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

[Ngeno,Titus]

How about Home tender Document Fees; Do you get what you pay for?

How about if the tender is canceled do people get refunded???
On Jan 1, 2014 7:31 AM, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am of the opinion that we locals love complaining to some amorphous
> creature we call the govt.
> Most other places the private sector spends truckloads of cash lobbying
> the politicians and bureaucrats for favourable policies. Seeing as they are
> the biggest taxpayers anyway this is understood.
> That there is corruption involved is obvious. However corruption is a
> system that can be used for their benefit. Why the media did not win the
> second license is more of their incompetence than an act of sidelining by
> govt. Their combined financial might, being existing operators and govt
> contact should have made this a no brainer. But here we are asking for a
> 3rd license and in due time a 4th one will be 'demanded'.
> On Dec 31, 2013 10:04 AM, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29 December 2013 10:42, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> The fact that the tender was *open* is the question that is in play here
>>> and is the short-sightedness I alluded to earlier in a prior post.
>>>
>>> We have firms with the right infrastructure (masts, generators, workers
>>> etc) already in use in this country and before we ran off to procure
>>> equivalent from China, we ought to have procured what is already available
>>> locally.
>>>
>>> That is why the 2nd infrastrucure bid ought to have been local to
>>> protect our already existing investments.
>>>
>>> Another reason, national interest should dictate that we shouldnt rely
>>> on external parties for such critical infrastructure before we already have
>>> one from amongst our own in place.
>>>
>>> But we now know someone didnt see it that way. There was no money to be
>>> made using whats already there, best to buy everything new, since the 'cut'
>>> is likewise larger.
>>>
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>
>>> And how do you do that? Open Tender!
>>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>
>> As you all continue to propel this debate forward with what is otherwise
>> the right way of doing things, just keep at the back of your minds what
>> Ngigi Waithaka has said, and which nails it. The real truth is as
>> underlined above.
>> We all know this is the truth, but still prefer to waste our time trying
>> to find out 'WHY' - and that is good for us as it might inform how we do
>> things in the future. Road Construction, Signal Distribution, Coal Mining,
>> Standard Gauge Railway are all products of 'looking East'. They too look at
>> Africa for the same reasons we look East - scratch my back, oil my palm...
>> Who still doesn't understand how the Chinese do business?
>>
>> Right now, it's CCK on the spotlight. Yes, this is an IT forum, but guys,
>> think outside the box!
>>
>> Now back to 'listening mode'... I love the discourse.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
>> +254733744121/+254722743223
>> "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
>>
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