<p dir="ltr">There are times I think that our National Interest is Corruption.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That could be the one thing that we all agree on! And we go to great lengths to protect under the guise of such things as free markets & liberization.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Waithaka Ngigi</p>
<p dir="ltr">Alliance Technologies<br>
Nairobi, Kenya</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.A1.io">www.A1.io</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 30 Dec 2013 08:59, "Matunda Nyanchama" <<a href="mailto:mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com">mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Friends</div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">Happy Holidays.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">This is an interesting debate, but one which I feel should be beyond digital migration and to that of how we deal with national resources.</div>
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In Canada, for instance, there are industries (banking & finance, telecoms, energy, etc.) that have been designated to be of strategic national interest; and which need to have majority control exercised by Canadians. The regulators also impose conditions on any sales, mergers, acquisitions, etc. of the same, especially where foreign interests come in to assure adherence to the national interest.</div>
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And
 that isn't about a controlled economy! It is a balancing of factors that would maximize gain for what is naturally the nation's for the benefit of its citizens.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">I think the challenge for us Kenyans is that "national interest" appears non-existent in our vocabulary; and worsened by the mindset/practice/tradition of �"you eat where you work", damn the consequences for the nation and its future.</div>
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But we also love brinkmanship rather than consensus. Perhaps if we acted more within a framework of "collective good" based on "national interest", we would favour consensus more.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><blockquote style="border:none;padding:0px"><div><span style="font-style:italic">What would happen if a local consortium had won, but later on decided to</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic">sell to the Chinese?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-style:italic"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic">The controlled economy we are advocating here usually works to the</span></div><div><span style="font-style:italic">detriment of the citizen, like our sugar industry does.</span></div>
</blockquote><div>Happy Holidays!</div><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><font><span style="font-family:times,serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family:times,serif">
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