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

Wed Jan 11 11:18:50 EAT 2017

It looks like the taxpayer is building a parallel National Grid Fibre as is
on the MoU "*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*"

It's only important the several government agencies inform the public how
this new fibre is complementing NOFBI, how NOFBI has run out of capacity,
shortcomings of NOFBI, etc. Are the different government agencies working
together, or are they in competition?

The more cables we have, the more capacity we have, but the pain is, the
end user will still have to pay the capital expense in deploying them.

Answers from ICT Authority would assure the community.

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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
twitter.com/lordmwesh

On 11 January 2017 at 11:24, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> From a product perspective, this project appears to be motivated by a
> vertical integration move by Kenya Power. Backward to be able to better
> utilise the power grid infrastructure vide riding the fibre on the existing
> power grid, Forward to be able to bundle solutions (power & data) to the
> already existing customers. Due to the economies of scale and already
> existing infrastructure (distribution, subscription, customer service) this
> is a welcome move which if well managed will lead to reduced product
> costs(both power & data), higher penetration and efficiencies through
> reduced redundancies and customer service. For this benefits to be
> achieved, the process needs to be creatively implemented devoid of
> regulatory and political interference.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tim
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> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Tony White via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> 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-app
>> etite-for-debt-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/440808-3512708-forma
>> t-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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