<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Rachel</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Appreciate your shedding light on this issue. Yes, I do recall the discussions on the security project. This clarifies the matter for me and trust in the government the right thing was done.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Alwala, Rachel via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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CA notes the issues raised by members on the list on the above subject. Allow us to clarify the matter. </div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Yes it is true that Safaricom has been granted a license for Frequency in the 800MHz band. The award was tied to the security tender . It should be noted that </span><u></u><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt">when
the Government of Kenya (GOK) approached Safaricom to rollout the National Survelillance, Communications and Control system, Safaricom in return negotiated with GOK for the assignment of the 4G frequencies in the 800 MHz band. This is the reason there was
no competitive bidding in the process. It is also the understanding that the network will be shared amongst different players, a fact that will mitigate the competition issues that might arise. The frequency fee payable by Safaricom for these frequencies
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Hope this shades some light into the issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 5:24<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Rachel Alwala <<a href="mailto:alwala@ca.go.ke" target="_blank">alwala@ca.go.ke</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[kictanet] Safaricom allocated license for 800mhz<br>
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<div><span>FYI. See attached Kenya Gazette Notice. </span></div>
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<div><span>This license for the 800mhz seems to have been allocated solo without a bid. It will enable them to go commercial on LTE 4G and home broadband......furthering their dominance with assistance from the state? </span></div>
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<div>Confusing signals? On one side CA is bent on 'taming' Safaricom. On the other it is issuing new licenses without a bidding process? I can't pretend to know the process of how this comes about but would appreciate a step by step explanation by anyone who
is familiar with this process. I'm sure there is a valid explanation to this..<br>
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