[kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos

Thu Jan 7 12:28:04 EAT 2016

Dear Listers

May 2016 bring with it better things for all Kenyans.

I am wondering whether on this issue we are passing judgement on CAK’s capacity in regard to technology/telecoms prematurely. Their human resource can be upgraded if need be, they can be provided with access to industry data should they need it, they have legislation giving them some teeth…they should be able to get the job done especially if they collaborate with other institutions rather than go to war.

It might also be too early to determine the extent to which they can withstand external pressure (political or private sector) to make rulings in favour of interests that go against the public good.

That said, whatever changes come in via Miscellaneous Amendments Acts can be reversed by future Miscellaneous Amendments Acts. There’s a glass half full somewhere here.

Muchiri

> On 7 Jan 2016, at 11:41 AM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> See below, from October 2015 archives. 
> Wishing you all a Happy 2016. 
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> Dear Listers,
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> I thought you may want to see the statement  from the Director General in response to the proposed Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2015.  Forwarded for your reference.
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> Rachel Alwala
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> 30/10/15
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> Many thanks Rachel,
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> This is very refreshing taking into consideration  the comments
> attributed to the CS in the Star yesterday. Indeed we have to safe
> guard the Independence of the Communications Authority. Again thank
> you for responding to the Community through the list after the
> discussions we had last week.
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> 2016-01-07 10:15 GMT+03:00 Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>:
> True that... at JK
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> But as they say, the devil is in the details ...Is it possible that  the new amendment has shifted the balance of powers on determining the dominance issue from the Communication Authority to the Competition Authority?
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> What is the practice elsewhere? 
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> But more a pertinent question  would be - what motivated the amendment? Is it that the Communication Authority was perceived to be unable/ill-equipped to deal with the issue and the Competition Authority may have a better chance of dealing with it? Or is it a matter of throwing a spanner in the works so that neither of them handles the matter?
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> I dont have the answers..just thinking loudly.
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> walu
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> From: "ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk>" <ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk>>
> To: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com <mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com>>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> 
> Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 10:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos
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> Walu,Listers,
> The thing is not as tricky as it appears.It is in legal terms called "concurrent jurisdiction" and is common in many countries,including the UK.
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> John Kariuki
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos
> From: Walubengo J via kictanet 
> To: ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk <mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk>
> CC: Walubengo J 
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> This thing is very tricky.  
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> I do not envy the new PS, Broadcast and Telecommunications.
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> Enough said :-)
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> walu.
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> From: Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com <mailto:jwalu at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: Rose Lukalo -Owino <rlukalo at gmail.com <mailto:rlukalo at gmail.com>>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 1:12 PM
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> The question that must be asked is whether that success of the tech sector is encouraging or stifling the emergence of others and future growth and expansion and in so doing serving the public with newer, better shinier opportunities. Behind the scenes conversations within the tech sector suggest to me that emergent players choose to play safe and stay out of sight of the dominant players lest they be whacked into oblivion for daring to demand a piece of the cake. That doesn't serve the new players in terms of freedom to contribute nor does it serve the public in terms of availability of choice, competitive pricing and service.
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <ultimateprogramer at gmail.com <mailto:ultimateprogramer at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 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.
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Rose Lukalo -Owino via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto: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.
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> 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.)
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> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
> It's bound to be an interesting ride!
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> CA loses power to regulate dominant telcos <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/CA-loses-power-to-regulate-dominant-telcos/-/539546/3021508/-/u0rm7ez/-/index.html>
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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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