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<DIV>I dont agree with all your comments but I like your balanced input. I think this MJ history effort helps the company & us more if it provides both acheivements and weaknesses. Feedback that is all about greatness and goodness is sychophantic (like 'Kanu ni mama na baba'). I have a feeling, having received a suprise MJ email once on an issue I commented on here, that he will appreciate some balance.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wamuyu<BR>P/S We are peculiar! Which country hogs political news like us, maintains English conservertivism like us, runs like us and forgets quickly to move on to the future...? I think he likes us ...</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Harry Karanja <kairo@softlaw.co.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> wamuyulearn@yahoo.co.uk<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, 15 October, 2010 12:58:03<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10yr safari and his-tory - day 5<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">MJ has accomplished a lot in a relatively short time: from generating enormous wealth for Safaricom’s shareholders to creating employment directly and indirectly for hundreds of thousands of Kenyans, Safaricom has left an indelible mark in Kenya’s economy.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sadly I believe that MJ had the resources, political clout, and stamina to do so much more at Safaricom and I rue the missed opportunities.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>1.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Promoting Kenya’s software developers community</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. MPESA is definitely Safaricom’s best ever product but it is disappointing that MJ did not ensure that the intellectual property for this product remained in Kenya and contributed to Kenya’s budding developers’ community. I do not know who developed MPESA but I know there existed sufficient technology expertise in Kenya to do it but currently Safaricom must pay license fees to Vodafone to use MPESA and woe unto us the day someone decides to stop paying the license fees. It was also telling that the aborted Safaricom Innovation Forum
seemed to perpetuate this thinking, so more MPESA-like ideas would still have been lost to Vodafone. See the disturbing clauses below of the Innovation Forum’s terms and conditions [the forum has since been taken down]</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in" class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> “<I>(a) That the submissions and its contents will automatically become the property of Safaricom, without any compensation whatsoever to you;</I></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in" class=MsoListParagraph><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> (b) That Safaricom may use or redistribute the submissions and their contents for any purpose and in any way;”</SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>2.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Breaking the culture of impunity</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. As our region’s largest and most respected company, I would have wished that Safaricom used its prominence as a bully pulpit to encourage the changing of business ethics in East Africa for the better. As it is however, Safaricom’s own business ethics were questionable as it stood accused of unethical business practices (remember Riftberry saga) , overcharging its customers (and only giving refunds when challenged) and talking down to its’ customers (<I>peculiar calling habits</I>), agents (<I>ignoring phone calls, agent visits</I>),
competitors(<I>Bharti’s pricing strategy is unsustainable and Safaricom has no intention of getting engaged in similar pricing</I>) and partners (<I>Barclays & other banks -</I></SPAN> <I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Work with us or we take over Kenya's retail banking</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">). MJ had a great opportunity to show how private sector could change the culture of arrogance and impunity that is engraved in the Kenyan psyche, but sadly this never happened.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>3.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Promoting an open society</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">. As the largest provider of communication and information services, Safaricom was best placed to agitate for freedom of access to public information and privacy of individuals. However it chose to send out SMS at the request of the government during Kenya’s darkest hour instead of remaining neutral and meekly supported the registration of SIM cards which has no backing in law, and no justifiable use apart from privacy invasion by the government/Safaricom.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">So as we celebrate what has been accomplished in 10 years by MJ, I feel we should also point out to him what more he could have done; and hopefully can do in his next venture for which I wish him the very best.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">When a service does not work, let us address the specific service with the relevant people. How many places do we pay for services that we do not get and do not dare complain? I think as a scholar i can learn and draw inspiration from such people. </SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I have felt uncomfortable, as a consumer, praising Michael Joseph for services already paid for in hundreds of thousands of shillings. The accolades are heartwarming to read but I still feel this praise is best given by the govt (for taxes paid and various investments), staff (for jobs) and suppliers/consultants (for tenders). </P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This is not to show rudeness to a successful CEO but to recognise that the richest company in Kenya may be riding on our backs. Here is an example from my Safaricom internet line. I received an exciting message a while back clearly saying I could receive unlimited service for Kshs 1000 for a month. Today, after happily paying for the service (twice), I get a more nuanced cunning message "unlimited 300MB etc". I have not applied for the cheap SMS because, unlike some listers here, I dont understand the deal. The customer care 100 & 200 no.s are impossible to get through. So...Safaricom gets another shs 7000 (total shs 9000) in a day, from me, to get longer term 5GB internet.</P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Well...I think Mpesa is great and thank M Joseph and crew for that. But beyond that, I think it is we consumers, paying through our teeth, who need to be thanked.</P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>regards, Wamuyu<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 13/10/10, muriuki mureithi <I><mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke></I></B> wrote:</P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=MsoNormal><BR>From: muriuki mureithi <mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke><BR>Subject: [kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10yr safari and his-tory - day 4<BR>To: wamuyulearn@yahoo.co.uk<BR>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Date: Wednesday, 13 October, 2010, 14:12</P>
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<P class=yiv1620957889msonormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">It can’t be more exciting . we set out to get a 360 degree view of MJ and now Dr Ndemo has given as a bird’s eye view of MJ and how he develops and executes strategy for Safaricom machine at the board. It is also noteworthy as Dr Ndemo mentions that the political terrain is extremely slippery but one must wiggle through to remain relevant . How MJ has done it through KANU , NARC and now PNU/ODM is a mystery we need to unravel. Is there a student of politics to help us help as here? </SPAN></P></DIV>
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