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@ Walu<div>This is reminiscent of the Moi days.</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 23:11:43 -0700<br>From: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Subject: Re: Airtel appeals to Kibaki, Raila on connection rate<br>To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com<br>CC: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<br><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit">
GG,<br><br>Looks like the Operators are trying to "SELF" regulate the industry through the two Principals :-). And now that the Chairman Eng. Okundi resigned yesterday, I see this behaviour getting worse in the mid-term...coz I think you needed a politician to tell-off the politicians - seeing that Dr. Ndemo and/or the DG could be smothered if they tried :-)<br><br>read on.<br>~~~~<br>In Summary<div id="ecxarticle_summmary">
<div><ul><li>Airtel
managing director Shivan Bhargava is seeking audience with the two
principals to discuss the government�s failure to effect agreed rate
cuts to the tariff that mobile operators pay for terminating calls in
their rival�s network. </li><li>In July last year, the MTR was
supposed to fall to Sh1.44. However, President Mwai Kibaki ordered CCK
to halt the glide path at Sh2.21 in a move that was seen as favoring
Safaricom and Telekom Orange.</li><li>In a communication seen by the <em>Nation</em>, Mr Bhargava accuses the government of reneging on promises made when Bharti Airtel entered Kenya two years ago. </li></ul></div></div><b><br>from:<br><br>http://tinyurl.com/d4ebcpa<br><br>or <br><br></b>http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Airtel+appeals+to+Kibaki+Raila+on+connection+rate+/-/1006/1495484/-/fs7vewz/-/index.html<br><br>~~~ends~~~<br>walu.<br><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 9/1/12, Grace Githaiga <i><ggithaiga@hotmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px"><br>From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com><br>Subject: [kictanet] New CCK boss takes office aware of the lurking Executive hand<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Saturday, September 1, 2012, 11:35 PM<br><br><div id="ecxyiv1897513246">
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<p class="ecxyiv1897513246newstype" style="margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:13px;line-height:1.5em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-position:0px 2px"><span style="font-size:10px">I</span><font size="2">N SUMMARY</font></p><div style="padding:0px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><ul style="margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1.5em"><font size="2">Although the authority is independent on paper, the offices of the President and Prime Minister have been issuing directives that mock its autonomy</font></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1.5em"><font size="2">Just
a week after Wangusi's appointment, it emerged that the commission was restrained from implementing the new mobile termination rates by a new directive from the government</font></li><li style="padding:0px;line-height:1.5em"><font size="2">As he takes office, Mr Wangusi will have a hard task ensuring the industry is fairly regulated while at the same time appeasing powerful politicians</font></li></ul></div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Politicians+make+a+mockery+of+CCKs+autonomy/-/1006/1492684/-/489gev/-/index.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Politicians+make+a+mockery+of+CCKs+autonomy/-/1006/1492684/-/489gev/-/index.html</font></a> </div></div>
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