On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Michuki Mwangi<Michuki@swiftkenya.com> wrote:
Rhetorical question what does it take for us to have cheap/affordable power, water, food, cars, etc?
a "disturbingly" active,vocal and untiring Civil Society - ever after/if the Freedom of Information law one day gets enacted. Otherwise civil rights are taken away bit by bit by whoever the powers-that-be of the day.
Think of this in an environment where theres ni Govt to start with - and if you think having one is a solution then am not on the same page with you.
Is government a necessary evil? http://www.debate.org/debates/Government-is-a-necessary-evil-to-protect-the-... ( on the assumption that the government is functional)
On 14 Aug 2009, at 14:11, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Trust me, replacing Ndemo (Govt), Michael J($afcom) or Kai (KDN) just to name a few of the leading stakeholders will NOT bring down prices.
I don't trust you and count me as diagonally opposed to the notion and interpretation that few self-private interest individuals qualify as "leading stakeholders" - unless according to you they mean more than 38+ million LEADING STAKEHOLDERS in Kenya. Who was it that once dubbed them "industry leaders" ?