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

[Kivuva]

Thank you Dr. Matunda for your insight and the Canadian case. This is
the type of policy we are advocating for. Actually in Kenya, a form of
such legislation exists, where MNOs are supposed to have a
considerable stake owned by Kenyans. Only that the policy should be
expanded to cover more sectors.

We exhibit brain dead syndrome by letting investors like Nigeria's
Dangote or the French Lafarge to exploit our natural resources, where
Kenyans too have the capacity to benefit 100% from the same. That is
economic sabotage by another name.

On 30/12/2013, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
> 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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