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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You will recall that the 2<sup>nd</sup> licence for digital broadcasting signal distribution was issued out competitively through an open tender. Some of the
local media houses expressed interest in the tender but lost out to the licence by the Pan-Africa Network Group in an open and transparent tendering process. They subsequently lodged an appeal to the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) which was
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The two firms have set up digital platforms in Nairobi and other major towns in country to support the migration from analogue to digital TV broadcasting.
The issue of awarding the licences to a Chinese firm and a subsidiary of a firm on its deathbed is therefore a non-issue.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Christopher Wambua<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Communications Commission of Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:info@cck.go.ke"><span style="color:#1F497D">info@cck.go.ke</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.cck.go.ke"><span style="color:#1F497D">www.cck.go.ke</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<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:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kivuva<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Wambua, Christopher<br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 23 December 2013 19:01, Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brinkmanship.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To be fair though I can't help thinking how skewed we are as a country that the two digital signals are:-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Controlled by a Chinese company<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Controlled by a defunct media company that is at its death bed..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+1 Ali<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Capital flight is a KILLER of any economy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Where have we go we wrong? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ali Hussein<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">______________________<br>
Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya.<br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh <o:p></o:p></p>
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