<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Walu,<br><br>Are you saying that a request, even a reasonable one, from statehouse should never be considered by the regulator if they are to remain independent? <br><br>From the article, it appears the CCK board and MOIC carefully considered the 'request/directive' from statehouse and have a justification for it: <span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Arial" size="2">"There was a feeling that
we had moved too fast with the issue, and the decision is meant to give
players a chance to step back and evaluate the effects that the
significant reduction in MTRs has had," Ndemo told The standard in an
interview.</font></span><br><br>I think 'independence' of a regulator does not disqualify them from receiving requests from statehouse or any other party. If the regulator can deliberate on the issue/request and then act in the best interest of the nation, I think they are still independent.<br><br>In this case, the government, the regulator and all the operators seem to be agreed on the issue and hence I do not expect any backfiring, unless the consumer disagrees furiously.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Jotham K. Mwale<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 6/9/11, Walubengo J <i><jwalu@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com><br>Subject: [kictanet] State House moves in to quell mobile price wars<br>To: jokilimo@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011,
12:38 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1489722193"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"><p><font face="Arial" size="2">By Macharia kamau, <br></font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><br></font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">A
presidential directive freezing the reduction of mobile termination
rates (MTRs) has rendered irrelevant a prime ministerial task force set
up to establish how reduced MTRs affect the economy and <a rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.2em dotted rgb(43, 101, 176); padding-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(43, 101, 176); background-color: transparent;" class="yiv1489722193itxtrst yiv1489722193itxtrsta yiv1489722193itxthook" target="_blank" href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000036808&cid=14&#" id="yiv1489722193itxthook0"><span id="yiv1489722193itxthook0w0" class="yiv1489722193itxtrst yiv1489722193itxtrstspan yiv1489722193itxthookspan" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(43, 101, 176);">mobile</span><span id="yiv1489722193itxthook0w1" class="yiv1489722193itxtrst yiv1489722193itxtrstspan yiv1489722193itxthookspan" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: rgb(43, 101,
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yiv1489722193itxthookspan" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">phone</span></a> operators.</font></p></span><br>By the Standard @<br>http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000036808&cid=14&<br>~~~~~~~~<br>I get worried when I read headlines like these. Is it really true or a case of being misquoted. I have a big problem when a Regulator receives explicit instructions from Statehouse=President? particularly when we have been successfull in pretending that the Regulator is truly independent. <br><br>In the new constitutional dispensation, this can quite backfire and leave more egg on Statehouse..<br>walu.<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
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