August 2011 - KICTANet

1st International Conference on Emerging and Future ICTs (ICEFICT 2011) - Reminder
by Kamotho Njenga 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hope you are absolutely fine. The above cited Conference will be taking place on August 11-12, 2011 (Thursday & Friday Next Week) at KICC Nairobi. Details are available at www.ictak.or.ke See you there. Kamotho Njenga Secretary, ICEFICT 2011

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Update on National Optical Fiber Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI)
by Fiona Asonga 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hallo Listers, Other the last couple of days there has been growing interest in the status of the government build National Optical Fiber Backbone Infrastructure. Since last week PS Dr. Ndemo and his team at the MOIC have been engaging operators in discussions to find the best way to maximize value on the government built NOFBI infrastructure. In summary the outcome of the meetings has been that; 1. NOFBI is accessible to all interested licensed operators who shall provide the last mile solutions to their customers. 2. A management committee comprising of various operators and government has been put in place to finalize on suitable pricing and ensure as many people as possible have access to the backbone infrastructure and ensure that it is eventually self-sustainable. 3. The management committee shall share quarterly reports on the progress It is the hope of all those involved that the use of this shared platform will be a contributing factor to the reduced costs of internet access. Kind regards, Fiona Asonga Chief Executive Officer Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point Board Member Africa Internet Services Providers Association NRO Number Council http://www.nro.net/about/number-council.html ASO Address Council http://aso.icann.org/ac/ 14th Floor, Bruce House Standard Street Tel: +254 20 2245 036 Cell: +254 721 713 504 Website: www.tespok.or.ke Industry voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction within the Industry and Government -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Interview with PS Ndemo: Day 1 of 5 ICT in Education
by Barrack Otieno 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Dr, Ndemo, 1. Are you satisfied with the current state of affairs with regard to ICT in education? 2. Can you highlight some of the gains the country has attained with regard to ICT in education, what is your vision for the education sector going forwad? Thank you -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno

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Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy? Online Interview with PS Ndemo
by Barrack Otieno 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Dear stephen, Your concerns have been noted, the Ps is already responding thematically on an alternate thread which is tackling ICT in Education today, the essence of this thread is to avoid limiting his responses to the ICT sector, nonetheless we will shift the discussion to address each subsector, feel free to pose your questions on the thematic thread. Kind Regards On 8/3/11, Stephen Mutoro <stephen(a)cofek.co.ke> wrote: > Thank you Grace: > > > > Many thanks to Dr Ndemo, too for agreeing to field questions. I find him > very accessible and for this he has my "vote". From the outset, though > meaningless, I am not sure I want to contribute to a forum called "Bitange > for President" again. Most of us seem to erroneously believe that we can > only make greta change by being at the top. Sample this - Twitter > co-founder, Jack Dorsey had the idea of the social site at age 8! Today, > Twitter has been valued at an estimated Sh736 Billion. He didn't think of > being a President, he is not, he might never be but there he is - he has > literally revolutionized the world. The list of Jack Dorseys is too long to > enumerate. > > > > Please allow me a kind suggestion: The way you have structured the ongoing > discussion is either confusing or complicated for any keen follower, to say > the least. Even if there will be a summarized report at the end, you run the > risk of mis-interpreting/diluting his ideas. I wish you had settled for the > concretized sector/thematic approach - half or a day dedicated for each. You > can have all the goodies that Dr Ndemo promises but they can never be > sustained in an environment of corruption, poor or non-existent wealth > creation incentives and innovations, bad leadership, poor market regulation, > unprotected consumers, illiteracy and diminished democracy/public > participation. > > > > On broad perspectives, let's not only focus on good PR of his long list of > achievements. We would have lost the good opportunity. Could we request Dr > Ndemo to focus on what has not worked in his Ministry, why and what he > intends to do about them. We should only move out of his docket, MOIC after > we address these issues. ICT politicization of key regulatory and policy > decisions and processes is another area of concern. Can we have him adopt > twitter like brief answers? What are the possibilities of having him at the > end of the online interviews - go on livestream video with summary of issues > and especially on way forward? > > > > At the risk of sounding selfish, Dr Ndemo appears well meaning for > consumers. But he may be rightly accused of stopping at complaining (like > the rest of us?) on a number of issues eg on internet tariffs when he once > said ISPs were earning 2000% in profits. Consumer institutional > representation in MOIC organs (including regulator CCK) and projects is > almost non-existent. There is no ICT Consumer Policy to date. As such > consumer privacy, complaint redress mechanism remain unclear even as the > Communications Tribunal remains idle for the better part of its life. > > > > Thanks again for the opportunity to interview Dr Ndemo. I hope you can also > have the regulator come here, too, soon. > > Kind regards, > > > > Stephen Mutoro > > www.cofek.co.ke > > From: kictanet-bounces+stephen=cofek.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+stephen=cofek.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf > Of Grace Githaiga > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:30 AM > To: stephen(a)cofek.co.ke > Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Subject: [!! SPAM] Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge > Economy? OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo > > > > Listers > So far you have seen what Dr. Ndemo has said. Like Barrack has said and in > response to Dr. Ndemo's request, lets please interract freely without > confining the debate to themes. We will however produce a report at the end > of the discussion and will try and identify themes that will emerge. > > Dr Ndemo, please keep going....and like Washington has said, you may at the > end of the debate want to share your ideas with Prof. Ole Kiyapi :) > > Edith would like you to respond to the concern of digital signal > distribution in Kenya, while Mburu has concerns around how you will convince > Treasury to part with the funds to support/realize your vision. > > Kind Regards > Grace > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life is > all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go forth > and rule the World! > > > >> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:52:54 +0300 >> From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy? > OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo >> CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com >> >> Kanja, >> Affordable Health will be an outcome of the strategies that I have laid >> here. This is how it will work. >> >> Infrastructure in my strategy mean provision of some of the promises made >> in the constitution including housing. We shall design eco houses in the >> range of Ksh. 100,000 and start implementation from Northern Kenya where >> our citizens are literallty sleeping outside. From the census, there are >> about 200,000 households here. These homes will be in urban set up where >> we shall supply all utilities. Through incentives, encourage other >> investments such as solar energy, retail stores, dried beef industry, >> packaged camel and cow milk etc. >> >> Every person will have a smart ID which will be used in all transactions >> (Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for end to end government). Through the >> realigned policy the Government will no longer be involved in releif food >> supply (they have never been good at this world over). Assistance to >> those who will not have food will be provided in voucher form through the >> smart ID. They will then redeem their points at the retail store (Uchumi >> possibly)and purchase the food of their choice. >> >> Since the people will have better housing with utilities and food of their >> choice, health problems will be minimized thus reallocating funds from >> curative to preventive health care. This is why I say Affordable health >> is an outcome of dealing with other related variables. >> >> We have spent more than Ksh. 12 billion to mitigate against hunger in >> Northern Kenya on an emergency. The solution I propose will cost Ksh. 40 >> billion but you will never here of hunger or feel the shame of being >> Kenyan again. You recall we can recover the same amount through >> e-procurement. Other savings will be utilized to scale up improved >> livelihood for all Kenyans. >> >> In other parts of the country we shall mob up the youth and take them to >> the new mega projects of Lamu and the rail links (this is what China and >> US did when they had a youth bulge) to build infrastructure that will >> ensure sustained job security. The resources will come from the KKV and >> converted to provide sustainable projects. Because of the wide spread >> wages and economies of scale, we can now provide cheap health insurance >> that will ensure affordable healthcare. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Ndemo. >> >> >> >> >> > Well done Bitange and I would like to add one more theme. >> > Affordable health care for all. >> > Cheers. >> > >> > Sent from my iPad >> > >> > On Aug 3, 2011, at 5:27 AM, bitange(a)jambo.co.ke wrote: >> > >> > In summary, >> > Again hypothetically my major themes shall be: >> > Kwowledge for life >> > Infrastructure for Development >> > Food security (including Value addition) >> > Employment (create tons of it) >> > >> > One Kenya. Unity in diversity. Keep hope a live (borrowed from Rev. >> > Jesse Jackson). >> > >> > Ndemo. >> > Sent from my BlackBerryR >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> >> > Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> > Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 17:43:20 >> > To: <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> >> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> > Subject: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy? >> > Online >> > Interview with PS Ndemo >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > kictanet mailing list >> > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> > >> > Unsubscribe or change your options at >> > > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke >> > >> > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> > regulation. 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The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > > -- Sent from my mobile device 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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Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy? OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo
by Kanja Waruru 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Well done Bitange and I would like to add one more theme. Affordable health care for all. Cheers. Sent from my iPad On Aug 3, 2011, at 5:27 AM, bitange(a)jambo.co.ke wrote: In summary, Again hypothetically my major themes shall be: Kwowledge for life Infrastructure for Development Food security (including Value addition) Employment (create tons of it) One Kenya. Unity in diversity. Keep hope a live (borrowed from Rev. Jesse Jackson). Ndemo. Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 17:43:20 To: <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy? Online Interview with PS Ndemo _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kanjawaruru%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Online Interview with PS Ndemo: Day 1 of 5 ICT in Education
by Joseph McDonald 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Some of the problems Kenya have are created or ignored by rent seekers. e.g Hunger is big business for some people in government because it provides opportunity to circumvent procurement processes ,they benefit from transportation and buying of the maize. Maize prices is controlled by cartels in government. The energy sector is controlled by cartels. Some drastic, deliberate and courageous leadership is required to achieve the vision of people like Daktari. The other thing is that, Daktari doesn't have to wait till he is president,he can influence those changes now within government. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Wamuyu Gatheru <wamuyu(a)soko-id.co.ke>wrote: > GG/Barack, thanks for the interesting and important thread. Hopefully, > people with vision and integrity will step out to cleanse those weekend > public rallies. > > This discussion shows that a lot of info/knowledge exists but is not > shared. So, in a sense, Kenya's lack of development and even the hunger is > about an information/ed imbalance. I would suggest that the PS primarily > supports network availability in all corners of the country. I watched some > people in Marsabit walk over 30kms to climb a tree where, when lucky, catch > a network. With google in Kiswahili, imagine the resource these folks are > missing and how that could translate into solving their immediate problems. > > On that note, I am looking for the recipe for sorghum ugali (google sites > focus on how healthy it is but I cant find a recipe). With the uncertainty > on GMO maize, I am weaning myself of that good white stuff and plan on > eating the red. I think many perennially hungry folk would also benefit from > such info. > > Wamuyu > > Quoting Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com>: > > Dr, Ndemo, >> >> >> 1. Are you satisfied with the current state of affairs with regard to >> ICT >> in education? >> 2. Can you highlight some of the gains the country has attained with >> >> regard to ICT in education, what is your vision for the education sector >> going forwad? >> >> Thank you >> -- >> Barrack O. Otieno >> >> +254721325277 >> +254-20-2498789 >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> >> > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/**mailman/listinfo/kictanet<http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/** > mailman/options/kictanet/**mcdonaldoj%40gmail.com<http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mcdonaldoj%40gmail.com> > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for > people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >

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e-government conference
by Suhayl Esmailjee 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Listers Anyone who has an idea when the e-government conference is expected to happen? The e-gov website says sometime this year (2011) and was wondering if there is any news on this happening. Regards SE

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Invitation to a Public Lecture on 'Tatu City: The Future of Urbanization in Kenya'
by John Matogo 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Dear colleagues, As we build the vision and begin planning of Konza City, which is a mega project, we can learn from the experience of folks working on Tatu City. I therefore take this opportunity to invite you to a Public Lecture on the "The Future of Urbanization in Kenya". Kindly see the advert attached for more details. -- Regards, John Matogo Manager Enterprise Development Centre Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 020 6006155,6006268 ext 2280 University Mobile: +254 722 205428,733 618 135 Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Email: jmatogo(a)strathmore.edu Web: www.strathmore.edu/sedc [image: Tatu City Advert - Evite.jpg] TATU City is a case study of 21st Century urban development and management and the mobilization of private resources for the development of urban infrastructure and services. The site of the proposed development is over 1, 000 hectares and it will be home to an estimated 62,000 residents and is also expected to attract around 23,000 day visitors. For more information, please visit *www.tatucity.com* <http://www.tatucity.com> **

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Making it Impossible to Unsubrscribe from Services - Safaricom
by Edwin Onchari 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Listers, I recently subscribed to a Safaricom's daily internet bundle. The subscription process is flawless and easy to follow, unfortunately, it is impossible to unsubscribe.especially when a day like today and yesterday, I have not been able to use the service as their net has been perpetually down. I cannot navigate through their Customer Service Menu (I have a touch screen phone.impossible to Press 1,2,3 prompts to advance to the next menu to speak to someone! Wonder how many Kenyans are now at their mercy (automatic daily deductions) without an option to stop the service! Could explain the massive profits. Though I should share! Best Regards, Edwin

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Re: [kictanet] [KICTAnet] KONZA SILICON SAVNAH BANNER
by charles nduati 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

hi listers, I want to congratulate bwana ndemo for kicking of technocity. I passed there yesterday and so the fence is almost done and there is even a small banner I want to appeal to those listers with deep pockets to help daktari by sponsoring a gant size banner any offers? charles On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:44 EEST bitange(a)jambo.co.ke wrote: >Harry, >We have been having an awareness campaign but it seems nobody is listening. That is why we want to roll out the last mile so that at least we can utilize it for learning. At the moment only telcos are using it. We need all Kenyans to start to use this resource. We shall heavily use it in 35 counties before covering the rest. > >Regards > > >Ndemo. > > >Sent from my BlackBerry® > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Harry Delano" <harry(a)comtelsys.co.ke> >Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:40:00 >To: <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> >Reply-To: harry(a)comtelsys.co.ke >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Subject: Re: [kictanet] [KICTAnet] Update on National Optical Fiber > BackboneInfrastructure (NOFBI) > >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/charlesnduati2002%40ya… > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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