[kictanet] Should Kenya bite the bullet and roll back the Telkom Kenya Privatisation?

[Mark Mwangi]

I am also of the idea that we kick them out. They are probably after
getting 100 % ownership tat way 100 % profits can flow back o the
mothership. Just have a look at how the French operate in West Africa to
get a clue. Kicking Orange out will not result in collapse of our economy
whether it is by direct investment or tourist no.s.

Its becoming rather ridiculous and I dont think ceding control to them is
an option.


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:

> Has Kenya really gotten anything from that Telkom deal? Orange has no real
> plans for the Kenyan market, and worse the management teams they recommend
> over are either totally incompetent or really don't care about the state of
> Telkom Kenya.
>
> What options do we have?
> 1. Let it go... Simply pull out. Cut our losses and ran. Indicate to
> Orange we will not make anymore investment if we are not in-charge of it.
> If this whittles down our shareholding to 0, so be it. Sometime though, I
> feel as if this is exactly what Orange wants, then they can revive it
> nicely.
> 2. Kick them out. They simply have failed to deliver, then rebuild Telkom
> as a Kenyan Parastatal that leads in technology and innovation and ofcourse
> support it with certain preferences and especially so in Government jobs
> and build a local 'M-Pesa' that is then used to make most of these
> government transactions that we're supposed to be onto by 1st April 2014
> (Could it be an April fools joke bytway???)
>
> Waithaka Ngigi
> A1.iO
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers
>>
>> By all intents and purposes this privatisation has not worked. Maybe we
>> should go the Rwanda way and roll back the dice...
>>
>>
>> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Treasury-ignored-AG-advice-on-Telkom-deal/-/996/2072052/-/t06mrw/-/index.html
>>
>> Lessons learnt?
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>>
>> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
>>
>> "Kujikwaa si kuanguka, bali ni kwenda mbele" (To stumble is not to fall
>> but a sign of going forward) - Swahili Proverb
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