[kictanet] CA’s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

Ksh85m is too little too late from a fund that has collected billions.
Running a single BTS is resourse intensive. It requires physical
security, generators, power lines, road access, human resource ... and
much more.

Spending the USF on benchmarking trips and allowances seems the modus
operandi of this board. For the upteenth time, I also join Ali's call
for the board to be disbanded immediately.
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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
twitter.com/lordmwesh




On 26 February 2018 at 08:09, Ali Hussein via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Victor
>
> As they say in accounting terms - That’s not even a rounding error in the
> scheme of things.
>
> CA needs to be more creative than this. Here’s a thought:-
>
> Disband the moribund USF Board and get people who are independent, forward
> thinking and unafraid to do the right thing.
>
> Let’s stop pussyfooting around such a big issue when a large swath of this
> country is being disenfranchised by lack of connectivity while we continue
> to pat ourselves in the back as the ‘Silicon Savannah’.
>
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> On 26 Feb 2018, at 7:36 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will spend millions to build
> infrastructure to connect remote villages without mobile voice coverage
> following an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta to surrender unspent billions
> to the police.
>
> Mr Kenyatta said the authority had nothing to show for the billions of
> shillings it has collected for a fund established to support infrastructure
> in remote areas dubbed the Universal Service Fund (USF).
>
> Now, CA has announced plans to spend Sh85 million in connecting 23,000
> residents in six sub-locations in Baringo County to mobile voice coverage.
>
> 85m only.
>
>
> https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/CA-s-Sh85m-plan-to-link-remote-areas-with-mobile-voice/3946234-4319204-gbsfna/index.html
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