On Behalf Of Wambua, Christopher
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:54 PM
To: bkioko at bernsoft.com<mailto:bkioko at bernsoft.com>
Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
Importance: High

You will recall that the 2nd licence for digital broadcasting signal distribution was issued out competitively through an open tender. Some of the local media houses expressed interest in the tender but lost out to the licence by the Pan-Africa Network Group in an open and transparent tendering process.  They subsequently lodged an appeal to the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) which was dismissed as lacking any merit.

The two firms have set up digital platforms in Nairobi and other major towns in country to support the migration from analogue to digital TV broadcasting.  The issue of awarding the licences to a Chinese firm and a subsidiary of a firm on its deathbed is therefore a non-issue.

Best regards

Christopher Wambua
Manager - Communications
Consumer and Public Affairs Department
Communications Commission of Kenya
P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800
Tel: +254 20 4242209
info at cck.go.ke<mailto:info at cck.go.ke>
www.cck.go.ke<http://www.cck.go.ke>



From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Kivuva
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:25 PM
To: Wambua, Christopher
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling

On 23 December 2013 19:01, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke<mailto:ali at hussein.me.ke>> wrote:
Brinkmanship.

To be fair though I can't help thinking how skewed we are as a country that the two digital signals are:-

1. Controlled by a Chinese company
2. Controlled by a defunct media company that is at its death bed..

+1 Ali

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Where have we go we wrong?
Ali Hussein

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