<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Thanks for your response McTim, evidently this will be an interesting debate going forward.<br><br>Nyaki<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> elizaslider@yahoo.com<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> Sat, February 19, 2011 7:28:02 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Fw: Summary Day 1: Debate on the Independent Communications
Commission of Kenya Bill 2010<br></font><br>
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Barrack Otieno<br><<a ymailto="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Nyaki,<br>> I had posed a question about whether the term 'independent' was appropriate<br>> , why must we stress the fact that it is independent whereas it is hinged on<br>> the law?, sorry for persistence but i need some guidance on this.<br><br>Independence is very important for a regulator. It's an international<br>Best Practice to have an independent regulator. Many of us of have<br>complained on this list about too much gov't involvement in the<br>telecoms sector. I applaud this move.<br><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a
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