<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149"><span>@Barrack,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162309">Unlike columnist Jaindi, i dont have the benefit of the leaked dominance report. So unable to confidently take a position on the report.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162397">However, I partly agree with Ali that the market has changed since the KPTC days (of the 1990s). Safaricom, just like Airtel and others may have been telecommunication companies then, but today they are more of ICT companies than they are traditional telcos (read voice providers). </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163378">The regulatory instruments and parameters for managing telcos in the 90s/early 2000s are therefore inadequate in dealing with todays dynamic ICT/Internet environment. There is need to have new regulatory instruments that can adequately interrogate todays ICT markets.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149" dir="ltr">So once I get the dominance report, I would be keen to understand whether the Consultants recommendations are informed by a telco-focused regulatory instruments or are based on the new ICT realities. So in answering @Barrack, it is difficult to tell whether splitting Safcom is good or not, unless we understand what were the methodologies used to arrive at such decisions.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149" dir="ltr">So I hope Racheal/CA will give us the detailed official report sooner, rather than later.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149" dir="ltr">walu.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162149"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162398"><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162316" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162315"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162314"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162354"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162353"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162658"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_164667"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_164666">Cc:</span></b> Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_164669"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_164668">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:18 AM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_164671"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_164670">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Consumer protection a means of cutting Safaricom’s dominance<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162313"><br><div id="yiv5447847949"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_162312"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163660">Barrack</div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature">Im one of those old enough to remember. :-)</div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature">However my take is this:-</div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature">The markets have evolved so much and the dynamics of innovation, the market place and the consumer changed so much that the the Heavy Hand of Regulation must now be tampered by the light touch of nurturing and encouraging innovation and the market players to act and behave in a responsible manner. Failure to which the Market will deal with them in a most ruthless manner. The market won't break you up. It will decimate you and leave you for the dead. Just ask Telkom Kenya, Posta, Nokia and other once 'Dominant' global players.</div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="yiv5447847949AppleMailSignature">I think we are focusing on the wrong things. By all means, keep a leash on the lean, mean fighting machine that is Safaricom. But also nurture home grown players -The PesaPals, the Cellulant, the WayaWayas, the Anganis, the Zuku's and Jamiis to ensure that we build such a deep bench of players that this Dominance conversation will be placed where it belongs - in the dustbins of history.<br><br><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style=""><b>Principal</b></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163658"><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163664">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163662"><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font><br></font></div><div><span style="">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163654"><span style=""><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 22 Feb 2017, at 5:27 AM, Barrack Otieno <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163642"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163641"><span>Hi colleagues,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I need an explanation like a two year old on this whole dominance</span><br><span>debate. Maybe Walu can help me here. Safaricom was a subsidiary of</span><br><span>Telkom Kenya focused on the mobile phone (GSM) Segment. Looking back</span><br><span>into the past and as a result of Liberization, the then giant Kenya</span><br><span>Posts and Telecommunications Corporation was split into , Telkom</span><br><span>Kenya, Communications Authority of Kenya (CCK then as the regulator</span><br><span>and Posta to handle the post office. We need to step back and</span><br><span>interrogate the real reasons as to why Progress of Telkom Kenya and</span><br><span>Posta has backfired in a maximum of ten bullet points. On the other</span><br><span>hand, we also need to figure out how Safaricom (a subsidiary of Telkom</span><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487657117144_163649">Kenya which is now a public company bolted out of the stable and</span><br><span>became a success). My simple questions:</span><br><span></span><br><span>1. Will a split of Safaricom yield the desired effect?</span><br><span>2. Is it in the interest of Safaricom (the company or organization</span><br><span>that is a legally recognized person by the laws of the land to split</span><br><span>so as to suit the competition.</span><br><span>3. Can someone share case studies of where this has worked before?</span><br><span></span><br><span>Walu or anyone as old as Kenya Posts and Telecommunication Corporation</span><br><span>please help.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Following...</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 2/22/17, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>@Mwendwa and all</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>it looks like that's what the consultant is suggesting.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Here are two other excerpts from the report that I find interesting:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The most draconian of the prescriptions is the proposal to functionally</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>separate M-Pesa from Safaricom. This is tantamount to proposing a break-up</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of Safaricom because in terms of growth revenues, M-Pesa is on track to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>reach 50 per cent of the company’s net revenues. The consultants have also</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>proposed what they call “mandatory wallet-to wallet interoperability”, a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>system where a consumer can keep cloud accounts across the platforms of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>different mobile companies, making it possible to move and shift money</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>between accounts as one chooses.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I have said before and I'm happy to repeat this again. Separating M-Pesa</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>from Safaricom should not be forced on Safaricom. In my humble opinion</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Safaricom should by now have done this voluntarily as a strategic imperative</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to transform itself into the De-Facto National (Regional) Mobile Payment</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>System. I think the lost opportunity here can be seen by the KBA launching a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>rival Mobile Platform called PesaLink.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The mandatory 'Wallet to Wallet' interoperability is an interesting angle</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and needs to seriously be considered. This sort of compliments my point</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>above.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>They have also recommended a system that they call “agent to agent</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>interoperability”, where agents will be able to support multiple mobile</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>money platforms using what is described in technical language as “a single</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>float”.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This is certainly interesting. In as much as this supports the notion of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>'User or Customer Experience' I think the Regulator and the Telcos should</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>work towards ensuring this becomes a reality. In essence this could be a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>solution to the allegations that Safaricom discourages its agent network</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>from dealing with rival Telcos.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Lastly, I would largely concur with Jaindi Ksero's conclusion (sort of) that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the Consultant has displayed a lack of knowledge in the functioning of our</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>national payments system. I would however like to add one for the road:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Are our Regulators (CA, CAK and CBK) prepared to empower, grow and regulate</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>with a light touch the seemingly fluid Telco, Banking, Payments and Fintech</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Spaces while ensuring that:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a) They embrace innovation and new thinking while protecting National</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Interests and consumers at the same time?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>b) They work together without resorting to Turf Wars as evidenced in the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>tiff between the CA and the CAK in 2015.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Competition--telecoms-watchdogs-to-seek-truce-over-Safaricom-/539550-2707286-lqu5sez/index.html">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Competition--telecoms-watchdogs-to-seek-truce-over-Safaricom-/539550-2707286-lqu5sez/index.html</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>c) They consider creating a Joint Task Force to monitor, encourage and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>empower players in the spaces mentioned to become Regional and Global</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Players? I have often wondered aloud about the CBK's core mandate of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>protecting Depositors' funds and wondered (again aloud) whether this mandate</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>is outdated and that it should be expanded to that of becoming an empowering</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>public entity that encourages research, innovation and entrepreneurship in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the burgeoning convergence of Banking, Telcos, Payments and Fintech Spaces.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>d) Regulatory tools need to be rebooted and upgraded to reflect the times.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The current scenarios are such that one doesn't even know anymore which</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>industry one operates in.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This is a plea for the Regulation Mandates to drastically change and embrace</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the now and the future.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Can the Future Czars step up?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Principal</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hussein & Associates</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+254 0713 601113</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>habit." ~ Aristotle</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 21 Feb 2017, at 11:12 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>So technically, we want to break up Safaricom so that these companies</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>can gain some traction "Airtel, has made cumulative debt to date of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sh51 billion, according to latest audited accounts for the financial</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>year 2015. Indeed, in the league of loss makers, only Kenya Airways,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>with their Sh54 billion lost in the most recent years, compares to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Airtel. As a matter of fact, the numbers in the company’s annual</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>accounts show that Airtel is insolvent and only surviving on life</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>support from the parent company in India. Safaricom’s only other</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>rival, Orange Telkom, has gone through exceedingly difficult trading</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>and financial conditions over the past decade. This a firm that is</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>technically insolvent. It has gone through several episodes of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>restructuring that have not materially changed its circumstances."</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>______________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 21 February 2017 at 23:48, Grace Githaiga via kictanet</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jaindi Kisero gives us a glimpse of the competition study in the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>telecommunication sub-sector undertaken by Ms Analysys Mason on behalf</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>CA. See full article:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>"I recently came across a report by the consulting group Analysys Mason</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>entitled "A telecommunication competition market study in Kenya".</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Readers</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>will recall that these consultants were retained by the market regulator</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>–</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>the Communications Authority of Kenya – to conduct a study whose results</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>were to inform the crafting of a new framework for regulating abuse of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>market dominance by the big players.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>As expected, one of the key findings of this study is that Safaricom’s</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>market share in both the mobile communications and mobile money segments</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>far</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>exceed the thresholds where firms are typically presumed to be</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>dominant."</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/consumer-protection-a-means-of-cutting-safaricom-dominance/440808-3822560-jsmlpbz/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/consumer-protection-a-means-of-cutting-safaricom-dominance/440808-3822560-jsmlpbz/index.html</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Best regards</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Githaiga, Grace</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Co-Convenor</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter:@ggithaiga</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tel: 254722701495</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Skype: gracegithaiga</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Alternate email: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Linkedin: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/kictanet">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Facebook: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kivuva%40transworldafrica.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kivuva%40transworldafrica.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>for</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>development.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>bandwidth,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>do</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/kictanet">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Facebook: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>development.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Barrack O. Otieno</span><br><span>+254721325277</span><br><span>+254733206359</span><br><span>Skype: barrack.otieno</span><br><span>PGP ID: 0x2611D86A</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div><br><div class="yqt3589883475" id="yqtfd10374">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">kictanet mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br clear="none">Twitter: <a shape="rect" href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br clear="none">Facebook: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unsubscribe or change your options at <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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