[kictanet] KICT amendment bill

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

I have gone through the amendments to KICA.


  Positives of the bill:
1. the mandatory annual reporting of how the USF has been utilized,
2. QoS requirements for telecoms service providers


It seems this is the first step in separating Safaricom from M-pesa.
"To enable persons operating a telecommunication system or providing
telecommunication service to engage in any other business and provide for
the separation of such other businesses from the telecommunication
business. The amendment will further aid in the control of anti-competitive
practices by the large industries in the sector.

Area of Concern
===============
The amendment also expands the scope of USF to include funding anything
else under the sun to which CA shall deem fit. Dangerous grounds for abuse.
There is a problem there.
5. (5)(d) "Ten percent of the Fund shall be used for furthering the other
objectives of the Funds as the Commission may determine"

The bill concerns county governments too, so Senetors should be alerted to
this bill. Counties accross the country are marginalized, and they are the
biggest beneficiaries of the USF.

Regards.
______________________
Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 18:28, waudo siganga via kictanet <
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> Thanks for sharing Njiraini
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> On Mon, Sep 23, 2019, at 5:25 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet wrote:
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> of interest
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