January 2015 - KICTANet

Fwd:Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

Dear all, the suit between Muite & Others versus Moses Kuria, which I understand is proceeding to court, should be a very interesting one to watch. Hopefully it shall give some insights on content control vs freedom of expression. See below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ngunjiri <ngunjiri(a)kikuyusforchange.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:05:07 +0300 Subject: {K4c} Defamatory Blog Publication by Moses Kuria & Demand For Apology To: KC4 <kikuyusforchange(a)googlegroups.com> This will most probably interest some of us, and help all of us be careful about what we write on our blogs. --- Ngunjiri [image: Issa & Co Advocates] Our Ref: M/058/001/L**** **** Tuesday, October 4, 2011**** **** Moses Kuria**** P. O. Box 1838-00200 ‘*Advance copy by email*’**** *NAIROBI***** **** Dear Sir,**** **** *RE: DEFAMATORY PUBLICATION ***** ------------------------------ We have been instructed by our clients, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndung’u Wainaina, Maina Kiai and Hassan Omar.**** **** Our instructions are that you published in your widely read blog the following words of and concerning our clients.**** **** *‘I have said Ocampo has no case. All he has are fake witnesses coached by Hassan Omar, Wambugu Ngunjiri, Paul Muite, Ndungu Wainaina, Njonjo Mue and Maina Kiai.’***** **** Your insinuations are unfounded and baseless and our clients’ professional respective standings, characters and reputations have been severely tarnished by your publication.**** **** Our instructions are to demand a retraction, an apology and an admission of liability on your part for the publication of the defamatory words. This we hereby do. We shall address the issue of the damages payable to our clients upon receipt of your apology and admission.**** **** *NOTE* that if you do not publish an apology and retraction on your blog within the next *Seven (7) Days* of the receipt of this letter we shall proceed to the law for redress at your risk as to costs. **** **** Yours faithfully,**** *ISSA & COMPANY ADVOCATES***** **** **** *MANSUR M. ISSA***** **** cc. Clients**** **** *Issa & Co Advocates* <info(a)issadvocates.co.ke>**** ------------------------------ 5th Floor, City House, Wabera Street P.O. Box *24210 - 00100*, Nairobi, Kenya *ph*: *+ 254 20 340 150 · * *fx*: *+ 254 20 340 151* *em*: *info(a)issadvocates.co.ke · ***** ------------------------------ *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:* This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient is authorized. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, or any information contained in this email is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediatelyand do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.**** -- --- Fear makes men act even against their own interests- changing them from men of reason to blubbering fools. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

20 39

Digital to Analog Conversion
by robert yawe 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

Hi, When the migration from analog to digital was initially raised fear was put into the public on how there would be no option but to throw away our analog TV sets and replace them with Digital. Now that digital transmission is finally here we need to look at how to make the migration as painless as possible while at the same time we do not disenfranchise any citizens. It has been mentioned that there are over 1 million TV sets in Kenya today, that means 1 million digital to analog converters will be required over the next 2-3 years. I believe this is a great opportunity for us to go into the electronic assembly business, I would like to propose that we 1st increase duty on converters from the current 35% to 250% so as to discourage the importation of the converters. Then exempt from duty and vat all assembly stations, test equipment and components for anyone who sets up a converter assembly plant, with a 3 year tax holiday. If you setup the plant more than 200 kilometers from Nairobi or Mombasa you receive an addition 2 years tax holiday. I believe this will sort out the issue of substandard converters and will also provide an opportunity for us to develop our electronic devices assembly skills. If you make a net profit of 1,000/- there is a clean 875,000,000/- to be made, close to what the government is spending on purchase of the Malili farm. This is assuming a standard device, there is still a market for those who want high end devices with recording, tuners, USB ports, etc which would mean that the returns could be much higher than projected above. So will we move away from juts being importers and retailers or do we have what it takes to do some value add? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

16 24

Music Piracy in Kenya - Government can Help
by Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Interactive Limited] 23 Mar '15

23 Mar '15

Bwana Daktari, The music industry in Kenya is unable to grow. Companies like mine and individuals are investing money in creating music but the same cannot be commercialized effectively. One of the main problems is organized piracy. Take for example the website WAPKID.COM, this website provides almost every Kenyan song FREE FOR DOWNLOAD. The website at the moment lists the following as popular tags - meaning these are the artists whose content is currently heavily being downloaded. I understand that this website is offering pirated content because Music works that is owned and copyright administered by myself is being offered for FREE here - the total investment I made for the songs on offer is Ksh. 5million over the last 2 years and now I have no way to recover my investment by sales since consumers can opt for free. John De Mathew - Nimwamenyire Muno Wangari Wa Kabera - Aciari Redsun - Shika Glasi Sam Kinuthia - Muiritu Wa Gikomba Onyi Papa Jey - Migingo Dhi Muigai Njoroge - Muti Utari Matunda Kamaru - Nairobi Iraguo Ki Kamande Wa Kioi - Kapusi Kakwa Salim - Kanyina Kanini Kamande Wa Kioi - Githukia Tombo It's possible that these artists and many more don't actually know that this exists BUT millions of Kenyans are downloading the music and who is benefiting? The Network Operators who charge money based on the data downloads. Infact, at one point, one of the mobile operators even sent SMS advertisements to their subscribers urging them to access content from WapKid.com As an industry, we are bleeding and desperately in need of government support to stop this organized piracy that is benefiting local and international organization at the expense of our content and therefore killing and local development of content. As we seek your assistance, we are also doing something on our part. We will be meeting next week Wednesday 3rd October 3pm at Panafric as a music industry (Record labels, Kenya Copyright Board and Music Copyright Society of Kenya) to discuss and work out strategies that can help us especially in creating a clear licensing framework. We will also be announcing an Anti-Piracy Campaign called "iCareforMusic" whose aim is to educate the consumer on the benefits of getting music from licensed partners. We believe that either the government or the courts can issue an order blocking WAPKID.COM, MP3RAID.COM and any other website offering local music from being accessed and this is fairly easy at the ISP level. Before we take to the court route, we wish to seek a diplomatic route first. If we can stop this organized piracy, investing in a song would be worth it for the Artist, the Record Label and/or the music publisher. And in overall, KRA would collect tax from all of us. Everybody wins! Who knows, it would be even worth having a music studio at Konza City. Bwana PS, how can you assist our music industry? Kind regards Bernard Kioko Chief Executive Officer, Bernsoft

14 35

The battle for control of Kenyan Digital airspace
by Mwendwa Kivuva 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Some madness is brewing in the battle to control the Kenyan digital airspace. The following advert has been running after every 30 minutes in all the 4 TV stations: "Viewers do not be duped into purchasing GOTv and StarTimes pay TV set-top boxes as a means to access and watch Citizen TV, NTV, QTV, and KTN ... We are finding ways to stop this infringement of copyright, we are soon launching our own set-top boxes to distribute our free to air channels". My questions are these: 1. Do we need multiple set top boxes to watch content from the three different consortium? 2. Is it illegal to watch Citizen TV, NTV, and KTN using non-branded top boxes, or even GOTv and Startimes? 3. Is it that the 3 media houses have seen there is no way they will be able to sell the one million set top boxes they have purchased thus they want to offload electric waste to innocent Kenyan viewers? 4. Is there any Kenya willing to buy a set-top box with only 4 stations? 5. What is the stand of CA on this? Does it matter if I watch the TV using LG, Samsung, Sanyo, Greatwall, Panasonic, Sony ... because the Set-top box technology is just an extension of the TV, and anybody with a build in DVBT2 TV set will be able to watch this content without a set-top box anyway. Sincerely, ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson

14 23

Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss
by Catherine Adeya 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Bernard, Great innovators started with wild ideas and yours is a wild as they get but yet loaded with substance. Would you mind discussing it further offline and I put you in the direction of the person dealing with anchor investments in Konza. It is a brilliant idea. There are 3 main fibre cables near Konza and there is plan to pull one of this in...a last mile issue in a sense. I know the Board of Konza are keen on some sort of hub like the one you are talking about, where you can put some people together to work on something. Seriously one should read the stories of Silicon Valley (and not we are not replicating this) but there is so much learning that shows your idea is not far-fetched. We need to explore it. The only challenge is the accomodation but Governor Mutua did promise that he would ensure he is building 'dormitories' for Konza so while the housing is being sorted out this is great start. Imagine you put these people there, then put a research lab near it, a university nearby.....what will happen. you are on to something. Catherine ............................................................................................................... Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:12:21 +0300 From: "Bernard Kioko" <bkioko(a)bernsoft.com> To: "'Barrack Otieno'" <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits Message-ID: <007401d03b0c$d29104b0$77b30e10$(a)bernsoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sometimes I wonder...to kickstart Konza...why not take 100 software developers/it specialists and give them "space" to work from and have 1 big internet pipe servicing the area.....for free for first 1yr...then for a fee from year 2....ok maybe my idea is unreasonable but we aren?t dealing with reasonable circumstances in this country/continent. Maybe young technology entusiasts would work anywhere if they had internet and not have to pay rent at their initial start. Plus from year two, you would convert those people to "partners" of the Konza City. Let me get back to punching code..... -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Barrack Otieno via kictanet Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:16 PM To: bkioko(a)bernsoft.com Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits Well done Catherine i bet it has not been easy, we do hope Konza City will become a reality some day just like Free Primary Education, having attended the groundbreaking before former President Kibaki left office,i am hopeful that the optimism he had is still there. Best Regards On 1/28/15, Catherine Adeya via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Bernard, > Wacha siasa :-) > Catherine > > On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:49 PM, Bernard Kioko > <bkioko(a)bernsoft.com> wrote: > > > #yiv5031434463 #yiv5031434463 -- _filtered #yiv5031434463 > {font-family:Helvetica;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} _filtered > #yiv5031434463 {font-family:Helvetica;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} > _filtered #yiv5031434463 {font-family:Cambria;panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 > 2 4;} _filtered #yiv5031434463 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 > 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv5031434463 {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 > 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 > 4;}#yiv5031434463 #yiv5031434463 p.yiv5031434463MsoNormal, > #yiv5031434463 li.yiv5031434463MsoNormal, #yiv5031434463 > div.yiv5031434463MsoNormal > {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;}#yiv5031434463 > a:link, > #yiv5031434463 span.yiv5031434463MsoHyperlink > {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv5031434463 a:visited, > #yiv5031434463 span.yiv5031434463MsoHyperlinkFollowed > {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv5031434463 > span.yiv5031434463EmailStyle17 {color:#1F497D;}#yiv5031434463 > .yiv5031434463MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} _filtered > #yiv5031434463 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv5031434463 > div.yiv5031434463WordSection1 {}#yiv5031434463 Hehehe? I like how your > sign-off contains the entire story! From: kictanet > [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On > Behalf Of Catherine Adeya via kictanet > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:35 PM > To: bkioko(a)bernsoft.com > Cc: elizaslider(a)yahoo.com > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss > Catherine Adeya quits Yes Mwendwa, I am a founding member of Kictanet > and will always be here though sometimes I lurk in the background. To > set the record straight. I did not quite, my Contract in government > has come to an end. I have been Acting for two years and truth be > told, I did not want to be handed the position on a silver platter. > They advertised, I did not apply. The rest is history so let me sign > off with: How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the > seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with > the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only > we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into > the unknown. ? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Thank you,Catherine > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:09:19 +0300 > From: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, > "ISOC(a)lists.my.co.ke" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine > Adeya quits > Message-ID: > > <CAEhPqwr=cQMMfGVOMz2wnaRX+kxK2i71n7k5BjC4pU6G1Kb2rA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Listers, we should note that Catherine Adeya was one of the few active > CEOs on KICTANET. > > > http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Blow-as-acting-Konza-techno-city-boss > -quits/-/996/2604390/-/en3nyyz/-/index.html > > A top official who has been at the helm of the Konza Techno City > project has opted out amid claims of resource constraints and slow progress. > > Dr Catherine Adeya-Weya, who has been the acting chief executive > officer of the Konza Technopolis Development Authority for two years, > said she had decided to quit and let someone else come in and lead the project. > > It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic > tendering, resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had > largely influenced her decision. > > "I just felt someone else needs to take over this project after acting > for almost two years. I may have considered staying if confirmed, but > I may not have wanted it. For a project of this magnitude, we require > the right calibre of staff, and a proper and sufficient recurrent budget. > > ''What I was being paid as chief executive was less than what I used > to earn in my former role in the private sector and so it is hard to > attract the high calibre staff with that remuneration," Dr Adeya-Weya > said at a joint press conference in Nairobi with board chairman, Mr > John Ngumi, on Tuesday. > > *PERFORMED WELL* > > Mr Ngumi said Dr Adeya-We ya had performed well despite being in an > acting capacity for the entire period. > > He, however, added that the authority was prepared to continue with > the little available resources since insufficient funding was a normal > challenge in all government projects. > > The chief executive's term was to end in February, with an option to > apply when the position was announced in November last year. > > She, however, chose not to, sparking speculations around her > withdrawal from the team she has led for months. > > Mr Ngumi said: "In my view, Catherine has had one of the toughest jobs. > Anybody who has worked in the private sector knows how hard it is to > start a startup. It is harder in the public sector where you have all > manner of stakeholders, and you got to deal with constraints and criticism. > > "She is an example of what we should have in public service and we, as > the board, would have loved her to apply. I have implored her to > remain involved in Konza at advisory role to the project." > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > > "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk > on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20150128/ > 873c8580/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > > ------------------------------ > > End of kictanet Digest, Vol 92, Issue 92 > **************************************** > > > > > This e-mail andany attachments may contain information that is > confidential, legallyprivileged and protected by law and is intended > for the sole use of the namedrecipient(s). Any unauthorized review, > use, or disclosure or distribution isprohibited. Any liability (in > negligence or otherwise) arising from any thirdparty acting, or > refraining from acting on any information contained in thisemail is > hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please > deletethe contents and notify the sender immediately; do not disclose > the contents toany other person, use it for any purpose or store or > copy the information inany medium. Whilst our e-mails are checked for > viruses, we cannot guaranteethat this message or any attachment is > virus free, does not contain maliciouscode or is incompatible with > your electronic system and the Company does notaccept liability in > respect of viruses, malicious code or any related problemsthat you > might experience. For further information about us, please contact usat the address indicated below. > Bernsoft Interactive Limited - P O Box 15177-00100 Nairobi - Tel: +254 > 722 > 929192 Email: admin(a)bernsoft.com Web: www.bernsoft.com > > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ _______________________________________________ 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/bkioko%40bernsoft.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. -- * ------------------------------ * This e-mail and any attachments may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged and protected by law and is intended for the sole use of the named recipient(s). Any unauthorized review, use, or disclosure or distribution is prohibited. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting on any information contained in this email is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the contents and notify the sender immediately; do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. Whilst our e-mails are checked for viruses, we cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free, does not contain malicious code or is incompatible with your electronic system and the Company does not accept liability in respect of viruses, malicious code or any related problems that you might experience. For further information about us, please contact us at the address indicated below. Bernsoft Interactive Limited - P O Box 15177-00100 Nairobi - Tel: +254 722 929192 Email: admin(a)bernsoft.com Web: www.bernsoft.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:15:11 +0300 From: "Bernard Kioko" <bkioko(a)bernsoft.com> To: "'Walubengo J'" <jwalu(a)yahoo.com>, "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits Message-ID: <007501d03b0d$372c2d00$a5848700$(a)bernsoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Can these memoirs start slightly back ?. Atleast 1985?.I think experiences from/by people such as Shem Ochuodho, Ayisi Makatiani, 3mice team?. etc? would be very helpful and insightful From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J via kictanet Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 5:56 PM To: bkioko(a)bernsoft.com Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits @Nyaki, How can you leave before giving me a plot at Konza? I am going to mobilize politicians to ensure your replacement comes from our village :-) Nway, you were there from the beginning and your contribution will be always be remembered. And on that note, someone needs to write the memoirs on ICT evolution in Kenya - the key projects, players, their roles & challenges. Particularly for the period before KANU left (1998-2002), NARC period (2002-2007), Coalition period (2008-2013) through now. It doesn't hurt for the future generation to learn from what is now becoming ICT history right before our eyes. walu. _____ From: Catherine Adeya via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: "elizaslider(a)yahoo.com" <elizaslider(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits Yes Mwendwa, I am a founding member of Kictanet and will always be here though sometimes I lurk in the background. To set the record straight. I did not quite, my Contract in government has come to an end. I have been Acting for two years and truth be told, I did not want to be handed the position on a silver platter. They advertised, I did not apply. The rest is history so let me sign off with: How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go forth into the unknown. ? Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Thank you, Catherine ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:09:19 +0300 From: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "ISOC(a)lists.my.co.ke" <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Blow as acting Konza techno city boss Catherine Adeya quits Message-ID: <CAEhPqwr=cQMMfGVOMz2wnaRX+kxK2i71n7k5BjC4pU6G1Kb2rA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Listers, we should note that Catherine Adeya was one of the few active CEOs on KICTANET. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Blow-as-acting-Konza-techno-city-boss-quit… A top official who has been at the helm of the Konza Techno City project has opted out amid claims of resource constraints and slow progress. Dr Catherine Adeya-Weya, who has been the acting chief executive officer of the Konza Technopolis Development Authority for two years, said she had decided to quit and let someone else come in and lead the project. It was, however, clear from her statements that bureaucratic tendering, resource constraints and the slow pace of takeoff had largely influenced her decision. "I just felt someone else needs to take over this project after acting for almost two years. I may have considered staying if confirmed, but I may not have wanted it. For a project of this magnitude, we require the right calibre of staff, and a proper and sufficient recurrent budget. ''What I was being paid as chief executive was less than what I used to earn in my former role in the private sector and so it is hard to attract the high calibre staff with that remuneration," Dr Adeya-Weya said at a joint press conference in Nairobi with board chairman, Mr John Ngumi, on Tuesday. *PERFORMED WELL* Mr Ngumi said Dr Adeya-We ya had performed well despite being in an acting capacity for the entire period. He, however, added that the authority was prepared to continue with the little available resources since insufficient funding was a normal challenge in all government projects. The chief executive's term was to end in February, with an option to apply when the position was announced in November last year. She, however, chose not to, sparking speculations around her withdrawal from the team she has led for months. Mr Ngumi said: "In my view, Catherine has had one of the toughest jobs. Anybody who has worked in the private sector knows how hard it is to start a startup. It is harder in the public sector where you have all manner of stakeholders, and you got to deal with constraints and criticism. "She is an example of what we should have in public service and we, as the board, would have loved her to apply. I have implored her to remain involved in Konza at advisory role to the project." ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson

5 5

Music Copyright Owners sue ISPs for allowing Kenyans to download content illegally
by Dennis Kioko 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Interesting case, though I wonder how ISPs allow people to allow content illegally. Any one with some insight? http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Music-copyright-owners-il…

14 41

Re: [kictanet] Music Copyright Owners sue ISPs for allowing Kenyans to download content illegall
by cdohnio 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

I've tried to find this petition and failed, anyone have a link to it or a copy?

2 1

Deadline TODAY for civil society to submit interest expression of interest
by Grace Githaiga 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

GlobalConferenceonCyberSpace2015https://www.gccs2015.com/civil-society-part…

1 0

ICT POLICY
by Joseph McDonald 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Looking for quotes to develop an ICT POLICY for a Ministry. If you have competence in this area. Get in touch Thanks

1 0

Re: [kictanet] Music Copyright Owners sue ISPs for allowing Kenyans to download content illegally
by cdohnio 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

I'm sorry but this seems a rather desparate move from copyright holders. If someone can give me one example anywhere around the world, anywhere, that litigation has worked to reduce priracy I will give them 1000 bob. This here is a failure of business model than anything else. Even if they won this case how do they expect ISPs to stop it if not by using means that violate my privacy like deep packet inspection? All the best, princelySid *Twitter:* @princelySid | *Website: *cdohnio.blogspot.com

2 3