<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>ICT Researcher</div><div><br></div><div>We don't leave in a utopian world..He who pays the piper calls the tune.</div><div><br></div><div>At the risk of belaboring the point it is a competitive issue that has to be addressed. In fact we are already seeing trends of content providers and infrastructure owners morphing into one:-</div><div><br></div><div>1. Google is busy laying fibre/buying fibre across the world</div><div>2. Facebook is doing the same</div><div>3. Zuku is a triple play player - owning the infrastructure and at the same time involved heavily in content creation and distribution</div><div>4. Safaricom is moving the same way.</div><div>5. Infact all across the world we are seeing the convergence of content and infrastructure.</div><div><br></div><div>This is partly due to competitive pressures and at the same time an answer to policy, regulatory and legislative pressures. </div><div><br></div><div>By the way one of the key bones of contention at WCIT12 in Dubai was the principle of whether content providers should pay telcos to carry their content. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/02/14/should-content-providers-pay-telcos-to-carry-their-data/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/02/14/should-content-providers-pay-telcos-to-carry-their-data/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The point is that there is no simple answer to this. </div><div><br></div><div>@Wambua - lastly I'm really curious as to what shareholder (percentage terms) was offered to the media Owners in Signet. And whether the Media owners are just <b>Wagging the dog </b>and distracting from the real issues or it is the Government that is Wagging the dog. </div><div><br></div><div>Bottom-line? There has been too much brinkmanship on both sides and its time to sit down and sort these issues out for the betterment of the country. </div><div><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Dec 27, 2013, at 12:00 PM, ICT Researcher <<a href="mailto:ict.researcher@yahoo.com">ict.researcher@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span>Sure! They would like us ti believe that is has been and should remain ok for them to hold public freedom of expression hostage? Priority given to those with deep pockets aka advertisers?</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>------------------------------</span><br><span>On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 11:28 AM MSK Mark Elkins wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Thu, 2013-12-26 at 21:49 +0000, Omo, John wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks Steve,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The question you raise to Mr Wambua has been answered on this thread:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>there is currently not enough spectrum to licence a third operator .</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I don't understand the "not enough spectrum" position. Technically</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>speaking, </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>1 - with Analogue switched off - there will be more unused spectrum. I'm</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>sure plans are being made as to how it will be used though.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2 - The two licensed holders presumably have enough spectrum to both</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>distribute and broadcast all current TV stations - plus many, many</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>more.. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I guess the issue is TV signal producers (content) would rather</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>distribute and broadcast (control) their own signal rather than enrich</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and be held hostage (unknown performance/censored) by a third party?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>That's a familiar argument.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Let me attempt a layman's answer to your second question. Many an</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Editor/Correspondent from the so called mainstream media are on this</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>list. Their silence on such a topical issue is telling of one of the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>major ills besseting our media industry: one way- (as opposed to what</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I call discourse-) journalism. One way journalism prefers to give</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>information in/on its own way/terms but quite shy in hard-talk</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>engagement.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>When you dialogue with some of our Editors, they bemoan the loss of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>professionalism, largely due to 'censorship from inside'. Many of what</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>they would write on such a 'sensitive' issue is 'edited' by a non</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>editor sitting much higher up. The irony is that this is part of what</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>is killing the mainstream media. Engaged viewer/reader-ship has little</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>or no time for a 130-paged newspaper, or some evening outdated screen</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>verbiage.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I do this in my private capacity from my Land's end village with no TV</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>signals and does not receive 130-paged newspapers. We though envision</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>additional community ICT centres around schools and the only one</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>available is over stretched.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Omo</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: Collins Areba | Tel +254 707 750 788 | twitter @brainiacKE</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[<a href="mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com">mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com</a>] </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:19 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Omo, John </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Migration Ruling </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>@wambua, </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I guess my question is on the issue of the 3rd signal distibution</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>license.. Why not award it to the players crying foul and asking for</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>it? Might it be because the two awardees could not survive without</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>content from these players if they focused their content on their own</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>distribution network? Might that explain why Digital migration has not</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>taken off as effectively (because it lacks prime movers). </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>and to the Media Houses.. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Were you soo sure you would win on an extended technicality that the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>ruling caught you off guard? at what point were you planning to shift</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>focus from protecting turf to getting into the formidable arena of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>competing in a crowded arena?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group]</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Wambua,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> I see stations now scrolling messages and one saying they are</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> not against the migration and in fact they support it, and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> that their concern is “…not enough set top boxes have been</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> acquired or that adequate stocks are available for acquisition</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> by viewers”. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> I only wish they started scrolling this a month ago…</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> What is you comment on this statement currently scrolling on</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> screens?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Regards </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +<a href="mailto:bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On Behalf Of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Wambua, Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:21 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: <a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Discussions</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Because of frequency spectrum limitations. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From:Watila Alex</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent:Thursday, 26 December 2013 21:56 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To:Wambua, Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Reply To:awatila@<a href="http://yahoo.co.uk">yahoo.co.uk</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc:Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Discussions</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject:Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> why was the number of signal distributors limited to two? </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> --</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> ______________________________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: Wambua, Christopher <<a href="mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke">Wambua@cck.go.ke</a>>; </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: <<a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk">awatila@yahoo.co.uk</a>>; </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <<a href="mailto:CPA@cck.go.ke">CPA@cck.go.ke</a>>; KICTAnet ICT</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>; </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital Migration Ruling </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 6:43:55 PM </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The tender for the 2nd signal distribution licence was an open</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> one. And indeed some of the local media set up a consortium</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> through which they submitted a bid. Their bid was however</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> unsuccessful. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> If they had put in an attractive bid, they could have improved</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> their chances of winning. Even if CCK were to float another</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> tender for signal distribution restricted only to local firms,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> interested companies would have to compete for the licence.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Firms that submit poor bids would still lose. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Local firms need to improve their capacity in responding to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> government tenders. If they don't, they will continue losing</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> out to international firms even in businesses where they have</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> proven expertise. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Wambua</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From:Watila Alex</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent:Thursday, 26 December 2013 21:22 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To:Ngigi Waithaka</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Reply To:awatila@<a href="http://yahoo.co.uk">yahoo.co.uk</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc:Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Discussions</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject:Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> i think their major compliant is the limiting of the number of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> signal distributors. they had hoped to also be signal</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> distributors </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> --</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> ______________________________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: Ngigi Waithaka <<a href="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke">ngigi@at.co.ke</a>>; </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: <<a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk">awatila@yahoo.co.uk</a>>; </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <<a href="mailto:CPA@cck.go.ke">CPA@cck.go.ke</a>>; KICTAnet ICT</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>; </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital Migration Ruling </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 4:01:53 PM </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Quick one,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Why would the media houses object to going Digital? Are there</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> any advantages to remaining analog?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> While I support that the 2nd license ought to have gone to the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Kenyan Consortium, I don't support us remaining on the analog</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> broadcasting platform.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> For the uninitiated, Digital is equivalent to FM in radio</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> while Analog takes you back to Short Wave radio. Good luck</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> tuning that.... </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Waithaka Ngigi</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Alliance Technologies</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Nairobi, Kenya</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://www.A1.io">www.A1.io</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On 26 Dec 2013 13:56, "Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group]"</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ali,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> It’s no secret am for the digital migration.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sometime in 2006, a worldwide decision was taken to migrate to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital by 17th June 2015. Kenya actively started this process</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> in 2009. Many consultative meetings have been held (75</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> according to CS Information). Of the 9yrs allocated for this</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> transition, Kenya has already used up 7 doing rounds and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> entertaining selfish interests like we are seeing now. We have</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 2 to go on now if we are to meet this deadline. Question: When</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> do these media houses feel is the right time to move? </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> These media houses were running in 2006….2009 … 2013… so their</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> inability to appropriately plan to migrate should not be used</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> to hold the country against the development and opportunities</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> that Digital broadcasting brings to the people of Kenya.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> What I find distasteful in their argument is that Nairobians</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> need more time to acquire these devices. CCK had a clear</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> awareness campaign which involved running advertisements</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> informing Nairobians of this switch over and the need to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> purchase settop boxes. These media houses found it ideal to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> refuse to run these advertisements – even though CCK was going</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> to pay for the advertisements.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Secondly, It was these media houses that asked that the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> deadline be moved to December instead of August as CCK had</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> wanted. Instead of supporting their own December date, they</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> rushed to court to make an effort to block the migration. A</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> judge has made a decision and I appreciate that they have a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> right to the appeal – but what was the need to maliciously</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> deceive Kenyans that they have been switched off? They were</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> transmitting. When DSTV and Zuku took them off their bouquets</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the game changed abit of course! What is the reason they</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> resumed their broadcast? Did CCK change any terms?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> If you watched the CS explain his frustrations with these</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> media houses, then you can understand more why we must not</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> allow them to hold us ransom.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> BTW, it needs to be noted that there are no technical issues</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> around the media houses being able to broadcast digitally.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> They are all currently technically able to broadcast.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Just like they resisted having their print newspaper on the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Internet – and were eventually forced to, they will need to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> understand that Digital Broadcasting is technology they have</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> no choice but to embrace.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Regards </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> PS: I wish they were telling CCK, we will comply with Digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> broadcast fully right now, but allow us to stay on the analog</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> for another 3 months so that we are available on both analog</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> and digital for that period. That to me would be a slightly</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> reasonable bargaining point.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +<a href="mailto:bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On Behalf Of Ali</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Hussein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 1:16 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: <a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> @Wambua</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Thanks for that information. If that is the case then the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> media houses are definitely not acting in good faith. I</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> suspect though that there may be an issue of who controls</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> what..which in my opinion is shortsighted. I stand corrected</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> in my assertions then.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> @ICT Researcher, what in your view is my stand? I'm simply</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> making my personal assertions on this issue. We can of course</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> agree to disagree. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On Dec 26, 2013, at 1:03 PM, "Wambua, Christopher"</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:Wambua@cck.go.ke">Wambua@cck.go.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ali,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> I know that the government has on a number of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> occasions offered to offload some shares in Signet to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> interested media houses.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Instead of taking up the offer, the media houses have</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> instead persisted in their clamour to be issued with</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the third signal distribution licence. </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Is this insistence in the interest of optimal use of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> frequency spectrum resources?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Thursday, 26 December 2013 12:29 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: ICT Researcher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs;</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> @ Ohaga, ICT Researcher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Lest we forget</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 1. <a href="http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/cck-caught-in-surprise-cabinet-secretary-directive-to-issue-3rd-digital-tv-signal-licence#">http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/cck-caught-in-surprise-cabinet-secretary-directive-to-issue-3rd-digital-tv-signal-licence#</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 2. <a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/KBC-set-for-split-as-State-registers-Signet-subsidiary--/-/539550/1384608/-/m5c6khz/-/index.html">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/KBC-set-for-split-as-State-registers-Signet-subsidiary--/-/539550/1384608/-/m5c6khz/-/index.html</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The issue guys isn't whether the media houses are</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> right or wrong. Digital Migration is a foregone</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> conclusion. The issues is how we make policy in this</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> country on ICT issues. And this is not a reference to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the current administration. This is a blanket</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> discussion on the last 15 years to date.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Admittedly good things have happened and that is why</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> this country has progressed to where we are. There is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> a lot to celebrate but there is also a lot to be done.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The digital migration ought from the onset (and I say</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> this with a straight face and no shame at all) to have</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> been skewed towards local media houses as a matter of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> course. In fact the first CIO article I mentioned</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> above (see the link) seemed to have alluded to the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> fact that the ministry had realized its error and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> decided to award a 3rd digital license to local media</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> houses...then poof! Something happened again and the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> decision was rescinded.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ohaga, forgive me for being underwhelmed by the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Government's awarding a digital platform license to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> KBC. No one on this list can deny the fact that KBC is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> a shadow of itself (if ever it was a whole being).</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Even its mandate of being the Government's mouthpiece</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> is not being fulfilled. So why waste such a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> strategically important asset to it? </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The second article in the business daily alludes to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the fact that the AG registered Signet as a separate</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> entity from KBC. That is as it should be. I wonder</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> where that process is at...in fact I will be daring</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> enough to say that Signet should be reconfigured and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> shares offered to the local media houses so that there</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> is ownership of the local content producers. This is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the prudent thing to do. After all why offer a share</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> of Signet to DSTV (which is owned by Naspers of South</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Africa) and not to other media houses? </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Lastly I would like to address the issue of policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> making and regulation. I'm not a lawyer but a simple</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> explanation:- </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The policy maker decides what the regulations should</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> be and passes the laws implementing the regulations.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The government regulator enforces those regulations.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> This issue has been addressed before by different</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> listers on the list. I humbly submit that the lines</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> here are very blurred in government as to who shapes</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> policy and who regulates. I think its time someone</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> took the bull by its horns and does what needs to be</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> done.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> "I fear the day technology will surpass human</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> interaction. The world will have a generation of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On Dec 26, 2013, at 11:03 AM, ICT Researcher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:ict.researcher@yahoo.com">ict.researcher@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> i.e. one fails to understand what new</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> arguement is, beyond all those dealt with on</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> judgement at:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/view/93274/">http://kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/view/93274/</a> </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Commeding <a href="http://Kenyalaw.org">Kenyalaw.org</a> people for opening up</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> court decisions to the public, without which</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> we used to argue on third parties' opinions,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> views, hearsy, innuendos etc...</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> ------------------------------</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 8:38 AM MSK ICT</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Researcher wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> -2 @Ali -1 @Ngigi -1 </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> -------------------------------</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 12:04 AM MSK S.M.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Muraya wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +1 @Ali +1 @Ngigi +1</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Regards</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Murigi / Stanley Muraya</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> *"Better a patient person than</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> a warrior, one with</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> self-control than one</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:27</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> AM, Ngigi Waithaka</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke">ngigi@at.co.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> This is the same corruption</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> issues disguised as</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 'competitive' tender...</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Look at it this way, you want</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Kenya's airwaves to be</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> digital. On one hand</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> you get a national parastatal</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> which performs below average</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> on the other</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> hand a foreign company.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> We all know KBC wouldn't</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> perform, so we will have our</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> key national</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> broadcast handled by a foreign</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> firm. If some guy in China</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> pushes a certain</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> button, we could get a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> complete news blackout. Is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> that not a serious</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> security risk that ought to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> have mitigated against during</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the bid</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> requirements stage?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Now my hypothesis, the Chinese</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> got this since the ones</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> handling the tender</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> could not get kickbacks from</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> either KBC nor from the Kenyan</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> consortium that</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> generally operates in an</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> industry where they dont have</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> to pay kickbacks.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> With the incoming new</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> government the ones handling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the tender, had to line</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> their pockets quick. Damn</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> national interests!</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> But, we are where we are and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> them TV stations have been</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> down for a number</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> of days, interestlingly enough</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> I havent noticed!</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Merry Xmas.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Waithaka Ngigi</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Alliance Technologies</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Nairobi, Kenya</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://www.A1.io">www.A1.io</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On 25 Dec 2013 07:32, "Ali</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Hussein" <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Wambua</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The issue I raise is beyond</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 'competitive bidding issues'.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Try owning digital signals in</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> China, US or Europe if you are</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> a foreign</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> company. Why is it that we</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> think that 'free markets' are</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> only 'free' when</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> African countries are</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> involved?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> History is littered with local</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> protectionism for certain</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> industries. In</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> fact China and Japan are the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> biggest examples of this. Way</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> do we see it fit</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> to just give away our Crown</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Jewels in the guise of free</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> and competitive</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> bidding?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> I understand that this may be</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> beyond CCK's pay grade and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> should actually</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> be addressed to policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> makers...</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> "I fear the day technology</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> will surpass human</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> interaction. The world will</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> have a generation of idiots".</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> ~ Albert Einstein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On Dec 24, 2013, at 6:41 PM,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Bernard Kioko</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> They can't share or come out</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> like he just did. Theirs is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> not based on</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> honesty and valid reasons. The</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> use of court is so they can</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> hide behind</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> legal technicalities.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The CS said he has been</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> available for dialog but they</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> go chest thumb and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> threatening.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> If they had any previous</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> effort towards educating</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> consumer they would</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> hold moral authority in my</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> space. Refusing to air paid</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> adverts by cck....I</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> say very irresponsible.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> sad though.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On 24 Dec 2013 18:35,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> "Walubengo J"</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> @Wambua</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> jst seen the CS</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> breathing fire on</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> K24 on this matter. It</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> looks like</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> this fight is moving</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> from the courts into</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the public space. It</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> sounds like</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> its going to be looong</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> and bloody. Ave heard</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> from the Govt side, I</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> wonder</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> what the Media house</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> side is...they are all</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> here on KICTAnet and I</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> wish</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> they would freely</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> share their view</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> -outside the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> constraints of a court</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> case.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> One good outcome of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the blackout from NTV,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> KTN and Citizen is the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> discovery of KBC and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> KT24...had forgotten</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> they exist :-)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> walu.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> ------------------------------</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 4:39 PM AST (Arabian)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Wambua, Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Bernard,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> CCK has not</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> issued a third</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> licence for</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> digital signal</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> distribution.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Wambua</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Manager -</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Communications</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Consumer and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Public Affairs</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Department</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Communications</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Commission of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Kenya</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> P.O. Box 14448</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> NAIROBI 00800</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Tel: +254 20</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 4242209</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:info@cck.go.ke">info@cck.go.ke</a><<a href="mailto:info@cck.go.ke">mailto:info@cck.go.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://www.cck.go.ke">www.cck.go.ke</a><<a href="http://www.cck.go.ke">http://www.cck.go.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: Bernard</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Kioko</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> [Bernsoft</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Group]</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> [<a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com</a>]</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Tuesday,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> December 24,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 2013 4:35 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: Wambua,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: Consumer</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> and Public</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Affairs;</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 'KICTAnet ICT</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Discussions'</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: RE:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> [kictanet] 3</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Media houses</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> protest</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Christopher,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> I am an ardent</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> supporter of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the migration</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> but I need to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> ask.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Have you</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> issued any 3rd</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> license to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> anyone?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Regards</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: kictanet</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>]<mailto:[mailto:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> kictanet-bounces</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +<a href="mailto:bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke">bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>]> On Behalf</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Of Wambua, Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Tuesday,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> December 24,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 2013 12:54 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a><<a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com">mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: Consumer</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> and Public</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Affairs;</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> KICTAnet ICT</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Discussions</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> [kictanet] 3</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Media houses</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> protest</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Importance:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> High</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> You will</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> recall that</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the 2nd</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> licence for</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> broadcasting</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> signal</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> distribution was</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> issued out</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> competitively through</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> an open tender. Some</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the local media houses</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> expressed interest in</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the tender but lost</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> out to the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> licence by the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Pan-Africa Network</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Group in an open and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> transparent</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> tendering process.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> They subsequently</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> lodged an appeal to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> the Public</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Procurement Oversight</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Authority (PPOA) which</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> was dismissed as</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> lacking any</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> merit.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The two firms</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> have set up</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> platforms in</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Nairobi and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> other major</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> towns in country to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> support the migration</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> from analogue to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> digital TV</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> broadcasting. The</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> issue of awarding the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> licences to a Chinese</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> firm and a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> subsidiary of a firm</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> on its deathbed is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> therefore a non-issue.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Best regards</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Wambua</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Manager -</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Communications</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Consumer and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Public Affairs</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Department</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Communications</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Commission of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Kenya</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> P.O. Box 14448</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> NAIROBI 00800</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Tel: +254 20</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 4242209</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:info@cck.go.ke">info@cck.go.ke</a><<a href="mailto:info@cck.go.ke">mailto:info@cck.go.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://www.cck.go.ke">www.cck.go.ke</a><<a href="http://www.cck.go.ke">http://www.cck.go.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: kictanet</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:cck.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke">cck.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On Behalf Of Kivuva</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Tuesday,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> December 24,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 2013 12:25 PM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: Wambua,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Christopher</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Cc: KICTAnet</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> ICT Policy</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Discussions</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> [kictanet] 3</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Media houses</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> protest</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Majanja's</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Migration Ruling</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> On 23 December</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 2013 19:01,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a><mailto:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Brinkmanship.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> To be fair</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> though I can't</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> help thinking</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> how skewed we</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> are as a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> country</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> that the two digital</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> signals are:-</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 1. Controlled</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> by a Chinese</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> company</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 2. Controlled</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> by a defunct</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> media company</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> that is at its</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> death bed..</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +1 Ali</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Capital flight</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> is a KILLER of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> any economy.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Where have we</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> go we wrong?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> +254 0770</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 906375 / 0713</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 601113</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> "I fear the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> day technology</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> will surpass</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> human</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> interaction.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> The world</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> 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The network aims to act as a</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span> market your wares or qualifications.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>-- </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>protecting corporate power against democracy”</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mje%40posix.co.za">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mje%40posix.co.za</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><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></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><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><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-- </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> . . ___. .__ Posix Systems - (South) Africa</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>/| /| / /__ <a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za">mje@posix.co.za</a> - Mark J Elkins, Cisco CCIE</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>/ |/ |ARK \_/ /__ LKINS Tel: +27 12 807 0590 Cell: +27 82 601 0496</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ict.researcher%40yahoo.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ict.researcher%40yahoo.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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