[kictanet] Regulator drops plan to split up Safaricom

Thu Jan 4 07:32:57 EAT 2018

It would be great to get a response from CA right about now...

*Ali Hussein*

*Principal*

*Hussein & Associates*

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On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Whenever you hear anyone close to the politburo in KE talk about
> "stakeholders", they almost without doubt mean KEPSA.
>
> KEPSA represents every imaginable stakeholder, even the nonexistent.
>
> Did you hear Matiang'i say the new curriculum was exhaustively discussed
> with "almost" all stakeholders? Parents have not been consulted. He meant
> KEPSA :-)
>
> On 3 January 2018 at 13:54, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> "The CA has, however, defended the report, saying it was revised after
>> wide consultations and input by all industry stakeholders."
>>
>> Who was involved in this wide consultation? I didn't see any call for
>> public participation on the CA website
>> <http://ca.go.ke/index.php/ca-public-consultations>. I'm getting
>> increasing frustrated reading about a report that everyone but me, and by
>> extension the public, seems to have read. I would remind the CA that the
>> frequencies these companies operate on belong to the public and are
>> licensed on our behalf. We deserve to see these reports. Therefore I'm
>> making the demand here and by email directly to the CA after this for:
>>
>>    1. The original report by Analysys Mason
>>    2. This revised report
>>    3. Details on when the "wide consultations" happened, who attended,
>>    what was discussed there and documentation of who made what comments.
>>
>> This is not a matter of national security so these details need to be in
>> the public domain. It's ridiculous that these things are still under wraps
>> after all this time.
>>
>> On 3 January 2018 at 13:28, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> Is this headline misleading or what? :-)
>>>
>>> A revised competition report by the telecommunications industry
>>> regulator has dropped the controversial proposal calling for the splitting
>>> of Safaricom into separate business units, drawing the ire of its rivals.
>>>
>>> Airtel, Kenya’s second-biggest telecommunications company after
>>> Safaricom, hit out at the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), saying
>>> failure to finalise the dominance debate and watering down of the report
>>> was hurting the smaller operators.
>>>
>>> Read on:-
>>>
>>> https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/companies/Regu
>>> lator-drops-plan-to-split-up-Safaricom/4003102-4249652-11ic
>>> b6yz/index.html
>>>
>>> I don't know about you but I personally would love to get a glimpse of
>>> this 'revised report'.
>>>
>>> I hope someone from CA is listening and remembering that we have a right
>>> to that report..At least that's what the constitution tells us.. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>
>>> *Principal*
>>>
>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>>
>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>
>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Sidney
>>
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>
>
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> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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> "Oh, the cruft."
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