May 2013 - KICTANet

Shared fiber optic infrastruture
by robert yawe 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, http://ictafrica.info/FullNews.php?id=9234 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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Exploring the ICT Board Budget
by Grace Githaiga 28 May '13

28 May '13

The internet has been poor at Connected KE, which is good because it makes people concentrate more and not look at their laptops and phones and are not as cranky, I am sure folks at Orange and KDN, who are connectivity sponsors have their reasons. I got too read the ICT Board progress report and the total expenditure for the year ending June 2011 is interesting. The board’s expenditure for 2009/2010 was Ksh 888.8 million while for the 20102011 the total was Ksh 1.9 billion. How about that for growth. http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/05/sideshows-exploring-the-ict-board-budget/

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Sh74 billion needed to bridge Kenya’s yawning digital divide
by Grace Githaiga 28 May '13

28 May '13

Kenya must spend at least Sh74 billion to supply telecommunication services to the marginalised parts of the country.Data compiled by the Communications Commission of Kenya indicates that 72 per cent of all Kenyans do not have access to internet services, 11 per cent do not have access to voice services while 90.5 per cent of former sub-locations do not have a post office. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Sh74-billion-needed-to-bridge-Kenyas-…

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IEBC Voting Day Technical Audit
by Mark Mwangi 28 May '13

28 May '13

Listers, Now that the elections are long over and nation building is ongoing, is there an Audit being prepared by the IEBC to explain exactly what happened. If there is none then why not? Are we to accept that the billions spent are gone and accept the results of the wastage? -- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke

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How Digital is our Government?
by Walubengo J 28 May '13

28 May '13

With a relatively youthful cabinet, the government formed by an equally youthful Jubilee coalition complete with a "digital" manifesto, Kenyans are eager to reap the dividends. Talk of going digital is high on government agenda - which is a welcome continuation of what the previous government had tried to pursue over the last ten years. But do we all have the same understanding of what digital government is? Does reading government speeches from a Touch-pad imply the government is digital? Or is it about having high-ranking government officials being active on social media like Facebook and twitter? Perhaps, for many others, digital government may simply imply giving laptops to standard one pupils. So what exactly is digital government? read more @ http://tinyurl.com/nocr9je thought folks at connected government summit in MSA may wish to interrogate this... walu.

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'Things I don't want to hear at Connected Government'
by Andrea Bohnstedt 28 May '13

28 May '13

http://www.kachwanya.com/things-i-dont-want-to-hear-at-connected-kenya-2013…

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What's your take? Is Kenya Power justified in demanding a rise in tariffs? How about the new reports of freezing new connections?
by Ali Hussein 27 May '13

27 May '13

Listers Kenya Power is said to freeze new connections. Who is right? Should the government allow Kenya Power to operate without interference? Should the government fully liberalize the energy sector like it did the Telco sector? It is said that Egypt's power costs are 50% Kenya's. is this really true? Are there government subsidies attached to this? The issue of power in this country needs to urgently be addressed or we can kiss goodbye to vision 2030. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Kenya-Power-now-freezes-n… Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Here you go......
by Eric Osiakwan 25 May '13

25 May '13

http://m.europe.wsj.com/articles/a/SB10001424127887323975004578503350402434… Eric here Sent from my iPhone

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S.Africa police website hacked, informers exposed
by Grace Githaiga 24 May '13

24 May '13

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/S-Africa-police-website-hacked-informer…

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Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified?
by Ali Hussein 24 May '13

24 May '13

In a move that is likely to open up a new battlefront in the Digital TV migration saga in Kenya, CCK announces that it will not after all award a 3rd digital signal distributor license to Kenyan Broadcasters. Saying that the international regulatory environment has since changed and that it would be difficult to go ahead with the plan, the DG asked broadcasters to either partner with Signet, a subsidiary of KBC or buy shares in Pan African Network, the other distributor of digital signals. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/CCK-now-rules-out-third-digital-signa… The Media owners are definitely going to come out fighting. What's your take? Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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