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slykat		#1 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:52:00 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 2/20/2007 Posts: 359		I have often wondered how Kenya can develop the energy distribution sector while relying on a monopoly, Kenya Powerless. In the days of Telkom only, a phone was for the elite. A mobile phone was for the tycoons and a satellite phone was unheard of. I submit if Kenya wants to be wired it must introduce compe to KP. And while at it,privatise and do likewise to water distribution and supply. Otherwise, even Airports, industries and hospitals, lol, will always bow down to Kenya Power. Not very funny using candles and torches to welcome tourists as if to suggest we live on trees. Where I am, there are numerous levels of power distribution and there is competition at every level. Switching utility companies is as easy as number portability. We did it with telecoms and outperformed even developed countries, so what are we waiting for? Even KP shareholders would agree, no?
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KenyanLyrics		#2 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:16:17 PM
Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/16/2010 Posts: 906 Location: Nairobi		Yes, what are you waiting for slykat? Introduce a competitor to the market NOW. I will cheer you on, promise.
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Tommy		#3 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:31:49 PM
Rank: Veteran Joined: 12/9/2010 Posts: 894 Location: Nairobi		competition is always nice coz it increases the level of efficiency. i fondly remember the days of reverse calls and panctual appointment since you wont reach the other person. @slykat, kindly elaborate on how its easy to switch power providers and who owns the infrastracture. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956
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slykat		#4 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:42:00 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 2/20/2007 Posts: 359		KenyanLyrics wrote: Yes, what are you waiting for slykat? Introduce a competitor to the market NOW. I will cheer you on, promise. I wish I could...this would be for highly capitalized companies or the Chinese, as u know cheeky. There is a huge unserviced mkt and the serviced one is thoroughly disaffected. But there would first be need for a new policy and regulatory framework to divide licenses geographically and/or nationally with supply in mind. Though it is not on the cards yet, consumers will eventually demand it and that is when KP will be exposed as the inefficient monopoly it is.
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dunkang		#5 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:49:13 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 6/2/2011 Posts: 4,824 Location: -1.2107, 36.8831		Strictly speeaking, there is monopoly here! Buy a generator and generate your own power in your house! Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi
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Sober		#6 Posted : Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:01:23 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/27/2007 Posts: 3,604		Becase of the high installation cost of the power sector it is very hard to get a competitor because KPLC (note the acronym) has some un due advantage. We are doing so first by separating the transmission to KENATCO and with this a competitor who comes in now fights for the distribution. We will be there sooner than you think, it has started with the rebranding. African parents don't know how to say sorry.. the closest you will get to a sorry is a 'have you eaten'
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mlennyma		#7 Posted : Thursday, July 21, 2011 7:52:12 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 7/21/2010 Posts: 6,194 Location: nairobi		Not in the near future,learn to stay with kenya power for the next 30yrs. "Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning."
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slykat		#8 Posted : Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:54:19 AM
Rank: Member Joined: 2/20/2007 Posts: 359		Tommy wrote: competition is always nice coz it increases the level of efficiency. i fondly remember the days of reverse calls and panctual appointment since you wont reach the other person. @slykat, kindly elaborate on how its easy to switch power providers and who owns the infrastracture. am away from my comp but basically the customer selects from a nr of suppliers some of whom r resellers.they have different tariffs.u switch online but in reality nothing changes. Only that ur tariff and ur new utility co is anr one. U can search 'electricity distribution' on wiki
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slykat		#9 Posted : Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:02:59 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 2/20/2007 Posts: 359		New n old infrastracture are open to lease by other suppliers..
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slykat		#10 Posted : Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:24:50 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 2/20/2007 Posts: 359		Eg. If Kenya were liberalized in the same way, I ltd cud win the tender to buy in bulk all the elec eg from mumias..lease infrastracture from kp and sell to users at tariffs lower than kp's.I cud manage the end user myself or subcontract a utility co. My customers could switch to kp or others charging less or more ...the infrastructure remains intact
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