<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Daktari</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">That's an interesting observation. To take it one step further we need to ask:-</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Who would have benefited from that 'coincidence'? </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><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="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></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 26 Apr 2017, at 7:43 AM, Bitange Ndemo 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"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Paul Auster an American Crime fiction writer once said, "</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence." Could it have been a coincidence that the outage came at the crucial nomination date?</span><div><br></div><div>Ndemo.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:38 AM, WANGARI KABIRU 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><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25779"><span id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25778">Blessed Wednesday!</span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25781"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25783">Firstly, one of the reasons I "enjoy" this community is that "it is detached from the rest of us Kenyans who live day by day". </span>By adopting that we receive updates via twitter, please remember that the service provider would high chance be speaking to "cliques" only and others privileged to access free or cheap, accessible, high quality internet (options). I am reminded that "if they cannot afford bread, let them buy cake".</div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><br></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784">Yes, this situation has raised two elements that are not a service providers obligation; the need for accountability to consumer education by the regulating bodies (NOT (just) by the service providers) and consumer apathy (that consumers have a responsibility too).</div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><br></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784">My next statement is aware that we may never really know the real reason for the said outage, whether for company privacy or for PR reasons.</div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784" dir="ltr"><span id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_26638">Secondly, whilst interpreting the implications of the said outage, I am confounded by the place of the INNOVATION PROCESS which runs from ideation, testing and within it testing newer and newer versions. This in turn also brings in FAILURE and at times MASSIVE FAILURES when already in the market with sizeable share or delivering crucial services to the whole population or segments of it as part of the innovation process.</span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_28111">What concerns me even more is that this may breed a paralysis to local innovation by generating fear, enhanced regulation and sanctions which deter local innovators.</span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784">In turn, over opening up to foreign players perhaps tested or well cushioned financially, infrastructure-wise by their nations which have interests in this country or region.<br></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_26733">Have a blessed day.</span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_25784"><span>Regards/Wangari</span></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_26729"><span><br></span></div><div></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_31884"> </div><div class="m_5801303977703055837signature" id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_26724">---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_26727"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)" id="m_5801303977703055837yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1493160178319_26726">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br></div> <div class="m_5801303977703055837qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="m_5801303977703055837yahoo_quoted" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 0:02, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="m_5801303977703055837y_msg_container"><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064"><div><div dir="ltr">The Competition Act read together with KICA would allow for an entity with Significant Market Power to operate without being declared dominant, even though the maths points to dominance.</div>
<div dir="ltr">The reality is in as much as there should be equality it is justified for some to be more equal than others! </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu </div>
<div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064yqt2023718225" id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064yqt33108"><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote">On Apr 25, 2017 11:08 PM, "Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:chemukoechk@gmail.com" target="_blank">chemukoechk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">@Ngigi</div>
<div dir="ltr">There are instances legally allowed when obtaining a benefit for the public which outweighs the lessening of competition that would result from a certain practice.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Which can losely be translated that as long as the public good has greater weight than a scenario of reduced competition in a market then the regulators may overlook the ill effects of dominance.</div>
<div dir="ltr">This was contemplated in the Kenya Information and Communications (Fair Competition and Equality of Treatment ) Regulations, 2010 which created exemptions from the regulations in section 14(c) for a licencee entrusted with the operation of essential communications services e.g national security insofar as the application of the regulations would obstruct the performance of the tasks assigned to the licencee.</div>
<div dir="ltr">So in as much as everyone is complaining about a dominant position there are some perks that come with hadling critical infrastructure that must be granted to the licencee handling the said infrastructure for normalcy to be maintained. </div>
<div dir="ltr">Things cannot always be fair, especially if it is in public interest as the current ecosystem stands. </div>
<div dir="ltr">All that needs to be maintained are the NRRD guidelines which I guess must have been flouted during yesterday's mishap.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Regards,</div>
<div dir="ltr">Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu<br clear="none">
Advocate-Fintech and ICT Policy</div>
<div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote">On Apr 25, 2017 9:17 PM, "Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ali,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>I refer you to @Walu's very good example of dominance. It is *NOT* about the Numbers, but *share* of the market.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Google has been dominant in search for a long time, and they have been charged variously for *abuse* of that dominance, in both search + android.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Dominance of Safaricom in the local market, unless you wear very 'green' tinted lenses is an obvious issue! So called competitors are only there for the show... (Reminds me when Microsoft used to pay competitors to keep them afloat so as to have a semblance of 'competition'.)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Now, the big issue is that Safaricom rans a very large part of our country's 'core' infrastructure and it would be *very irresponsible* of the regulators to sit back, looking at the scraps of 'competition' as a healthy industry and hope against hope that nothing evil would befall Safaricom.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Even Safaricom themselves have a policy of buying their core equipment from at least *TWO* separate vendors , regardless of how good a deal one vendor could give them in total. They don''t leave it to the market to decide!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Its called *RISK MANAGEMENT*</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>So, if they can do that for their own equipment, it is only prudent that we as a country also have proper risk management in our core services. It is *NOT* a question of splitting the firm, but ensuring, by whatever means necessary, that we have at least 3 credible options.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Rgds</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> ></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="direction:ltr">Sidney</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr">So let's take the Facebook, Google and Amazon conversation one step further.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr">1. <b>Facebook</b>. 1 billion users and counting. There are several countries looking at Facebook for certain violations. I have not heard one of them talking about splitting the company. Ditto with Google, Apple and Microsoft. The bigger you get the bigger the target you become. It's a risk entrepreneurs must take.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr">2. <b>Google</b>. Dominant in search. However search alone without social has stopped being relevant. From a domination position in search to almost being irrelevant without social in a span of less than 5 years. Android is another story. 85% global market share. However, to an extent it's 'open source' hence why Amazon's version of Android is almost unrecognizable. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="https://www.howtogeek.com/232973/amazons-fire-os-vs.-googles-android-whats-the-difference/" target="_blank">https://www.howtogeek.com/2329 73/amazons-fire-os-vs.-googles -android-whats-the-difference/</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr">So even here the choice of declaring Android Dominant isn't an open and shut case.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr">3. <b>Amazon Web Services</b>. Even though it is the 800 Pound Gorilla of Cloud Services it is far from dominant. Here's how it stakes up against the other big players.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr"> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="https://www.channele2e.com/2016/02/04/cloud-market-share-2016-aws-microsoft-ibm-google/" target="_blank">https://www.channele2e.com/20 16/02/04/cloud-market-share-20 16-aws-microsoft-ibm-google/</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="direction:ltr">My point is that the whole Tech space is so fluid and moving that using age old dominance and monopoly conversations simply don't cut it anymore..</div>
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<div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564acompli_signature">Ali Hussein<br clear="none">+254 0713 601113 <br clear="none"><span><br clear="none">Twitter: @AliHKassim<br clear="none">Skype: abu-jomo<br clear="none">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" dir="ltr" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alih kassim</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></span>"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Get <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="https://aka.ms/sdimjr" target="_blank">Outlook</a> for iOS</div>
<div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote">_____________________________<br clear="none">From: Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" dir="ltr" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> ><br clear="none">Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 8:29 PM<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage<br clear="none">To: <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" dir="ltr" href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>><br clear="none">Cc: Sidney Ochieng <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" dir="ltr" href="mailto:sidney.ochieng@gmail.com" target="_blank">sidney.ochieng@gmail.com</a>><div><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876h5"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>Ali, <div>Your argument is simplistic and not based on reality. Monopolies exist still. Think of Facebook, Amazon and Google which are practically monopolies in their core markets. Just because these monopolies are due to self re-enforcing factors does change what they are <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sidney </div></div></div><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote">On 25 Apr 2017 5:51 p.m., "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>@Ngigi </div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073AppleMailSignature">We have ourselves to blame. Or competitors for being 'weak' </div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073AppleMailSignature">I'm simply not for the idea of 'rectifying' so called 'Market Failure' with the heavy hand of regulation. </div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073AppleMailSignature">Dominance/Monopolies are a thing of the past. It maybe simplifying an issue but let's face it. Even with Mpesa being so dominant 90+% of our transactions in this country are still cash based. So where's the Dominance? :-)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b>Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.c om/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></div><font><span>Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span><br clear="none"></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><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br clear="none">On 25 Apr 2017, at 5:39 PM, Ngigi Waithaka <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke" target="_blank">ngigi@at.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote><div><div>@Ali,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>My concern is between now and when the so called 'market' takes care of this issue.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>As we have seen yesterday, We are one hack away from the entire country being taken down almost completely by the failure of a single firm.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Twendeleeni vivyo hivyo!</div></div><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote">On 25 Apr 2017 5:24 p.m., "Admin CampusCiti" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:info@campusciti.com" target="_blank">info@campusciti.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>@Ngigi</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I'm with Tom on this one. I actually don't see how the Dominance conversation has crept into this discussion :-) </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>We have a choice. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>For Mpesa </div><div>1. Airtel Money.</div><div>2. PesaLink</div><div>3. MULA - I actually now use Mula for all my bill payments. It's just super useful. Even the Safaricom App that's been launched doesn't hold a candle to Mula. </div><div>4. Orange money.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>For Connectivity </div><div>1. Orange</div><div>2. Liquid</div><div>3. Airtel (by the way there are other parts of this country like Kilifi for example that Airtel has a far better network..</div><div>4. Surf by Facebook 😜</div><div>5. Zuku</div><div>6. JTL </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>As Kenyans we simply cannot go back to having this Dominance conversation since we are in a free market and there is choice.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Vote with your wallet, like I have. Safaricom will continue to improve or it will become irrelevant. Think Microsoft, Think Compac, Think Kodak , Think Nokia.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>C'mon guys..The market will take care of this issue. And guess what? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>YOU ARE THE MARKET (Chukua control wewe mwenyewe!!) </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Don't punish Safaricom for weakness in competitors and your own 'laziness' :-) to choose a different service provider if you are unhappy with current services. </div><div><br clear="none"><div><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b>Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.c om/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></div><font><span>Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span><br clear="none"></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><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br clear="none">On 25 Apr 2017, at 10:43 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote><div><div>Ali,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Do you now see the wisdom of declaring Safaricom dominant and at least getting 2-3 other players with a sizeable market share to spread the risk?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>When Safcom goes down and it will inevitably will at times, the following happens:</div><div>1. 80% of the country citizens are without communication</div><div>2. 80% of the country's citizens are without access to money & banking services.</div><div>3. 100% of the police security & communication system is offline.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>We put all our country's eggs in that one basket... and the basket is bound to drop once in awhile....</div></div><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote">On 25 Apr 2017 9:35 a.m., "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Listers</div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073m_1848174107131945001m_-7749803211354664541AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073m_1848174107131945001m_-7749803211354664541AppleMailSignature">This issue continues to have serious ramifications. Yesterday Bob, the CEO, made a very impassioned statement on the downtime. I liked the fact that he said there's no excuse for such a thing to happen and that they are working on restoring full services. </div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073m_1848174107131945001m_-7749803211354664541AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073m_1848174107131945001m_-7749803211354664541AppleMailSignature">However, I think Bob's statement simply didn't go far enough. We are seeing a different Safaricom - one that seems attuned to the customer and more open that's why I'm disappointed that Mpesa is still down today morning and we have had nothing from Safaricom. A simple use of SMS to update us on an hourly basis is not too much to ask. </div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073m_1848174107131945001m_-7749803211354664541AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5801303977703055837yiv8645618064m_-7772517790736923937m_8417055433765240876m_-5957259605335668564m_2641043053757665073m_1848174107131945001m_-7749803211354664541AppleMailSignature">It's clear that Safaricom is now so embedded in our lives that total openness is not only a must it's a Business Continuity Conversation. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b>Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.c om/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></div><font><span>Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span><br clear="none"></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><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br clear="none">On 24 Apr 2017, at 11:18 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote><div><div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage </span><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Safaricom-may-face-sanctions-over-network-outage/539546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica .com/news/Safaricom-may-face-s anctions-over-network-outage/5 39546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.h tml</a><div><br clear="none"><div>That one network has this much power over economy is frightening and must be addressed. 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