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Buntwani 2014 - Call for Submissions: Potential of ICT in Strengthening Citizen Engagement
by Simeon Oriko 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Buntwani 2014 The Potential of ICT in Strengthening Citizen Engagement and Participation Buntwani aims to be a conversation starter and facilitator among various stakeholders actively involved and/or interested in the potential of ICT in strengthening citizen engagement and participation in Africa, as well as showcase the innovations that work and aim to decipher the strategies that make them work. The 2014 edition in Kenya will be the first of a regular series of events to be held in a different African country each year. The following outcomes are envisaged for the first event: Determine if ICT is playing a role in strengthening and accelerating citizen engagement and government responsiveness in Kenya. Highlight which ICT tools and innovation are making an impact in support of strengthening citizen engagement and identify the reason for their success (separate hype and actual impact). Identify best practises used in measuring the impact of ICT tools and innovation in the citizen engagement space as well as what effective monitoring and evaluation mechanisms currently exist that provide evidence that these interventions contribute to effective citizen engagement. Encourage stakeholder collaboration and avoid the “silo syndrome”. Document before, during and after the event all examples of ICT being utilised in support of strengthening citizen engagement in Kenya. The event agenda will be shaped around the following three session streams: Policy Focus on policies that are working and/or need to be in place to support the implementation of ICT interventions aimed at strengthening citizen engagement, and also measure the impact of these in communities. Technology and Innovation Focus on ICT tools and applications that have been successful in strengthening citizen engagement in Kenya and beyond, as well as the reasons why others have failed or not made the same impact. Citizen Participation Focus on successful strategies that are being used to facilitate citizen engagement in government decision-making processes, the challenges encountered by various stakeholders in ensuring active citizen engagement and working with government, and how ICT can be an enabler in this regard. In order to showcase the best projects, innovations and ideas being implemented in, or relevant to Kenya, Techsoup Global and Open Institute are inviting submissions that, upon selection, shall be presented and exhibited at Buntwani. Successful applicants shall be provided with a time slot in the programme to present as well as an exhibition booth where they can further interact with the delegates attending this inaugural event. To apply, please fill in the Call for Submissions form on the Buntwani website (http://buntwani.org) The deadline for submissions is July 11, 2014. Contacts Jay Bhalla Executive Director Open Institute jay(a)openinstitute.com David Barnard Vice-President: Africa TechSoup Global dbarnard(a)techsoupglobal.org -- Simeon Oriko | Digital and Innovation Strategist Web: www.mtotowajirani.com | Twitter: @mtotowajirani LinkedIn: ke.linkedin.com/in/simeonoriko Cell: +254 724 892 941 | Skype: simeonoriko

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Draft programme for the Kenya IGF 2014
by Mwendwa Kivuva 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Below and attached is the Draft Kenya IGF programme for your input. The Kenya IGF steering committee is calling on domain knowledge experts to participate and contribute where applicable. KENYA INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM 2014. Theme: Connecting Counties for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet Governance Tentative date: 3rd July 2014 Proposed Location: Sarova Panafric, Nairobi Website: www.kenyaigf.or.ke 8.00-830 AM: REGISTRATION. 8:30- 9:00 AM: Keynote Speeches. ISOC / Kenya IGF Committee welcome guests and invite Chief Guest. Keynote from the Chief Guest: Suggested guest - Honor Dr. Fred Matiangi. 9:00-10:00 AM: POLICIES ENABLING ACCESS: Sub topics: Improving cost and Quality of Internet Increasing access Panelists: Anne Nderi (ICJ-Kenya), 10:00-11:00 AM: NET NEUTRALITY. Panelists: Brian Omwenga (UoN) Moderator: Ali Hussein 11:00-11:30 AM: TEA BREAK. 11:30-1:00 PM: CYBER SECURITY The Integrated Public Safety Communication and Surveillance System DNSSEC progress at KENIC and registrars Emerging Legal issues Awareness, Partnership and Incident Management ICT Policymaking Challenges and Issues with Cybersecurity Panelists: ICTA, CAK, Microsoft, Dr. Tonny Omwansa (UoN), Fiona Asonga (Tespok), iHub - Nanjira Sambuli 1:00-2:00 PM: LUNCH BREAK. 2:00-3:00 PM: Internet and Human rights Social Media and Hate Speech Panelists: KHRC, iHub - Nanjira Sambuli 3:00 - 4:00 PM: INTERNET AS AN ENGINE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Counties showcase Panelists: Barrack Otieno, County ICT executives 4:00 - 4:45 PM Open Mike Session: Diversity, Equal participation of all stakeholders, based on the "multi stakeholder" policy development model. Public participation in Internet Governance and ICT development Panelists: 4:45-5:00 PM: IGF Rapporteur, Key Outcomes of Kenya: Mwendwa Kivuva Vote of thanks by ISOC Kenyan Chapter & KIGF WG Chairs 5:00 PM:Tea Break & Participants leave at their own pleasure Sincerely ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya Secretary, Internet Society and Kenya IGF Steering Committee. "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson

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Vodafone admits that some governments have a direct link to their network for snooping
by Ali Hussein 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Listers In view of the debate about the security tender awarded to Safaricom and now in contention within the parliamentary committee responsible for this its incumbent upon all of us in the industry that we understand this issue deeper. See below:- http://www.businessinsider.com/r-vodafone-says-governments-have-direct-acce… I'm also curious to know what the TOR for this tender was. I'm all open to the government securing our borders against our enemies but we also must know what these parameters of 'snooping' are. Ali Hussein +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Vodafone admits that some governments have a direct link to their network for snooping (Ngigi Waithaka)
by Matunda Nyanchama 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Friends This issue reminds me of a term popularized by President George Bush (Snr) - boondoggle - when attacking opponents fighting for "pork" for their constituents, ... thinking about the next election. The Jubilee administration started with a lot of goodwill from wananchi but it seems that almost every deal follows the same script: announce it! affirm its value! get on with it! damn the processes! damn the "noise"! And even when things come a cropper, move on with business as usual and let no one take the fall/be accountable. No wonder that the moribund opposition has found fertile ground for agitation. The need for intelligence gathering, analysis, etc in support of security is well understood! The issues are in the execution: what are the strategic objectives of this exercise and how does it serve the national interest? What are the options? What about the risks (yes, including handing your security to a foreign-controlled element, ...)? How much due diligence has been done in assessing the options? For instance: in a country with such vast/rough terrain, with open/porous borders manned by corrupt security officers, .... are security cameras the best investment we can make in dealing with security? Another question: are we optimizing intelligence collection, analysis and actions thereof? (From the outside look of things, the answer is NO!) And everyone is now ventilating in open media, showing discord even in government (oh! AG was not in the picture ...) ===>> music to terrorists and enemies of this nation! Just hope that this is not another Anglo Leasing in the making. A boondoggle! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you. ________________________________ From: "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Sent: Saturday, June 7, 2014 6:44 PM Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 85, Issue 13 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Vodafone admits that some governments have a direct link to their network for snooping (Ngigi Waithaka) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 18:34:15 +0300 From: Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> To: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vodafone admits that some governments have a direct link to their network for snooping Message-ID: <CAMzLdAME6avL6txGwo1oR_=c6P9AS8j_g0K4iXVHxcMWu9W+xQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Muraya, Ksh 15B is actually enough to start an industry. Say Ksh 1B out of it was allocated to build the best Apps for collecting & analyzing intelligence, that would be the start in making .KE another Israel... The problem with all these deals is I guess when we put the same people to lead expecting different results... On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 6:25 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > The CIA is primarily into "offshore" snooping/espionage and unlikely to > make public announcements . > > It is the FBI who are more likely to openly query civilians or announce > their activities (onshore) in the USA > > http://mashable.com/2013/09/11/fbi-microsoft-bitlocker-backdoor/ > > Safaricom is better than Anglo Leasing traitors building up "hospitality" > abroad without building up Kenyan initiative + intelligence. > > Safaricom will not deliver the local initiative we need (as bureaucrats > look down on SMEs) but is better than nothing to begin with.. > > It was not a Phd but a smart college dropout on a CIA project which caused > Oracle (the Database Company) to come into being. > > > http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/649/The-Billionaire-Drop… > > The rest, as they say is history :) > > Regards > > Murigi / Stanley Muraya > > *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one > who takes a city." Prov 16:32* >

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300 left jobless in ICT Authority’s push to eliminate redundant roles
by Grace Githaiga 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Over 300 people will be left jobless in a proposed restructuring at the ICT Authority.A report prepared by audit firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) proposed to cut the authority’s workforce to about 180 from 511. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/300-left-jobless-in-ICT-Authority/-/996/23…

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Upcoming conference Next week
by Salesio Kiura 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Listers, Please find attached an advert for an upcoming conference next week at Safaripark Hotel. You are all invited! We discuss, engage and influence ICT policy. regards, Salesio

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4-day BCP & DRP Training - Mombasa - June 23 - 26, 2014
by Matunda Nyanchama 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Friends We have a few spots left in the above scheduled training. See attached (also on our website) for further details. NB: the course was originally planned for Naivasha. However, most of our clients chose the warm weather of the coast. | Sample Participant Comments Very good delivery & presentation; very energetic & good knowledge of the subject. Excellent work! Complementary instructors! Superb for ease of understanding! Very practical and very relevant examples given Practical nature of the topics and its relevance to the business Excellent practical exercise on disaster recovery and crisis communications Course is important to our company ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manage your ICT risks! We are the experts you need! The trusted partners you deserve! Call: +1-888-587-1150 (Canada) +254-20-267-0743 (Kenya) or info(a)aganoconsulting.com Licensed by Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Universal Service Access Fund Informational Survey
by Auguste K. Yankey 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Dear All, Greetings from the African Union Commission (AUC). The AUC, in partnership with the USAID would like to invite you to take part to a survey (less than 5 min) on Universal Services Access. Would you please take part of this or send to your colleagues whom may have some professional/personal interest in? www.au.int/infosoc/usaf-survey<http://www.au.int/infosoc/usaf-survey> Thank you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonjour à tous, Salutations de la Commission de l'Union africaine (CUA). La CUA, en partenariat avec l'USAID, aimerait vous inviter à participer à une enquête (moins de 5 min) sur l'accès aux services universels. Voulez-vous s'il vous plaît y prendre part ou envoyer le lien à vos collègues qui travaillent dans le domaine ? www.au.int/infosoc/usaf-survey<http://www.au.int/infosoc/usaf-survey> merci Auguste K. Yankey Senior Policy Officer | Infrastructure and Energy Division | African Union Commission Tel: (251) 11 551 77 00 | Fax: (251) 11 551 78 44 | E-mail: YANKEYKA(a)africa-union.org<mailto:[email protected]> | Web:www.au.int<http://www.au.int> Addis Ababa | Ethiopia Disclaimer: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the recipient . If you are not the intended message recipient you must not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The Sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. [cid:[email protected]] Please consider the environment before printing this email message.

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Wireless Broadband Spectrum Policy Guidelines Document
by John Kariuki 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Listers, In case you are not aware,the above document for consultation is on www.information.go.ke . It is only 21 pages.However, it is likely to greatly affect the ICT sector,especially in developing countries like Kenya, for many years to come.This is because for most of us,the only Broadband Connection and the advanced applications and services,especially through the Internet, we shall ever enjoy will be determined by how efficiently and competitively the spectrum will be provided.Have a look! John Kariuki

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Round table on 'Inclusion in the network society –
by Nebila Abdulmelik 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Round table on 'Inclusion in the network society – mapping development alternatives, forging research agendas' <http://www.itforchange.net/Roundtable%20on%20%27Inclusion%20in%20the%20netw…> 2014 Type of resource: Proposals IT for Change and IDRC are co-organising a Round Table on 'Inclusion in the network society – mapping development alternatives, forging research agendas' in September 2014 in Bangalore, India. The round table will bring together around 25 participants – leading scholars, development practitioners and thinkers, who are interested in the theoretical and policy aspects of equity, inclusion and participation in the 'ICTs and development' domain. Further, the Round Table seeks to introduce young development researchers and practitioners to the broader debate on inclusion in the network age, through this Open Call for Abstracts <http://www.itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/Call%20for%20Abstracts.…>. There is a limited number of travel fellowships for authors of selected full-length essays, to participate in the round table. For further information, please read the Call for Abstracts <http://www.itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/Call%20for%20Abstracts.…> and Concept Note <http://www.itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/Concept%20Note.pdf>. Kind regards, *Nebila Abdulmelik* Head of Communications/Chargée de la Communication African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) Réseau de Développement et de Communication des Femmes Africaines www.femnet.co <http://www.femnet.or.ke/> | *FEMNET on Facebook* <http://www.facebook.com/femnetsecretariat> | *Blog <http://femnet.wordpress.com/>:* femnet.wordpress.com Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/femnetprog>:* @femnetprog | *Skype:* Femnet Secretariat | **FEMNET on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/Femnet1>* *'**The revolution and women’s liberation go together. We do not talk of women’s emancipation as an act of charity or because of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the triumph of the revolution. Women hold up the other half of the sky.' -* Thomas Sankara

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