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    "content": "(a) Telkom Kenya has, in the past and traditionally, used the light gauge power poles. However, in the last few years, technology in the telecommunications sector has been evolving quite rapidly. This has resulted in continuous change in the way the company delivers services as more efficient and cost-effective means are sought. This implies that the same service can be delivered on a different or via a continuously changing medium. This is the current case with fixed line services delivery from Telkom Kenya. Some of the services which used to be delivered via overhead copper cables have been done away with, and the same service is being delivered through underground optic fibre cables network. (b) As hon. Members may be aware, vandalism has been a big challenge affecting the network. The company continues to experience serious cases of vandalism of copper cables. That includes the overhead copper cables that are more easily seen. Replacement has not only been a big cost challenge to Telkom Kenya, but the empty poles are left in places looking haggard after the cables have been stolen. Telkom Kenya has been engaged in protecting the network and cleaning those cases through replacing the copper network with the underground optical fiber network. Where there are serious challenges in terms of continued vandalism and high cost implications, the company has opted to offer a wireless fixed service. (c) Yes, Telkom Kenya intends to undertake a nationwide exercise of replacing poles especially in areas where vandalism has taken a toll on the company. I also with to confirm and assure Members that the company has invested heavily in the fixed line service using underground optical fiber cables, since the fixed line service offers a faster broadband service. Recently, the company completed the rehabilitation of the fixed lines to give Kenyans a faster speed on internet of up to eight megabytes per second in Westlands, Parklands and Muthaiga, among other areas."
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