<div dir="ltr">Waiting. Perhaps that will address what antitrust laws have failed to address.. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 11:10 AM Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill 2019, which is sponsored by Gem MP Elisha Odhiambo, is seeking to compel mobile phone companies to form separate arms to manage any other business they engage in outside telecommunications services.</span><div dir="auto"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"times new roman";font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1rem;color:rgb(77,77,77)">They will also be required to "legally split or separate the telecommunciations business from such other business.</p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><p style="font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1rem;margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><span style="font-size:14px">Besides separating the revenue streams, telcos will also be required to compensate consumers for dropped calls at the rate of Sh10 for every call dropped for up to three dropped calls a day.</span><br></p><p style="margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><font color="#4d4d4d" face="pt serif, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/MPesa-Airtel-Money-set-for-split/539546-5165930-bbwvsfz/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/MPesa-Airtel-Money-set-for-split/539546-5165930-bbwvsfz/index.html</a></span></font><br></p><p style="font-family:"pt serif","times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1rem;margin:1.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></p></div></div></div>
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