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

[James Mbugua]

In my opinion, Kictanet, not Cofek, should provide that person. It is more
representative of the ICT industry and consumer interests dominate the
discussions here.

Regards

James


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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