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Re: Appointment of New CCK Board
by waudo siganga 12 May '05

12 May '05

Congratulations Alice. Sorry I saw this late as I am still out of the country. I am delighted that the government has seen the importance of multi-stakeholder governance for ICT and that Alice will carry the mantle on behalf of the CS in this regard. It's a big honour and a big task. Best wishes! Waudo UN WGIG On Thu, 12 May 2005 18:10:17 +0300, alice(a)apc.org said: > Dear All > > > > Thank you very much for the congratulatory messages. Although I have not > received official confirmation, apart from a phone call from the > Ministry's > office I believe this appointment is in recognition of the work of the > Kenya > ICT Action Network (KICTANET) a multi stakeholder forum, consisting of > civil society, academia, private sector, media, youth, gender groups and > development partners. > > > > I must also congratulate the Kenya government for acknowledging that the > complexities of meeting the challenges of ICTs as an enabler of > sustainable > development requires bringing together major stakeholders in a new form > of > decision finding, decision-making and communication. I hope this will > provide an opportunity for a truly participatory process. > > > > A. Wanjira Munyua > National Coordinator, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA) > Association for Progressive Communications (APC) > alice(a)apc.org > http://www.apc.org > http://www.catia.ws > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shem Ochuodho" <shem(a)arcc.or.ke> > To: "KIPlist" <kiplist-cl(a)lyris.idrc.ca> > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:58 PM > Subject: RE: Appointment of New CCK Board > > > > Alice, > > > > Please accept my warm congrats. > > > > Shem, ARCC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bounce-kiplist-cl-114484(a)lyris.idrc.ca > > [mailto:bounce-kiplist-cl-114484@lyris.idrc.ca]On Behalf Of Joseph Mucheru > > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 8:18 PM > > To: KIPlist > > Subject: Appointment of New CCK Board > > > > > > For those who may not have heard yet, the Government today appointed > > a new board at CCK, while at the same time reshuffling various > > positions in the industry: > > > > TESPOK is pleased to see a new board in place as this will allow for > > the resumption of industry activities. The role change the Government > > has made between the regulator and the incumbent is an interesting > > twist to the "CCK-saga". > > > > It is our view that this could result in a much speedier decision > > making process and understanding of the sector as a whole from both > > arms of the government. > > > > The appointment of members from the civil society, to the board also > > signals the government willingness to listening to the sector. As > > regards the independence of the board and the CCK as a whole, we have > > assurance from the government that this will be maintained and > > therefore can only wait to see the outcome. > > > > The changes and appointments are as follows; > > > > POSTAL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN: > > - GENERAL (RTD) PETER KARIUKI - FORMER CCK CHAIRMAN > > > > TELKOM KENYA: MANAGING DIRECTOR > > - SAMMY KIRUI - FORMER CCK DG > > > > CCK - DIRECTOR GENERAL - ENG JOHN WAWERU - FORMER TKL MD > > > > DIRECTORS: > > - CHARLES OGALO > > - YUSUF CHANZU > > - JOHN MUSENGI > > - WILLIAM KAMOTI > > - ALICE MUNYUA > > > > -- > > Joseph Mucheru > > Chairman > > Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) > > 14th Floor, Bruce House - Standard Street > > P O Box 27589 -00506 Nairobi, KENYA > > Tel: +254-20-245036 > > Cell: +254-722522135 > > Http://www.tespok.co.ke > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Submitted by: Joseph Mucheru <mucheru(a)wananchi.com> 2005-05-11 13:15:56 > > EDT4 > > (Please reply to original submitter for private communication) > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to kiplist-cl as: [shem(a)arcc.or.ke] > > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > > %%email.unsub%% > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005 > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005 > > > > > > > > --- > > Submitted by: Shem Ochuodho - ARCC <shem(a)arcc.or.ke> 2005-05-12 10:03:05 > > EDT4 > > (Please reply to original submitter for private communication) > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to kiplist-cl as: [alice(a)apc.org] > > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > > %%email.unsub%% > > > > > --- > Submitted by: alice(a)apc.org 2005-05-12 11:10:55 EDT4 > (Please reply to original submitter for private communication) > --- > You are currently subscribed to kiplist-cl as: [csk(a)nbi.ispkenya.com] > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > leave-kiplist-cl-98694T(a)lyris.idrc.ca -- waudo siganga emailsignet(a)mailcan.com

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Parliamanterians at Policy Meeting
by waudo siganga 10 May '05

10 May '05

Dear Alice, All I had a meeting yesterday with our Ambassador (Mary Odinga) here in Cairo and in the discussions arose the question of whether arrangements have been made to ensure Parliamentarians will be at the Mombasa Policy meeting. I did need not have any information on this but the ambassador was of the opinion we must ensure the invitation is sent out to Parliamentarians. Any info? In the meantime Brian Longwe made a very well received presentation to the Africa ICT ministers on the Africa Regional IxP program. It's also relieving to see Mungusi back at CCK. He is amongst the Kenyans here in Cairo. Kind Regards Waudo Siganga UN WGIG -- waudo siganga emailsignet(a)mailcan.com

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Fwd: Several Vacancies @ Huawei Technologies
by Lizette Kraft 10 May '05

10 May '05

To all Kictanet members FYI and interest. >X-Spam-Score: 0 >Reply-To: <tony(a)smart.co.ke> >From: "Tony Nyaga" <tony(a)smart.co.ke> >To: "Tony Nyaga" <tony(a)smart.co.ke> >Subject: Several Vacancies @ Huawei Technologies >Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 08:42:50 +0300 >Organization: Smart Applications International >X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 >Thread-Index: AcVR/nBQX0DDYzvNR1Wo2IO1EpvRvg== >X-Authenticated-Sender: tony(a)smart.co.ke >X-Spam-Processed: smart.co.ke, Fri, 06 May 2005 08:31:09 +0300 > (not processed: message size (106642) exceeds max size (25600)) >X-MDRemoteIP: 192.168.1.9 >X-Return-Path: tony(a)smart.co.ke >X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: lkraft(a)idrc.or.ke >X-Qmail-Scanner-Message-ID: <111535458871927335(a)mx0.accesskenya.com> > >All the best!

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National ICT Stakaholders Conference Mombasa
by alice＠apc.org 08 May '05

08 May '05

Dear Colleagues During the ICT donor round table and Ministry of Information and Communications meeting held on Tuesday 3rd May 2005, Florence Etta, Shem Ochudho and I were requested to join the organising committee constituted for the national ICT Stakeholders workshop. The organising committee chair Mr. Mugabe had suggested 6th May for the first committee meeting, but unfortunately this meeting did not take place. So I have nothing much to report apart from the following issues that were discussed informally 1. The workshop has been postponed to June 6-8 2005 in view of a number of other communication related events taking place during the month of May 2. The letter requesting for funding has been drafted and I believe posted to the various organisations that had expressed interest in supporting the event. 3. Mr. Mugabe said he would communicate to us about a suitable date for the next organising committee meeting thanks and kind regards A. Wanjira Munyua National Coordinator, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA) Association for Progressive Communications (APC) alice(a)apc.org http://www.apc.org http://www.catia.ws

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KICTANET meeting
by alice＠apc.org 08 May '05

08 May '05

Dear all Greetings. Wanted to find out if you will all be available for our monthly meeting on Wednesday 4th May from 10.00am with lunch. The face to face informal meeting will focus on brainstorming re; way forward now that we have completed the collation re; comments from stakeholders on the draft policy. Kindly let me know how many of you will be available for this meeting. thanks and kind regards A. Wanjira Munyua National Coordinator, Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA) Association for Progressive Communications (APC) alice(a)apc.org http://www.apc.org http://www.catia.ws

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Autoreply: RE: [Kictanet] KICTANET meeting
by fetta＠idrc.or.ke 07 May '05

07 May '05

Thank you for your email. I am on travel until Tuesday 10th and will return to the office on Thursday 12th May. While on travel I cannot guarantee regualer emailing. So do bear with me. I will respond to yur email as soon as I can upon my return. Cheers, FE

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RE: National ICT Stakaholders Conference Mombasa
by Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda 07 May '05

07 May '05

noted, and hope the agenda for the June meeting will have some explicit space for gender and ICTs ---------------------------- Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda (Ms) Regional Program Director UNIFEM East and Horn of Africa Nairobi, Kenya Tel: 254-20-624383 Fax: 254-20-624494 website: www.unifem-easternafrica.org <http://www.unifem-easternafrica.org> www.unifem.org <http://www.unifem.org>

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RE: [Kictanet] "THE SECOND-HAND COMPUTER" - A POLICY ISSUE
by James Nguo 05 May '05

05 May '05

Dear ALL, I'm happy to read another member's support for refurbished computer initiatives. Refurbished does not mean poor quality. In our case we do not take anything less than high end PII and from next month we will only deal with PIII's. Let the people collecting views take the sentiments expressed by Monica Makau Best regards James > -----Original Message----- > From: Monica Kerretts-Makau [mailto:m.kerretts@unsw.edu.au] > Sent: 04 May 2005 06:27 > To: kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke > Subject: [Kictanet] "THE SECOND-HAND COMPUTER" - A POLICY ISSUE > > << Message: >> << File: ATT01407.txt >>

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Fwd: IMPORTANT: ICT Africa postponed to June 27-30
by Lizette Kraft 04 May '05

04 May '05

FYI Lizette >X-Spam-Score: 1 >X-Spam-Score: 1 >Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 01:46:59 +0300 >From: Francis Hook <francis(a)ace-media.net> >Reply-To: francis(a)ace-media.net >Organization: Ace of Spades >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.2) >Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en >Subject: IMPORTANT: ICT Africa postponed to June 27-30 > >NAIROBI 3rd May 2005 - Following developments in the organisation of the >Presidential Forum, the organisers of ICTe Africa, in consultation with >key sponsors, organisation partners and exhibitors, have taken the >decision to postpone the event by six weeks to 27-30 June 2005. > >The government of Kenya, a facilitator of the Presidential Forum, has >requested more time to coordinate the effort which requires invitations >to be sent to 16 African Heads of States, 15 CEO's, Presidents of >leading global player companies in the ICT industry and over 20 >prominent African ICT companies. Through the Ministry of Information >and Communication, the government has suggested a five-month preparation >period in which it can coordinate a successful meeting . The new >proposed date for the event is 5th October 2005. > >The Presidential Forum, which was being developed in close collaboration >with the NEPAD Council, was a key element in ICTe Africa as it provided >a powerful platform for ICT stakeholders to address key issues affecting >the industry as well as the continent at large. In light of the new >dates, the organisers of ICTe Africa held lengthy discussions with >exhibitors and sponsors. As a result it has now been mutually agreed >that a postponement is inevitable and serves to allow more time for >various preparatory activities which many participants had deferred in >anticipation of the confirmation from the government of the Presidential >Forum. > >The organisers of the fair wish to reiterate their unwavering commitment >to the realisation of a high quality, well attended event for the >benefit of all sponsors, exhibitors, participants and partners. It is >with renewed vigour that the organisers approach this new date and >extension of time. Global Fairs TT-Messe will endeavour to capitalise >on the additional time to inject more value added activities for the >benefit of all participants. > >We kindly request your tolerance as we revise the schedule and work >towards the new dates. At the heart of this re-organisation will be the >interests of the sponsors, exhibitors and speakers without whose >participation we would be unable to grow and develop ICTe Africa into a >premier event. Despite operational setbacks, ICTe Africa has received >much acclaim from many quarters. > >We realise this postponement will cause inconvenience to many >participants and are making provisions to lessen the effect of the date >change. For those exhibitors who have already shipped their goods for >use at the fair, we have organised secure storage facilities to >accommodate their valuable shipments. We are presently notifying all >logistics partners of the new dates and will announce any changes in due >course. All the pre-negotiated preferential rates at hotels, transport >companies, airlines, etc will remain valid and we will send out a >renewed bulletin on the current list of providers with whom we have >negotiated discounted rates. The organisers request to be involved in >resolving any problems experienced as a result of this postponement. > >We trust you will continue to join hands with us despite the >postponement as we look forward to a truly successful ICT Africa in >June. We wish you all the best in your planning and look forward to >welcoming you to Nairobi. > > >Francis Hook >for Global Fairs TT-Messe >NAIROBI, KENYA (GMT+3)

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RE: [Kictanet] Fw: Draft ICT Policy - Wonderful job done
by James Nguo 04 May '05

04 May '05

Dear ALL, As we shower Alice with congratulatory messages, I have an issue under the environment section that states; ___________ Limits should be placed on importing refurbished computers. Appropriate recycling facilities should be established for disposing of used computers which may contain toxic substances such as mercury. ___________ I think we should be able to define what we mean by refurbished instead of a blanked limit. Refurbs have been used for very noble tasks and good examples can be seen in the work of Computer for Schools Kenya, ALIN through Baobab Communications among others. I hope this was not 'sneaked' for individuals interest. The national interests should come first BUT I agree standards for refurbs should be set. I believe most refurbs are better than some of the clones in the market. I hope this can be corrected. Best regards James Nguo ALIN/BaoCom -----Original Message----- From: alice(a)apc.org [mailto:alice@apc.org] Sent: 28 April 2005 13:00 To: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet Cc: wcurrie(a)apc.org; Claire Sibthorpe; Tina James Subject: [Kictanet] Fw: Draft ICT Policy - Wonderful job done ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Nandain" <cnandain(a)yahoo.com> To: <alice(a)apc.org>; <kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke>; <kiplist-cl(a)lyris.idrc.ca> Cc: <kla(a)arcc.or.ke>; <wcurrie(a)apc.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:19 PM Subject: Re: Draft ICT Policy - Wonderful job done > Dear Alice, > I should say that you did a fabulous job. I am hoping that Librarians, > having looked through this document will make meaningful comments. > > Charles Nandain > Chairman KLA > > alice(a)apc.org wrote: > Dear all > > Please find attached KICTANet declaration as well as the draft ICT policy, > which contains comments collected from online mailing list discussions > that have taken place over the last five weeks as well as of line round > table discussions. > > > I wish to thank the KICTANet team that has worked diligently over the last > two days to collate all the comments submitted through both off line and > online forums. As well as to thank all those who submitted comments on the > draft. > > KICTANet will submit the documents officially to the ministry of > information and communication by the end of the week, so kindly share your > feedback by tomorrow (Wednesday) evenining > > > kind regards > > alice munyua > > > Charles Nandain > Head Librarian, Nairobi International School of Theology (NIST) > Secretary, Christian Association of Librarians in Africa (CALA-Kenya) > Treasurer, Kenya Reading Association (KRA) > Tel. Office; 2720837/8 ; Mobile, 0733-368-111 > P.O Box 60954, 00200; Fax: 720253 > Nairobi, Kenya. > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)kictanet.or.ke http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet

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