September 2011 - KICTANet

Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 52, Issue 52
by Angela Nganga- Mumo 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Hello, Heartfelt condolences to the family of Evelyne Rono. We will miss her dearly and her passion, warmth and commitment to the sector. Regards Angela Sent from my 4g iPhone powered by Orange On Sep 14, 2011, at 16:39, "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: Evelyne Rono: Update on Preparation Meetings (lordmwesh) > 2. Re: We have lost Evelyne Rono (charles nduati) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:27:08 +0300 > From: lordmwesh <lordmwesh(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Evelyne Rono: Update on Preparation Meetings > Message-ID: > <CAEhPqwoHMm+wiJD0ifVWr9Lp6pYsstO91Ebtbw62FEN9nE8Qmg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Very insightful observation Walubengo. Mpesa number Please? > > Heartfelt condolences to Baba Kipi, Kipi, and the entire Rono family > > > > On 14 September 2011 15:43, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > @Fiona, > > > > also could be nice if you could get and confirm an MPESA line that folks > > could use to chip in for the funeral logistics. > > > > walu. > > > > --- On *Wed, 9/14/11, Judy Njogu <jgnjogu(a)Safaricom.co.ke>* wrote: > > > > > > From: Judy Njogu <jgnjogu(a)Safaricom.co.ke> > > > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Evelyne Rono: Update on Preparation Meetings > > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 2:59 PM > > > > Thanks Fiona. What time is the funeral service at NPC Karen? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kictanet-bounces+jgnjogu=safaricom.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<http://mc/compose?to=safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke>[mailto: > > kictanet-bounces+jgnjogu=safaricom.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<http://mc/compose?to=safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke>] > > On Behalf Of waudo siganga > > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:53 PM > > To: Judy Njogu > > Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Evelyne Rono: Update on Preparation Meetings > > > > Fiona - where is Cheptiret farm? - for early planning. > > > > Waudo > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:45 PM, "Fiona Asonga" > > <tespok(a)tespok.co.ke <http://mc/compose?to=tespok@tespok.co.ke>> wrote: > > > Dear Listers, > > > > > > The arrangements for Evelyne Rono's funeral are as follows: > > > > > > Funeral arrangements will be taking place from today, 14/09/2011, at All > > > Saints Cathedral. There will be a church service on Thursday, 22/09/2011, > > > at > > > NPC Karen. The burial will be on Saturday, 24/09/2011, at Cheptiret farm. > > > > > > Those who wish to assist with the funeral arrangements are welcome to > > > join > > > family and friends at All Saints Cathedral from today at 5:30pm. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > > > Fiona Asonga > > > Chief Executive Officer > > > Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet > > > Exchange Point > > > Board Member Africa Internet Service Providers Association > > > Co-ordinator of Membership and Communication of the Africa Computer > > > Emergency Response Team > > > 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 > > > > > > Website: www.tespok.or.ke > > > > > > ???Industry voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction > > > within the Industry and Government??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: kictanet-bounces+tespok=tespok.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<http://mc/compose?to=tespok.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+tespok=tespok.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke<http://mc/compose?to=tespok.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke>] > > On > > > Behalf > > > Of John Kibowen > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:10 PM > > > To: tespok(a)tespok.co.ke <http://mc/compose?to=tespok@tespok.co.ke> > > > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > > > Subject: [kictanet] Evelyne Rono: Update on Preparation Meetings > > > > > > Hello listers. > > > I visited the family of the late Evelyne Rono last evening and I > > > conveyed the condolences received through this medium. A committee was > > > formed to spearhead the burial preparation and has agreed, among > > > others, that meetings will start on Wed Sep 14th at a city venue to be > > > communicated via media advert tomorrow (Wed). More details to follow. > > > > > > John Sergon > > > Dir ICT > > > Directorate of e-Gov > > > Office of the President > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > kictanet mailing list > > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<http://mc/compose?to=kictanet@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/tespok%40tespok.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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Evelyne Rono: Update on Preparation Meetings
by John Kibowen 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Hello listers. I visited the family of the late Evelyne Rono last evening and I conveyed the condolences received through this medium. A committee was formed to spearhead the burial preparation and has agreed, among others, that meetings will start on Wed Sep 14th at a city venue to be communicated via media advert tomorrow (Wed). More details to follow. John Sergon Dir ICT Directorate of e-Gov Office of the President Sent from my iPhone

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Open data initiative - how open is it?
by John Gitau 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

quick query on the governents open data: Is there any way i can get actual raw data from the government portal for me to run my own visualizer/ algorithm against? What sort of data is available? Can i get a look at that data? How open to analysis is it? How much of it is there, how fast are updates? For instance if i wanted to know the total number of students enrolled for kcse every year since 1990 to date, categorised by county, gender, nationality etc... how many Id's were issued month on month since 1990? How many hospitals have been built since 1990, expansions? How much was spent on health care vs education vs infrastructure vs education ? Or maybe if i wanted to track governements spend per province since 1990, broken down to each project, is that data available now? If not will it be available in 2020 .... Ie is it being captured in a manner that will allow us to make sense out of it, in ways we're probably not even thinking of yet? I imagine as a net/cit-izen this data would be quite useful, if digested and presented in a useful format. It would trigger interesting localized debates etc...So if its not available, how can this be availed? how can we access it? Gitau -- **Gitau

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UN-IGF 2011 REGISTRATION
by David Wambua 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Dear Listers, As you are aware Kenya will be hosting the sixth United Nations Internet Governance forum from 27 - 30 September 2011 at UNON offices in Gigiri. The last forum was held in Vilnius Lithuania in September 2010 and it marked the end of the initial five year period. There was overwhelming consensus on the need to continue with the forum which brings together stakeholders involved in managing the Internet from governments, civil Society, academia and the technical community on equal footing. Kenya has been an active participant, our very own East African Internet Governance Forum and Kenya Internet Governance forum has provided a model that has been studied and replicated across the world. This is the first time the meeting is being held in Sub-Saharan Africa and we urge all listers to register, the meeting will provide a great opportunity to network with peers from all continents involved in managing the Internet. Registration closed on the 9th of September 2011 but has been extended to 15th September 2011. Participation to the UN-IGF is free.To register please visit www.igf.or.ke (Host Country Website) or (www.intgovforum.org) to ensure that you get access to the venue. Please note that there will not be registrations Regards, ............................. David I. Wambua [W] www.kenic.or.ke dot KE for Every Name in Kenya! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KeNIC MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC)

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Developing software developer NGO partnerships in Kenya
by Steven Clift 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Since my speaking trip to Kenya a year ago I've been pondering how to create a software development connections that never sleep. In short, my U.S. based NGO uses a GPL open source online groups platform called: http://groupserver.org The platform is out of New Zealand and presents far better web participation options than the Mailman platform this e-mail list runs on for example. (But it still works well on e-mail.) Anyway, we have a very small budget each year that we contribute toward new features and I am considering trying to extend that budget further with some speculative feature the development that if it works, we'd contribute the code back the open source code base or have installed on our customized platform So, how do I best make the opportunity known to the right folks in Kenya (be they technology building companies, solo programmers, tech NGOs, extremely talented students looking for some real world experience, etc.)? The technology niche challenge is that we need someone who can: 1. Download and install the latest http://groupserver.org release on a server test they control. (Not that easy apparently based on Mailserver requirements and misc. dependencies) 2. Program in Python and Zope. (The tool has some legacy stuff as more code migrates from Zope into Python "eggs" (no, I really don't know what that means) 3. Likes to experiment and can help define the software requirements based on our rough outline of features (example experimental features we want to explore include adding moderation to specific topics, allowing people to set e-mail delivery by topic, geography based private messaging circles ( http://beneighbors.org ideas), embedding more external social media content elements based on links shared, search alerts, better invite others tools for inclusive outreach, creating creative ways to access old archives from old school YahooGroups like monthly indexes to auto tag clouds to better serach, developing interesting statistics/use information that generate "what's hot" links, etc.! 4. Be inspired by our democracy/community building mission and understand that our budget is extremely limited. My thought is that the test for applying should be at least to install a working version of GroupServer and show it to us. So, where do I post/circulate this opportunity? (Feel free to forward this as is. Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy New Tel: +1.612.234.7072

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IGF Registration- Extended 15th September
by Judy Okite 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Greetings Colleagues, if the registration for the IGF ,missed you....you still have a chance until the 15th of September.... please register, here; http://intgovforum.org/register/index.php Kind Regards, “To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.” Kofi Annan

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Re: [kictanet] Evelyn R.I.P
by Mark Matunga 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

SHOCKING! Life is so short... cannot believe that Evelyn is no more... R.I.P my friend! ...God Bless, ============ Mark MATUNGA Microsoft East & Southern Africa (ESA) Phone +254 20 2868227 | Fax +254 20 272 2999 Mobile +254 711 237 251 or +254 735 102 809 Email: mmatunga(a)microsoft.com Office: I&M Bank Hse, 7th Floor, 2nd Ngong Ave, P.O Box 64736 - 0620 Nairobi, Kenya Get your Kiswahili Interface!! -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+mmatunga=microsoft.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mmatunga=microsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Nancy Macharia Sent: 12 September 2011 8:42 PM To: Mark Matunga Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Evelyn Ooh! Very shocking! Life is really short. Can't believe we won't have her smile, warmth and resourcefulness. Condolences to her family and friends. May her soul rest in peace. Nancy Macharia Tel: +254727746156Sent from my BlackBerry _______________________________________________ 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/mmatunga%40microsoft.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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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 52, Issue 46
by Ory Okolloh 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Evelyn during one of my trips to Nairobi this year. I sat next to her during the first open government launch planning session hosted at the ICT board. I had arrived late and the room was packed...she went out of her way to make sure I got a seat and it was a comfortable one (I was about 5 and a half months pregnant then). After the meeting we chatted about motherhood and kids - it was a brief conversation, but her warm personality radiated through. Very sad to hear about her sudden passing. Ory > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:31:56 +0000 > From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> > To: <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Compiling all your messages in honour of Evelyn > Rono > Message-ID: <BAY151-W18A5AF06BE0B9D4BDA31BCB4050(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Good morning Listers > > KICTANet will be compiling all your sympathy and condolence messages and > present them to Evelyn Rono's family. And in her honour, we dedicate today > and tomorrow for listers to continue sending their condolences. > > With Kind Regards > GG > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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! > >

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Compiling all your messages in honour of Evelyn Rono
by Grace Githaiga 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Good morning Listers KICTANet will be compiling all your sympathy and condolence messages and present them to Evelyn Rono's family. And in her honour, we dedicate today and tomorrow for listers to continue sending their condolences. With Kind Regards GG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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!

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FW: allAfrica.com: Kenya: Nairobi Among Cities With Worst Jams
by Suraj Shah 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Nairobians What we go through everyday is now tabulated globally: http://allafrica.com/stories/201109121655.html Suraj Shah

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