<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>To add on to this conversation it would be great to hear how this will compliment the Broadband Strategy. And whether KPLC is really the right entity to execute this fibre strategy seeing as how they are performing in execution of their core mandate - Power Distribution. <br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 11 Jan 2017, at 11:18 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">It looks like the taxpayer is building a parallel National Grid Fibre as is on the MoU "<b>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</b>"<div><br></div><div>It's only important the several government agencies inform the public how this new fibre is complementing NOFBI, how NOFBI has run out of capacity, shortcomings of NOFBI, etc. Are the different government agencies working together, or are they in competition?</div><div><br></div><div>The more cables we have, the more capacity we have, but the pain is, the end user will still have to pay the capital expense in deploying them. </div><div><br></div><div>Answers from ICT Authority would assure the community.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 January 2017 at 11:24, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo 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"><div dir="ltr">From a product perspective, this project appears to be motivated by a vertical integration move by Kenya Power. Backward to be able to better utilise the power grid infrastructure vide riding the fibre on the existing power grid, Forward to be able to bundle solutions (power & data) to the already existing customers. Due to the economies of scale and already existing infrastructure (distribution, subscription, customer service) this is a welcome move which if well managed will lead to reduced product costs(both power & data), higher penetration and efficiencies through reduced redundancies and customer service. For this benefits to be achieved, the process needs to be creatively implemented devoid of regulatory and political interference. <div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Tim <br><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_5428075175280563603gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:proxima-nova-1,proxima-nova-2,Tahoma,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;border-spacing:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td style="padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:0"><a href="http://timothyoriedo.coach/?promo=email_sig&utm_source=email_sig&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=external_links" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(238,238,238);text-decoration:none;display:inline-block" target="_blank"><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-spacing:0px"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td style="padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;width:10px"> </td><td align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0px 0px 3px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto;line-height:1"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:inherit;font-size:18px;font-family:proxima-nova-1,Proxima-Nova,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Coach Timothy Oriedo</div><div style="margin:1px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:proxima-nova-1,Proxima-Nova,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(43,130,173)"><img alt="http://" width="0" height="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:block;width:0px;height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="cid:">timothyoriedo.coach</div></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td style="padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-size:0px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;width:auto;height:20px"><img src="https://about.me/t/sig?u=Timoriedo" width="1" height="1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden"></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Tony White via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">AFAIK, Kenya Power already has fibre backbone, used for their own<br>
network for management and control - and extra capacity (dark fibres)<br>
are already leased to other service providers.<br>
<br>
I think this project is much more than this - ie. FTTH. I certainly<br>
hope so. Whether the end-user is charged directly by Kenya Power (who<br>
would then become an ISP!) or some third party, sijui.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
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On 11/01/2017, Barrack Otieno via kictanet<br>
<div><div class="m_5428075175280563603h5"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Ali,<br>
><br>
> I read in the news some times back that this was a new business line<br>
> of Kenya Power to take advantage of the grid to provide a fibre<br>
> backbone. It appears the extra space on the link will be sold to<br>
> TELCO's and Bandwidth Service Providers. Looking at the way the<br>
> undersea cables were deployed, my opinion is the more the merrier, it<br>
> will create competition whose end result will be affordability due to<br>
> price differentiation.<br>
><br>
> My thoughts<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
> On 1/11/17, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
>> Listers<br>
>><br>
>> My attention has been drawn to this article in today's nation. I will not<br>
>> dwell on the financial side of this story at the risk of boring people on<br>
>> this list. My attention was rather drawn to a part of the story which has<br>
>> interesting implications on the National Broadband Strategy which was<br>
>> launched a few years ago with much fanfare during Hon. Matiangi's tenure.<br>
>><br>
>> To quote the article:-<br>
>><br>
>> *The question is pertinent because I just recently came across a copy of a<br>
>> memorandum of understanding between the Chinese company ZTE and the<br>
>> Ministry of Energy and Petroleum which the parties have signed to finance<br>
>> and build a national grid fibre access on Kenya Power’s transmission and<br>
>> distribution network.*<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Kenya Power's fibre ambitions<br>
>> <<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" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/<wbr>Opinion/Kenya-Power-s-huge-app<wbr>etite-for-debt-is-a-recipe-for<wbr>-disaster/440808-3512708-forma<wbr>t-xhtml-8c48rrz/index.html</a>><br>
>><br>
>> I'm curious.<br>
>><br>
>> 1. Does this new network compliment the NOFBI?<br>
>> 2. What is the business plan for this new network?<br>
>> 3. Does anyone have any details on this project?<br>
>> 4. Is the MOICT coordinating this with the Energy Ministry?<br>
>><br>
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