3. CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW This Determination is guided by the results of the Review of the 2006 Network Cost Study conducted by the Communications Commission of Kenya through M/S Analysys Mason, a UK based independent consultancy firm, between the months of March 2010 and July 2010. The Determination is in accordance with Sections 23 (2) (a), (b) & (c) and 25 (3) (b) of the Act and the Kenya Information and Communications (Interconnection and Provision of Fixed Links, Access and Facilities) Regulations, 2010 respectively. Section 23 (2) of the Act obliges the Commission to protect the interests of all users of telecommunication services in Kenya with respect to the prices charged for and the quality and variety of such services provided; maintain and promote effective competition between persons engaged in commercial activities connected with telecommunication services in Kenya in order to ensure efficiency and economy in the provision of such services; promote research and development in relation thereto; encourage private investment in the telecommunication sector; promote the provision of international transit services by persons providing telecommunication services in Kenya; and enable persons providing telecommunication services or producing telecommunication apparatus in Kenya to compete effectively in the provision of such services or apparatus outside Kenya. Regulation 12 of the Kenya Information and Communications (Interconnection and Provision of Fixed Links, Access and Facilities) Regulations, 2010 provides the basis for interconnection charging structure and the principles to be followed. Page 3 of 13