In a letter on Friday,
Safaricom asked the regulator to assess the risks of allowing satellite
internet providers to operate without an agreement with local companies
“Satellite service providers
should therefore not be granted a license directly/independently but rather
only permitted to operate under the license rights of the local licensee,"
Safaricom stated in a letter to CA CEO, David Mugonyi.
But in a statement on
Saturday, Kang'ata rooted for Starlink adding that Safaricom's internet speeds
are low and frequently drop.
"Government should
ignore Safaricom. Muranga automated its healthcare. Safaricom's internet speed
drops frequently. The speed is so low. At times, 4.7Mbps. New Starlink internet
speeds hit 100 Mbps. This saves lives. And it's not affected by weather,"
Kang'ata stated.
Thousands of Kenyans have
expressed admiration for Starlink's internet speeds and the cost as compared to
Safaricom.
On Saturday, Central
Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary general Francis Atwoli declared
his support for the Starlink internet connection.
"Kenyan workers will
benefit immensely from the great innovation, Starlink, that has been engineered
by Space X. If anything, the purpose of introduction of any technology is to
make life easier, and that’s why we supported Mpesa, which is now a global
product," Atwoli stated.
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