<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hi,<br><br>The Ministry seems to have acquired a set of the proverbial "balls" (need to be gender sensitive) and heeded my advice that the we where creating a monster that will end up needing slaying at some time and the time seems to be now.<br><br><font color="#6A287E"><strong><div><span style="color: #000000;">Information
PS Bitange Ndemo, who has been pushing for immediate migration and sits
on the CCK board, has already ruled out the possibility of negotiating
with Cofek alone.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #000000;"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="color: #000000;">"The constitution dictates that we
consult with stakeholders. We cannot therefore have talks with Cofek
which has non elected officials. We shall however have consultations
with all stakeholders. If we continue to give latitude to Cofek, we
shall one time regret because in my view they will take up on
everything," Ndemo wrote on The Kenya ICT Action Network platform on
January 13. The standstill might see the negotiation window close, which
will leave the fate of Tv consumers to the court<font color="#6A287E">"</font>.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(106, 40, 126); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><br><span style="color: #000000;"></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #000000;"><font color="#6A287E">-- extract from your link</font><br></span></div></strong></font><br><div><span>Seems they are out to take maximum advantage of a dissolved parliament and the fact that all eyes are currently on the election, the shutting down of Citizen Tv transmitters being another sign of things to haven over the next 3 weeks.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Dr. Ndemo, I believe the fact that there are 2 digital signal transmitters already operational that the analog frequency holders are in contravention of some law therefore CCK should proceed to turn off their transmitters.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Regards<br></span></div><div> </div><div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi,
00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk <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> Friday, 1 February 2013, 19:21<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] CCK,Cofek digital TV talks fail to take off<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv852781322">
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<div><b><font color="#6a287e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;"><br></span></font></b></div><b><font color="#6a287e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;"><div><strong><div class="yiv852781322art-content-layout" style="display:table;padding:0px !important;border:none !important;width:996px;table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:transparent;"><div class="yiv852781322art-content-layout-row" style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:top;display:table-row;border:none !important;margin:0px !important;padding:0px !important;"><div class="yiv852781322art-layout-cell yiv852781322art-content" style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:top;width:597px;display:table-cell;border:none !important;margin:0px !important;padding:0px !important;"><div class="yiv852781322art-post" style="margin:5px;min-width:7px;min-height:7px;"><div class="yiv852781322art-post-body"
style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-weight:normal;padding:11px;"><div class="yiv852781322art-post-inner"><div class="yiv852781322art-postcontent" style="text-align:justify;margin:0px;"><div class="yiv852781322art-article"><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Negotiations between Communications Commission of Kenya and Consumer Federation, aimed at agreeing on a suitable date to switch off analogue Tv transmission, failed to take off after fresh disagreements arose between the two parties.<br>Cofek yesterday snubbed a meeting between it and CCK citing involvement of outside parties contrary to court orders. In a ruling on January 11, High Court judge Isaac Lenaola directed the CCK and the consumer lobby group to negotiate on an agreeable new date, saying the initial December 31 date was untimely and improper.<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0,
0);">CCK is in support of involving all industry stakeholders like broadcasters, government, other consumer lobby groups,the Digital secretariat ans vendors in the new date deliberations. However, Cofek said it should be the only party to negotiate with CCK since it was the only one that sought legal action.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#6a287e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px;"><br></span></font></strong></div></span></font>http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1342:cckcofek-digital-tv-talks-fail-to-take-off&catid=1:latest-news</b> </div></div>
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