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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks for sharing. On what basis does the Chairman of KENIC claim that "KENIC is the <u>best suited entity</u> to continue operating and managing ...."? Who was this consultant and how was he or she sourced? Was he or she paid and if yes by whom? When KENIC says it is the "best" who are the lesser ones that were being compared to it? KENIC is a monopoly under Cap 504, Competition Act and must be declared as such. It is also single-sourced in an opaque manner. KENIC should opened to a regulated competition. CAK and Government must get out of KENIC fast and swift in the consumer interest. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Japheth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Japheth Ogutu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u>Program Officer<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Meky Place, Block F-45<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ngong Road/Ring Rd Kilimani Junction<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>P.O Box 28053-00200, City Square, NAIROBI, Kenya <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Tel. 254-20-2615496, 2300859 Fax. 254-20-3861719; Cell phones: 0715555550, 0770700007<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>E-mail: hotline@cofek.co.ke<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Website: www.cofek.co.ke<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Facebook: "Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek)" <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Twitter: @ConsumersKenya YouTube: "ConsumersKenya"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>13th December 2012 - President Kibaki assents to the Consumer Protection Act, 2012 Read it here: <a href="http://www.cofek.co.ke/Consumers%20Protection%20Act%202012.pdf">http://www.cofek.co.ke/Consumers%20Protection%20Act%202012.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+hotline=cofek.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J<br>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:23 PM<br>To: The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek)<br>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>Subject: [kictanet] KENIC Board Statement on dot.KE</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Find attached. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ofcourse I am just being a messenger here, not necessarily the owner of the message since I do not have the privilege to sit on the KENIC board :-)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>walu.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>