Even Before The Dust Has Settled On StarTime In Kenya, Ugandans Are Up In Arms About Them! Find Out Why Here!

We have just received word that StarTimes are in trouble in our sister nation Uganda where they are being sued by citizens for the sale of what Ugandans feel to be obsolete equipment (decoders). And all this comes after StarTimes got into trouble with the Communication Commission of Kenya for charging its subscribers forfree-to-air channels in Kenya.

According to our sources, StarTimes have contracted a Chinese national by the name Kevin Chen to supply decoders and as such his company is alleged to have been selling soon to be obsolete decoders to unsuspecting Ugandans who have run to get them because they are cheaper.
The decoders are said to allegedly be obsolete because they (decoders) are set to be switched off before the end of this month to pave for the internationally acceptable Digital TV Broadcasting and because of this, Ugandans have moved to court and StarTimes is scheduled to face Ugandan courts.

Two Ugandan citizens Mulwani Taminwa and Muzamiru Kasamba were on 18th June cleared by the Commercial section of the High Court to file a case on behalf of more than 130,000 complainants whom, the Chinese duped into paying for the outlandish appliances.

They will be joined by the Uganda Consumers Protection Awareness Association (UCPAA) to push for a refund from the Chinese. The victims will also seek a swap for the compliant decoders from the accused.
Ugandan lawyer Richard Omongole filed the public interest lawsuit, with a preliminary application by Mulwani, Kasamba and UCPAA, to bring a representative suit on behalf of the victims of the con racket.
The Court’s deputy registrar Thaddeus Opesen allowed the application, which is to be served to Star Times management through an advertisement in the media.

The decoders in question go by the name DVB-T Set Top Box, which the plaintiff claim are products of outdated technology as declared by the 2006 International Telecommunications Union Conference that sat in Geneva.