<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">Listers </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">My attention has been drawn to this article in today's nation. I will not dwell on the financial side of this story at the risk of boring people on this list. My attention was rather drawn to a part of the story which has interesting implications on the National Broadband Strategy which was launched a few years ago with much fanfare during Hon. Matiangi's tenure. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">To quote the article:-</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>The question is pertinent because I just recently came across a copy of a memorandum of understanding between the Chinese company ZTE and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum which the parties have signed to finance and build a national grid fibre access on Kenya Power’s transmission and distribution network.</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2" color="#000000"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-Power-s-huge-appetite-for-debt-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/440808-3512708-format-xhtml-8c48rrz/index.html">Kenya Power's fibre ambitions </a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">I'm curious.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">1. Does this new network compliment the NOFBI?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">2. What is the business plan for this new network?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">3. Does anyone have any details on this project?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">4. Is the MOICT coordinating this with the Energy Ministry?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Regards</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><b><font size="2">Ali
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