2009/4/24 Ochieng Maxwell <maxwell@barua.co.ke>

aki wrote:

>wash, this is what makes it illegal, imho. under what circumstances is the
>money transactions taking place : is it a business or not? the money
>exhanged is for services rendered. part of that revenue is taxable.
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>if the calculation of 24000 email accounts ( courtesy of spamming
>googlegroups ) therefore if rate per day of kshs 1,000 while say 1% want to
>= 24,000 kshs X 30 = 720,0000/- per month.
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>spamming ( adverts ) is good business = 720,000/- kshs X 12 = 9,600,000/-
>kshs per annum.
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>I'm not even an accountant but the figures speak for themselves.
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>If anyone thinks this is not illegal, let me know. I'll start my own
>spamming thing and include gok addresses as part of it. :)
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This is not necessarily illegal in KRA terms infact they can make money
from it, the issue is whether spamming is legal and that shud probably
be that ICT act to decided or Cops.

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>2009/4/23 Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com>
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>> Aki,
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>>If I place an e-mail out there with my M-PEAS and ZAPPA account numbers and
>>say you can send e-mail (don't see them as Radio/TV/Press Ads) to my list at
>>a fee (payable via my M-PEAS/ZAPPA numbers), what is so illegal about it?
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>>I'd say it is perfectly legal. If there is a law that says "I must register
>>my business" before being allowed to do such, then I'd say it's not legal
>>until I do that, but in the absence thereof of any such law, then I'll be
>>home and dry anyway, no?
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>>Anyone from KRA would tell you it is illegal without arguing why.
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