26 CAP. 411A Kenya Information and Communications [Rev. 2011 efficiency and economy in the provision of such services and to promote research and development in relation thereto; (c) encourage private investment in the telecommunication sector; (d) promote the provision of international transit services by persons providing telecommunication services in Kenya; (e) enable persons providing telecommunication services or producing telecommunication apparatus in Kenya to compete effectively in the provision of such services or apparatus outside Kenya; Requirement of licence. 1 of 2009, s.8. 24. (1) No person shall— (a) operate a telecommunication system; or (b) provide any telecommunication services except in accordance with a valid licence granted under this Act. (2) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both. Telecommunication Licences. 25. (1) The Commission may, upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to such conditions as it may deem necessary, grant licences under this section authorising all persons, whether of a specified class or any particular person to— (a) operate telecommunication systems; or (b) provide telecommunication services, of such description as may be specified in the licence. (2) A licence granted under subsection (2) (a) may authorise— (a) the provision, by means of any telecommunication system to which the licence relates, of any telecommunication services of a description specified in the licence; and (b) the connection to any telecommunication system to which the licence relates of—