<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Robert.</div><div>This is a great idea, if Dr. Ndemo agrees, I will provide a venue/platform. We can organize it as a Public Lecture open to the public. Many people do not understand the whole topic, this can be a good opportunity to enlighten many.</div><div><br></div><div>I would particularly like many of our students to attend and learn more.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards.</div><div><br></div><div>JM<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Dec 2, 2013, at 1:23 PM, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:14pt">@Daktari<br><br>Now that you are back in academia would it be deemed pre judicious to have an academic discussion at an institution of learning on the issue of the digital migration? <br><br>Regards<br><div><span><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</div><div><br><br></div><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696</div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, 1
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#yiv7446715868 </style><div><div dir="ltr">Correct Dr. Ndemo. Legislation is not an answer to everything. <div>BTW, you could still contribute onto the online debate we conducted last week on the AU convention on cyber security. And thanks for that update of the ITU forum in Asia. </div><div>Rgds</div><div>Grace<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><div>> ----- Original Message -----<br clear="none">> From: Bitange Ndemo [<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>]<br clear="none">> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 08:01 PM<br clear="none">> Cc: <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV Migration<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Grace,<br clear="none">> At the recent ITU forum in Asia, Africa tried to get an extension beyond<br clear="none">> 2015 but but they were rejected. It was even embarrassing for South<br clear="none">> Africa to raise
the postponement proposal. Reason. Everybody has moved<br clear="none">> except Africa. Africa is talking about set to boxes when the world has<br clear="none">> shifted to computers and mobile phone to watch what we used to call<br clear="none">> television content. It is no longer prophesy to say that the current TV<br clear="none">> business model dying and cannot be resuscitated. It is only a matter of<br clear="none">> time before advertising adopts newer models.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Schumpeter's creative destruction theory is in the works here and only<br clear="none">> those who will listen will survive. The current multiplex operators too<br clear="none">> will not survive for long. Convergence of ICT and broadcast has started<br clear="none">> in earnest and we shall see a focus on core business with consolidation of<br clear="none">> new specialized infrastructure providers.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> If you see MNOs getting into content then you know content is KING. <br clear="none">> Viewership is changing from being a slave or controlled by broadcaster<br clear="none">> schedule to controlling when you want to watch any content. We shall be<br clear="none">> searching for latest news and only watch what you want to see in a<br clear="none">> bulletin.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Those who will succeed must simply have good local content in several<br clear="none">> thematic areas, that is, comedy, news, lifestyle etc. There will be<br clear="none">> different revenue models such that if you want to watch Baba Shirandula or<br clear="none">> Vioja Mhakamani without pay, then you will have to endure advertising as<br clear="none">> sponsored by XX otherwise you can subscribe or pay per view without the<br clear="none">> interruptions. Major advertisers will them
selves own channels and<br clear="none">> compete for good content.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> This is why we declined to vote for the new ITRs where content providers<br clear="none">> will heavily pay and pass the cost on to consumers. It is dangerous to<br clear="none">> have Telcos and bureaucrats in one room to decide new revenue streams in<br clear="none">> the face of disruptive technologies.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> We must see every problem as an opportunity. That is why I oppose too<br clear="none">> much legislation around cyber security. We shall end up curtailing our<br clear="none">> own freedoms trying to catch a thief who will anyway continue to steal<br clear="none">> (even with death sentence, we still have thieves around). We must<br clear="none">> constantly come with new ways of fighting cyber crime through technology<br clear="none">> not legislation.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Ndemo.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> > @ WambuaYawe raises a point that CCK should consider. The need to have a<br clear="none">> > public forum to discuss this TV migration roho safi. There is<br clear="none">> > misconception on this process by many ordinary folks. Lets hope that the<br clear="none">> > courts will dispense with the matter real soon.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > RgdsGG<br clear="none">> > From: <a href="mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke">Wambua@cck.go.ke</a><br clear="none">> > Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:18:42 +0000<br clear="none">> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV Migration<br clear="none">> > CC: <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br clear="none">> > To: <a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">>
><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Robert,<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > You are most welcome Robert.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Best regards,<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Christopher Wambua<br clear="none">> > Manager – Communications<br clear="none">> > Consumer and Public Affairs Department<br clear="none">> > Communications Commission of Kenya<br clear="none">> > P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800<br clear="none">> > Tel: +254 20 4242209<br clear="none">> > <a href="mailto:info@cck.go.ke">info@cck.go.ke</a><br clear="none">> > <a href="http://www.cck.go.ke">www.cck.go.ke</a><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > From: robert yawe [<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>]<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 8:43 AM<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > To: Wambua, Christopher<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV Migration<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Chris,<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Thanks for your response even though it weakens my conspiracy theory as<br clear="none">> > Kivuva puts it but also indicates that there is still a level of<br clear="none">> > commitment towards the migration.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">>
><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > I wish we had a public platform that could have the true issues discussed<br clear="none">> > without contravening the laws especially with all the rubbish being<br clear="none">> > peddled by the traditional (shuka and all).<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > It is my sincere hope that on the 13th of December 2013 I will eat humble<br clear="none">> > pie, I am open to an icecream scoop to go with it.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Regards<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Robert Yawe<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > KAY System Technologies Ltd<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Kenya<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > On Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 23:29, "Wambua, Christopher"<br clear="none">> > <<a href="mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke">Wambua@cck.go.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Robert<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > I am afraid that your
allegations regarding our silence on this issue are<br clear="none">> > unfounded and absolutely untrue.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > As much as we may wish to, CCK cannot comment on matters before a court of<br clear="none">> > law without running into problems with the law.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > We shall nonetheless argue our case in court.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Wambua<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > From:<br clear="none">> > robert yawe<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Sent:<br clear="none">> > Wednesday, 27 November 2013 17:46 PM<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > To:<br clear="none">> > Wambua, Christopher<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Reply To:<br clear="none">> > robert yawe<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Cc:<br clear="none">> > KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Subject:<br clear="none">> > Re: [kictanet] Digital TV Migration<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > On an aside I now realise that it is actually the government that does not<br clear="none">> > want the migration to digital and are using the mainstream media and COFEK<br clear="none">> > to front the assault.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > This is being done to curtail our growing freedoms, with the migration<br clear="none">> > every governor can run his own local channel for only Kes. 1,000,000/- per<br clear="none">> > month which allows them to drawn the voice of the National Government.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > The
blatant lies by all the TV stations yesterday that turning off the<br clear="none">> > analogue signal in Nairobi will leave over 90% of Kenyans in the dark and<br clear="none">> > CCK has not come out to dispute this just thickens the plot.<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Regards<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > This is what the government does not want<br clear="none">> > <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/">http://www.democracynow.org/</a><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Robert Yawe<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > KAY System Technologies
Ltd<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Kenya<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > On Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 15:47, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br clear="none">> > wrote:<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > Finally a simple advert that even I can understand<br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> > <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wcLTnVXDcU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wcLTnVXDcU</a><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ><br clear="none">> ></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jmatogo%40strathmore.edu">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jmatogo%40strathmore.edu</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.</span><br><span></span><br><span>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.</span></div></blockquote></body></html>
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