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

[Ngigi Waithaka]

There are times I think that our National Interest is Corruption.

That could be the one thing that we all agree on! And we go to great
lengths to protect under the guise of such things as free markets &
liberization.

Waithaka Ngigi

Alliance Technologies
Nairobi, Kenya

www.A1.io
On 30 Dec 2013 08:59, "Matunda Nyanchama" <mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com>
wrote:

> Friends
>
> Happy Holidays.
>
> This is an interesting debate, but one which I feel should be beyond
> digital migration and to that of how we deal with national resources.
>
> In Canada, for instance, there are industries (banking & finance,
> telecoms, energy, etc.) that have been designated to be of strategic
> national interest; and which need to have majority control exercised by
> Canadians. The regulators also impose conditions on any sales, mergers,
> acquisitions, etc. of the same, especially where foreign interests come in
> to assure adherence to the national interest.
>
> And that isn't about a controlled economy! It is a balancing of factors
> that would maximize gain for what is naturally the nation's for the benefit
> of its citizens.
>
> I think the challenge for us Kenyans is that "national interest" appears
> non-existent in our vocabulary; and worsened by the
> mindset/practice/tradition of  "you eat where you work", damn the
> consequences for the nation and its future.
>
> But we also love brinkmanship rather than consensus. Perhaps if we acted
> more within a framework of "collective good" based on "national interest",
> we would favour consensus more.
>
> What would happen if a local consortium had won, but later on decided to
> sell to the Chinese?
>
> The controlled economy we are advocating here usually works to the
> detriment of the citizen, like our sugar industry does.
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
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