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Technology on trial
by Harry Hare 04 May '13

04 May '13

Here is an interested read from Peter Muya arguing that the issues that led to the "systems failure" during the March 4, General Elections had nothing to do with technology, read hardware and software. http://bit.ly/ZGD0qL Kindest Regards Harry Hare Director | African eDevelopment Resource Centre PO Box 49475 00100 | Nairobi, Kenya Tel +254 20 4041646 | Cel +254 725 650044

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Re: [kictanet] SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY SMS
by Matunda Nyanchama 04 May '13

04 May '13

Advertisements (as in newspapers, TV, etc.) provide the primary course of revenue for these businesses. Safaricom and other telcos need to demonstrate that they are offering services as below par prices and hence need to recoup/make a profit through ads. There is no justification for bombarding individuals with ads when they are not getting a cut in airtime rates. CCK should step in and advise accordingly. Regards. Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 13:16:13 +0300 From: William Warero <wwarero(a)gmail.com> To: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY SMS Message-ID: <CAA1AGAex+18ovzkn0b7-_BqtUELfS4zeSNuN5ciQGoWs+sqAjg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Well, from the network's perspective it is not spam. When you purchase a SIM card or enter into a contract for use of a line, it remains the network's property. Similar to the TV model, the advertisement slots are a secondary revenue stream and a mode of directing traffic one way or the other, particularly for networks other than Safaricom. However, in the interest of retaining their clients they monitor the frequency of the messages sent to subscribers in slots, just as the media companies do. The "Do Not Disturb" lists do exist I believe, and should be effected upon request to their respective customer care options. With over 16 million Kenyans being online and growing,the majority accessing the internet by phone, I believe we will be seeing more and more mobile phone targeted advertising. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Jobs at Loghorn includes E-Publishing
by Matunda Nyanchama 03 May '13

03 May '13

Wananchi This was circulated on the Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) mailing list and circulated as an FYI in case anyone is interested. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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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Kenya ICT Board Learns Tough Lessons from Digital Villages Project
by Rebecca Wanjiku 03 May '13

03 May '13

"The Pasha fund was created to provide seed capital to entrepreneurs interested in setting up businesses in the 210 constituencies. The people would receive funds ranging from Ksh. 850,000 to 2 million (US$10,000 to $25,000). They would then set up the business, provide value addition and allow the business to sustain itself with time and repay the loan. There was a rigorous application exercise but we assumed several things; that the people applying had studied their areas and found the kind of services that would work, that the people had entrepreneurship skills, that business mentorship was easily available and that government services would be digitized fast enough to allow the businesses to thrive." http://www.pcworld.com/article/2036710/kenya-ict-board-learns-tough-lessons…

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Re: [kictanet] SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY SMS
by andrea.bohnstedt＠ratio-magazine.com 03 May '13

03 May '13

Yes, Kenya does, but I don't want to switch operators. I want my current providers to stop spamming me. ---------- Sent from my Nokia phone ------Original message------ From: Adam Nelson <adam(a)varud.com> To: "Andrea Bohnstedt" <andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013 2:04:27 PM GMT+0200 Subject: Re: [kictanet] SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY SMS On a related note, does Kenya have phone number portability so that people can just switch carriers. I personally think structural solutions like that are better than regulatory ones like banning SMS alerts (although I would certainly be in favor of that too). In the US, one can switch a phone number to another carrier in under an hour. https://twitter.com/varud https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt < andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> wrote: > I have - slightly laboriously - managed to get myself unsubscribed from > Airtel's permanent (and sometimes badly spelled and edited) text messages > by contacting someone in the firm I knew. But since then, Safcom's > messaging has really picked up, so if there's anyone on this list has a > contact (or an automated mechanism) to opt out, I'd also like to know. > > Plus any way of preventing the Safaricom dongle from automatically opening > their bundles website? > > > On 2 May 2013 14:38, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> If you are like me you must by now be going out of your mind with useless >> SMS messages from the different players in the Telco sector. >> >> Is there some rule somewhere that CCK can dust off and ask them to stop >> sending these SMSs to 'abused' subscribers like myself. >> >> Or at the very least could you at least give us an option to Opt Out of >> this deluge of useless (in my opinion) SMSs? >> >> In my case I am specifically referring to Safaricom. I know that >> Safaricom has sophisticated Mass Customisation tools and if they use their >> Analytic Tools they would have known that for a Muslim (assuming in the >> majority of cases they would make deductions by name usage) a message that >> reads:- >> >> *'Watch Pastor Tim's Sunday Sermon...' * >> >> is particularly useless for a Muslim. If I were a Conspiracy Theorist >> (Luckily I am not. :-)) I may start making assumptions that Safaricom wants >> to convert me to a Christian. >> >> Dear Safaricom, please give me an option to opt out of your SMS deluge.. >> >> Death by SMS :-) >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* >> >> *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd >> * >> >> >> >> Tel: +254713601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> >> >> Blog: www.alyhussein.com >> >> >> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/andrea.bohnstedt%40ra… >> >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> > Publisher > > www.ratio-magazine.com > www.africa-assets.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/adam%40varud.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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Legislated Responsibilities of a Government CIO
by S.M. Muraya 03 May '13

03 May '13

Some interesting links... www.ok.gov/OSF/documents/CIOSolicitation_AppendixA.doc http://fcw.com/articles/2013/04/23/dod-directive-cio-role.aspx The US even has a "Paper Work Reduction" Act.... (very long) http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a130_a130appendix_iv Would be very interesting to know how much we spend on paper vs software. Time wasted filing papers, burning out filing clerks who refuse to cooperate unless they are paid to do boring filing work, time wasted by millions of Kenyans waiting to be served.

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 8
by Michael Bullut 03 May '13

03 May '13

** *@* *Evans:* Why not go further a nd implement o pen source thin clients? On 2 May 2013 07:39, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > 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: SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY > SMS (Brian Ngure) > 2. Re: SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY > SMS (andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com) > 3. Re: SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS - DEATH BY > SMS (Peter Owino) > 4. Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40, 000 government PCs > to open source (Evans Ikua) > 5. Digital TV Migration: Local stations turnoff digital > transmission (robert yawe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 15:17:17 +0300 > From: Brian Ngure <brian(a)pixie.co.ke> > To: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] SPAM/OPT IN/OPT OUT MARKETING FROM THE TELCOS > - DEATH BY SMS > Message-ID: > < > CAJbJWJ1CAuqQcs7DQyRMv_xVcF1v6_F9__VbFXtMJqwEs0cpxw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > I have just received Safaricom's advice to watch Pastor Tim this Sunday :) > > I have written quite a number of emails to Safaricom customer care asking > to be removed from whatever mailing list they are using but have not > received a single response. Tried calling but could not past the IVR. > Surely, I should be asked first if I want to receive these sms messages, > yes? It is one of the requirements for the new SDP system they are making > PRSPs implement after all. Why should they break their own rules? > > Perhaps CCK could implement a "Do Not Call" registry like in the USA ( > https://www.donotcall.gov) > > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > > > Listers > > > > If you are like me you must by now be going out of your mind with useless > > SMS messages from the different players in the Telco sector. > > > > Is there some rule somewhere that CCK can dust off and ask them to stop > > sending these SMSs to 'abused' subscribers like myself. > > > > Or at the very least could you at least give us an option to Opt Out of > > this deluge of useless (in my opinion) SMSs? > > > > In my case I am specifically referring to Safaricom. I know that > Safaricom > > has sophisticated Mass Customisation tools and if they use their Analytic > > Tools they would have known that for a Muslim (assuming in the majority > of > > cases they would make deductions by name usage) a message that reads:- > > > > *'Watch Pastor Tim's Sunday Sermon...' * > > > > is particularly useless for a Muslim. If I were a Conspiracy Theorist > > (Luckily I am not. :-)) I may start making assumptions that Safaricom > wants > > to convert me to a Christian. > > > > Dear Safaricom, please give me an option to opt out of your SMS deluge.. > > > > Death by SMS :-) > > > > > > *Ali Hussein* > > > > *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* > > > > *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd > > * > > > > > > > > Tel: +254713601113 > > > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > > > Skype: abu-jomo > > > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim< > http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> > > > > Blog: www.alyhussein.com > > > > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/brian%40pixie.co.ke > > > > 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. > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Brian Ngure >

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Welcome
by Gideon 03 May '13

03 May '13

Greetings Dr. Matiangi, I take this opportunity online to welcome you cordially as you await your confirmation. We have seen part of what you have achieved in the past and are confident that you shall be able to continue the good work that has been done by your able predecessors as well as bring in ideas that will catalyze growth of the ICT constituency in Kenya, EastAfrica and the world at large. I also take this opportunity to appreciate Hon. Poghisio for the good work that he has done while in his tenure at the helm of Information and Communication's docket and wish him well in his future endeavors. Kind regards, Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:48 AM Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5 To: Gideon Rop <gideonrop(a)gmail.com> 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: Welcome! (Paul Roy) 2. Re: Can we learn from the French? (Evans Ikua) 3. Re: Can we learn from the French? (Phares Kariuki) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 09:35:25 +0300 From: Paul Roy <roykoikai(a)gmail.com> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk>, fredmatiangi(a)gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Welcome! Message-ID: <CA+AXev7NO=s4bowTRaRtR_cp=7+XjaCib5cPEa6kmwCqjPFz7w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Daktari, This is a simple welcome message to you, as we await your confirmation by parliament we would like to urge you to familiarize yourself with this group and the good work your Dr. Ndemo has done under this docket. Wish you all the best in the next steps. regards, Paul Roy. On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:50 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Daktari, > > I was tempted to say karibu but I realised three issues why that would be > inappropriate > > 1. KICTAnet is like a perpetual bar brawl for which there is no formal > invitation or welcome and the participants are in it for varied reasons > many of each are never verbalised. > 2. Actually your welcome party actually tool place when you your named by > the president, from your email below it seems to have happend in your > absence and the details have been purged from the achieves it might be a > good idea to have them forwarded to you by Dr. Ndemo > 2. You are still a nominee and it is possible that the vetting committee > in parliament might reject your nomination based on a lack of "passion" for > the job as you did not read your speech from an xPAD, you do not have a > bluetooth or NFC ear peice permanently glued to your ear and finally you > have not shared you twitter handle. > > I look forward to engaging with you but most likely your principle > secretaries as we try to remain relevant as the ICT sector (not that the > post for ICT Executive in the counties is position number 10) and hope that > you shall be as tolerant of my dear friend Dr. Ndemo who was the perfect > punching bag on this forum. > > Regards > > Robert Yawe > KAY System Technologies Ltd > Phoenix House, 6th Floor > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 > Kenya > > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > ------------------------------ > *From:* FRED MATIANGI <fredmatiangi(a)gmail.com> > *To:* robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 6:08 > *Subject:* [kictanet] This week in your outstanding Public Service Career > > Dear Dr. Ndemo, > > I take this early opportunity to wish you all the best in your interview > for the position of Principal Secretary coming up later this week. I very > sincerely hope the Lord will guide you, bless you indeed and see you > continue to succeed. Your service to our nation has been outstanding. Your > performance at the Ministry of Information speaks for itself. I thank you > in my private capacity as a Kenyan citizen and wish you well as a friend > and former colleague at the University of Nairobi. > > I am hesitant to address any issues presumptively at this stage as I > deliberately remain below the radar as expected and patiently await to go > before the vetting committee in Parliament. I am sure that there will be > plenty of opportunities to compare notes and share experiences. I look > forward to learning more from you and others in the this sector and that > together we can make our humble contribution in this part of the journey of > life. > > Fred Matiangi > > _______________________________________________ > 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/robertyawe%40yahoo.co… > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/roykoikai%40gmail.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. > -- "Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit of luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice and a lot of patience." Roy.

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Re: [kictanet] Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40, 000 government PCs to open source
by meshack emakunat 03 May '13

03 May '13

Think of it as a two pairs of pants one requires a belt and cannot stretch and the other doesn't need any belt coz it got a rubber stretch on the waist ------------------------------ On Thu, May 2, 2013 6:47 AM PDT Evans Ikua wrote: >"The government of Spain's autonomous region of Extremadura has begun the >switch to open source of it desktop PCs. The government expects the >majority of its 40,000 PCs to be migrated this year, the region's CIO >Theodomir Cayetano announced on 18 April. Extremadura estimates that the >move to open source will help save 30 million euro per year." >Read more here: >https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/spains-extremadura-starts-s… > > > >*My estimation that for every 300 dollars of my tax money that the >Government spends on MS Office licensing, 250 dollars is wasted.* > >-- >*---------------------------------------------------- >Kind Regards, >Evans Ikua,* >lanetconsulting.com, >lpi-eastafrica.org, >ict-innovation.fossfa.net, >Twitter: @ikuae >Cell: +254-722-955831

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 8
by Joel Macharia 02 May '13

02 May '13

Brian, Hussein Try Twitter @safaricomltd. I raised a complaint and it seemed to work, for the most part. I've received 3 or 4 messages in the last year or so. Cell +254 712 210 600 Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+macharia=macharia.co.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 17:39:12 To: Macharia<macharia(a)macharia.co.ke> Reply-To: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 72, Issue 8 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..."

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