I guess its coz of the monopoly, if we do not conform to their demands, we get to bring candles closer to us On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Gituma Nturibi <gnturibi@gmail.com> wrote:
As I watched the re-branding of KPLC to Kenya power I asked myself a question which I've asked before
Why do we pay them to get connections and transformers closer to us? i.e the Umeme pamoja scheme. Where do customers pay for a service to be brought to them? I mean their business is selling power. Do safaricom and the other networks ask us to pa to set up base stations, I dunno the exact cost but I'm sure it's much more than the cost of a transformer and 2km of power lines! Isn't a business supposed to spend money on infrastructure? The mobile networks spend billions every year in expansion. Kenya Airways spends billions to acquire new aircraft to fill with passengers etc.
I think this is just an antiquated business model back from the parastatal days. Hey even their sister company Kengen does not ask us to pay for new generators...
Just thinking...
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