[kictanet] Registering ICT practitioners

Tue May 30 21:46:04 EAT 2017

So Wambua

To be clear do these other ICT Services include:-

1. Software Development
2. Consulting services say for example ICT Strategy
3. App Development and usage say Uber, Sendy, Tala etc? 
4. Reselling of computers from say HP, IBM etc..

Ali Hussein
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> On 30 May 2017, at 9:32 PM, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at ca.go.ke> wrote:
> 
> The  services we are referring to here are information and communications services including telecommunications , postal/courier, broadcasting, and other wireless services that require assignment of spectrum. 
> 
> Wambua
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 30 May 2017, at 21:17, Admin CampusCiti via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
>> @Wambua
>> 
>> Please can you quote the exact clause of the exact law that the CA is talking about here? 
>> 
>> Are you guys talking about Telco service providers, Software Developers, Hardware Resellers etc? I'm confused. 
>> 
>> And how does a license guarantee quality of service? 
>> 
>> This is simply rent seeking. And will not stand. 
>> 
>> Ali Hussein
>> Hussein & Associates
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>> 
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>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 30 May 2017, at 8:47 PM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> 
>>> Wambua,
>>> 
>>> Please educate me on this one....
>>> 
>>> When did this become the law?
>>> 
>>> We have had similar debates here when Parliament & later Min.ICT tried to push through a very similar law and to the best of my knowledge they remained as proposals / draft laws.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Wambua, Christopher via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>> Sidney
>>>> 
>>>> CA is implementing the law that requires service providers in the ICT sector to obtain licences from the Authority before commencing operations. 
>>>> 
>>>> I did not imply in any way that this was best way to enforce contractual obligations. 
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> On 30 May 2017, at 19:59, Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Wambua, 
>>>>> We've been through this argument the last time. I'd like to see the research that backs up your assertion that this is the best way to get recourse for contractual obligations. We have courts and I'd like to know why that option is inadequate 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sidney
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 30 May 2017 19:47, "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua at ca.go.ke> wrote:
>>>>> Sidney
>>>>> 
>>>>> The rationale for the public notice is to encourage consumers to seek ICT services only from licensed service providers. This will guarantee consumers of recourse to regulatory intervention in instances where licensees fail to meet their contract obligations. It is also meant to complement ongoing initiatives to weed out unlicensed entities from the ICT market,and therefore protected our licensees from unfair competition.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wambua
>>>>> 
>>>>> The persons running these unlicensed entities
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>> > On 30 May 2017, at 19:21, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Out of nowhere... Can someone from the CA explain why?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sidney
>>>>> > <Image uploaded from iOS.jpg>
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