<div dir="auto">Tom, <div dir="auto">We allowed Kenya Power to have that position simply by their monopoly status and refusing to check mediocrity. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">With Safaricom we're lucky in that we do have a choice but that choice is made more difficult by structural issues that declaring them dominant might be able to address. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's easy to say vote with your wallet when you're in Nairobi but if the network that works in your village is Safaricom and the nearest mpesa is 10 mins away but you don't even know where Airtel money can be found this is a problem. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Safaricom's dominance is self re-enforcing and I think we need to deal with it now. <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. <br><br>Sidney </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 Apr 2017 1:43 p.m., "TOM SITATI" <<a href="mailto:tsitati@gmail.com">tsitati@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Nobody is more "dominant" than Kenya Power and yet the firm goes scot free on a daily basis while making monster profits. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Safaricom is not our only choice, so it is up to us consumers to "vote" with our wallets.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Tom Sitati | Architect + Brand Strategist</div></div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 24, 2017 11:19 PM, "Sidney Ochieng via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_7475061806888894478quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage </span><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Safaricom-may-face-sanctions-over-network-outage/539546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica<wbr>.com/news/Safaricom-may-face-s<wbr>anctions-over-network-outage/5<wbr>39546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.h<wbr>tml</a><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">That one network has this much power over economy is frightening and must be addressed. Today has proven that it's not enough that Safaricom says they won't misuse their dominance, it's enough that if they fail the country slows to a crawl. </div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. <br><font color="#888888"><br>Sidney </font></div></div></div></div>
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