[kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

It may be more disturbing is that at this rate - we will be having stories
in the archives about how great an innovative sector and Silicon Savannah
Kenya really was really soon - or the rise and fall of the innovation space
in the Silicon Savannah. We were hailed for being a "hotbed of innovation"
recently. But if innovators will be constantly suffocated - there is little
to hope for for innovation to have prosperity. Overall the tech sector is a
major backbone of our recent economic prosperity.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> From the consumer rights perspective on whose behalf competition law
> exists, I think it is critical to take the conversation away from business
> and engineering and the technology and always reference the impact a
> business has in/on society.
>
> It is after all why we as Kenyans "license" business and with that same
> authority we can revoke that license if at any point we feel a business is
> hurting citizens or disrespecting the privilege of doing business with them
> in any way. (Hands up if you still can't get your cellphone company to pick
> up the (_____) customer service lines.)
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> It's bound to be an interesting ride!
>>
>> ----
>> *CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos
>> <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/CA-loses-power-to-regulate-dominant-telcos/-/539546/3021508/-/u0rm7ez/-/index.html>*
>> // *BusinessDailyHome
>> <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/CA-loses-power-to-regulate-dominant-telcos/-/539546/3021508/-/u0rm7ez/-/index.html>*
>>
>> 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.
>> ----
>>
>> Shared via *my feedly reader <http://feedly.com>*
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nanjira.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone.
>>
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