February 2011 - KICTANet

Internet to the Home
by Edith Adera 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Listers, Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world? Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the "bamba" type connections) Edith

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Re: [kictanet] Day 2: The Establishment of Independent Commuincations Commission of Kenya
by charles nduati 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

hi listers, I have just read this short draft bill and it appears to me all its doing is change the terms of commissioners appointment and its like there are now going to be full time and not clear to me how independent they will be from what they are now. at the same time, it looks like the new Director general will be appointmented only by commissioners and doesn't say if it will be competitive and his/her security of tenure finaly the draft bill refers to a minister and I suppose it should now refer to a cabinet secretary as per new constitution those are my 3 cents charles nduati On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:23 EET Catherine Adeya wrote: > >Listers, >We are on Day 2 of our discussions. Thank you for your thoughts on Day 1. It is >evident that there are mixed reactions on the Object of the Bill. We will ensure >those responsible keep this in mind and find a suitable middle ground, if any. >Some feel that the Object is unnecessary and misleading. Others believe it is >okay but what will be critical is the implementation. > >So today flows from the issues on day one as Part II of the Bill begins with: > SECTION 3: THE 'ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OF >KENYA' (Commission or ICCK hereafter, my addition): > > >Key issues from this section are: > 4) The Commission is independent, subject only to the Constitution and the >law, and must be impartial and must perform its functions without fear, favour >or prejudice. > > Question: Does this communicate to you? > 5) The Commission must function without any political or commercial >interference > > Question: Again does this communicate effectively? Should the issue of politics >be separated from the commercial one?Or can we do away with 5 as the issue >should be well covered in 4? > > >I hope for a more vibrant discussion today as this bill is very critical. > >Enjoy, >Nyaki > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go >with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail

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KIXP issues
by robert yawe 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Hi, We are experiencing major issues with traffic needing to pass through KIXP who do I complain to? Being a locally based content provider with an off-shore email address problems at KIXP greatly affect our business. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Fwd: Re: Day 1: Debate on the Independent Communications Commission of Kenya Bill 2010
by Wamuyu Gatheru 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

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Is the Egypt Crisis an Opening for Kenya’s Nascent Outsourcing Industry?
by Andrea Bohnstedt 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hey all, Someone raised this question recently and I thought I'd ask Bobby Varanasi, the outsourcing expert, and his thoughts are here: http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201102113838/Kenya/Is-the-Egypt-Crisis-an-Ope… Have a great week! Andrea -- Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> Publisher +254 720 960 322 www.ratio-magazine.com Find/post East Africa careers<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/careers/index.php> Find/post conferences, workshops, trainings, other business events<http://www.ratio-magazine.com/businessevents/index.php>

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Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home
by Gerhard May 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

That is a company somehow affiliated to KDN who installed the fibre in Runda and runs now the fibre network. Annoying is to pay KShs 29.000 to get the fibre into yr house and then the service doesnt work regards, Gerhard May On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com>wrote: > Hi Gerhard, > > That really cracked me up...Who is Teledesic again? I think the only lesson > we listers can learn from your experience is to work with slightly better > known names, not always a good way to evaluate service but hey I may be > wrong.. > > All the best with your search, try Access, Safaricom( I knowwww) or Zuku. > > Rgds, > > Emmanuel > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Gerhard May <gerhard.may(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> i have fibre to my home in Runda fr Icon Teledesic. The service >> availability is less then 20% in the last 8 weeks and speed got very slow. >> Predominantly less than 100kb/s. Need to look for an alternative solution. >> >> Gerhard May >> >> >> On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:01, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking >> them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox. >> >> Regards >> >> Robert Yawe >> KAY System Technologies Ltd >> Phoenix House, 6th Floor >> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >> Kenya >> >> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> >> *To:* <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk>robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk >> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> *Sent:* Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05 >> *Subject:* [kictanet] Internet to the Home >> >> Listers, >> >> >> >> Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had >> arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to >> arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have >> not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband >> to the homes. Am I living in my own world? >> >> >> >> Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes >> (not the “bamba” type connections) >> >> >> >> Edith >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: <gerhard.may(a)gmail.com>gerhard.may(a)gmail.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> <http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/gerhard.may%40gmail.com> >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/gerhard.may%40gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> This message was sent to: oloo.khisa(a)gmail.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/oloo.khisa%40gmail.com >> >> > > > -- > *Oloo Khisa > P.O. Box 24324-00100 > Nairobi > 0721321086/0734321086 > http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa* > > -- Gerhard May

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Kenya Marketing Summit 14th-18th March 2011, Bellagio Italy.
by Paul Kukubo 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Listers The Kenya ICT Board, the lead agency of the Government in promoting the country as an ICT hub, in partnership with Accenture and with support from Rockefeller Foundation, has planned a summit at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy, between 14th and 18th March 2011. www.doitinkenya.com The confirmed attendees include representatives from Gartner, Mckinsey Consulting, Avasant Group, Everest Group, The World Bank. By bringing together some major IT and BPO outsourcing decision makers from Europe Asia and the US, together with Venture Capitalists the Kenya ICT Board hopes to entrench already growing interest in Kenya as an ICT Investment destination within Africa. More details later. Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Media Policy
by Ephraim Muchemi 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

Hi all, Would anyone be having access to the Media Policy that was used to develop the proposed Media Bill 2010? Kindly forward it. Kind Regards, Ephraim Muchemi

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Fwd: [i-network] Setting up of a Tier 3 Data Center for the Judiciary of Rwanda
by Barrack Otieno 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emmanuel Mugarura <cmugarura(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:34 PM Subject: [i-network] Setting up of a Tier 3 Data Center for the Judiciary of Rwanda To: I-Network Uganda <i-network(a)dgroups.org> The Supreme Court of Rwanda has published a RFP for the Setting up of a Tier 3 Data Center (including the Supply, Installation, Configuration, Testing and Commissioning of Physical and IT Infrastructure), specifically, *** * **1. Carrying out a complete detailed assessment of the data center location 2. Submission of a detailed system specifications report 3. Providing a detailed design of the proposed new data center 4. Setting up a data center with respect to Tier III level standards 5. Migration of all current equipment from current server room to the new setup 6. Supply, installation, configuration, testing and commission of new specified equipment 7. Provide the necessary documentation for the new setup 8. Provide the necessary training for the new setup The tender was advertised in the New Times Newspaper of 11th February and will be in the Imvaho Newspaper of Monday 14th 2011. Competent firms are encouraged to procure the Tender document and bid Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug Follow I-Network on Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing ------------------------------ Visit web site <http://d2.dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/> Click here <leave.i-network(a)dgroups.org> to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. -- Barrack O. Otieno Afriregister Ltd (Kenya) www.afrire <http://www.afriregister.com>gister.bi, www.afriregister.com<http://www.afriergister.com> <http://www.afriregister.com>ICANN accredited registrar +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno

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Computer Donation
by godera＠skyweb.co.ke 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Dear Listers, There has been a great initiative by a young man called Daniel Ogola to give young girls who have dropped out of secondary school due to childbirth a chance to go back to school. Last year, Daniel managed to get like-minded people to build and equip a classroom to start one class of 40 inform one students ALL comprising of young girls who had given birth in primary school and had dropped out of school. The school has been approved by the Ministry of Education and is called Lifunga Secondary School. The girls have now moved on to form two after Daniel managed to develop another classroom for them to move forward. Now, a new in-take of another 40 such girls will be joining form one this month while the rest of the 40 have proceeded to Form 2. The young girls have gotten back their confidence and are really working hard to turn around their lives. You can only imagine how much this has impacted the 80 girls! Listers, I am asking anyone out there who has a computer and a printer to donate to this school so they can be typing out their termly examination papers in-house so as to save some money from working from a bureau. I am sure there is at least one person out there who can donate a computer and a printer for this worthwhile cause. If so, do confirm so online or contact me directly via my email and we can discuss further. Thanks. Gilda ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/

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