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<div style="font-size:10pt;"><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Dear Mr Wambua,</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Thanks for the kind update. Our view is that the decision as to the application especially on the proposed sale to competitors, beyond the mandatory constitutional provision of public participation, need to be subject to no objection of the Competition Authority of Kenya and Consumer Protection Act 2012. Yu-Mobile (non)compliance to service level agreements and implications thereof will need to be exhaustively deliberated too. CAK is certainly no final authority on the proposed transaction and cannot therefore avoid stakeholder input.</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Kind regards,</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Japheth Ogutu</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Program Officer</p><a href="http://www.cofek.co.ke"><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">www.cofek.co.ke</p></a><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">------ Original message------</p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>From: </b>Wambua, Christopher<Wambua@cck.go.ke></p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Date: </b>Mon, 03/03/2014 9:54 PM</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>To: </b>The Consumers Federation of Kenya \(Cofek\);</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Cc: </b>KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions;</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to regulator</p><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
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The regulator has just received the application. We are in the process of reviewing the application with a view to deciding the way forward. It is therefore too early to subject the application to public consultation. </div>
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<div><b>To: </b>Wambua, Christopher</div>
<div><b>Reply To: </b>ICT Researcher</div>
<div><b>Cc: </b>KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</div>
<div><b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] Yu acquisition proposal to regulator</div>
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Airtel, Safaricom seek to buy Essar’s Yu in Kenya - Safaricom will get Yu’s infrastructure, while Airtel is expected to acquire Yu’s subscriber base<span> <http://www.livemint.com/Industry/BZZuR21BJsoJf6jksBhnVN/Airtel-Safaricom-seek-to-buy-Kenyan-rival-Essars-Yu.html></span></div>
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