[kictanet] CA¹s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

Mon Feb 26 17:10:53 EAT 2018

Hi Barrack,

That is information readily available and it is attached for information.

I recall last year I posted on this platform but we are always ready to share.  And the same information is also available in detailed from the Access gaps Study which is published on the CA website.  Link for the same is:  http://www.ca.go.ke/images/downloads/universal_access/purposeofthefund/ICT_Access_Gap_Study.pdf

Regards,

Rachel

From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com<mailto:otieno.barrack at gmail.com>>
Date: Monday, February 26, 2018 at 3:44 PM
To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
Cc: Rachel <alwala at ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala at ca.go.ke>>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] CA¹s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

Dear Rachel,

Many thanks for this wonderfull narrative and prompt feedback. Can we be able to get specific information on the connected schools (locations and names of the schools) and the respective areas?, even if it will be during the stakeholder consultation session?

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:23 PM, Alwala, Rachel via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
Hello listers,

The narrative that CA has just set aside a budget of Ksh. 85 million to link remote areas with mobile voice is erroneous and misleading.  The Universal Service Fund is a huge programme whose activities are guided by detailed research.  A lot has been achieved so far in line with the mandate given to CA by the Law.

As a reminder, the Kenya Information Communications Amendment Act of 2009 (KICA 2009) created the Universal Service Fund (USF) whose objective is to support widespread access to ICTs including related human capacity building and technological innovations in the ICT sector. The Act mandates the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) with the administrative and management responsibility of promoting universal access and services with respect to the provision of communication services in Kenya.

The USF is expected to provide incentives for infrastructure roll-out in unserved and underserved areas. To support the foregoing, the Authority in May 2016 concluded a Study on ICTs Access Gaps which established that population coverage in Kenya for 2G and 3G stands at 94.4% and 78% respectively, while the land coverage for 2G and 3G is at 45% and 17% respectively for all the three Mobile Network Operators i.e Safaricom (K) Limited, Airtel (K) Limited and Telkom Kenya Limited.

To close the identified gaps in the different service areas, Authority has developed a 5-year USF Implemetation Strategy to guide the activities of the Fund for the next five years FY 2017/18 to FY2022/23. One of the five strategic focus area is basic voice infrastructure program whose objective is to  facilitate development of basic mobile infrastructure to the whole country Turkana and Marsabit Counties included.

The ICTs Access Gaps study using GIS and Access Gap Model methodology identified 348 sub-locations, which were established to meet the critical performance criteria suited for “smart subsidies”, meaning that the projects would be sustainable. In the FY 2017/18, the Access Gaps Study prioritized the closing of gaps in 202 prime sub-locations, covering an unserved population of approximately 700,000 persons. The project design took into consideration the 2016/18 licence obligations of Safaricom and Airtel for network expansion, together with which, the project targeted reducing the coverage gap of basic voice services from 5.6% of the population to 2.8% by 2018.

Update on the Voice Infrastructure Projects

The voice infrastructure projects were developed and tendered in the FY 2017/18 and as single or multiple bidding lots to Network Facility Providers (NFP) Tier 1. The 202 sub-locations were tendered in 105 bidding lots. The licensed mobile network operators were invited to bid competitively for as many or few of the Lots as of interest to them.

The Authority has awarded contracts to Safaricom and Telkom Kenya to close the voice gaps in 78 sub-locations at a cost of Kshs 1.245 Billion. Among the beneficiary counties in Kenya are Turkana, Samburu, West Pokot, Baringo, Marsabit, Isiolo, Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Tana River, Kwale, Kajiado and Narok.

The Education Broadband Connectivity Project
Within the current FY 2017/18, the Authority awarded the Education broadband contract to three Tier 2 operators, namely;

1)    Ms. Xtranet Communications Limited – 284 schools

2)    Ms. Commcarrier Satellite Services – 291 schools

3)    Ms. Liquid Telecommunications Ltd – 321 schools

Status of Implementation of the Education Broadband Connectivity Project
To date, the Authority through the contracted firms, has successfully installed broadband connectivity in 843 (94%) of the expected 896 beneficiary schools. The contractors have given strong indication that the remaining 53 schools will be fully connected before end of February 2018. The total contract amount for the Education broadband project is Kshs 837 million.

We hope that this helps to put the fund implementation into perspective.  As always, we remain available to respond to any enquiries.  We shall be having a stakeholder briefing soon and KICTANET listers as our stakeholders, shall be invited to the forum.

Regards,

Rachel Alwala
Assistant Director/Communications and External Affairs
Communications Authority of Kenya
PO Box 14448
Nairobi 00800

Tel:  +254 703042000<tel:0703%20042000>
Email:  alwala at ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala at ca.go.ke>

From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+alwala=ca.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-bounces+alwala=ca.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> on behalf of KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
Reply-To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
Date: Monday, February 26, 2018 at 3:09 PM
To: Rachel <alwala at ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala at ca.go.ke>>
Cc: Rachel <alwala at ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala at ca.go.ke>>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] CA¹s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

Dear listers,

I hear the conversation going on with respect to the subject matter.  There are many developments and very shortly, before COB , I will be posting the implementation status for your information and understanding.  Sometimes when we share information, it is picked in piecemeal and potentially distorted. That seems to have been the case in this particular respect.

Regards,

Rachel

From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+alwala=ca.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-bounces+alwala=ca.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> on behalf of KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
Reply-To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
Date: Monday, February 26, 2018 at 2:53 PM
To: Rachel <alwala at ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala at ca.go.ke>>
Cc: Adam Lane <adam.lane at huawei.com<mailto:adam.lane at huawei.com>>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] CA’s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

Yes, certainly annual progress reports would be helpful
From:Barrack Otieno
To:KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Cc:Adam Lane
Date:2018-02-26 14:46:38
Subject:Re: [kictanet] CA’s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile voice

Hi Adam,

In light of the intense criticism the USF board has received, it needs
to come out strongly and clarify what it has achieved unless it is not
independent as we are made to beleive.

Regards

On 2/26/18, Adam Lane via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
> I believe the fund already connected about 70 rural sites (as well as
> several hundred schools) last year so has begun to make progress.
> From:Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet
> To:Adam Lane
> Cc:Mwendwa Kivuva
> Date:2018-02-26 14:36:09
> Subject:Re: [kictanet] CA’s Sh85m plan to link remote areas with mobile
> voice
>
> 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.
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh<http://twitter.com/lordmwesh>
>
>
>
>
> On 26 February 2018 at 08:09, Ali Hussein via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto: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’.
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>> Principal
>> Hussein & Associates
>> +254 0713 601113<tel:0713%20601113>
>>
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>
>>
>> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a
>> habit."  ~ Aristotle
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 26 Feb 2018, at 7:36 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto: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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> kictanet mailing list
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet
>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/
>> Domain Registration sponsored by
>> www.eacdirectory.co.ke<http://www.eacdirectory.co.ke>
>>
>> Unsubscribe or change your options at
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40campusciti.com
>>
>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
>> for
>> people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
>> development.
>>
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and
>> bandwidth,
>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> kictanet mailing list
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet
>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/
>> Domain Registration sponsored by
>> www.eacdirectory.co.ke<http://www.eacdirectory.co.ke>
>>
>> Unsubscribe or change your options at
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kivuva%40transworldafrica.com
>>
>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
>> for
>> people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
>> development.
>>
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and
>> bandwidth,
>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet
> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/
> Domain Registration sponsored by
> www.eacdirectory.co.ke<http://www.eacdirectory.co.ke>
>
> Unsubscribe or change your options at
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/adam.lane%40huawei.com
>
> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for
> people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
> development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>

--
Barrack O. Otieno
+254721325277<tel:0721%20325277>
+254733206359<tel:0733%20206359>
Skype: barrack.otieno
PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

_______________________________________________
kictanet mailing list
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/
Domain Registration sponsored by www.eacdirectory.co.ke<http://www.eacdirectory.co.ke>

Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.com

The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.

KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

--
Barrack O. Otieno
+254721325277
+254733206359
Skype: barrack.otieno
PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20180226/6aba92a0/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: List of Connected Schools under the Education Broadband Connectivity Project[1].doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 1032704 bytes
Desc: List of Connected Schools under the Education Broadband Connectivity Project[1].doc
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20180226/6aba92a0/attachment.doc>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Voice Gaps Project - 78 sub locations Details  .docx
Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size: 193938 bytes
Desc: Voice Gaps Project - 78 sub locations Details  .docx
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20180226/6aba92a0/attachment.docx>