[kictanet] KENYA POWER'S HUGE APPETITE FOR DEBT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

[Tony White]

AFAIK, Kenya Power already has fibre backbone, used for their own
network for management and control - and extra capacity (dark fibres)
are already leased to other service providers.

I think this project is much more than this - ie. FTTH.  I certainly
hope so.  Whether the end-user is charged directly by Kenya Power (who
would then become an ISP!) or some third party, sijui.

Cheers,
Tony


On 11/01/2017, Barrack Otieno via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Hi Ali,
>
> I read in the news some times back that this was a new business line
> of Kenya Power to take advantage of the grid  to provide a fibre
> backbone. It appears the extra space on the link will be sold to
> TELCO's and Bandwidth Service Providers. Looking at the way the
> undersea cables were deployed, my opinion is the more the merrier, it
> will create competition whose end result will be affordability due to
> price differentiation.
>
> My thoughts
>
> Regards
>
> On 1/11/17, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> Listers
>>
>> My attention has been drawn to this article in today's nation. I will not
>> dwell on the financial side of this story at the risk of boring people on
>> this list. My attention was rather drawn to a part of the story which has
>> interesting implications on the National Broadband Strategy which was
>> launched a few years ago with much fanfare during Hon. Matiangi's tenure.
>>
>> To quote the article:-
>>
>> *The question is pertinent because I just recently came across a copy of a
>> memorandum of understanding between the Chinese company ZTE and the
>> Ministry of Energy and Petroleum which the parties have signed to finance
>> and build a national grid fibre access on Kenya Power’s transmission and
>> distribution network.*
>>
>>
>> Kenya Power's fibre ambitions
>> <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-Power-s-huge-appetite-for-debt-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/440808-3512708-format-xhtml-8c48rrz/index.html>
>>
>> I'm curious.
>>
>> 1. Does this new network compliment the NOFBI?
>> 2. What is the business plan for this new network?
>> 3. Does anyone have any details on this project?
>> 4. Is the MOICT coordinating this with the Energy Ministry?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
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