My intention here is not to tarnish Alex or any person in any way, but for the need of creating an espirit de coup for holding the concerned parties when addressing consumer issues, instead of Alex being seen as a lone ranger when tackling these issues. It could be a reason why the Telcos are behaving in such a way whenever consumer rights are mentioned. A strong consumer rights body is seriously needed, right now! On 09/09/2009, Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
All these would have been achieved, if the consumers were educated on their rights before some of the products were launched. Now because that didn't take place, it's only rightful if the consumer associations did something in this regard instead of bashing the govt for not doing that or this. BTW, what does Alex and his Consumer Association do?
On 09/09/2009, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hey Bernard, it seems everyone is stuck between a wedge of pricing and expectations. I can tell you 3 months after the cameras 41% was scrapped by govt, prices still have not come to such levels. I was even more disturbed that a whole tower like CBK has been pushing banks to drop their borrowing rates which they have said no ( while banks borrow at 7.5% from CBK ). I think it is high time some serious economist joined skunks and layed it out on the table. No blame to govt nor businesses. Where is the problem? Why are prices not heading downwards and if they are, why not to expected levels? I think regulators are not the problem. Seems there is a middleground unknown as each and every sector in kenya is taking the same route. The govt has a big problem now. It keeps on promoting local growth through removal of duties,vat but these never reach the consumer in a manner intended to spur growth. If an item is 41% cheaper, then this should reflect so. By also removing the duties/vat, the govt is doing away with corruption in those import sectors. I wonder.... :-)
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-- Solomon Mburu P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill! AND It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity!