September 2012 - KICTANet

FW: Invitation to launch of Elimu TV
by Grace Githaiga 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 03:56:52 +0200 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Invitation to launch of Elimu TV From: nnfeischools(a)gmail.com To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Dear AllThis is a reminder that the Launch of the Elimu 24/7 TV and Web Portal will be on 13/9/2012 at Kenyatta Intercontinental Conference Center (KICC) starting at 10am. We would wish to invite all those companies and organizations planning to exhibit at the launch or sponsor the event to contact me on 0723144259 Jane MuriukiExecutive Director On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> wrote: You need to tell people the time of the launch. GGp.s. wacha i forward this to the administrator Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:47:30 +0200 Subject: Re: FW: [kictanet] Invitation to launch of Elimu TV From: nnfeischools(a)gmail.com To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Thanks Grace. I have not yet been put in the mailing list. Ask the Administrator to use the nnfeischools(a)gmail.com Jane On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> wrote: JanePls see below. Are you still out of the list? I asked the administrator and he said that you have too many emails, and that he had sent you a mail on how to do it using your preferred email. RgdsG Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:10:20 +0100 From: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [kictanet] Invitation to launch of Elimu TV To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Hi, I watched the channel when they where testing the signal with the National Drama & Music festivals. Please get us the actual timing for the launch as it is not in the invitation and being a 24 hour service . . . Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 22:03 Subject: [kictanet] Invitation to launch of Elimu TV fyi Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:47:08 +0200 Subject: Re: Subscribe From: nnfeischools(a)gmail.com To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Ref: Letter of Invitation The Network for Non Formal Educational Institutions (N-NFEI) is a registered organization wish a mission to promote access to basic education to children from poor backgrounds in slums and marginalized areas. The organization has been licensed to operate the first 24 hours Educational Community Free to Air Digital TV by Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) .We shall broadcast primary, secondary and skill based short courses that will see this country transform to high level of literacy and industrialization. The program will target out of school youth and adults as our primary clients and schools as secondary where children can use our platform for revision and more content. Schools can use the platform for better content in science subjects and cases where a school lacks a teacher to teach in a certain subject. The Program will combine TV, Mobile and web learning for comprehensive provision of education for all in Kenya. The TV Station will be referred to as Elimu 24/7 (E-24/7) and will be launched on 13th September 2012 at Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC) We would wish to invite you to participate, exhibit or sponsor the event We look forward to your positive response. Yours Faithfully Jane Ngima Muriuki Executive Director _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co… 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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Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions
by Grace Githaiga 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

IN SUMMARYThe President’s intervention, which amounts to political meddling in the work of an independent state organ, has for the second time in as many years stopped the industry regulator, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), from lowering the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR).MTR is the price that operators pay each other for calls terminating in their networks from outside and ultimately determines call costs.Mr Kibaki, who has been acting on behalf of Safaricom and Telkom Kenya, issued the directive in a letter to Information permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo, stating that there should be no change in the MTR until a fresh study of the same is carried out.Prime Minister Raila Odinga, jumped into the CCK’s regulatory mandate with a similar directive on behalf of yet another big business – Royal Media Services.Mr Odinga wrote to the CCK director-general asking him to withdraw the notice he had published of intention to revoke frequencies that the media house is accused of acquiring irregularly. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kibaki+Raila+meddling+stalls+CCK+actions…

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Re: [kictanet] Frustrations by Safaricom Reclaiming Money Sent toWrong numbers!
by Dick Omondi 01 Sep '12

01 Sep '12

Dick Omondi | Head of PR and Communication | Airtel Kenya | S : (+254) 73 11 00 00 | D: (+254) 73 41 11 37 9 | M : (+254) 73 70 48 00 9 http://africa.airtel.com/kenya | Parkside Towers, Mombasa Road. P.O. Box 73146, City Square 00200, Nairobi Kenya Powered by BlackBerry on airtel ----- Original Message ----- From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+dick.omondi=ke.airtel.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: Dick Omondi Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Sat Sep 01 14:22:44 2012 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Frustrations by Safaricom Reclaiming Money Sent toWrong numbers! This week on Tuesday I had a nasty experience when an Mpesa agent sent my money to a wrong number though the mistake was mine. For some reason, when I was asked to clarify my number I thought that I had given them the right one but one that was wrong. Am sure this happens all the time but the unfortunate thing is when the person who has received the money refused to cooperate by returning the money. In this case, soon after the deposit was done and which went to a Viola, I and the agent realised the mistake and immediately the agent called Safaricom to reverse the deposit but within less than a minute of the transaction, Safaricom informed the agent that the money, some Kshs11,000 had already been withdrawn and advised me to go and report to the police which I definitely did. What is worrying is that such mistakes are common as reflected in the police OB but Safaricom clients are getting very frustrated getting their money back from 'criminals' who want to benefit from the 'free' money sent to them. It takes a while for the criminal investigation department dealing with these cases to work on them which is very frustrating to the sender. Safaricom appears not to have a sense of urgency to resolve these issues since they have all the information of their clients and can even trace the transactions as they take place. Again, at the police, they give you very discouraging information to the effect that they doubt if such cases are ever resolved. I believe even as we use technology, there is need for certain mechanisms to be put in place so that clients are not punished and inconvenienced by criminals out there abusing technology and the service providers need to be sensitive to this. How should these emerging technology crimes be handled? Frustrated Jane -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+info=amwik.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 6:53 PM To: info(a)amwik.org Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions Bwana Ndemo, You state that "I think it will be unfair to make any judgement before you hear from both the President and the Prime Minister." How do you suggest that the industry stakeholders should hear from the 2 Principals as we are all very concerned by what was posted on KICTANET?. Should we have a similar arrangement like Grace did with Eng. Kidenda on the issue of Thika Road? >From the many posts on this list, you can clearly tell that stakeholders have many questions and issues to raise? Most have gone unanswered. Look forward to your advice. Edith ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of bitange(a)jambo.co.ke [bitange(a)jambo.co.ke] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:30 PM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions Solomon, The Nation never accused me of corruption and I never put up a spirited campaign. The Nation simply said that EACC was investigating me for using a direct method in procuring Konza. I questioned their sincerity in publishing the article during the Konza conference when the matter had been in public domain for over a year. I also expressed my feelings towards what I thought was unfair timing. You can read my post once more. I think it will be unfair to make any judgement before you hear from both the President and the Prime Minister. There are structures of communicating with our leadership. As for me, I need time to first check what needs to be said and what cannot be said due to legal implications. I write this while seated at a funeral in Muranga and not having all the resources. It is only fair to say that I cannot comment for now. Ndemo. Sent from my BlackBerryR -----Original Message----- From: Solomon Mb?r? Kamau <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:41:51 To: <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions Dr. Ndemo, even though you've opted to go silent on this one, I think, just like you put up a spirited defence when the Nation accused you of corruption on Konza Tech City, you need to satisfy our curious desire. The Executive, to which by extent you are a part of, should never meddle with the telecommuniction sector since this is a liberalized economy. If you got the said letters from State House and PM's office, let us know - we just can't be held at ransom by a few individuals - even the President who is no longer above the law - to suit their own interests. This state of affair reminds me of JM Kariuki and his ten millionaires and ten million poor. As such, I'm invoking Article 35 (Sub-Article 1 parts a and b and Sub-article 3), of the constitution. Solomon On 29/08/2012, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> wrote: > mmm...conspiracy of silence? > > Should we be a community that cannot question the powers that be? > > Edith > > ________________________________________ > From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke [bitange(a)jambo.co.ke] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 1:24 PM > To: Edith Adera; kictanet > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions > > Edith, > Let me not comment on this issue. > > Ndemo. > > > Sent from my BlackBerryR > > -----Original Message----- > From: Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> > Sender: "kictanet" > <kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Wed, 29 Aug > 2012 06:06:43 > To: <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki, Raila meddling stalls CCK actions > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > https://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 > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/solo.mburu%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. > _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://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 https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/eadera%40idrc.or.k e 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. 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