<div dir="ltr">"no taxation without representation"<br> that is on a lighter note though<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-12-11 12:38 GMT+03:00 Mwendwa Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 9 December 2014 at 16:51, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <<a href="mailto:nmutungu@gmail.com">nmutungu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Thanks for this discussion.<br>
> Universal access gets complicated when one company is ahead of government in providing access to remote areas. Such a company will definitely want/deserves a say in how the fund is managed.<br>
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</span>I think the USF should be managed in public interest because the funds<br>
belong to the public. The 0.5% is a levy that does not belong to<br>
anybody but the masses. Which brings the next point<br>
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> So on representation to the USF board, let private sector and civil society also have seats. It would be a good balance of interests.<br>
> Regards<br>
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</span>True Grace, now for the funds to be utilised well, and to be able to<br>
balance all interests, the private sector and civil society too should<br>
have seats on the USF board. And this is something we should be very<br>
firm on. Probably at the end of these discussion, one of the<br>
recommendations on the report will be balanced representation. I hope<br>
the CS will be able to digest it.<br>
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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br>
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</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk<br>
on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Grace L.N. Mutung'u <br>Nairobi Kenya<br>Skype: gracebomu<br>Twitter: @Bomu<br><div><br><a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu" target="_blank"></a></div></div></div>
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