Despite its rosy side, digital migration might be threat to freedom in Kenya

KTN staff being addressed by their Managing Editor, Mr Joe Ageyo, immediately after the Communications Authority of Kenya made good its threat to switch off analogue television signals.  [PHOTO: file/STANDARD]

For the last one week, every kind of expert – some not so knowledgeable – have sought to weigh in on this debate that often comes down to such airy terminologies as spectrum, set-top boxes, free-to-air... the list is endless.

For some, the current impasse is simply a battle of big business fighting for turf. For others, it is about a group of ‘dinosaurs’ resisting inevitable change. Yet others have even suggested that this is just what the doctor ordered for Kenya’s fledgling ICT sector.