This is made worse by wondering what happened to the plan to locally assemble the damn things. This was taken up by the University of Nairobi Fab Lab and that story died just like that. <div><br></div><div>We want local innovation but we don't bother with local companies doing simple things. Assembling set top boxes should be hard. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Edwin Onchari <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eonchari@lynxbits.com" target="_blank">eonchari@lynxbits.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Yawe,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I could have missed some detail on this but do help me understand better if you can:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">How many, and who are the licensed distributors of the top boxes in Kenya<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">How do the prices charged by the current provider comparable to providers in other countries, e.g. India (who switched to digital a few days ago with top boxes costing average $20)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Are the top boxes tax exempt?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Edwin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> kictanet [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Beonchari" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+eonchari</a>=<a href="mailto:lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lynxbits.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>robert yawe<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edwin</span></p><div class="im"><br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br></div><div class="im"><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Digital TV migration postponement<u></u><u></u></div>
<p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style>Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>It was with shock and dismay that I watched the CCK director general lie to the public on a mass broadcast on the reasons for the postponement of the cutoff to digital.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>He said the reason was that the cost of decoders was still too high for the common mwanainchi, he then proceed to lie by saying that the average price was currently Kes. 6,500/-, yet the price for the StarTimes decoder is 3,499/- and that of GoTV is Kes. 3,999/-.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>When I was in school many years ago the formula for calculating average was the sum of the numbers divided by the number of numbers (3,499 + 3,999)/2 = 3,749/- so which formula was the DG using?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>What has incensed me more is that none of the members of the press has taken up the issue instead they have "liked" and "shared" the comments as if they where gospel truth.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>PS. Have an analog Christmas<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style>Tel: <a href="tel:%2B254722511225" value="+254722511225" target="_blank">+254722511225</a>, <a href="tel:%2B254202010696" value="+254202010696" target="_blank">+254202010696</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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