April 2009 - KICTANet

Jobs in the US without matata
by Preston Odera 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Wanted: Computer hackers ... to help government WASHINGTON – Wanted: Computer hackers. Federal authorities aren't looking to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation's networks. General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of the Homeland Security Department seeking someone who could "think like the bad guy." Applicants, it said, must understand hackers' tools and tactics and be able to analyze Internet traffic and identify vulnerabilities in the federal systems. In the Pentagon's budget request submitted last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Pentagon will increase the number of cyberexperts it can train each year from 80 to 250 by 2011. With warnings that the U.S. is ill-prepared for a cyberattack, the White House conducted a 60-day study of how the government can better manage and use technology to protect everything from the electrical grid and stock markets to tax data, airline flight systems, and nuclear launch codes. President Barack Obama appointed a former Bush administration aide, Melissa Hathaway, to head the effort, and her report was delivered Friday, the White House said. While the country had detailed plans for floods, fires or errant planes drifting into protected airspace, there is no similar response etched out for a major computer attack. David Powner, director of technology issues for the Government Accountability Office, told Congress last month that the U.S. has no recovery plan for a digital disaster. "We're clearly not as prepared as we should be," he said. Administration officials says the U.S. has not kept pace with technological innovations needed to protect its computer networks against emerging threats from hackers, criminals or other nations looking for national security secrets. U.S. computer networks, including those at the Pentagon and other federal agencies, are under persistent attack, ranging from nuisance hacking to more nefarious assaults, possibly from other nations, such as China. Industry leaders told Congress during a recent hearing that law enforcement and other protections are too outdated to fend off threats from criminals, terrorists and unfriendly foreign nations. Just last week, a former government official revealed that spies had hacked into the U.S. electric grid and left behind computer programs that would let them disrupt service. The intrusions were discovered after electric companies gave the government permission to audit their systems, said the ex-official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity. Cyberthreats are also included as a key potential national security risk outlined in a classified report put together by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pentagon officials say they spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyberattacks and other computer network problems. Nadia Short, vice president at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, said the job posting for ethical hackers fills a critical need for the government. The analysts keep constant watch on the government networks as part of a surveillance programs called Einstein that was initiated by the Bush administration under the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team. US-CERT is a partnership of the Homeland Security Department, other public agencies and private companies. The Einstein program is an automated process for collecting and sharing security information. Short said the $60 million, four-year contract with US-CERT uses the ethical hackers to analyze threats to the government's computer systems and develop ways to reduce vulnerabilities. Faced with such cyberchallenges, Obama ordered the 60-day review to examine how federal agencies manage and protect their massive amounts of data and what the government's role should be in guarding the vast networks that control the country's vital utilities and infrastructure. Over the past two months, Hathaway met with hundreds of industry leaders, Capitol Hill staff and other experts, seeking guidance on what the federal government's role should be in protecting information networks against an attack. She sought recommendations on how officials should define and report cyberincidents and attacks; how the government should structure its cyberoversight; and how the nation can increase security without stifling innovation. A task force of technology giants, including representatives from General Dynamics, IBM, Lockheed Martin and Hewlett-Packard Co. urged the administration to establish a White House-level official to lead cyberefforts and to develop ways to share information on problems more quickly with the private sector. The administration has struggled with the basics, such as who should control the nation's cyberspace programs. There appears to be some agreement now that the White House should coordinate the overall effort, rejecting suggestions that the National Security Agency take it on — a plan that triggered protests on Capitol Hill and from civil liberties groups worried about giving such control to spy agencies. ___ On the Net: White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems: http://www.gd-ais.com/ U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team: http://www.us-cert.gov/ GAO report: http://tinyurl.com/aczgk6 Jobs in the US without matata. Our graduates should take the opportunity. Preston Odera Executive Director K-Ninety East Africa Limited Kenya School for the Blind Complex Mai Mahiu Road off Langata Road P.O Box 3894-00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel +254 20 608316 Tel +254 20 3544352 Fax + 254 20 608318 Cell +254 722 771 478 Email; info(a)k90ea.com

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ICANN gets "securitized": What would this mean for the Internet Governance and ICANN?]
by alice 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:03:48 +0200 From: Soenke Zehle Subject: Mueller, Securitization of ICANN To: incom-l ICANN gets "securitized" by Milton Mueller on Thu 02 Apr 2009 12:58 PM EDT <http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/4/2/4141451.html> <http://cdt.org/security/CYBERSEC4.pdf> This is no April Fool's joke: here is a bill that is almost a caricature of what the rest of the world fears about U.S. control of the Internet DNS root and ICANN. Legislation unveiled today by Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, would require a Presidentially appointed cybersecurity advisory panel to ensure that national security would not be compromised before approving the renewal or modification of the contract between the U.S. government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. According to a summary of the bill, it would "make sure that ICANN does not succumb to foreign pressure" to end its relationship with the U.S. government. ICANN is only one part of a comprehensive and authoritarian approach to cybersecurity. According to the Center for Democracy and Technology, "The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 would...give the President unfettered power to shut down Internet traffic in emergencies or disconnect any critical infrastructure system or network on national security grounds." Read the proposed Cybersecurity Act of 2009. -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa @skBajwa Answering all your technology questions http://www.askbajwa.com http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: governance(a)lists.cpsr.org To be removed from the list, send any message to: governance-unsubscribe(a)lists.cpsr.org For all list information and functions, see: http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

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Revealing Security Holes vrs "The Rogue Tracker" type of stories
by wesley kiriinya 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

I believe that the ICT bill makes it illegal for someone to reveal security holes in IT systems. However doesn't investigative journalism stories like the recent "The Rogue Tracker" reveal 'security holes'? So what makes that legal? If one was to discover a security hole in a system, then one can do their own investigative journalism then reveal everything about the security hole. I believe the tracking system is an IT system. And it seems a security hole was revealed. It's like saying half of the companies that claim to have installed a particular firewall might not really have the firewall installed. Revealing security holes might be a necessary evil. Just like how some people might have lived with the false security about their cars, some people might be living with false security about their personal info in IT systems. Just the other day someone posted that s/he had bought something which was wrapped by paper containing security authentication credentials from a bank. Another post showed the lack of experience of a local bank's website programmers that allowed anyone to get the password of one of the subjects in their database system. Now all the funky possible stuff is left to the hacker's imagination who might be sitting in the middle of Migingo, sorry, Mijinjo. o_O?

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Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT on polls
by Evans J. Nyagah 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Staying with this issue, kenya has the next big opportunity to anticipate inclusion of ICT in electoral process, this will be realized when the electoral body yet to be formed revises the electorate registers- which should include contacts such as mobile and emails. Further a mechanism to have those in the diaspora oncluded will epitomize our development in ICT. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2009, at 12:08 PM, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (bitange(a)jambo.co.ke) > 2. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Gakuru Alex) > 3. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Solomon Mburu) > 4. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Gakuru Alex) > 5. Court jails Pirate Bay founders...Worlds most high profile > file sharing website (alice) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:09:17 +0300 (EAT) > From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: "Wainaina Mungai" <wainaina(a)madeinkenya.org> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Message-ID: > <ed68a29c670ed4c654ab14de0670e33e.squirrel(a)mail.jambo.co.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Wainaina, > Indeed we have made progress in this end. The Lands, Judiciary, Motor > Vhicle, and Pension Dept registries are being prepared for > digitization. > It takes time to go through the procurement process and fighting > resistance from staff. It is not all that easy as I once thought. We > shall not give up though. Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the > digitization to stimulate enterprise. > > Regards > > Ndemo. > > >> A few years back at the Safaricom offices, President Kibaki tasked >> former Info & Comm Minister with implementing such "Digitization" in >> government. What ever happened to that? >> >> **Is PS Ndemo still tasked with implementing digitization? >> >> Regards, >> Wainaina >> >> >> On 4/16/09, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Well our census is up in a few months. Let's see if technology >>> will be >>> used >>> to verify the truth of the collected data. >>> >>> I believe in a system where everything works like it's supposed >>> to, data >>> from deaths, births, immigration (and whatever affects population >>> size) >>> can >>> be used to update the population statistics, and a census only >>> conducted >>> in >>> areas where there seems to be an abnormal population size change >>> (small-scale census). Technology can go a long way into making >>> this a >>> reality. I believe the cost of maintaining the technology and doing >>> small-scale census would be cheaper than doing an entire census >>> every >>> decade. >>> >>> O_O >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- On Thu, 4/16/09, John Walubengo <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: John Walubengo <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> >>> Subject: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls >>> To: kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com >>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" >>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11:04 AM >>> >>> >>> >>> Not sure if our next "Kivuitu" wants to hear things like below ;-) >>> >>> walu. >>> ~~~~~~ >>> By CHARLES OMOND IPosted Thursday, April 16 2009 at 10:41 >>> >>> In Summary >>> >>> As the rest of the continent dithers, use of information >>> communication >>> technology in South Africa's political processes has enabled >>> thousands >>> of >>> its citizens overseas to vote, a whole week ahead of their home- >>> based >>> compatriots. >>> >>> JOHANNESBURG, Thursday >>> As the rest of Africa dithers, South Africa has moved fast to >>> embrace >>> information communication technology as part of its political >>> processes. >>> And >>> as a result of the revolutionary move, thousands of eligible >>> voters have >>> already cast their ballots away from home and a whole week ahead of >>> their >>> home-based compatriots. >>> >>> Rest of the story... >>> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/560768/-/13ph0aiz/-/index.html >>> >>> walu. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> This message was sent to: kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.c… >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> --- >> http://www.bungesms.com >> >> http://www.madeinkenya.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke >> >> ---------------------------------------------- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> --------------------------------------------- >> "easy access to the world" >> >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > --------------------------------------------- > "easy access to the world" > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:37:59 +0300 > From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Message-ID: > <1981f3fd0904170837r681702c3w684930526a644a02(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: > >> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once thought. ? >> We >> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the >> digitization to stimulate enterprise. >> > > The Media: > > Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in > government. How does FOI threaten their interests? Why is the > Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What > corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs > declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today? > > regards, > > Alex > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:03:40 -0230 > From: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Message-ID: > <98099ee50904170933j7df14631l7c7ae19e2e185480(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dakitari, I believe no matter how much pressure and resistance is > coming from some civil servants, they will have to give in, only when > proper mechanisms and laws are put in place. > > On 17/04/2009, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: >> >>> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once >>> thought. ?We >>> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all >>> the >>> digitization to stimulate enterprise. >>> >> >> The Media: >> >> Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in >> government. How does FOI threaten their interests? Why is the >> Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What >> corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs >> declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today? >> >> regards, >> >> Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: solo.mburu(a)gmail.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/solo.mburu%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all > the same way to the side of a hill! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:37:36 +0300 > From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: mwangi(a)wamae.com > Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Message-ID: > <1981f3fd0904170937m7816ee45m68e54d9a4a252f32(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Wasalaale! Please stop suspecting here's hard truth. Nowadays the > 'real' money is in procurement. > <http://www.ppoa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=47>. You > recall the time all 3,000 were sacked some years back.. > > Since the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 came into effect. > They changed tact and they put every hurdle in availing information > that would enable open tendering. Most of the costly ads are for PR.. > An example? One of them recently called me asking me to inform a group > of SMEs I was lobbying they get government business, to go collect > tender documents from their procurement department at 6 pm. The > deadline for submission was 9 am the following morning. You get what I > am saying? You don't suppose that person sat on that information 'by > accident' all the while? > > FOI would mean that anyone can go back and demand, for example, all > communication, call logs etc that Civil Servant had prior to the > tender award? Should pattern be established than impling that the law > was broken, then that somebody would find themselves on the other side > of the law. Just one example. > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM, <mwangi(a)wamae.com> wrote: >> Alex: >> >> I suspect that civil servants are not anti the FOI per se, but >> afraid that digitization will lead to job cuts and, to be somewhat >> cynical, reduce their ability to exact "rents" from their jobs. >> >> -Mwangi, Jhb >> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> >> >> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:37:59 >> To: <mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com> >> Cc: <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, ?<bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: >> >>> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once >>> thought. ?We >>> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all >>> the >>> digitization to stimulate enterprise. >>> >> >> The Media: >> >> Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in >> government. How does FOI ?threaten their interests? Why is the >> Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What >> corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs >> declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today? >> >> regards, >> >> Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangi.wamae%40gmail.c… >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:34:34 +0300 > From: alice <alice(a)apc.org> > Subject: [kictanet] Court jails Pirate Bay founders...Worlds most high > profile file sharing website > To: Kenya ICT Action Network - KICTANet > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Message-ID: <49E9120A.7070005(a)apc.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Coming to Kenya soon > > ---------------- > Court jails Pirate Bay founders > > Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde, speaking on his website: 'We cannot and > wouldn't pay' > > A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the > world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case. > > Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde > were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a > year > in jail. > > They were also ordered to pay $4.5m (?3m) in damages. > > Record companies welcomed the verdict but the men are to appeal and > Sunde said they would refuse to pay the fine. > > Speaking at an online press conference, he described the verdict as > "bizarre". > > "It's serious to actually be found guilty and get jail time. It's > really > serious. And that's a bit weird," Sunde said. > > "It's so bizarre that we were convicted at all and it's even more > bizarre that we were [convicted] as a team. The court said we were > organised. I can't get Gottfrid out of bed in the morning. If you're > going to convict us, convict us of disorganised crime. > > "We can't pay and we wouldn't pay. Even if I had the money I would > rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the > ashes." > > > It is almost certain that The Pirate Bay will keep on sailing, long > after today's court judgement > > > The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, > including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia > Pictures. > > However, the total awarded fell short of the $17.5m in damages and > interest the firms were seeking. > > Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International > Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the > verdict sent out a clear message. > > "These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line > their own pockets. There was nothing meritorious about their > behaviour, > it was reprehensible. > > "The Pirate Bay did immense harm and the damages awarded doesn't even > get close to compensation, but we never claimed it did. > > "There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music > industry should just have to accept it. This verdict will change > that," > he said. > > The Pirate Bay's first server is now a museum exhibit in Stockholm > > The four men denied the charges throughout the trial, saying that > because they did not actually host any files, they were not doing > anything wrong. > > Speaking on Swedish Radio, assistant judge Klarius explained how the > court reached its findings. > > "The court first tried whether there was any question of breach of > copyright by the file-sharing application and that has been proved, > that > the offence was committed. > > "The court then moved on to look at those who acted as a team to > operate > the Pirate Bay file-sharing service, and the court found that they > knew > that material which was protected by copyright but continued to > operate > the service," he said. > > A lawyer for Carl Lundstrom, Per Samuelson, told journalists he was > shocked by the guilty verdict and the severity of the sentence. > > "That's outrageous, in my point of view. Of course we will appeal," he > was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. "This is the first word, > not the last. The last word will be ours." > > Political issue > > Rickard Falkvinge, leader of The Pirate Party - which is trying to > reform laws around copyright and patents in the digital age - told the > BBC that the verdict was "a gross injustice". > > "This wasn't a criminal trial, it was a political trial. It is just > gross beyond description that you can jail four people for providing > infrastructure. > > Mark Mulligan from Forrester Research says what was different about > Pirate Bay > > "There is a lot of anger in Sweden right now. File-sharing is an > institution here and while I can't encourage people to break copyright > law, I'm not following it and I don't agree with it. > > "Today's events make file-sharing a hot political issue and we're > going > to take this to the European Parliament." > > The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website > and > was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for > the last five years it has been run by individuals. > > Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day. > > No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; > instead > the site hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its > users' computers. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > End of kictanet Digest, Vol 23, Issue 25 > **************************************** ##################################################################################### Scanned by MailMarshal - Marshal's comprehensive email content security solution. 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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 23, Issue 25
by Evans J. Nyagah 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2009, at 12:08 PM, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (bitange(a)jambo.co.ke) > 2. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Gakuru Alex) > 3. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Solomon Mburu) > 4. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Gakuru Alex) > 5. Court jails Pirate Bay founders...Worlds most high profile > file sharing website (alice) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:09:17 +0300 (EAT) > From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: "Wainaina Mungai" <wainaina(a)madeinkenya.org> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Message-ID: > <ed68a29c670ed4c654ab14de0670e33e.squirrel(a)mail.jambo.co.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Wainaina, > Indeed we have made progress in this end. The Lands, Judiciary, Motor > Vhicle, and Pension Dept registries are being prepared for > digitization. > It takes time to go through the procurement process and fighting > resistance from staff. It is not all that easy as I once thought. We > shall not give up though. Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the > digitization to stimulate enterprise. > > Regards > > Ndemo. > > >> A few years back at the Safaricom offices, President Kibaki tasked >> former Info & Comm Minister with implementing such "Digitization" in >> government. What ever happened to that? >> >> **Is PS Ndemo still tasked with implementing digitization? >> >> Regards, >> Wainaina >> >> >> On 4/16/09, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Well our census is up in a few months. Let's see if technology >>> will be >>> used >>> to verify the truth of the collected data. >>> >>> I believe in a system where everything works like it's supposed >>> to, data >>> from deaths, births, immigration (and whatever affects population >>> size) >>> can >>> be used to update the population statistics, and a census only >>> conducted >>> in >>> areas where there seems to be an abnormal population size change >>> (small-scale census). Technology can go a long way into making >>> this a >>> reality. I believe the cost of maintaining the technology and doing >>> small-scale census would be cheaper than doing an entire census >>> every >>> decade. >>> >>> O_O >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- On Thu, 4/16/09, John Walubengo <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: John Walubengo <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> >>> Subject: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls >>> To: kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com >>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" >>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11:04 AM >>> >>> >>> >>> Not sure if our next "Kivuitu" wants to hear things like below ;-) >>> >>> walu. >>> ~~~~~~ >>> By CHARLES OMOND IPosted Thursday, April 16 2009 at 10:41 >>> >>> In Summary >>> >>> As the rest of the continent dithers, use of information >>> communication >>> technology in South Africa's political processes has enabled >>> thousands >>> of >>> its citizens overseas to vote, a whole week ahead of their home- >>> based >>> compatriots. >>> >>> JOHANNESBURG, Thursday >>> As the rest of Africa dithers, South Africa has moved fast to >>> embrace >>> information communication technology as part of its political >>> processes. >>> And >>> as a result of the revolutionary move, thousands of eligible >>> voters have >>> already cast their ballots away from home and a whole week ahead of >>> their >>> home-based compatriots. >>> >>> Rest of the story... >>> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/560768/-/13ph0aiz/-/index.html >>> >>> walu. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> This message was sent to: kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.c… >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> --- >> http://www.bungesms.com >> >> http://www.madeinkenya.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke >> >> ---------------------------------------------- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> --------------------------------------------- >> "easy access to the world" >> >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > --------------------------------------------- > "easy access to the world" > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:37:59 +0300 > From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Message-ID: > <1981f3fd0904170837r681702c3w684930526a644a02(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: > >> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once thought. ? >> We >> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the >> digitization to stimulate enterprise. >> > > The Media: > > Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in > government. How does FOI threaten their interests? Why is the > Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What > corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs > declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today? > > regards, > > Alex > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:03:40 -0230 > From: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Message-ID: > <98099ee50904170933j7df14631l7c7ae19e2e185480(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dakitari, I believe no matter how much pressure and resistance is > coming from some civil servants, they will have to give in, only when > proper mechanisms and laws are put in place. > > On 17/04/2009, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: >> >>> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once >>> thought. ?We >>> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all >>> the >>> digitization to stimulate enterprise. >>> >> >> The Media: >> >> Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in >> government. How does FOI threaten their interests? Why is the >> Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What >> corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs >> declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today? >> >> regards, >> >> Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: solo.mburu(a)gmail.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/solo.mburu%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all > the same way to the side of a hill! > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:37:36 +0300 > From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > To: mwangi(a)wamae.com > Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Message-ID: > <1981f3fd0904170937m7816ee45m68e54d9a4a252f32(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Wasalaale! Please stop suspecting here's hard truth. Nowadays the > 'real' money is in procurement. > <http://www.ppoa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=47>. You > recall the time all 3,000 were sacked some years back.. > > Since the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 came into effect. > They changed tact and they put every hurdle in availing information > that would enable open tendering. Most of the costly ads are for PR.. > An example? One of them recently called me asking me to inform a group > of SMEs I was lobbying they get government business, to go collect > tender documents from their procurement department at 6 pm. The > deadline for submission was 9 am the following morning. You get what I > am saying? You don't suppose that person sat on that information 'by > accident' all the while? > > FOI would mean that anyone can go back and demand, for example, all > communication, call logs etc that Civil Servant had prior to the > tender award? Should pattern be established than impling that the law > was broken, then that somebody would find themselves on the other side > of the law. Just one example. > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM, <mwangi(a)wamae.com> wrote: >> Alex: >> >> I suspect that civil servants are not anti the FOI per se, but >> afraid that digitization will lead to job cuts and, to be somewhat >> cynical, reduce their ability to exact "rents" from their jobs. >> >> -Mwangi, Jhb >> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> >> >> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:37:59 >> To: <mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com> >> Cc: <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, ?<bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: >> >>> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once >>> thought. ?We >>> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all >>> the >>> digitization to stimulate enterprise. >>> >> >> The Media: >> >> Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in >> government. How does FOI ?threaten their interests? Why is the >> Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What >> corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs >> declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today? >> >> regards, >> >> Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangi.wamae%40gmail.c… >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:34:34 +0300 > From: alice <alice(a)apc.org> > Subject: [kictanet] Court jails Pirate Bay founders...Worlds most high > profile file sharing website > To: Kenya ICT Action Network - KICTANet > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Message-ID: <49E9120A.7070005(a)apc.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Coming to Kenya soon > > ---------------- > Court jails Pirate Bay founders > > Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde, speaking on his website: 'We cannot and > wouldn't pay' > > A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the > world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case. > > Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde > were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a > year > in jail. > > They were also ordered to pay $4.5m (?3m) in damages. > > Record companies welcomed the verdict but the men are to appeal and > Sunde said they would refuse to pay the fine. > > Speaking at an online press conference, he described the verdict as > "bizarre". > > "It's serious to actually be found guilty and get jail time. It's > really > serious. And that's a bit weird," Sunde said. > > "It's so bizarre that we were convicted at all and it's even more > bizarre that we were [convicted] as a team. The court said we were > organised. I can't get Gottfrid out of bed in the morning. If you're > going to convict us, convict us of disorganised crime. > > "We can't pay and we wouldn't pay. Even if I had the money I would > rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the > ashes." > > > It is almost certain that The Pirate Bay will keep on sailing, long > after today's court judgement > > > The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, > including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia > Pictures. > > However, the total awarded fell short of the $17.5m in damages and > interest the firms were seeking. > > Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International > Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the > verdict sent out a clear message. > > "These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line > their own pockets. There was nothing meritorious about their > behaviour, > it was reprehensible. > > "The Pirate Bay did immense harm and the damages awarded doesn't even > get close to compensation, but we never claimed it did. > > "There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music > industry should just have to accept it. This verdict will change > that," > he said. > > The Pirate Bay's first server is now a museum exhibit in Stockholm > > The four men denied the charges throughout the trial, saying that > because they did not actually host any files, they were not doing > anything wrong. > > Speaking on Swedish Radio, assistant judge Klarius explained how the > court reached its findings. > > "The court first tried whether there was any question of breach of > copyright by the file-sharing application and that has been proved, > that > the offence was committed. > > "The court then moved on to look at those who acted as a team to > operate > the Pirate Bay file-sharing service, and the court found that they > knew > that material which was protected by copyright but continued to > operate > the service," he said. > > A lawyer for Carl Lundstrom, Per Samuelson, told journalists he was > shocked by the guilty verdict and the severity of the sentence. > > "That's outrageous, in my point of view. Of course we will appeal," he > was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. "This is the first word, > not the last. The last word will be ours." > > Political issue > > Rickard Falkvinge, leader of The Pirate Party - which is trying to > reform laws around copyright and patents in the digital age - told the > BBC that the verdict was "a gross injustice". > > "This wasn't a criminal trial, it was a political trial. It is just > gross beyond description that you can jail four people for providing > infrastructure. > > Mark Mulligan from Forrester Research says what was different about > Pirate Bay > > "There is a lot of anger in Sweden right now. File-sharing is an > institution here and while I can't encourage people to break copyright > law, I'm not following it and I don't agree with it. > > "Today's events make file-sharing a hot political issue and we're > going > to take this to the European Parliament." > > The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website > and > was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for > the last five years it has been run by individuals. > > Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day. > > No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; > instead > the site hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its > users' computers. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > End of kictanet Digest, Vol 23, Issue 25 > **************************************** ##################################################################################### Scanned by MailMarshal - Marshal's comprehensive email content security solution. 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Court jails Pirate Bay founders...Worlds most high profile file sharing website
by alice 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Coming to Kenya soon ---------------- Court jails Pirate Bay founders Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde, speaking on his website: 'We cannot and wouldn't pay' A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case. Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a year in jail. They were also ordered to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages. Record companies welcomed the verdict but the men are to appeal and Sunde said they would refuse to pay the fine. Speaking at an online press conference, he described the verdict as "bizarre". "It's serious to actually be found guilty and get jail time. It's really serious. And that's a bit weird," Sunde said. "It's so bizarre that we were convicted at all and it's even more bizarre that we were [convicted] as a team. The court said we were organised. I can't get Gottfrid out of bed in the morning. If you're going to convict us, convict us of disorganised crime. "We can't pay and we wouldn't pay. Even if I had the money I would rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the ashes." It is almost certain that The Pirate Bay will keep on sailing, long after today's court judgement The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia Pictures. However, the total awarded fell short of the $17.5m in damages and interest the firms were seeking. Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the verdict sent out a clear message. "These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line their own pockets. There was nothing meritorious about their behaviour, it was reprehensible. "The Pirate Bay did immense harm and the damages awarded doesn't even get close to compensation, but we never claimed it did. "There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music industry should just have to accept it. This verdict will change that," he said. The Pirate Bay's first server is now a museum exhibit in Stockholm The four men denied the charges throughout the trial, saying that because they did not actually host any files, they were not doing anything wrong. Speaking on Swedish Radio, assistant judge Klarius explained how the court reached its findings. "The court first tried whether there was any question of breach of copyright by the file-sharing application and that has been proved, that the offence was committed. "The court then moved on to look at those who acted as a team to operate the Pirate Bay file-sharing service, and the court found that they knew that material which was protected by copyright but continued to operate the service," he said. A lawyer for Carl Lundstrom, Per Samuelson, told journalists he was shocked by the guilty verdict and the severity of the sentence. "That's outrageous, in my point of view. Of course we will appeal," he was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. "This is the first word, not the last. The last word will be ours." Political issue Rickard Falkvinge, leader of The Pirate Party - which is trying to reform laws around copyright and patents in the digital age - told the BBC that the verdict was "a gross injustice". "This wasn't a criminal trial, it was a political trial. It is just gross beyond description that you can jail four people for providing infrastructure. Mark Mulligan from Forrester Research says what was different about Pirate Bay "There is a lot of anger in Sweden right now. File-sharing is an institution here and while I can't encourage people to break copyright law, I'm not following it and I don't agree with it. "Today's events make file-sharing a hot political issue and we're going to take this to the European Parliament." The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website and was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals. Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day. No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; instead the site hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers.

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Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
by Gakuru Alex 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

Wasalaale! Please stop suspecting here's hard truth. Nowadays the 'real' money is in procurement. <http://www.ppoa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=47>. You recall the time all 3,000 were sacked some years back.. Since the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 came into effect. They changed tact and they put every hurdle in availing information that would enable open tendering. Most of the costly ads are for PR.. An example? One of them recently called me asking me to inform a group of SMEs I was lobbying they get government business, to go collect tender documents from their procurement department at 6 pm. The deadline for submission was 9 am the following morning. You get what I am saying? You don't suppose that person sat on that information 'by accident' all the while? FOI would mean that anyone can go back and demand, for example, all communication, call logs etc that Civil Servant had prior to the tender award? Should pattern be established than impling that the law was broken, then that somebody would find themselves on the other side of the law. Just one example. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM, <mwangi(a)wamae.com> wrote: > Alex: > > I suspect that civil servants are not anti the FOI per se, but afraid that digitization will lead to job cuts and, to be somewhat cynical, reduce their ability to exact "rents" from their jobs. > > -Mwangi, Jhb > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:37:59 > To: <mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com> > Cc: <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: > >> resistance from staff. It is not all that easy as I once thought. We >> shall not give up though. Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the >> digitization to stimulate enterprise. >> > > The Media: > > Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in > government. How does FOI threaten their interests? Why is the > Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What > corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs > declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today? > > regards, > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: mwangi.wamae(a)gmail.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwangi.wamae%40gmail.c… >

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Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
by wesley kiriinya 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

Well our census is up in a few months. Let's see if technology will be used to verify the truth of the collected data. I believe in a system where everything works like it's supposed to, data from deaths, births, immigration (and whatever affects population size) can be used to update the population statistics, and a census only conducted in areas where there seems to be an abnormal population size change (small-scale census). Technology can go a long way into making this a reality. I believe the cost of maintaining the technology and doing small-scale census would be cheaper than doing an entire census every decade. O_O --- On Thu, 4/16/09, John Walubengo <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: John Walubengo <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls To: kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11:04 AM Not sure if our next "Kivuitu" wants to hear things like below ;-) walu. ~~~~~~ By CHARLES OMOND IPosted Thursday, April 16 2009 at 10:41 In Summary As the rest of the continent dithers, use of information communication technology in South Africa's political processes has enabled thousands of its citizens overseas to vote, a whole week ahead of their home-based compatriots. JOHANNESBURG, Thursday As the rest of Africa dithers, South Africa has moved fast to embrace information communication technology as part of its political processes. And as a result of the revolutionary move, thousands of eligible voters have already cast their ballots away from home and a whole week ahead of their home-based compatriots. Rest of the story... http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/560768/-/13ph0aiz/-/index.html walu. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kiriinya2000%40yahoo.c…

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Kenya IGF Review Forum
by Solomon Mburu 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Dear All, These are photos which I took during the Kenya Internet Governance Review Forum held at the Jacaranda Hotel on 15th April 2009. Thank you KENIC for the invitation. Regards, Solomon Mburu DSC06874.JPG DSC06875.JPG DSC06876.JPG DSC06877.JPG DSC06878.JPG DSC06879.JPG DSC06880.JPG DSC06881.JPG DSC06882.JPG DSC06884.JPG DSC06885.JPG

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Blended Learning course on e-Content Development
by Gakiria 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Dear All, I would like to respond to the comments posted on this list on e-Content development by forwarding information on a blended learning course that we have been offering since 2007. there are still a few slots rermaining for those who might be interested. Regards Andrew ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Dear Partners in eLearning: On behalf of InWEnt, Germany, Kenya eLearning Centre (KeLC), The Namibian Open Learning Network Trust (NOLNet eLC), and the University of Western Cape invites all interested partners in COMESA member countries to nominate participants for the eLearning in Practice blended learning course (e-LiP 3), to be launched in April 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the first ina series of blended learning courses planned for this year. The eLiP Course is an on demand course targeting participants seeking specialization in a particular area of e-Learning, either as an: • e-Learning Manager, • Instructional Designer, • e-Learning Course Producer or • e-Learning Facilitator and tutor. The eLiP course comprises of 4 online modules as below: • Management in Practice (MiP), • Instructional Design in Practice (IDiP), • Content Development in Practice (CDiP) and • Tutoring in Practice (TiP), Using the blended learning approach, each module runs for 3 weeks online, with two face-to-face workshops. Workshop 1, which is the start-up to the course, is two (2) days in duration and workshop 2, after completion of the online phase, is five (5) days in duration. After an eLiP Course there will be further online support for graduating participants in the afore-mentioned areas of specialization and as eLiP Alumni. Note that there are very limited places, and a strict adherence to the nomination criteria will be observed. Course Fee: There is a course fee of 600.00 Euro for participation in an eLiP Course. The mode for payment is as specified in the application form. All course fees must be paid before the workshop commences. All related costs will be covered by the sponsors, such as venue, accommodation, meals and local transfers. Daily allowances will NOT be paid and participants will be expected to cover their own private expenses This eLiP Course will be launched in a face to face workshop on 23-24 April 2009, in Nairobi, Kenya. Deadline for applications is 18th April 2009. Please read more on the course requirements for participation and a more detailed description in the attached document called eLiP Information. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the call for participation, please do not hesitate to drop me line. Andrew Gakiria gakiria(a)kelc.org -- Gakiria Andrew Coordinator Kenya eLearning Centre Nairobi, KENYA

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