August 2011 - KICTANet

NEW VACANCY: ANTI-PIRACY MANAGER WECA
by stephen mwakesi 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Am sure you all the techies will find this job quite interesting. Please do apply if you think you can handle anti Piracy. Stephen Mwakesi Executive Director, Case Policy Resource Trust ------------------------------ [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: image001] [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image004.jpg@01CC2426.DD745E50] *Anti-Piracy Manager* *WECA* *Location* *Nairobi / Johannesburg / Port Louis* */ Lagos or Senegal*** *Hiring Manager* *Tracey Newman*** *Applications to* *Dorcas Phakoe* <:a-dophak@microsoft.com>* * *Application Deadline* *26 August 2011* *The job description is attached* Are you looking for a career that utilizes your passion for our customers? Do you enjoy orchestrating processes across many groups? The Anti-Piracy Manager for Microsoft West, East and Central Africa & Indian Ocean Islands (WECA) is a WECA Central role that may be based in any of the WECA sub-regions (i.e. Nairobi, Johannesburg, Port Louis, Lagos or Senegal). *WECA REFERRAL PROGRAM—$5 000 FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL REFERRAL!* When it comes to finding the best candidate for the job, sometimes you can’t beat word-of-mouth. And who better to find the best talent for Microsoft, than the people who work here every day! Your referral fee will be paid at the end of the successful candidate’s first month of employment with Microsoft, withholding tax. *Who is eligible to participate?* · All FTE employees in WECA *Who is not eligible to participate?* · Contingent / Vendor staff · Hiring Manager of the position · Members of the WECA LT and Regional LT · Human Resources *What does not qualify for a referral?* · Candidates, currently employed as contingent/vendor staff, converting to a FTE position · Candidates, who are already known to Microsoft because they already have applied for a job · Partner Policy: Current full time employees from Microsoft partners are not eligible as an employee referral. If an employee from a Partner would like to apply for a job at Microsoft, please refer the person to our external career website and the person will be considered on equal term as any other candidate applying for the job. Regards, *Barbara Kgaye* | Staffing Associate NEPA & WECA | Human Resources <v-bganye(a)microsoft.com> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: allstars on white.png] -- Stephen Mwakesi Cell: +254 723 229 117/ +254 773 804041 Email: smwakesi(a)gmail.com Blog: www.mwakesi.blogspot.com <http://www.mwakesi.blogspot.com>Twitter: twitter.com/mwakesi

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identity.go.ke not working, reprise
by warigia bowman 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Dear Secretary Keter, The email of the director appears to have bounced. Yours, Warigia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon(a)googlemail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:02 PM Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) To: warigia(a)gmail.com Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: director(a)identity.go.ke Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay (state 14). ----- Original message ----- MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.33.36 with SMTP id o4mr2140662vdi.324.1314017017740; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:43:37 -0700 (PDT) Sender: warigia(a)gmail.com Received: by 10.52.110.168 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:43:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: < OF60E989D0.751D1D48-ON432578F4.0041885F-432578F4.00428F1D(a)kenya.go.ke> References: < OF60E989D0.751D1D48-ON432578F4.0041885F-432578F4.00428F1D(a)kenya.go.ke> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:43:37 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: _RPuHC3IYZykKhgTrmkXN7s6mo4 Message-ID: <CACeY99Rt= Hq2xYV+-vAZeu+Xb3BHbO8OGsZNv7qVzzhnuTPCvA(a)mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Identity.go.ke not working From: warigia bowman <warigia(a)aucegypt.edu> To: Joseph.Keter(a)kenya.go.ke Cc: Bitange Ndemo <bndemo(a)information.go.ke>, cgithui(a)yahoo.com, director(a)identity.go.ke Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3079be92923cd504ab176d00 Dear Secretary Keter Thank you for your kind reply. What I have with me is the waiting card for my sister Patricia Njeri. Her address at the time she applied was P.O. Box 145 Othaya. The waiting card was stamped 154 Municipality Div. Nyeri District. Is this sufficient information, or do you need additional information> Sincerely Yours, Warigia On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:07 PM, <Joseph.Keter(a)kenya.go.ke> wrote: > Dear Wariga, > > We are in receipt of your concerns on challenges you faced in monitoring > status of processing of national identity card of Patricia Njeri Wairimu. We > shall appreciate if you could give us more particulars especially the > station where Patricia applied for her identity card. Please send her > details to director(a)identity.go.ke for further necessary action. > > Regards. > Mr Joseph K. Keter > ndc(K) > Senior Deputy Secretary, > Ministry of State for Immigration & Registration of Persons, > Nyayo House,20th Floor, > P.O. Box 30395-00100, > Nairobi, Kenya. > Phone : +254202222022 > Tel/Fax: +254202229349 > Mobile : +254722135090 > Email : joecketer(a)yahoo.co.uk > Website:www.mirp.go.ke >

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1st International Conference on Emerging and Future ICTs (ICEFICT 2011) - Observations
by Kamotho Njenga 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hello friends, The 1st International conference on emerging and future ICTs (ICEFICT 2011) held on August 11-12 attracted delegates from across the globe for two full days of lively discussion and debate. Majorly the focus was on emergent technologies and how the ICT community as well as the wider society can position itself in light of the evolving opportunities and challenges. The conference presented a forum for industry players, scholars, researchers and others to discuss ICT oriented matters and to make recommendations for the future. As expected numerous forward looking observations arose. Some of the observations requiring policy attention (Not in particular order) include: - Government investments in ICT have been dramatic. The MOIC has demonstrated high zeal in executing its mandate. To realize full benefits, mechanisms for tracking progress are required - There is gradual explosion of ICT applications for almost all sectors- This implies a need to address the seemingly low absorption capacity for emergent ICT innovations especially the mobile apps. How do we spur the demand side? Development should be matched with that of implementation failure to which apathy will start creeping in amongst young innovators. - People/Public/Private sector partnerships are very minimal within the Kenyan ICT sector. Private players are over-emphatic on returns and are doing little to improve the overall landscape. Where existent most of the partnerships are powered by multinationals - Emergence of alternative regional centers of excellence such as Rwanda, Mauritius etc means that Kenya should do more to attract and maintain FDI attention - The highly hyped BPO sector is yet to gain a firm industry footing - Systems security remains a paramount issue of concern to all stakeholders - Access, capacity and affordability gaps still require to be addressed. Over 80% of ICT service beneficiaries are in urban areas. Same case for skills distribution. Majority of rural Kenyans may not distinguish between a mouse as the rodent and a mouse as the computer device. Some even believe that they can click better using the mouth than using the mouse. - There are multiple government organs dealing with ICT. ICT Board, Directorate of E-government, the Ministry itself. Some clarity of functions is quite essential so that people know which service or request to make where - Need for research based approach to measuring impact of ICT action and policies-Time based metrics to ascertain degrees of success and failure of policy investments - Develop clear policy on ICT research. Consistent monitoring and reporting on ICT projects and progress is mandatory for the dynamic sector. A certain budgetary percentage should be devoted to research and monitoring activities - A glaring need to bridge between academia and industry. Academia should help to conceptualize and simplify complex and abstract problems. Industry should focus on generating working and relevant solutions. - The internet signal will remain available and free of government control- Assurance by John Walubengo our AfriNIC Ambassador based on orders from above him - "Innovate or Perish" was the parting shot by the Keynote Speaker, Hon. Minister Sam Poghisio Some of the conference presentations are available at www.ictak.or.ke Kamotho Njenga

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nairobicity.go.ke - expired telephony -- sms short codes?
by S.Murigi Muraya 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

nairobicity.go.ke has some interesting information. Noticed some outdated emergency telephone numbers though.The site was up this morning. Down now. Could be up later. No CCoN telephone numbers are listed. http://www.nairobicity.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6… Earlier this year after discovering CCN sms short codes were not working went to the CCoN. Was informed the CCoN has no telephony -- something to do with non payment. They use personal mobiles there. Hope "commissions" required -- up to 40% if not more -- are not keeping decent technical firms from deploying ICT at the CCoN.. Without working contacts, how does the public inform the CCoN about poor physical planning without having to go to their physical locations / stations? http://allafrica.com/stories/201106230818.html

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Re: [kictanet] Identity.go.ke not working August 22, 2011
by meshack emakunat 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hi all, i read from the post and i wonder how the planning was. From the little knowledge i have on ict policy and strategic planning proper e readiness assessment should have been conducted and not only from a consumers point of view but more greatly from a government perspective (the service provider). I think the problem is that the government has rushed its citizen to consume the service that it cannot justify its ingridient. why dont they plan the whole thing afresh.

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Identity.go.ke not working August 22, 2011
by warigia bowman 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear Kictanet friends Is it possible that open government is not working very effectively? I am not trying to be negative. Just reporting an actual problem I am facing. I am attempting to assist my sister in receiving her identity card. Her names are Patricia Njeri Wairimu. Her home district is Nyeri, She received a waiting card with serial number 2278757153. We took her to the Nyeri office in person to pick up the card and the officers said "it was not there." I then went to http://www.identity.go.ke/index.php?option=com_php&Itemid=122 and fed in her serial number as requested (the first nine digits). I received no acknowledgment, and nothing happened.I do not know if the online system is not working or what the problem is. I then emailed dr.nyeri(a)identity.go.ke, and pro.central(a)identity.go.ke which are the emails on the website so that they could advise where this card is, and do the work on your end, so that we may know where to pick it up. BOTH of the emails bounced back immediately as a permanent failure. This is not an encouraging development.. . . . Does anyone have any thoughts on the breakdown of the digital side of identity.go.ke? Sincerely, Warigia

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Re: [kictanet] Identity.go.ke not working August 22, 2011
by warigia bowman 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi Emmanuel You are completely right. Of course, if I am experiencing this problem and cannot make progress, this must be a problem bedeviling many Kenyan citizens. We should not have to belong to Kictanet, or have access to a PS to get a simple document. You have raised a crucial observation. Asante ndugu. Yours, Warigia On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com>wrote: > Let me throw in a curve ball here... > > What if Rigia's sister wasn't her sister? Better still what if Rigia wasn't > on this list. > > Just a small challenge to our beloved and already overworked PS (what with > ladies accosting him from the gym and all) could you please atleast initiate > a round table of these ministries and get their public access systems > working? > > That system at Immigration has been down for as long as I can recall, > almost half a year now. There needs to be an urgent and lasting solution > especially now that ID issuance has resumed. > > My two cents. > > EK > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:35 PM, warigia bowman <warigia(a)aucegypt.edu>wrote: > >> Dear PS >> >> I am most grateful for your assistance. I also think that you are actually >> helping the PS of immigration to make sure his agency is actually working >> effectively. >> >> Ninashukuru sana. >> >> Yours, Rigia >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Bitange Ndemo <bndemo(a)information.go.ke>wrote: >> >>> Warigia,**** >>> >>> Pole. I shall forward your e-mail to PS Immigration and have him >>> respond. **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Regards**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Ndemo.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* kictanet-bounces+bndemo=information.go.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke[mailto: >>> kictanet-bounces+bndemo=information.go.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On >>> Behalf Of *warigia bowman >>> *Sent:* Monday, August 22, 2011 9:40 AM >>> *To:* Bitange Ndemo >>> *Cc:* customer.care(a)identity.go.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Identity.go.ke not working August 22, 2011**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Dear Kictanet friends >>> >>> Is it possible that open government is not working very effectively? I am >>> not trying to be negative. Just reporting an actual problem I am facing. >>> **** >>> >>> >>> I am attempting to assist my sister in receiving her identity card. Her >>> names are Patricia Njeri Wairimu. Her home district is Nyeri, >>> >>> She received a waiting card with serial number 2278757153. We took her to >>> the Nyeri office in person to pick up the card and the officers said "it was >>> not there." >>> >>> I then went to >>> http://www.identity.go.ke/index.php?option=com_php&Itemid=122 >>> >>> and fed in her serial number as requested (the first nine digits). I >>> received no acknowledgment, and nothing happened.I do not know if the online >>> system is not working or what the problem is. >>> >>> I then emailed dr.nyeri(a)identity.go.ke, and pro.central(a)identity.go.kewhich are the emails on the website so that they could advise where this >>> card is, and do the work on your end, so that we may know where to pick it >>> up. >>> >>> BOTH of the emails bounced back immediately as a permanent failure. >>> >>> This is not an encouraging development.. . . . >>> >>> Does anyone have any thoughts on the breakdown of the digital side of >>> identity.go.ke? >>> >>> Sincerely, Warigia >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared >>> by *MailMarshal ***** >>> >>> **** >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared >>> by *MailMarshal * >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *Attention: * >>> This e-mail is privileged and confidential. 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Re: [kictanet] Sponsor a Subject through Video Conferencing
by Network of non- formal Educational institutions 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear All N-NFEI is offering secondary education through video conferencing in various social halls within Nairobi. We would wish to invite companies to sponsor a subject or advertise in the program Find attached more details Jane Muriuki --- On Mon, 8/22/11, Network of non- formal Educational institutions <nnfeischools(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Network of non- formal Educational institutions <nnfeischools(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [kictanet] Video Conferencing Schools To: nnfeischools(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Monday, August 22, 2011, 11:59 AM -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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/nnfeischools%40yahoo.c… 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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Counties & Technology
by robert yawe 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Hi, With reference to an article carried in the Business Daily of 19th Aug, 2011 on the 5.6B government funded fibre to 37 counties is there a strategy for making sure that the counties implement technology solutions from the onset? The article seems to also imply that this action by the government will result in direct competition for the other providers yet on this forum we where told that the government together with the internet providers where already in discussion about how they would share NOFBI. Is this new initiative part of NOFBI and therefore will be subject to the continuing discussions or is it separate? I also noted during the UON exhibition and conference on architecture and urbanisation that the ministry of public works are working on a prototype county headquarters design including the county assembly meeting areas. How can we as the ICT fraternity make ourselves relevant in making sure that the technology component is incorporated so as to increase the effectiveness of the county governments? I see great opportunities in developing applications for electronic voting, attendance records, electronic discussion records and streaming sites of live debate. We have an opportunity to develop applications that can be tested in the 47 counties in readiness for roll out to the region as they all rush to replicate the Kenyan model. 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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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 51, Issue 139
by meshack emakunat 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Fast of all, congratulation to Ory Okolloh and Grace Bomu for being africas most influencial person. Thank for the kind of leadership you have shown the community. meshack

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