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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Barrack and Ngethe,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">I think otherwise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">The super-profits seem to arise <u>NOT</u> from "real productivity gains" or "reward from entrepreneurship" but from monopolizing access to the market (e.g. mpesa has tied people to Safaricom; consumer behavior of
not shifting despite number portability or poor quality of service as Barrack points out or high price of service or the availability of other money transfer options – etc etc etc). Here is where the “PECULIAR” behavior of Kenyans needs to be unearthed –
We need to “peel off the mask” if I can borrow those words. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">So this has created some ARTIFICIAL “exclusivity” of Safaricom products creating monopolistic or oligopolistic tendencies in the Kenyan telecom market.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">So you cannot entirely blame Safaricom for this state of affairs, we need to get to the “kernel” of the issue to understanding why the Kenyan market seems to be so unique and consumer prices are just not coming down!!
(maybe Kenya is not alone?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">I would really like to hear from Research ICT Africa who have been carrying out
<u>consistent</u> research studies (for the last 10 years or more) comparatively examining over 22 telecom markets in Africa (including Kenya) under the title “Telecommunication Sector Performance Reviews” (<a href="http://www.researchictafrica.net/publications.php">http://www.researchictafrica.net/publications.php</a>)
– our own Prof. Waema, Muriuki Mureithi, Dr Adeya have been leading the Kenyan studies. I have also copied Christorph Stork and Alison Gilwald,
<span style="color:red">why Kenya is different?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Would also be great to hear from Matano (CCK)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Edith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk] <br>
Sent: May 18, 2013 11:48 AM<br>
To: Edith Adera; kictanet<br>
Cc: KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom's Super Profits</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Edith,Listers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Interesting questions raised.The results are not entirely unexpected and that is why,inter alia, CCK and Competition Authority were established.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">John Kariuki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Sent from my BlackBerry®<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">From: Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">eadera@idrc.ca</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Sender: "kictanet"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+ngethe.kariuki2007=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">kictanet-bounces+ngethe.kariuki2007=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 08:38:42 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">To: <<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Cc: KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum<<a href="mailto:mediaeditors@lists.kictanet.or.ke"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">mediaeditors@lists.kictanet.or.ke</span></a>>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Subject: [kictanet] Safaricom's Super Profits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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