Why are Ndemo's suggestions watered down before they are even given a chance to fail, or succeed. Isn't it strange that people are claiming that the rural areas have better needs than broadband from fibre and 3G connections.
The same claim could have been made for Kenya's four, going to five cables. The people in Nairobi have better needs like food, medicine and water rather than high speed Internet.
Furthermore, empowering people in the rural areas will see many of them go out of their perceived poverty, many being well informed.
The price of LTE devices is out of reach for many Kenyans. The price of mobile phones was out of reach for many Kenyans at some point.
So what other reason do we have for not allowing LTE? Mind you, if current mobile telcos are so keen on LTE, they can use their current 3G or 2G spectrum to roll out LTE. In the US, 3G has largely disappeared as operators used it for LTE roll out.