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Re: [kictanet] ICANN meeting and security concerns
by McTim 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Adam, On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> wrote: > A thought, or really a question about last Friday's disturbances. Were they > a one off, or might they happen again? Maybe this Friday, but that should be it. Is this a permanent or semi-permanent > change, or will the trouble pass and be over when the Jamaican guy is > deported and things calm down? Things will calm down. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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NEW ICT REGULATIONS ON MEDIA
by Alex Owiti 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

I would like to state categorically that as much as the media regulations are controversial as claimed there is need to treat the matter with sobriety. There are two sides of the coin and just a government system -there is need for checks and balances. As much as the media is the government's watchdog it should be true to its role of exposing unethical values in the society instead of resonating to the same string of decaying our society with an immoral programs that corrupt our young generations' minds. One thing I can never stoop low to, is to support the media on crying for censorship of programs that will bring them profit at the expense of upbringing a morally upright society. There can be other debatable issues in the draft including censorship of government's inappropriate actions, cross media ownership, subsidizing one business with another but till Christ comes back morals, values and culture are pillars for country that is heading to the right direction of success. Alex Owiti

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Re: [kictanet] Town hall meeting with PS/MoIC - Program and directions
by michael Ouma 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

hi: will attend. thanks. Michael Ouma Journalist Kenya Tel:+254-725-537823 "Do not go where the path may lead, but go instead where there is no path and leave a trail," - Ralph Waldo Emerson --- On Wed, 1/20/10, Mwololo Tim <timwololo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: Mwololo Tim <timwololo(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [kictanet] Town hall meeting with PS/MoIC - Program and directions > To: benomnta(a)yahoo.com > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 12:04 AM > Dear listers, > > Attached is a program and directions for our > "town hall" meeting with the PS on the Malili > technopolis. > > Please note that the conference hall can accommodate > 60 people seated. > > We shall have tea/coffee/drinking chocolate, water and > snacks. > > A projector and screen will be available. > > We shall start at exactly 9 am and stick to the > program. See you all on Thur at 9 am. > > Tim Mwololo > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: benomnta(a)yahoo.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/benomnta%40yahoo.com >

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Investors, Venture Capital in IT
by Agosta Liko 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Listers Is there anyone or any initiative to vet/approve VCs before they operate in Kenya ? They are cropping up like wildfire :) ... been hearing of cases where ideas, IP is stolen from young techies by people claiming to have money to invest Thanks

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Protection of Private / Personal information
by James Kagwe 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

The story on page 16 of The standard newspaper link http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mag/InsidePage.php?id=2000001283&cid=459&, left me wondering how some of the information got into the hands of the "investigators" and what would happen if such information fell in the hands of Criminals. Further as Mobile phones operator begin to register their subscribers what information will they gather and how will they protect it. -- ÐÏà¡±á

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Town hall meeting with PS/MoIC - Program and directions
by Mwololo Tim 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Dear listers, Attached is a program and directions for our "town hall" meeting with the PS on the Malili technopolis. Please note that the conference hall can accommodate 60 people seated. We shall have tea/coffee/drinking chocolate, water and snacks. A projector and screen will be available. We shall start at exactly 9 am and stick to the program. See you all on Thur at 9 am. Tim Mwololo

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Re: [kictanet] Confirmed ICT Talk Information
by Mwololo Tim 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Confirmed for 50 at Arziki Restaurant, next to Chiromo Campus Library. See you there. tim On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:14 PM, <jairah(a)kippra.or.ke> wrote: > Tim, > > Hi? If you are able to re confirm, please do. It seems the numbers will be > high. Let me know if you do? > > Kind regards > > Eric Aligula > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mwololo Tim <timwololo(a)gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:11:35 > To: <jairah(a)kippra.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Confirmed ICT Talk Information > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: jairah(a)kippra.or.ke > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jairah%40kippra.or.ke > >

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Ushahidi in Haiti
by Dorcas Muthoni 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

http://haiti.ushahidi.com/ Ushahidi is an organization that created a free and open source mapping and content management system which can be used by organizations worldwide in crisis-related situations. The main goal of the organization is to create a system that facilitates early warning systems and helps in data visualization for response and recovery. The Ushahidi platform has been used to monitor elections in India, Mexico, Lebanon and Afghanistan. It has been deployed in the DR Congo to track unrest, Zambia to monitor medicine stockouts and the Philippines to track the mobile phone companies. It is now being used in the Haiti Earthquake disaster. NB: Ushahidi has strong Kenyan roots with a bulk of the Ushahidi Platform developers coming from Kenya and the wider Africa. -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!

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Re: [kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti/Ushahidi looking for new users globally
by Janet Feldman 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Dear Dorcas and All, Thanks so much for this timely and exciting posting! I have been posting this info to Haiti mailing lists and friends living in Haiti, and I think it is one of the great "crossover" success stories for Kenya and Kenyans: that an online crisis-response platform, created by a Kenyans to address the civil conflict in Kenya in 2008, should now be so helpful for people half a world away. Ushahidi is seeking to expand use of this platform and its services globally, and in particular is eager for women and women's groups to get involved. If anyone knows of groups in Kenya who want to learn more about Ushahidi and how to use it, please contact Rebecca Wanjiku (a journalist well-known to members here), at rebecca(a)ushahidi.com. If anyone knows of people and groups outside of Kenya who would be interested, please contact Juliana Rotich at juliana(a)ushahidi.com. For folks in Kenya, Rebecca can arrange a face-to-face meeting about Ushahidi, and how to use its software. Juliana will be happy to organize demos via skype. They highly recommend that organizations look into the software, come up with a concept of what they would like to achieve, a timeline, and a workplan. More information on the software is available on site: http://ushahidi.com/ To download the code (it is free and open source): http://download.ushahidi.com/ Blog: http://blog.ushahidi.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/ushahidi Wiki: http://wiki.ushahidi.com/doku.php With all best wishes and appreciation, Janet (Feldman, kaippg(a)earthlink.net, www.kaippg.org) -----Original Message----- From: Dorcas Muthoni Sent: Jan 18, 2010 9:28 AM To: kaippg(a)earthlink.net Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Ushahidi in Haiti http://haiti.ushahidi.com/ Ushahidi is an organization that created a free and open source mapping and content management system which can be used by organizations worldwide in crisis-related situations. The main goal of the organization is to create a system that facilitates early warning systems and helps in data visualization for response and recovery. The Ushahidi platform has been used to monitor elections in India, Mexico, Lebanon and Afghanistan. It has been deployed in the DR Congo to track unrest, Zambia to monitor medicine stockouts and the Philippines to track the mobile phone companies. It is now being used in the Haiti Earthquake disaster. NB: Ushahidi has strong Kenyan roots with a bulk of the Ushahidi Platform developers coming from Kenya and the wider Africa. -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!

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Re: [kictanet] {Disarmed} RE: Confirmed ICT Talk Information
by charles nduati 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

hi all, you all know its almost impossible to miss a talk by ours truelly. count me in and make sure there no riots that day see you all charles nduati On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:06 EET Pamela wrote: >Eric, > > > >Would like to attend. > > > >Pamela. > > > >**NB, will you send out a list of confirmed attendees or how do we know? > > > >From: kictanet-bounces+pamela=cardiacimplants.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >[mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Eric Aligula >Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:43 PM >To: pamela(a)cardiacimplants.com >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Confirmed ICT Talk Information > > > >30 is cutting it pretty close. There wouldn't be any standing space. I >wish there could be. > > > >Eric Aligula Magolo, PhD > >Programmes Coordinator & Ag. Head, Infrastructure and Economic Services >Division > >Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) > >P.O. Box 56445, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya >Telephone: +254-20-2719933/4 >Fax: +254-20-2719951 >E-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> jairah(a)kippra.or.ke >URL: <http://www.kippra.org/> www.kippra.org > >Kenyan flag > >Proudly Kenyan > >"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted >the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink >from this responsibility....I welcome it." > >John F. Kennedy > >"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." > >Edmund Burke > >"Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though >checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither >enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that >knows not victory, nor defeat." > >Theodore Roosevelt > >"Ex Africa semper aliquid novi" > > > >From: Brian Munyao Longwe [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:33 PM >To: Eric Aligula >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Confirmed ICT Talk Information > > > >Thanks for this Eric - is there room for (standing) overflow? Just in case >more than 30 turn up... > >Regards, > >Brian > >On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Eric Aligula <jairah(a)kippra.or.ke> wrote: > >All: > > > >Please confirm with Agosta so that we have a list of 30 people. First Come >basis I presume? > > > >Kind regards > > > >Eric Aligula Magolo, PhD > >Programmes Coordinator & Ag. Head, Infrastructure and Economic Services >Division > >Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) > >P.O. Box 56445, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya >Telephone: +254-20-2719933/4 >Fax: +254-20-2719951 >E-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> jairah(a)kippra.or.ke >URL: <http://www.kippra.org/> www.kippra.org > >Error! Filename not specified. > >Proudly Kenyan > >"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted >the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink >from this responsibility....I welcome it." > >John F. Kennedy > >"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." > >Edmund Burke > >"Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though >checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither >enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that >knows not victory, nor defeat.." > >Theodore Roosevelt > >"Ex Africa semper aliquid novi" > > > >From: kictanet-bounces+jairah=kippra.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >[mailto:kictanet-bounces+jairah <mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bjairah> >=kippra.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J >Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 2:36 PM >To: Eric Aligula > > >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Confirmed ICT Talk Information > > > > >@Liko, > >Venue of 30Pax? so how do we get to be amongst the privileged 30? 1st come >1st serve basis? as in 1st-email 1st-booked-in basis? either way, count me >in...or I will still crush the party (oops, Kenyan impunity at work ;-) > >walu. > >--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >From: Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> >Subject: [kictanet] Confirmed ICT Talk Information >To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 3:17 PM > >Listers, > >Topic: Proposed ICT Park > >Speaker: Dr Bitange Ndemo, PS Ministry of Information > >Date & Time: Thursday January 21st 2010, 9am - 12pm > >Venue: Bishops Garden Towers, Bishops Road {Next to Fairview Hotel} - >****this has been confirmed**** > >Hosting Organization: Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and >Analysis {30 Pax} > >Thanks All > > >-----Inline Attachment Follows----- > >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke ><http://mc/[email protected]> >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >This message was sent to: jwalu(a)yahoo.com ><http://mc/[email protected]> >Unsubscribe or change your options at >http://lists.kictanet..or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com > > > > >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >This message was sent to: blongwe(a)gmail.com >Unsubscribe or change your options at >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/blongwe%40gmail.com > > > > >-- >Brian Munyao Longwe >e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com >cell: + 254 722 518 744 >blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com >meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com > > >---------------------------------------------- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >--------------------------------------------- >"easy access to the world" >

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