<font color="#330099"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Much as there have been <font>oppositions to the <font>swit<font>ch over it will be encouraging to see that <font>sections of the city have the systems act<font>ually </font>tested <font>in order to prepare for any <font>challenges<font></font> as is <font>normal with any new tech- switch.<br>
<br><font>I<font>f other countries are alre<font>ad<font>y sampl<font>ing the technology<font> then its time we hit t<font>he ground running too, there are always <font>repercussions</font> of <font>being left behind when the bell <font>rings.<br>
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From: Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>><br>
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Thanks Henry.<br>
I thought the simulcast period is over? Cant quite remember but there was a plan that had been released and CCK may have been following it considering the switch off was meant to happen last year.<br>
RgdsGG<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:henry@article19.org">henry@article19.org</a><br>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:26:16 +0000<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance<br>
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Dear All,<br>
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Find some quick and raw thoughts after the decision of the Court today on the phased digital switchover.<br>
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ARTICLE 19 believes in the promise of digital switchover but also clearly understands that we must develop proper measures to mitigate any results of the transition that may undermine �diversity, openness and access.<br>
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From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+henry=<a href="mailto:article19.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke">article19.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] on behalf of Stephen Mutoro [<a href="mailto:smutoro@yahoo.com">smutoro@yahoo.com</a>]<br>
Sent: 19 December 2012 09:20 PM<br>
To: Henry Maina<br>
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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance<br>
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Thanks for thinking for consumers in a more broad and realistic spectrum (including rural proletariats) beyond the minority but noisy middle to higher income Nairobi CBD/Upper Hill techies �who are obsessed about 4+G when millions of others can't access 2-G. There is nothing like "mass ignorance" or "mass intelligence" on a matter of human/consumer rights as ably articulated within Consumer Protection Act, 2012 (which took effect on December 13).<br>
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Stephen Mutoro<br>
<a href="http://www.cofek.co.ke" target="_blank">www.cofek.co.ke</a><br>
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On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Digital broadcast is great, no doubt about that, and the benefits are<br>
> boundless. But let us not be elitist in the way we conduct the<br>
> exercise.<br>
><br>
> You can free the airwaves, and create thousands of digital channels<br>
> and jobs, but if I in Kibera and Mathare, I cannot afford to buy a<br>
> setbox in the next year, I will be forced to use by TVbox as a stool.<br>
><br>
> Let those with money migrate, and let the poor enjoy the poor quality<br>
> analog signal in peace until set boxes are dirt cheap.<br>
><br>
> On the other hand, to reach a consensus, give us cheap subsidized<br>
> digital set boxes, say at 500bob, marked GoK, and give us adequate<br>
> time to buy them.<br>
><br>
> Remember, 2000bob is my dinner for a month.<br>
><br>
> You switched off my phone, which I bought with hard earned cash, then<br>
> you switch of my TV! Next you will switch of my radio, then ...<br>
><br>
> On 12/12/2012, <a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a> <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Listers,<br>
>> Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has gone to court to stop the planned<br>
>> Digital Switchover in Nairobi at the end of this month. �This is most<br>
>> unfortunate considering the fact that the current analogue broadcast has<br>
>> been the most discriminating. �Majority of Kenyans have not seen the level<br>
>> of communication that Digital offers (this is what the constitution<br>
>> demands). �In the new platform we have seen more vernacular channels<br>
>> delivering news in a language that people understand and relate to. �It<br>
>> therefore surprises me when an organization such as COFEK moves to court<br>
>> to protect an elitist broadcast platform.<br>
>><br>
>> Further every one new channel creates more than thirty new jobs. �There<br>
>> are more than one hundred and fifty new applications awaiting clearance to<br>
>> start digital broadcast. �Twenty of these are already on air. �If we get<br>
>> two hundred new broadcasters, we shall have achieved our quest for having<br>
>> a pluralistic and diversified broadcast environment. �In whose interest is<br>
>> COFEK advancing the agenda of maintaining monopolistic practices in Kenyan<br>
>> Media? Does COFEK really understands the seriousness of unemployment in<br>
>> Kenya?<br>
>><br>
>> The cost of not migrating is far too great than biting the bullet now and<br>
>> enable frequency spectrum to be used in more productive and inclusive<br>
>> manner. �The benefits of mobile operators moving from 2G to 3G are<br>
>> glaring. �We need to scale up to 4G and create a robust last mile that<br>
>> will reduce the rural urban digital divide; that will create an enabling<br>
>> playing field when we start delivering new local content to schools<br>
>> country-wide.<br>
>><br>
>> Most of the world has migrated and they fully understand why we need to<br>
>> free up spectrum. EAC member states agreed on the December 31st deadline<br>
>> and Tanzania for example has committed itself to this agreed deadline<br>
>> despite not having a completed the national roll-out of the digital<br>
>> signal. In Kenya we have adopted a phased plan starting from Nairobi.<br>
>> Technology changes every six months and Kenya must remain at the<br>
>> technological edge in order to remain the true hub of Africa. �We seem to<br>
>> be exercising freedom without any responsibility.<br>
>><br>
>> Ndemo.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>>> Hi,<br>
>>><br>
>>> This is where we are going wrong, the digital migration has nothing to do<br>
>>> with digital TV sets its about how the signal will be transmitted, please<br>
>>> try and see the bigger picture here.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> When we moved from analogue internet connectivity where you needed a<br>
>>> modem<br>
>>> to the digital transmission where you needed a DTU/ADSL/Dongle why didn't<br>
>>> you please with the government to stop the importation of Pentium<br>
>>> processor based computers or 14" monitors or AT keyboards so that users<br>
>>> could transition? �If you remember the ISPs never even gave us a<br>
>>> transition period and some never even implemented analogue connectivity.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> This is the same case with the digital TV migration, you do not need a<br>
>>> digital TV to benefit from the new method of transmission all that you<br>
>>> are<br>
>>> changing is the equivalent of your analogue modem with a digital receiver<br>
>>> and nothing more, also remember that this transition is a world wide<br>
>>> project and it would be foolhardy to try and stop the oncoming train.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> As Kenyans, we have proven time and time again that we are resilient and<br>
>>> innovative, we turned off "fake" phones and on the following day they<br>
>>> where getting reactivated thanks to the power of google, turn off the<br>
>>> analogue signal tomorrow and we shall have 500/- decoders available for<br>
>>> sale along the streets of Nairobi, keep postponing the switchoff and<br>
>>> there<br>
>>> will be no meaning uptake of the digital devices, have you registered for<br>
>>> election yet?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> All this noise from the entrenched media houses that we are propagating<br>
>>> has nothing to do with if Kenyans with black and white TVs can afford to<br>
>>> buy the decoder but more on trying to delay the shift of broadcasting<br>
>>> power to a more open platform, so before you come to the defense of Linus<br>
>>> and his ilk find out whose agenda you are promoting, instead of coming<br>
>>> forward and responding to the discussion going on here of which I am sure<br>
>>> they are listening, they send mercenaries .<br>
>>><br>
>>> Dr. Ndemo, I again say kudos and tell you keep the course and do what is<br>
>>> right for the Nation and avoid being distracted by those with selfish<br>
>>> agendas, deliver on this and Konza has a better chance of seeing the<br>
>>> light<br>
>>> of day.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Regards<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Robert Yawe<br>
>>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
>>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>
>>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
>>> Kenya<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Tel: <a href="tel:%2B254722511225" value="+254722511225">+254722511225</a>, <a href="tel:%2B254202010696" value="+254202010696">+254202010696</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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>>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 16:48<br>
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Dear list<br>
>>> I read this thread and all i see is the "the cart before the horse". I<br>
>>> believe Mr gitahi was referring to affordability rather compatibility and<br>
>>> adaptability. @Robert, don't you think Kenyans should be given enough<br>
>>> time<br>
>>> to migrate rather than have a paradigm shift in tech use. I think that we<br>
>>> should ban the importation of analog TV as somebody suggested earlier<br>
>>> then<br>
>>> will have a gradual change till 2015<br>
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