[kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos

[Odhiambo Washington]

Sometimes I can't help but think that Bob Collymore's roles in Safaricom
and those govt appointments are conflicting somewhere. Having a foothold in
govt gives him a certain leeway to influence how things happen elsewhere,
where he has interests. Just saying.

On 5 January 2016 at 10:11, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> This is interesting....
>
> I can't help but wonder, why would these powers be shifted immediately
> after the bruising battle with Safaricom?
>
> If you think about it, there are over a hundred different industries, yet
> only a few are *individually* regulated. Communications is one of them.
>
> Why? Because of its broad reach, national importance and complexity
> ‎(shared resources, security concerns, adhering to international standards)
>
> That's why CA was setup.
>
> Now, you take the power to determine if a firm is engaging in
> anti-competitive behaviour to a body that practically understands little
> about such a key industry metrics as an example, how many Telco Engineers
> do they have? Do they have live data they could use to say check on
> frequency Abuse as an example?
>
> ‎Do they have the guts to stand up to a Kenyan firm that makes Billions in
> profits yearly when it abuses it's dominance?
>
> Waithaka Ngigi
>
> Alliance Technologies
> www.at.co.ke
> *From: *Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet
> *Sent: *Tuesday, January 5, 2016 5:39 AM
> *To: *Ngigi Waithaka
> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Cc: *Nanjira Sambuli
> *Subject: *[kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos
>
> It's bound to be an interesting ride!
>
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> *CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos
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>
> The Communications Authority of Kenya has lost powers to independently
> monitor dominance and act against its abuse – leaving it with a narrow
> mandate of licensing new players and allocating frequencies.
> ----
>
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>
>
>
> Regards,
> Nanjira.
>
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>
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