The renationalisation of Telkom Kenya, while shrouded in mystery and opaqueness, speaks to the need to repurpose the entity. Essentially, where is the move's upside. It appears the upside can be extracted using three options. First is to make Telkom the key supplier of digital infrastructure to public institutions.
This means handing Telkom the exclusive National Optic Fibre Network Backhaul Initiative (NOFBI) mandate. There are very few reasons why public hospitals, police stations and public learning institutions should not be on fibre internet in 2023 and beyond. This often reflects a lack of ambition in the national digital agenda.
