[kictanet] KICA Amendments: Universal Service Fund use and reporting

Fri Oct 25 08:08:26 EAT 2019

Well said Twahir. That is why i have a problem with 10% of 18 billion being
allocated to Miscellaneous expenses. Ongeza Volume.

Regards

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 8:03 AM Twahir Hussein Kassim via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Mwendwa,
>
> USF is a good idea BUT unfortunately as we know things Kenyan; are about *watu
> wangu* or *kwetu. *I shared an *analysis *
> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KzvbBqyDi9Mv-pu6c5bVDm1wYVJM-O1COJvj9mG7K5Q/edit?usp=sharing>earlier
> on how skewed the beneficiaries list was. If there was to be any sense on
> legislating on this then I think legislating on how beneficiaries are
> selected should be the thing. The very purpose of this fund was to ensure
> areas where it didn't make economic sense for telcos, were covered.
> Seriously, what justification can we give to see areas that have
> perennially been marginalised be *AGAIN *marginalised on what had sort to
> level the ground for them. To name just a few counties with their
> allocations against their area (km2); Turkana (0 for an area 71,598km2),
> Narok (2 for an area 17,921km2 ), Tana River (2 for an area 35,376km2)
> compared against Machakos (69 for an area 5,953km2) and Kakamega (40 for an
> area 3,034km2). It is baffling! And to say that schools in the area were
> not e-ready I think is not a palatable excuse! The fund should have sort to
> e-ready them!
>
> Seriously as an Kenyan, I am ANGRY at what is there on the ground. Have
> been visiting institutions over the past few days and what I see is to say
> the least very heart breaking.
>
> Sincerity to the people we serve is the much sort for *pishori *we need
> to make this *biriani *(aka inclusivity) that we so badly need to partake.
>
> THK
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 11:35 PM Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Barrack,
>>
>> In another thread, you said "part of the USF funds ( i propose 5 %)
>> should be used for Capacity Building and Research for members of parliament
>> and other key stakeholders on emerging issues such as OTTs. This will
>> support Private Sector and Civil Society efforts. Academia can benefit from
>> the fund to do Research."
>>
>> Why would you propose the USF to be raided, while Parliament has its own
>> budget?
>>
>> See my response inline, for your other initial remarks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, 24 October 2019, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Kivuva,
>>>
>>> I think only 5% should be used to fund other objectives of the fund 10 %
>>> for miscelleanous in a budget is extraneous. There are many interests
>>> salivating for the fund as we have observed in the recent past. The
>>> objective of the USF is very clear and the fund should be used to fullfill
>>> this fund. CA has  whole department that can address quality control issues
>>> hence we don't need to legislate this. I think Parliament should not be
>>> misused by selfish interests.
>>>
>>>
>> This is a very good observation, let QoS issues be budgeted and handled
>> within main CA budget. But how do you arrive at the 5% to fund other
>> objectives? You can imagine 5% of Ksh10B is Ksh500m.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, 4:38 pm Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet, <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is a continuation of the discusion on the proposed amendment of
>>>> KICA.
>>>>
>>>> The new amendments to KICA proposed by Hon. Elisha Odhiambo, MP,
>>>> published on March 15th, 2019, seeks to substitute sub-section (2) of
>>>> section 84J that deals with Universal Service Fund (USF), with
>>>> Communications Authority (CA) mandated to provide annual reports to
>>>> parliament on the utilisation of the USF.
>>>>
>>>> (2) The object and purpose of the Fund shall be to
>>>> a) promote the availability of quality of service at just, reasonable
>>>> and affordable rates for all consumers;
>>>> b) increase nationwide access to advanced telecommunications services;
>>>> c) advance the availability of such services to all consumers,
>>>> including those in low income, and rural areas;
>>>> d) increase access to telecommunications and advanced services in
>>>> schools, libraries and rural health care facilities;
>>>> e) provide equitable and non-discriminatory contribution from all
>>>> providers of telecommunications services to the fund supporting universal
>>>> service programs; and
>>>> f) support capacity building and promote innovation in information and
>>>> communications technology services.
>>>>
>>>> (5) The USF shall be utilised by the Commission as follows
>>>> a) 6% shall be used for ensuring the availability of telecommunications
>>>> services to all consumers, including those in low income and rural areas;
>>>> b) 20% shall be used for increasing access to telecommunications and
>>>> advanced services in schools, libraries, and rural health care facilities.
>>>> c)10% shall be used for furthering the other objectives of the Fund as
>>>> the Commission may determine.
>>>>
>>>> The rationale of the bill is to prescribe how the USF is used and make
>>>> it mandatory for CA to report annually on its usage.
>>>>
>>>> What are your thoughts on this new amendment? Does it cover all
>>>> use-cases for USF e.g courier and news services? Are there other
>>>> considerations you would want to be included in the bill?
>>>>
>>>> Warm Regards
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