<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">This is hardly surprising after Kenya Power recently raised alarm over the rising switch to solar energy according to this report. <a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/kenya-power-raises-alarm-over-clients-solar-switch--3204410">https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/kenya-power-raises-alarm-over-clients-solar-switch--3204410</a> <div>While the growth of the sector is good given the advantages of solar energy and even the fact that Kenya is right on the Equator so we get a good amount of solar exposure, some regulation is necessary to ensure safety standards. However it is appalling that the proposed measures are stifling and seem geared toward keeping the monopoly of KPLC. It's a shame and really uncalled for, if not absolutely absurd given the inefficiency of KPLC. The government should be encouraging growth in the energy sector rather than stifling it. </div><div><br></div><div>Beryl Aidi</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 10:58 PM Keith Andere 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">Listers,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I do agree with you Barrack that the time is ripe. During Kenya IGF as well as the recently concluded African IGF, Unreliable/Expensive/unconnected Electricity at last mile came out as a consistent enabler for powering digital inclusion and by extension digital transformation.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This therefore, is an opportunity to move forward with speed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards </div><div dir="auto">Keith.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 20:22, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">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">Flipping the coin and looking at the role Solar can play in powering Community Networks, looks like an opportunity is ripe for engaging EPRA, Senate and Parliament. This is a key infrastructure issue that can affect the cost of deploying critical infrastructure <span class="gmail_chip gmail_plusreply" dir="auto"><a href="mailto:kivuva@kictanet.or.ke" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">@Mwendwa Kivuva</a></span><span> </span><div dir="auto"><span><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span>Regards</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 29 Nov 2020, 11:43 am John R. Gicharu via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The chances are that if nobody rigorously campaigns/ lobbies against these regulations, parliament will pass them as gazzetted by EPRA.</div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Regards,
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On Sunday, November 29, 2020, 08:20:45 AM GMT+3, John Kariuki via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:
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<div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="gmail-m_-7308808514955220456m_-6493451933002490104m_8085789681539830537ydp5404452dyiv6108862447" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">There is no technical or legal Justification for discriminating one electrical technician from another. The regulations should therefore not be substantially different from the existing ones. I am not aware of any university which trains technicians per se. That requirement is therefore superfluous. Fortunately, regulations these days require approval of Parliament and these ones should be considered "dead on arrival". <div id="gmail-m_-7308808514955220456m_-6493451933002490104m_8085789681539830537ydp5404452dyiv6108862447yMail_cursorElementTracker_1606627111094" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></div><div id="gmail-m_-7308808514955220456m_-6493451933002490104m_8085789681539830537ydp5404452dyiv6108862447yMail_cursorElementTracker_1606627111657" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">John Kariuki <br clear="none"><div id="gmail-m_-7308808514955220456m_-6493451933002490104m_8085789681539830537ydp5404452dyiv6108862447yMail_cursorElementTracker_1606626857884" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"><div id="gmail-m_-7308808514955220456m_-6493451933002490104m_8085789681539830537ydp5404452dyiv6108862447ymail_android_signature" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a shape="rect" id="gmail-m_-7308808514955220456m_-6493451933002490104m_8085789681539830537ydp5404452dyiv6108862447ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br clear="none"> <blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,0,246)"> <div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 0:14, Alice Munyua via kictanet</div><div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding:10px 0px 0px 20px;margin:10px 0px 0px;border-left:1px solid rgb(109,0,246);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">kictanet mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br clear="none">Twitter: <a shape="rect" href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br clear="none">Facebook: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" 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/kariuki_jn%40yahoo.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kariuki_jn%40yahoo.com</a><div id="gmail-m_-7308808514955220456m_-6493451933002490104m_8085789681539830537ydp5404452dyiv6108862447yqtfd81765" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><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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