December 2016 - KICTANet

Gambia Shuts Down the Internet
by Grace Mutung'u 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

Listers, Internet shutdowns are almost becoming a part of African elections and reports indicate that Gambia has taken this step ahead of elections tomorrow. With an added twist- calls also seem to be blocked. A few months ago we discussed the Ugandan shutdown where we went at length into the techniques employed, including electricity blackouts. With our own elections round the corner, a few questions: Is anyone concerned that Kenya may also have a shutdown come elections? In the (hopefully hypothetical) case that we had a shutdown, who would effect it? ISPs? MNOs? Kenya Power? And who would give the orders? The Government? The Regulator? Hoping that these are just hypothetical musings. Grace -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Nairobi Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Diplo/GIP @ IGF 2016
by Barrack Otieno 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 14:50:24 +0100 Subject: [Internet Policy] Diplo/GIP @ IGF 2016 To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Dear colleagues, Please find below the key activities of DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform at the IGF 2016. They include a just-in-time reporting from IGF sessions, an activity supported by ICANN and the Internet Society. Best wishes and safe travels. Marilia Is this email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser <http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=fda063e1c6…> *DiploFoundation and Geneva Internet Platform at 11th Internet Governance Forum in Mexico* Dear Colleagues, DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform will be actively engaged <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> at the 11th Internet Governance Forum <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…>, in Mexico and online. Join us for the following events and sessions, and stay tuned for just-in-time session reports and *IGF Daily* newsletters: IGF just-in-time reporting The *GIP Digital Watch *observatory <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> will provide just-in-time session reports from the IGF, and *IGF Daily *newsletters, which will be available on the dedicated webpage, dw.giplatform.org/igf2016 <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…>. A final report, right after the IGF meeting, will summarise the main themes. These will complement the dynamic updates that will be offered through the observatory. One of the aims of the just-in-time reporting is to address the challenge faced by participants and the wider community in general, both at the IGF and online, to absorb the vast amount of information and data provided in numerous and parallel sessions and other activities. Diplo / GIP booth Diplo and the GIP will have a dedicated booth at the IGF Village. Visit us throughout the week, for news and updates on major Diplo projects (IGF updates, *GIP Digital Watch*, monthly briefings, capacity development activities, and more). A limited number of Internet governance-related publications - including the latest issue of the *Geneva Digital Watch* newsletter, and the *IG Acronyms* book, will be available. The Diplo/GIP booth will also serve as an informal - and traditional - meeting place for alumni and friends. 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Opening the debate <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> (WS132) - Thursday, 8th December, 16.30 - 18.00, Workshop Room 2 (PALCCO) - Civil society experiences from the IANA transition process <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…> (WS189) - Thursday, 8th December, 16.30 - 18.00, Workshop Room 7 (PALCCO) - Finding ways to build confidence in stakeholder legitimacy <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> (WS149) - Friday, 9th December, 9.00 - 10.30, Workshop Room 7 (PALCCO) - Networks & solutions to achieve SDGs agenda - Internet at play <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> (WS82) - Friday, 9th December, 12.00 - 13.30, Workshop Room 9 (PALCCO) - Open Forum 48: Indonesia (OF48) <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> - Friday, 9th December, 12:30 - 13:30, Workshop Room 7 (PALCCO) Book launch and alumni gathering Diplo is proud to announce the 7th edition of the book *An Introduction to Internet Governance <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…>, *by Dr Jovan Kurbalija. 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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Civil society opposes bringing TPP clauses into alternative regional agreement
by Barrack Otieno 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

Listers, This might be of interest. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 19:20:26 +0100 Subject: [Internet Policy] Civil society opposes bringing TPP clauses into alternative regional agreement To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org A large number of civil society organizations oppose attempts to inject clauses from TPP (which is dead) into an alternative regional trade agreement, see: http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/11/30/hundreds-civil-society-groups-urge-rcep-n egotiators-reject-imported-tpp-clauses/ Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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cyber security bill withdrawn
by Watila Alex 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

The Cyber Security and Protection Bill 2016 withdrawn by Senate committee https://t.co/eVM8ATcSBE https://t.co/0b0m0KWW4X https://twitter.com/iFreeKE/status/804334290716725248 Share this post with more networks: http://ow.ly/GF3g100r5ri Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Ali Hussein 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Listers All Information Communication and Technology (ICT) professionals will now be vetted to weed out quacks and sanitise the industry, ICT Authority chief executive officer Robert Mugo said yesterday. He said the authority is alarmed by the rising of cases of individuals and groups masquerading as ICT experts seeking to tender for services in the counties. Read on:- http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/people-daily/277875/ict-authority-weed-qua… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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ICT Authority Proposal to act on Quacks proper and within Legal Mandate
by Paul Korir 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Where may I get a copy of the revised document? Paul > On 2 Dec 2016, at 18:25, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > 5. In the end, only about 40% of the content of the earlier version was > retained in the final version

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority Proposal to act on Quacks proper and within Legal Mandate
by Ali Hussein 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Kamotho For arguments. Say what you are saying is in order why then are you sponsoring an ICT Practitioners' Bill? Are you then not abrogating the role of ICTA? *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Kamotho Njenga via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Fellow Listers, > > The proposal by the ICT Authority to rein on quacks is actually overdue if > ICTA's legal mandate is anything to go by. On the basis of Legal Notice 183 > of 2013 and Legal Notice 198 of 2013, the functions of ICTA are as set out > below: I have listed all and boldly highlighted the ones that are most > significant in light of the current conversation. > > (a) *set and enforce ICT standards & guidelines for human resource, > infrastructure, processes, systems and technology for the public office and > public service* and; > > (b) deploy and manage all ICT staff in the public service; > > (c) *facilitate and regulate the design, implementation and use of ICTs > in the public service;* > > (d) promote ICT literacy and capacity; > > (e) promote e-Government services; > > (f) facilitate optimal electronic, electronic form, electronic record and > equipment use in the public service; promote ICT innovation and enterprise; > > (h) *establish, develop and maintain secure ICT infrastructure and > systems* > > (i) *supervise the design, development and implementation of critical ICT > Projects across the public service.* > > (j) implement and manage the Kenya National Spatial Data Initiative > > As long as the ICT Authority operates within its lawful mandate and adopts > a consultative approach, we owe them some measure of support rather than > castigation. > > Kamotho > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/info%40alyhussein.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. >

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Proposal: an ICT practitioners registry.
by Collins Areba 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Dear all, First, apologies for cross posting. I needed this to go through to both lists (and if you can, share it widely). As a pre emptive attempt to keep rent seekers at bay in the name of regulation, I propose a portal, named "ICT practitioners registry", a free to join, free to leave online registry. It shall be a self regulating Web portal where anyone who considers themselves a practitioner shall fill a Web form (to meet the "registration" bit) and shall be assigned a registration number. We can even have the system generate pdf membership cards for those that wish to have them printed and certificates generated for printing for those that wish to print them. We shall then have a separate list where quacks (not alleged quacks) who have gone through the judicial process and found guilty of being quacks can either be listed separately as quacks, or temporarily or permanently suspended. In doing this we will have left the burden of proof on to the "prosecution" and not the "defence" to prove who is and who is not a ICT professional.

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Re: [kictanet] Regulation of ICT Industry or Practice?
by JImmy Gitonga 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Dear Grace, Thank you for working with my rope analogy and by qualifying that what I was talking about is the “knowledge of machines”. As you can see, we now have two ropes to weave and untangle here. The rope I alluded to, the ‘Knowledge of machines’,starts somewhere in the 19th century with analogue computers, through the silicon revolution, the Mainframe, the Minicomputer, the PC, the mobile phone and the tablet. As for the networks, we have come from wired electrical networks to digital signals of Ethernet, wired as well as wireless communications all combining into an amorphous “Cloud” where everything is defined in software and can be offered as a service. This rope is ever so quickly building on what came before that the “software engineer” has to continuously update his/her skills or else … The rope you are alluding to is where ICT meets established structures, especially in education. The Internet in particular has unlocked learning in such a grand scale that ivy league universities can only sell their brand and the alumni network to attract top minds. A lot of that knowledge is in ICT, both software and hardware. Anyone can now challenge an industry by unleashing ICT on it. Finance especially banking and payments, transportation, hospitality, medical diagnosis and practice, law; all these “industries” are suffering since the scarcity, a lot of it artificial, is being done away with, lowering the cost of doing that particular business. It is interesting that my rope, “practice” is extremely hard if not impossible at the moment to regulate with examination and certification. Cloud computing courses are barely 2 years old at Masters level and they are building on Distributed Systems knowledge. These have yet to trickle down to Undergrad, though I see PaaS, IaaS and SaaS are being introduced at this level. However I stand to be corrected on this. And all these are behind the cutting edge that revolves around passion and self-learning. No one can regulate that. Your rope, “industry” is completely in flux especially as you noted, with the rise of Artificial Intelligence. The innovation is in bringing ICT in most part, to disrupt established modes of business by bringing speed, accuracy and efficiency to bear. And there is iteration on the disruption as the ICT practice itself evolves and is replaced by newer technology. the “home” as well as the “shared economy” are changing lifestyles as we watch, with the collapse of malls begins in the US of A and is bound to spread across the world as online consumerism takes over. Who can regulate that? Whew! With the best regards, *Jimmy Gitonga* On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Grace Mutung'u <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear James, > A few responses inline > > > > There is no contention on the need for hard working, innovative "ICT > practitioners" passionate about their craft. > > > > What is in contention is whether this is the right time to bring in > regulation to the industry, not regulation of the practice. What we don't > have, because the ingredients forming the industry are still changing > rapidly is an ICT profession. Will there ever be an all-round ICT > "professional"? > > > > This is not the premise. There is a whole new world where we do not even > have questions about " the profession ". Because these barriers are being > eliminated everyday by alternative thinking. > > > Looking at human medicine, the human body is not changing, so one can > standardise the medical profession, with known practices and various > specialisations once the basic learning is done. > > > > It that it? > > > > But even old professions are being affected by disruption. Let me give an > example of the law. The protectionism around it is decaying. Because people > have realized that you do not need seven years to "know" the law. The long > study is about prestige, rites etc. You can learn it by yourself and use > it, case in point, Omtatah. > And Kenyans are now questioning these things, what is the intent, who > will benefit most? > And it is the thing about children born in the digital period. They > question tradition and form their own supercultures. > > > We need to accept that ICT is in everything now. And it is entering > mission-critical, life dependant places. And for a doctor who wants to > carry out a remote surgical operation, the ICT professional helping him set > up the equipment on local and remote site better be qualified in something > beyond passion and innovation. Those don’t cut it at that point. > > > > And the important qualifications in your example is knowledge of machines. > Never mind whether someone stepped into a tertiary class and obtained > papers. They could be self taught with a bit of apprenticeship etc > But leave alone ICT, AI is coming.....who will need regulation then... > Man or machine? > > > The Wright brothers had no flying license. The pilots today do. > > > > And today, planes can fly without pilots. > > > I liken it to weaving a rope. At some points all the strands have to > come together and form the rope. Are we looking at the quality of the > strand or the strength of the rope? If it is both, then there are two > different mechanisms at play. > > > > We could be in the era of unweaving the rope. Deconstruction of ideas that > have protected certain quarters in society. At some point strands have to > separate. > Depends on how well woven the rope was. > > Regards, >

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Online participation, 2016 ICT Review - Use the Following details . Please send your remote comments or questions through this link.
by Barrack Otieno 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Topic: Kenya 2016 ICT Year in Review Time: Dec 2, 2016 7:05 PM (GMT+3:00) Nairobi Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://isoc.zoom.us/j/196595872 Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968,196595872# or +16465588656,196595872# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 196 595 872 International numbers available: https://isoc.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=hE1p1MRreEMxIDAhZ0UMYhhefPm9zgZJ Attachments area -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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