<p dir="ltr">I couldn't agree more.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 26 Dec 2013 11:46, "James Mbugua" <<a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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These are truly unbelievable arguments.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure how many remember Watchman's columns in the dark days of<br>
Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line was an excruciating process<br>
before we brought in foreign investors to set up mobile networks.<br>
<br>
Right now because of bickering we cannot get a working consortium of<br>
locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build it for free.<br>
Which option do you take?<br>
<br>
This fight for protected commercial interests disguised as national<br>
interests is subjecting us to mediocrity and inordinate delays in doing<br>
the inevitable.<br>
<br>
Tanzania started some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged<br>
back by frivolous cases when we know the eventuality?<br>
<br>
Let media houses concentrate on content provision, infrastructure is<br>
not their forte.<br>
<br>
Otherwise Signet, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC<br>
and multichoice and I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will.<br>
<br>
KTN, NTV and CTV should invest in and distribute as many set top boxes<br>
not aligned to either signal distributor as possible.<br>
<br>
That will ensure their viewers move with them.<br>
<br>
James<br>
<br>
Sent from my Windows Phone From: Ohaga JB<br>
Sent: =E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E26/=E2=80=8E2013 6:43 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a><br>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital<br>
Migration Ruling<br>
@Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some aspect of<br>
protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it to a tender<br>
process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n whether it<br>
underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. Plus KBC<br>
insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its own<br>
independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from<br>
that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is<br>
forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only<br>
applies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where<br>
the bottom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile<br>
always wins n yet its Australian/American!<br>
Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we<br>
let them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight<br>
then? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're really<br>
not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose battles<br>
from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, even on<br>
social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to their ill<br>
informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of<br>
misrepresentation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front<br>
page story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like the<br>
three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'critical<br>
issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interests of<br>
private capital or the Kenyan public?<br>
On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga" <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> NTV Kenya <<a href="https://www.facebook.com/NTVKenya" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/NTVKenya</a>><br>
> #DigitalMigration<<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/digitalmigration?sourc=
e=3Dfeed_text" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/digitalmigration?sourc=<br>
e=3Dfeed_text</a>>:<br>
> The Big Switch-off<br>
> In the High Court sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja<br>
> dismissed a petition by three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation<br>
> Media Group and Royal Media- to have the digital migration postponed unti=<br>
l<br>
> certain critical issues spelt out in the petition are resolved. He<br>
> dismissed the case and as a consequence digital migration takes effect<br>
> immediately.<br>
> In compliance with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are<br>
> left with no option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to<br>
> appeal against the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the sam=<br>
e<br>
> time, we are pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can<br>
> continue watching your favourite television station. We hope to be back o=<br>
n<br>
> air as soon as possible.<br>
><br>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">These are t=<br>
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n's columns in the dark days of Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line =<br>
was an excruciating process before we brought in foreign investors to set u=<br>
p mobile networks. <BR><BR>Right now because of bickering we cannot get a w=<br>
orking consortium of locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build=<br>
it for free. Which option do you take?<BR><BR>This fight for protected com=<br>
mercial interests disguised as national interests is subjecting us to medio=<br>
crity and inordinate delays in doing the inevitable.<BR><BR>Tanzania starte=<br>
d some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged back by frivolous c=<br>
ases when we know the eventuality?<BR><BR>Let media houses concentrate on c=<br>
ontent provision, infrastructure is not their forte.<BR><BR>Otherwise Signe=<br>
t, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC and multichoice and=<br>
I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will.<BR><BR>KTN, NTV and CTV shoul=<br>
d invest in and distribute as many set top boxes not aligned to either sign=<br>
al distributor as possible.<BR><BR>That will ensure their viewers move with=<br>
them.<BR><BR>James <BR><BR>Sent from my Windows Phone</DIV></DIV><br>
<DIV dir=3Dltr><br>
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<SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGH=<br>
T: bold">From: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,=<br>
sans-serif"><A href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:durojb@gmail.com">durojb@gmail.com</a>">Ohaga JB</A></SPAN><BR><SPA=<br>
N style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: b=<br>
old">Sent: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans=<br>
-serif">=E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E26/=E2=80=8E2013 6:43 AM</SPAN><BR><SPAN style=<br>
=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To=<br>
: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><=<br>
A href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a>"><a href="mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com">jgmbugua@gmail.com</a></A></SPAN><BR><SPAN=<br>
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bo=<br>
ld">Cc: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-se=<br>
rif"><A href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>">KICTAnet ICT Policy D=<br>
iscussions</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calib=<br>
ri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=<br>
11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses prote=<br>
st Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML><p =<br>
dir=3D"ltr">@Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some=<br>
aspect of protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it =<br>
to a tender process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n =<br>
whether it underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. P=<br>
lus KBC insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its o=<br>
wn independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from =<br>
that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is=<br>
forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only appl=<br>
ies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where the bo=<br>
ttom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile always =<br>
wins n yet its Australian/American! <br><br>
<br>
Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we l=<br>
et them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight then=<br>
? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're re=<br>
ally not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose b=<br>
attles from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, e=<br>
ven on social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to th=<br>
eir ill informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of mis=<br>
representation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front pag=<br>
e story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like=<br>
the three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'crit=<br>
ical issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interes=<br>
ts of private capital or the Kenyan public?</p><br>
<br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga&quo=<br>
t; <<a href=3D"mailto:<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>"><a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a></a>&g=<br>
t; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=<br>
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div><div dir=3D"ltr"><h5 style=3D"font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);margi=<br>
n:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px 22px 0px 0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;=<br>
font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif"><div s=<br>
tyle=3D"color:gray"><br>
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold"><a href=3D"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/NTVKen=" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/NTVKen=</a><br>
ya" style=3D"color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">N=<br>
TV Kenya</a></span></div></h5><a href=3D"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/d=
igitalmigration?source=3Dfeed_text" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/d=<br>
igitalmigration?source=3Dfeed_text</a>" style=3D"font-family:'lucida grande=<br>
',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.38;color=<br>
:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"colo=<br>
r:rgb(109,132,180)">#</span><span style=3D"text-decoration:underline">Digit=<br>
alMigration</span></a><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'l=<br>
ucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-heigh=<br>
t:1.38">: The Big Switch-off</span><div><br>
<span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho=<br>
ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In the High Co=<br>
urt sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja dismissed a petition b=<br>
y three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Med=<br>
ia- to have the digital migration postponed until certain critical issues s=<br>
pelt out in the petition are resolved. He dismissed the case and as a conse=<br>
quence digital migration takes effect immediately.</span><br style=3D"color=<br>
:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,san=<br>
s-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"><br>
<span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho=<br>
ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In compliance =<br>
with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are left with n=<br>
o option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to appeal agains=<br>
t the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the same time, we are =<br>
pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can continue watchi=<br>
ng your favourite television station. We hope to be back on air as soon as =<br>
possible.</span></div><br>
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