The Computer Society of Kenya

BUSINESS DAILY BY EDWIN MUTAI

Monday March 01, 2021

A split has emerged in Government over plans to end Telkom Kenya’s management of State-owned Sh16 billion fibre optic network that the telco operates without licence.

The ICT Ministry and a State agency, the ICT Authority (ICTA) — are locked in a dispute over how to end Telkom Kenya management of National Optic Fibre Backbone (Nofbi) -- which provides telecommunications connectivity in all the 47 counties.

Jerome Ochieng, the ICT Principal Secretary told Parliament that the Ministry is not aware of plans to take control of the State-owned fibre network from Telkom Kenya which has collected Sh1.7 billion from users over the years.

But ICTA is working on transferring Nofbi under its watch amid the parliamentary probe over the operations of the state owned fibre network.

Mr Ochieng told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that a deal between Telkom Kenya and ICTA on Nofbi will amount to insubordination on the part of the authority.....READ MORE