I agree the whole deal is fishy, I think the money could have been spent in other areas of security;
lakini if you look at the city of leicester one will notice a big infrastructure difference with the city of Nairobi, plus it does not matter where you source the technology one government or the other will have access to the same, its a matter of the east or the west having access.

@nakujua, Which money is this? The 15Bn? Are you saying the gov't should be spending money they don't have? You see, the gov't is NOT paying any hard penny.

@Ceinz, You are talking of camera prices. I find that intellectually worrying. How come you've not thought of the independent infrastructure connecting all the cameras, walkie-talkies and the command center?

All in all, its hard to do anything in this country. ANYTHING. Even sticking on the right lane on the highway is hard. All strategic military/security ware manufacturers have a GOVERNMENT backing. How else would those security firms be investing in stuff that the public won't consume? Building military tanks for Rhino charge? Dudes,what's wrong with your keyboards?

If Lockheed develops a military jet, first they do so with the backing of US gov't. No gov't support, no development.
Does it mean as a country, if we need a military jet, we'll have to develop our own.

To all those against the project, care to share concrete alternative? If you ask that, we will loose our minds and ask for your name which will betray you, absolutely.

I think a lot that drags this country down is the loud stupidity being flaunted as "UJANJA". Step into any low-life pub and those morons will be sounding more expert the the inventors of the said systems.

Considering the gov't won't pay hard cash for it, i thinks its a better deal. Better have Safaricom, a Kenyan company by any measure, than a foreign one. If things head south, the foreigner will always jump ship. Safaricom is here to stay into the foreseeable future.

Not forgetting that in August 2010, Safaricom selected Hauwei a its vendor of choice for the supply of its core network requirements and roll out of the 4G Network.

Huawei, like all other leading Chinese telecommunication companies, is linked directly to the Chinese military. In essence the 'Safaricom' contract means we are outsourcing our surveillance and intelligence to the Chinese government.

This part doesn't make sense to me at all......so the Chinese will use a company largely owned by the British to infiltrate our security systems?