[kictanet] Why Cofek resigned from Government's Digital Television Committee on July 11

[Barrack Otieno]

Mwendwa,

I just read this at the back of a matatu. Love your country, fear the
government.

Have a digital day.

Best Regards
On Jul 22, 2013 10:30 PM, "Kivuva" <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> Thanks Grace for this information. It's indeed sad to see that
> different factions are moving in different directions as we move
> towards complete migration to digital TV.
>
> Since the consumer representative doesen't necessarily have to come
> from COFEK, where else did the ministry fish the representative? In my
> view, the different civil society movements that are geared towards a
> free society like ISOC, COFEK, KICTANET, e.t.c should have fronted a
> name to represent the common Mwananchi's interests at the CCK board.
>
> Honesty is very important when dealing with this issue and Machavelian
> tactics might not win.
>
> Regards
>
> On 22/07/2013, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On June 21, Cofek and the Government of Kenya announced a deal to
> withdraw
> > our earlier court case against analogue signal switch-off until specific
> > issues were addressed. At the meeting, both the Director General of the
> > Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and the Cabinet Secretary for
> ICT
> > were present.Under the arrangement, Cofek was to spearhead negotiations
> on
> > the country’s stalled digital migration. The Federation was to equally
> > withdraw the court case on digital migration. On his part, the ICT
> Secretary
> > was to obey the law in appointing the consumer representative to the CCK
> > board even if the said appointee would not have been sponsored by
> > Cofek.
> http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php/14-news/147-why-cofek-resigned-from-government-s-digital-television-committee-on-july-11
> >
>
>
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