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Re: [kictanet] State of the internet 2017 report
by Ali Hussein 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

I nteresting statistics on the state of the Internet . Do we have critical mass? Bloggers great work! You guys are getting organized in a very meaningful way. What are the implications for businesses and organizations in general ? For me here are some:- 1. Organisations Government must have a #WhatsAppStrategy going forward 2. We love to watch video more than #Facebooking :-) 3. Instagram is interesting 4. Linkedin is certainly a must do for professionals looking to advance their careers and for businesses engaged in B2B and looking to recruit top talent 5. Twitter - punches way above its weight and politicians can afford to ignore it? #Maybe :-) 6. Snapchat s in its early days and Facebook i s for us #OldGeezers? :-) Interesting times ahead! *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & 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 Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Shitemi Khamadi via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Greetings Listers > > The Bloggers Association of Kenya has today launched the State of the > Internet Report 2017. Find the report https://www.ifree.co. > ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/State-of-the-Internet-in- > Kenya-report-2017.pdf > > Feel to share it. #StateofnetKE > > Thank you > > -- > > > Kind Regards, > > Shitemi Khamadi | Programs Manager, Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE). > > Phone: +254 704090471, +254 733522229 | Personal: +254 -720-175808 > Email: shitemi(a)bake.or.ke | Website: bake.co.ke | BAKE Awards: > bakeawards.co.ke <http://www.bakeawards.co.ke/> > > Become a member: bake.co.ke/membership > <http://www.blog.bake.co.ke/2015/09/09/how-to-become-a-bake-member/> > > Follow us: *Twitter*: @bakekenya <http://twitter.com/BakeKenya>, *FB*: f > b.com/bakekenya <http://facebook.com/bakekenya> & *YouTube*: you > tube.com/bakekenya > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/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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State of the internet 2017 report
by Shitemi Khamadi 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Greetings Listers The Bloggers Association of Kenya has today launched the State of the Internet Report 2017. Find the report https://www.ifree.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/State-of-the-Internet-in… Feel to share it. #StateofnetKE Thank you -- Kind Regards, Shitemi Khamadi | Programs Manager, Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE). Phone: +254 704090471, +254 733522229 | Personal: +254 -720-175808 Email: shitemi(a)bake.or.ke | Website: bake.co.ke | BAKE Awards: bakeawards.co.ke <http://www.bakeawards.co.ke/> Become a member: bake.co.ke/membership <http://www.blog.bake.co.ke/2015/09/09/how-to-become-a-bake-member/> Follow us: *Twitter*: @bakekenya <http://twitter.com/BakeKenya>, *FB*: fb.com/bakekenya <http://facebook.com/bakekenya> & *YouTube*: youtube.com/bakekenya

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Quick Books Implementation Partner
by Watila Alex 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Good afternoon Listers,I am looking for recommendations for reliable quickbooks implementation partners. I am looking for someone with both a strong IT as well as finance background to configure a quickbooks solution that my organization is sponsering. Regards, Alex Watila

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We should proceed with caution on the cybercrimes bill
by Grace Githaiga 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Listers See Walu's blog in yesterday's Daily Nation. The Computer and Cybercrimes Bill of 2017 is before Parliament and undergoing public consultations. Whereas it does contain contentious clauses, we must be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water. This is because the Cybercrimes Bill is one of the four pending bills that are required to usher in a true digital economy for Kenya. The other three are the Data Protection Act, the Electronic Transactions Act and the Copyright Act. Read on: https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-4301864-lb24ib/i… Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Sweden: Court rules ISP must handover illegal downloaders' details
by Bernard Kioko 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

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facial recognition technology in policing
by anyega jefferson 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42973456 Police in China have begun using sunglasses equipped with facial recognition technology to identify suspected criminals. -- Anyega M Jefferson jeffersonanyega(a)gmail.com 0703824326 Start where you are,use what you have and do what you can.

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Fw: [apc.members] Job opportunity at APC: Digital content curator
by Grace Githaiga 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Might be of interest to some of you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grace Githaiga Twitter: @ggithaiga Skype: gracegithaiga Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga ...the most important office in a democracy is the citizen. So, you see, that’s what our democracy demands. It needs you!----Barrack Obama. ________________________________ From: APC.members <apc.members-bounces(a)lists.apc.org> on behalf of Flavia Fascendini <flavia(a)apcwomen.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:40 AM To: apc.members(a)lists.apc.org Subject: [apc.members] Job opportunity at APC: Digital content curator Hello dear members Sharing this call with you. Please help us share with potential interested people in your organisations and networks. Thanks in advance! Flavia Main purpose of the job APC is looking for a person to join its communications team as content curator and writer for APC-managed platforms and projects, with a focus on capacity-building materials. This position will require you to edit and produce written outputs, and to find, organise and, when necessary, re-adapt the materials in several online spaces, like toolkit.ngo. This position also requires experience in NGO institutional strengthening, strategic ICT uses and training, and a good understanding of NGO needs. Location: The successful applicant may work from anywhere in the world provided they have reliable internet access. APC provides an equipment allowance but requires staff to have and use their own computers. Remuneration and duration of contract: This is a 1.0 full-time equivalent contract for an initial 12-month period (renewable depending on performance and availability of funding). Remuneration is based on APC’s salary scale for a position at the project coordinator level. Details about the remuneration package will be discussed with shortlisted candidates. Additional details on the project are below. Start date: The successful applicant should be available to begin as soon as possible, but ideally, no later than mid-April 2018. Deadline for applications: The deadline for applications is 23 February 2018. Reporting: This position requires you to work closely with the APC communications manager and the relevant staff from APC’s different programmes and projects. Primary responsibilities * Information management, which implies finding, annotating, evaluating, organising, updating, re-adapting, and making available diverse materials in different online spaces. * Curating the site toolkit.ngo. * Producing written outputs as agreed with the team. * Editing and proofreading English content on demand. Desired skills and experience The ideal candidate: * Wants to work in a non-profit organisation that works for social justice, has experience in NGO institutional strengthening, strategic ICT uses and training, and understands NGO needs. * Has very strong information management skills and at least five years of experience. * Is really interested in NGO capacity building and feels excited to go through loads of training materials in order to find, annotate, evaluate, organise, update, and make them available in different online spaces. * Has excellent English language skills (native), and is very good at editing and proofreading English written content. * Is very methodical, detail oriented and organised. * Loves to write and has strong experience in developing training materials. * Has an outstanding ability to find useful sources of information that are relevant to the assignment purposes, with great editorial judgement. * Has experience publishing professionally in online platforms using Content Management Systems such as Drupal and Wordpress, and has a comprehensive understanding of online publishing. * Is a collaborative team player and feels comfortable working with people located in different parts of the world. How to apply If you would like to join APC’s communications team as our digital content curator, please send the following information to us at jobs(a)apc.org<mailto:jobs@apc.org>, along with your CV, with the subject line “*Digital content curator*”: An email/letter in English mentioning: * Your name, email, phone, location, native language, and gender. * Why you think you are a great candidate for this position. * Why you would like to work with APC. * How you would describe your editing style. * What relevant personal, activist, professional and/or academic experience and expertise you have. * Three references: names, relationship, contact details; at least one of these should be related to a project that you have worked on. * Three examples of your work (guides, infographics, online spaces you curated, etc.) and that you are most proud of. * A brief critique of http://toolkit.ngo in terms of content organisation, design, usability and experience, and any other comments you might want to make. * Other information you think might be of importance to our assessment of your application. Please send this information and further questions via email with "Digital content curator" in the subject line to: jobs(a)apc.org<mailto:jobs@apc.org> by 23 February 2018, 23.00 UTC. Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted. -- Flavia Fascendini APC communications manager www.apc.org<http://www.apc.org>

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Thank you to contributors of 'Talk to the Senate'
by Grace Githaiga 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Good Morning Listers! This is to express our appreciation to all those who made such brilliant contributions to the 'Talk to Senate' discussion. The ideas were amazing, and really...such fresh perspectives! There was also alot of learning for some of us. Asanteni sana. Please find a summary of the of the issues from each day's discussion. A full report is being worked on and will be shared here once we finalize it. The issues have been shared with Senator Abshiro and we appreciate her for rendering herself to true public service. She has indicated that she will get back on the list with feedback. We also appreciate Mercy Mutemi for such wonderful moderation of this discussion. Once again, asanteni sana. When implementation of the ideas that you have contributed here commences, then you will know you contributed to building this Kenya into a better place. Best regards Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama. Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Inside plan that could allow spying on citizens
by Muendo 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Listers, For your consumption and (sic) worry - Inside plan that could allow spying on citizens <https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Inside-plan-that-could-allow-spying-on-citize…> Regards, -- James Muendo Managing Director, Logic Craft Ltd, Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road P.O Box 28016 – 00200, Nairobi, Kenya M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | @Mmuendo <https://twitter.com/Mmuendo> W:|http://about.me/muendo Too Brief? Here's Why <http://emailcharter.org/>

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Talk to the Senate- 2017/2022 Priorities
by Grace Githaiga 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Dear Listers Greetings! Kindly allow me to t briefly interrupt you from the turning off of TV signals debate, to make a short announcement. As you are aware, the role of the Senate is to represent the counties, serve, and protect the interests of the counties and their governments. The Senate Committee is currently developing its agenda and is keen on interacting with various players in the ICT community. Of interest to the Committee, is what needs to be done or prioritised in relation to ICT and the counties. This can range from issues of infrastructure, problem with implementation of legislation, acts that need revision, resources etc. In light of this, KICTANet recently called on the the Senate Committee on ICT leadership. To this end, we are honoured to have Sen. Abshiro Halake, the vice-chair of the Committee on the list. Therefore, we propose to hold a structured discussion over three(3) days on this list, starting on (Monday February 5th to Wednesday February 7th February 2018- next week). The aim will be to propose priorities that the ICT Senate Committee should include in their agenda to spur economic and social growth. Mercy Mutemi will moderate the discussion. The questions for discussionwill fall under the following broad thematic areas: a) What are the key ICT issues(challenges and opportunities) in the Counties that require the attention of the Senate? b) What are the ICT issues that need legislative intervention by the Senate Committee (E.g. proposals for a new law or a law that needs amendment)? c) What can the SenateCommittee do to strengthen its engagement with the ICT community on ICT law and policy? A report will be prepared from the suggestions given here on the list and shared with the Senate ICT Committee. We will also agree with Senator Abshiro on a future date for a face to face meeting. KICTANet has been at theforefront in pushing for effective public participation in policy making. Now that we have the opportunity to speak to legislators, we must heed the call and participate! Asanteni sana. And looking forward to a stimulating discussion as has been demonstrated on the list recently. Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 129, Issue 125
by Matthew Saisi 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Thanks for this. A timely and relevant opportunity to implement this at EAC Level On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 8:19 AM, <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. Fwd: FW: Declaration on Internet Governance_adopted AU Summit > 2018.pdf (Barrack Otieno) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:16:41 +0300 > Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: FW: Declaration on Internet Governance_adopted AU > Summit 2018.pdf > Listers, > > Might be of interest to some of you. > > Best Regards > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Moctar Yedaly" <YedalyM(a)africa-union.org> > Date: 9 Feb 2018 17:51 > Subject: FW: Declaration on Internet Governance_adopted AU Summit 2018.pdf > To: "moctaryedaly(a)yahoo.com" <moctaryedaly(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: > > Please find attached the subject Declaration adopted by the summit of the > heads of State and Government > > > > Very best regards and Best Wishes for 2018 > > ====== > > Moctar Yedaly > > Head of Information Society > > AU Commission, Addis Ababa > > Office: +251 11 518 2417 <+251%2011%20518%202417> > > Mob/Wapps:+251 91 156 5701 <+251%2091%20156%205701> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > -- Kind Regards , Mathew Saisi LL.M Computer and Communications Law Candidate Queen Mary University of London ------------------------------ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are subject to applicable privilege and contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this e-mail message is addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or e-mail and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you. "It is not positions that honour men, but rather men who honour positions"- Machiavelli

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Fwd: WBS Invite HTML
by Nelson Kwaje 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

[image: Image] [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/tresconglobal/> <https://twitter.com/tresconglobal> <http://plus.google.com/> <https://www.pinterest.com/> <https://instagram.com/> *World Blockchain Summit Nairobi * *22-23 March 2017, Intercontinental Hotel Nairobi* *Creating opportunities, realizing potential* *Join us today* <https://nairobi.worldblockchainsummit.com/> What is a Blockchain? The blockchain is a peer-to-peer, decentralized technology that allows transfer of value. The technology can store transactional information between two parties in a paermanent verifiable way. Why should you attend? The world Blockchain Summit brings together an exclusive group of blockchain experts, technology leaders, startups, investors, and global business leaders to discuss the potential and implications of blockchain technology and its impact on different sectors in Africa. Industry Implications *Supply chain Management* *Quality Assurance* *Accounting* [image: Image] Put simply, a blockchain can be used to track the movement of goods, their origin, quantity and so forth. This brings about a new level of transparency to B2B ecosystems. Click the link below to find out more *EXPLORE* <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcddYatMCGQ> [image: Image] If an irregularity is detected somewhere along the supply chain, a blockchain system can lead you all the way to its point of origin. This makes it easier for businesses to carry out investigations and execute the necessary actions. Click the link below to find out more *EXPLORE* <http://www.qualityassurancemag.com/article/blockchain/> [image: Image] Recording transactions through blockchain virtually eliminates human error and protects the data from possible tampering. Keep in mind that records are verified every single time they are passed on from one blockchain node to the next. *EXPLORE* <https://www.icaew.com/en/technical/information-technology/technology/blockc…> *Join us for the summit! * We firmly believe that your firm would benefit greatly from participating in this event. I would like to schedule a meeting with you and your team to discuss how you and your organization could leverage on the opportunities presented by the blockchain to optimize your business as well as discuss how you can participate in the summit either as a delegate or as a sponsoring partner. Looking forward to hearing back *Click here for more information * <https://nairobi.worldblockchainsummit.com/> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/tresconglobal/> [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/tresconglobal> <http://plus.google.com/>

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Fwd: FW: Declaration on Internet Governance_adopted AU Summit 2018.pdf
by Barrack Otieno 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Listers, Might be of interest to some of you. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Moctar Yedaly" <YedalyM(a)africa-union.org> Date: 9 Feb 2018 17:51 Subject: FW: Declaration on Internet Governance_adopted AU Summit 2018.pdf To: "moctaryedaly(a)yahoo.com" <moctaryedaly(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Please find attached the subject Declaration adopted by the summit of the heads of State and Government Very best regards and Best Wishes for 2018 ====== Moctar Yedaly Head of Information Society AU Commission, Addis Ababa Office: +251 11 518 2417 <+251%2011%20518%202417> Mob/Wapps:+251 91 156 5701 <+251%2091%20156%205701>

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Congratulations to @Intel who have achieved a new record for ‘Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne
by WANGARI KABIRU 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Intel on Twitter | | | | | | | | | | | Intel on Twitter “1,218 Intel drones light up the sky at #PyeongChang2018. https://t.co/Z6D3fePrBu” | | | | GuinnessWorldRecords‏Verified account @GWR Feb 9MoreGuinnessWorldRecords Retweeted IntelCongratulations to @Intel who have achieved a new record for ‘Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously’ with 1,200 drones for the opening ceremony of PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea Captivating it is. Soon we may create Drone-lympics! At the same time a loud statement which challenges the youth employment and employability crisis, as tech provides immense opportunities to expand traditional sectors and way of work; skills and attitudes being a match. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari--- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime
by Sidney Ochieng 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

One billion shillings from Communications Authority universal service fund to be allocated to DCI, to boost fight against cyber-crime, 'and more complex crimes with which today Kenyans must contend.'. - Uhuru at IG Conference. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk Is this legal? Is this what the fund is for? -- Regards, Sidney *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: * sidneyochieng.co.ke *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid <https://github.com/princelySid>

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Call for Applications: Internet of Rights Fellowship 2018
by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Hi everyone, Please find attached ARTICLE 19's call for applications to the Internet of Rights Fellowship for the 2018 cycle. The program includes three tracks on access, algorithmic decision-making, and the DNS; as such, fellows will have the opportunity to work with us in the ITU-D, the IEEE and the Partnership on AI, and ICANN. The deadline for applications is Friday, February 23. Any questions should be directed to fellowship(a)article19.org. -- Best Regards, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito Legal Researcher/ Policy Analyst Website: https://ephraimkenyanito.com/ Twitter: @ekenyanito <https://twitter.com/ekenyanito> PGP Fingerprint: B0FA394AF73DEB7AA1FDC7360CFED26DE6BA8DC1

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Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off
by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Lemme ask. Odd indeed. E On Feb 9, 2018 4:51 PM, "Mallory Knodel via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: It's very surprising the Freedom Online Coalition hasn't issued a statement about this. Kenya is a member state in the FOC. I wonder, has anyone reached out to the secretariat to request a statement from the FOC chair? -Mallory On 30/01/18 10:24, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet wrote: > Listers, > How long before they come for the internet? I’m so disappointed in the CA > -- > Regards, > Sidney > * > Twitter:* @princelySid > <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: *sidneyochieng.co.ke > <http://sidneyochieng.co.ke/> > *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid > <https://github.com/princelySid> > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/mallory%40mayfirst.org > > 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. > -- Mallory Knodel May First/People Link :: mayfirst.org gpg fingerprint :: E3EB 63E0 65A3 B240 BCD9 B071 0C32 A271 BD3C C780 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/ekenyanito%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.

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TV signals turned off
by Sidney Ochieng 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Listers, How long before they come for the internet? I’m so disappointed in the CA -- Regards, Sidney *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: * sidneyochieng.co.ke *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid <https://github.com/princelySid>

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] BPF Cybersecurity - final output document
by Barrack Otieno 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Mamadou LO" <alfamamadou(a)hotmail.com> Date: 9 Feb 2018 10:26 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] BPF Cybersecurity - final output document To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net>, "Fellowships-alumni" < Fellowships-alumni(a)icann.org> Cc: Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy. -------- Message d'origine -------- De : Wim Degezelle <wdegezelle(a)drmv.be> Date : 09/02/2018 06:57 (GMT+00:00) À : bp_cybersec_2016(a)intgovforum.org, igfmaglist(a)intgovforum.org Cc : Maarten Van Horenbeeck <maarten(a)first.org> Objet : [IGFmaglist] BPF Cybersecurity - final output document Dear All, It’s my pleasure to announce that the Final output of the 2017 Best Practice Forum on Cybersecurity is available on the IGF website: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-cybersecurity-1 . The 2017 BPF focussed on the important role of good cybersecurity to enable ICTs and Internet technologies to contribute to development and the achievement of the SDGs. The BPF also explored what security areas would benefit from further multistakeholder dialogue. On behalf of the BPF Coordinators, Markus Kummer and Olusegun Olugbile, and the BPF Lead-Expert, Maarten Van Horenbeeck, I’d like to thank all who contributed throughout the year to the BPF and enriched its discussions. Please share the document with your communities. Kind Regards Wim _________________________ *Wim Degezelle* *IGF Consultant - BPF Cybersecurity* _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] BPF Cybersecurity - final output document
by Barrack Otieno 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Mamadou LO" <alfamamadou(a)hotmail.com> Date: 9 Feb 2018 10:26 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [IGFmaglist] BPF Cybersecurity - final output document To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net>, "Fellowships-alumni" < Fellowships-alumni(a)icann.org> Cc: Envoyé depuis mon smartphone Samsung Galaxy. -------- Message d'origine -------- De : Wim Degezelle <wdegezelle(a)drmv.be> Date : 09/02/2018 06:57 (GMT+00:00) À : bp_cybersec_2016(a)intgovforum.org, igfmaglist(a)intgovforum.org Cc : Maarten Van Horenbeeck <maarten(a)first.org> Objet : [IGFmaglist] BPF Cybersecurity - final output document Dear All, It’s my pleasure to announce that the Final output of the 2017 Best Practice Forum on Cybersecurity is available on the IGF website: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/bpf-cybersecurity-1 . The 2017 BPF focussed on the important role of good cybersecurity to enable ICTs and Internet technologies to contribute to development and the achievement of the SDGs. The BPF also explored what security areas would benefit from further multistakeholder dialogue. On behalf of the BPF Coordinators, Markus Kummer and Olusegun Olugbile, and the BPF Lead-Expert, Maarten Van Horenbeeck, I’d like to thank all who contributed throughout the year to the BPF and enriched its discussions. Please share the document with your communities. Kind Regards Wim _________________________ *Wim Degezelle* *IGF Consultant - BPF Cybersecurity* _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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IGF Community Public Consultation: Call for Inputs - Taking stock of the 2017 work programme and 12th IGF and suggestions for 2018 and 13th IGF
by WANGARI KABIRU 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-community-public-consu… Be blessed. Regards/Wangari--- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". IGF Community Public Consultation: Call for Inputs - Taking stock of the 2017 work programme and 12th IGF and suggestions for 2018 and 13th IGF All IGF stakeholders are invited to submit inputs to the IGF Secretariat related to the following questions:A) Taking stock of 2017 programming, preparatory process, community intersessional activities and the 12th annual IGF: What worked well? What worked not so well?B) Suggestions for improvements in 2018? (programming, preparatory processes, community intersessional activities and improvements for 13th annual meeting)All inputs should be sent to takingstock_at_intgovforum_dot_org in .doc or .pdf format by 11 February 2018. Submissions will be uploaded to the IGF website and made public. In keeping with previous years, the Secretariat will produce a synthesis paper of all contributions received by the deadline, which will serve as an input to the 1st face-to-face Open Consultations and MAG Meeting of the 2018 IGF preparatory process.

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Half of web users are faking their data due to security fears
by Gideon 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Interesting findings, but not entirely surprising, Almost 50% of internet users are falsifying the data that companies ask them to hand over when signing up for services online, according to new research. Digital advertising and marketing contribute to a global industry worth hundreds of billions of pounds, but the data which underpins that industry may not be very reliable. Research commissioned by security company RSA has found that 49% of people are falsifying information about themselves online because they are concerned about companies managing to hold that data securely. https://news.sky.com/story/half-of-web-users-are-faking-their-data-due-to-s… https://www.rsa.com/content/dam/en/e-book/rsa-data-privacy-report.pdf?utm_s… Regards, Rop

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Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
by JImmy Gitonga 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

It is not off-topic. I was once had a discussion with a county Director of ICT & Research and we were talking about this very thing. The problem, he said, was that it was not possible due to the paranoia against IFMIS access of any type. He was justified after the NYS saga of the IFMIS access. Counties then did not have access to IFMIS to pull and push data of their financial dealings. I don't know whether this has changed. With the best regards, *Jimmy Gitonga* On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 4:20 PM, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 13:17:26 +0000 > From: Adam Lane <adam.lane(a)huawei.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 > Priorities) > Message-ID: > <AA158B127E68EE4388EDC0E3AB54B7EA011A2589@JNBEML523-MBX. > china.huawei.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On transparency, if this is not too much off-topic, there should be a > portal detailing every single project expense for each county, with a > breakdown of who the vendor is, how much they paid, project progress, > project results etc. I am not aware of such a portal for Kenya yet I do not > know why it has not been created yet. It is easy. > > The World Bank has this: http://projects.worldbank.org/P152394?lang=en , > e.g. who won the tender to provide IT equipment for a health project in > Kenya? Have a look here: http://projects.worldbank.org/ > procurement/noticeoverview?lang=en&id=OP00045294 > > Financial audits from each project, procurement notices etc > > This would not be hard to do (presumably linked with IFMIS) and with APIs > it would also bring huge amounts of open data that can be analyzed and > compared across counties. > > Senior Director, Public Affairs > Huawei Southern Africa > Mobile: +254-7909-85886 > >

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Day 3 of Talk to the Senate
by JImmy Gitonga 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Thank you Grace for asking those questions. I will speak on behalf of Mzalendo Trust - Dokeza project, though I am not the official voice for the project. Mzalendo Trust's particular area of concern is what the Parliamentarians (National Assembly and Senate) do on our behalf regarding the three areas as stipulated in our constitution; representation, legislation and oversight. Mzalendo Trust had been covering the representation aspect quite well, but the other two "jobs" needed to be covered to complete their interest in what Parliamentarians do for us. The Dokeza platform (https://dokeza.mzalendo.com/) was envisaged to go beyond what Jadili (http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/) was doing, especially in the area of public participation feedback going back to Parliament in a way that is formal and transparent. In this vein, I will try and answer the questions Grace posed. 1. We (Mzalendo Dokeza team) had a series of meetings with the Clerk to the National Assembly, the Clerk to the Senate and Kenya Law Review in particular to understand what would be the Draft Bill Process. How is a legislative Bill drafted? Who can draft a legislative Bill? After the First Reading, who is it presented to the Public for participation? How can we record the participation? The important part was to track the changes on a Legislative Bill as it went through a particular Parliamentary house and committees. Parliament conceded that this should really be done by them and made available to the public. However, we got to understand, from the Kenya Law Review, that currently the only official versions of any Bill are those that come from the Government Printer. The Bills on the Kenya Law Review website are PURCHASED from the Government Printer. So Dokeza hopes to work with Parliament to receive Bill versions and post them on the Dokeza Platform as the bills go through the different stages. However, the official Act of Parliament will be on the Kenya Law Review website. This is a work in progress requiring new policies, e.g. standing orders to allow public access, or a policy implementation under the Access to Information Act, 2016. 2. Committee reports are simply not accessible since there has been no law or . Dokeza is envisaged to collect public contributions to the legislative bills through annotations as well as constructive comments from experts of law and the public. These are submitted, after the public participation period is over, to the committee stage as a formal memorandum to accompany the bill. Where the public contributions make it into the final bill, the incorporated changes will be highlighted on the final Act of Parliament on the Dokeza platform for archival purposes in the documentation of public participation in the legislative bill development process in Kenya. Hopefully the Dokeza Platform can do this at a later date once the policies are in place. 3. The issue of the Parliament's communication with the public has to be revisited to go beyond the passive airing of proceedings in both houses. In my opinion, KBC should have a channel, on radio at least of programming MADE from the work done in Parliament. Schedules for public fora, special interests and all manner of stake holders may be engaged through interviews or could create content for a channel such as this. Then the public can fully engage on various other platforms, citing content that comes directly from Parliament and sharing it on social platform of choice. Due to the positive feedback Mzalendo Trust got from the "Peoples' Shujaaz" awards given to Parliamentarians who had excelled in representation, legislation and oversight, the next step would be to interview and cover work done specifically by our Parliamentarians beyond the political soundbites that we regularly consume. There is already a lot of public activity, where exerts of TV video programming on Youtube are shared on Facebook and WhatsApp as an example of what is possible. Senate can definitely look into a law that would give counties the legal means to allow access to legislative bills in county parliaments to the public and and collect documentable public feedback to facilitate the legislative bill development. That would be a good first step documenting and reviewing public participation in legislative bill development at the county level. Jimmy Gitonga, Lead, Design and Development, Dokeza Platform > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 14:47:19 +0300 > From: "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)" <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 > Priorities) > > Kanini, > On top of the great suggestions for counties, Senate ICT Committee should > champion use of ICTs for public participation even at Parliament. I noticed > that for example, most of the time we are discussing a Bill, we are never > sure of the version and Bunge does not post the same Bill/links on its > site. > > Going beyond participation is feedback. We contribute our input but never > know whether it was of any use. Why cant committee reports be uploaded > regularly? Why can't our submissions be published so that anyone who ever > wants to learn about the issue can see the issues behind the issue? Would > it be possible to let the public follow the life of a Bill they have > interest in online as it moves through the House? > > Do committees have public communication channels? It would be nice to > follow the ICT Committee on social media to learn its agenda etc. Such > information would somehow trickle to radio, newspapers and other media and > hopefully contribute to diversifying local content. > > On public information, I notice that both Houses have a tv channel. But the > channels go blank when Houses are not in session? Can Senate use the non > live broadcasting time to show committee sessions or educate the public on > the many aspects of the legislature? > > Wishing the committee all the best, > >

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Day 3 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
by kanini mutemi 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Dear Listers, Welome to the third and final day of the Talk to the Senate series. We have discussed at length the challenges facing the counties and made exciting proposals for a brighter future. We will culminate this discussion with an earnest look at how we can foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature (think, effective public participation). The proposals we come up with could very easily be adopted into a Public Participation Bill that would dictate how counties are to conduct public participation, talk about killing two birds with one stone. Please indulge me in answering the following questions– (a) What constitutes effective public participation? (b) How can we leverage on ICT to achieve effective public participation? (c) Please give proposals on engagements you would like to see between the ICT community and the Senate ICT Committee. Let us finish strong!

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Copyright Amendment Bill 2017 and Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017 now on Jadili
by Francis Monyango 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Listers, The National Assembly has asked members of the public to submit any representations that they have on the Copyright Amendment Bill 2017 and Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017 by 13th February 2017. To enable many to understand the contents of these bills, we have uploaded copies of the bills to the Jadili platform to enable online discussion. Copyright Amendment Bill 2017 - http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-copyright-(amendment)-bill,-2017 Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017 - http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-computer-and-cybercrimes-bill,-2017 Looking forward to your participation and contribution. -- Francis Monyango Lawyer | ICT Policy and Legal Consultant www.monyango.com

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Re: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
by Adam Lane 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

If Yes, then I’m sure it would be very helpful to include connectivity in the formula and would lead to FCDC counties getting more funding, though it would be more important for counties to consider funding (to some extent) connectivity improvements and not only relying on central government. There is also a lot of in-kind they could do too to reduce total costs of ownership (both capex and opex, and address the many hidden costs involved in providing rural connectivity). On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 at 21:06, Adam Lane via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Can you explain what that means- does it mean if they need more connectivity they'll get more money? Senior Director Public Affairs Huawei Southern Africa Mobile: +254 790985886 From:kanini mutemi via kictanet To:Adam Lane Cc:kanini mutemi Date:2018-02-06 20:50:58 Subject:Re: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Thank you for the comments so far. Allow me to introduce yet another angle. This year the Commission of Revenue Allocation will recommend to the Senate a new formula for division of revenue among counties. Should ICT connectivity be one of the bases of this new formula? On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 at 20:40, Adam Lane <adam.lane(a)huawei.com<mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com>> wrote: Dear all I may also express hesitation over the ICT Practitioners Bill; in my understanding if the desire was to ensure quality in ICT workforce, there are already existing qualifications that can serve this purpose as well as simple competition in both employment positions and service provision (as contractors/providers of ICT services to customers) which can be expressed not only through existing qualifications but also through experience, references etc as per other marketplaces. Other Policies that need to be looked at include revising the previous tax exemption for smartphones. It was lauded by many across the world and had a massive impact. Now smartphone penetration is stagnating and costs are not declining any more amongst handsets, similar policies should be considered again. On the questions below: a) No, few Counties are allocating the amount recommended by CRA; meanwhile the coordination between ICT Depts and other depts is usually awful not only leading to duplication of resources but more often waste of resources. Proper budgeting and planning should enable for collaboration between departments and ICT should have a role to play in delivering services in practically every other single budget. If this was done well then other depts would pay the bills and be a “customer” of the ICT department, which would use ICT dept expertise whilst ensuring ownership and implementation by the other (paying) department. The Senate should also look for poor budgeting, planning and coordination between Counties and Central Government. b) My understanding is the USF is now being fairly well implemented for rural network expansion, though its resources are not enough, but it should also seek to ensure that its funds meet its own standard (particularly related to ensuring the schools it is connecting get minimum broadband speeds stated in the National Broadband Strategy). However the USF should also broaden its scope and the Senate may enquire into this, i.e. what are the real barriers to broadband adoption (including skills, devices, content, as well as affordability, awareness, attitude etc; not just network) and how can these be solved, and how can various sources of funding address these. Secondly I would encourage the Senate to enquire into the situation of connectivity for public institutions and see why the schools that now all have electricity cannot also have fiber run over those same cables, for example. Certainly connectivity at schools will not just allow for internet access, but can enable update of the DLP curriculum, interactive content, remote support etc. Also the Senate may enquire as to how the hospitals connected by NOFBI are using the fiber they have. Regards Adam Senior Director, Public Affairs Huawei Southern Africa Mobile: +254-7909-85886 From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane<mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Badam.lane>=huawei.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>] On Behalf Of kanini mutemi via kictanet Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 2:31 PM To: Adam Lane <adam.lane(a)huawei.com<mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com>> Cc: kanini mutemi <kaninimutemi(a)gmail.com<mailto:kaninimutemi@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) Good afternoon Listers. Thank you for the contributions coming in so far. Now looking at oversight, it is possible to see the Senate’s role as two-fold; overseeing that national resources allocated to counties are properly and lawfully utilised and protecting counties from harmful conduct by national organs. We see the first limb in the work of the County Public Accounts Committee, county visits by various committees and consideration of the reports of offices such as that of the Auditor General. Through Statements, the Senate is able to seek answers from the executive thereby holding them accountable. They may also move Motions for certain executive action to be taken. With this in mind I invite comments on– (a) Are counties allocating enough resources to ICT in their budgets? What could be improved? What ‘leaks’ should the Senate watch out for? (b) Are there particular questions you would like to propose to be adopted as statements or motions in the Senate seeking clarification on various executive decisions? What conduct by national bodies is likely to have an negative impact in the counties On 6 Feb 2018, at 13:32, Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng(a)gmail.com<mailto:sidney.ochieng@gmail.com>> wrote: We need a comprehensive data protection law. On 6 February 2018 at 07:16, kanini mutemi via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Good morning Listers! If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions. We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue. I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. (b) What laws need to be amended? Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial). Let us participate! _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/sidney.ochieng%40gmai… 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, Sidney Twitter: @princelySid<https://twitter.com/princelySid> | Web: sidneyochieng.co.ke<http://sidneyochieng.co.ke/> Skype: sidney.ochieng | Github: princelySid<https://github.com/princelySid> -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kaninimutemi%40gmail.… 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. -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate. -- Mercy Mutemi, Advocate.

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 129, Issue 97
by Gideon 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Hi Listers, I will second Grace on the need for a well prepared data protection law, as we can see the EU are on with the GDPR that will be implemented starting May 2018. This needs to be a priority matter as we become more data aware, there is lots of data being processed daily within the Kenyan ecosystem and it is important to have an equally good data protection law that can complement this to ensure that both users and the organizations respect the privacy of users. Regards Rop On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 7:31 PM, <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: Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) > (Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)) > 2. Re: Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) > (kanini mutemi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 17:15:51 +0300 > From: "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)" <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 > Priorities) > Message-ID: > <CAMwG4pzVyORkc3oL9On4CfFyu-N=sKhsjiwxMPu64FijuTOjaA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Kanini, > I would start by asking for a good Data Protection Law. As we digitilise > more, collect more data at both national and subnational level, we should > assure that it is processed in a manner that protects the privacy of > individuals. This can only be done if we have general standards across the > whole country. > The other thing I would ask, is that counties are given a clear role in the > ICT policy. If the policy gets before the Senate, they should add the > recommendations given here on counties' role in infrastructure, info > collection, dissemination, human capacity development etc > One specific oversight already canvassed by Ali is e-citizen. The people of > the counties are suffering from poor services on this one. > > Regards, > > On 5 Feb 2018 23:29, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > Good morning Listers! > > > > If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT > > Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our > goal > > is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight > > interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of > us > > who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, > you > > may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not > > closed, please keep adding your contributions. > > > > We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of > > the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on > oversight, > > budget and sharing of revenue. > > > > I ask? > > > > (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? > > *Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make > > legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into > > the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also > > welcome. * > > > > (b) What laws need to be amended? > > > > > > Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article > > 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, > > make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the > > definition of that proviso is very controversial). > > > > Let us participate! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > > mailman/options/kictanet/nmutungu%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. > > > > >

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State of Privacy in Kenya
by Mwendwa Kivuva 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

A comprehensive report by Privacy International on the state of privacy in Kenya. The main highlights are alleged extra judicial Surveillance by the State on the citizenry https://privacyinternational.org/node/1005

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Day 2 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
by kanini mutemi 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Good morning Listers! If you are just joining us, this is a series where we tell the Senate ICT Committee what we think should be in their agenda 2017-2022. Today our goal is to give very specific proposals on legislative and oversight interventions informed by the issues we highlighted yesterday. Those of us who gave proposals in their submissions yesterday, please do not tire, you may bring them up again today. By the way, the Day 1 discussion is not closed, please keep adding your contributions. We will dedicate the earlier part of the day to the legislative role of the Senate. I will come back later on and pose more questions on oversight, budget and sharing of revenue. I ask– (a) What ICT laws ought to be passed between now and 2022? Here you may comment on the Bills currently in circulation or make legislative proposals that the Committee can pick up and commission into the drafting of a Bill. Comments on Bills that would stifle ICT are also welcome. (b) What laws need to be amended? Keep in mind that the legislative role of the Senate as stated in Article 96 is limited to Bills concerning counties. Therefore, in your proposals, make a case on how that issue is one that concerns counties. (PS; the definition of that proviso is very controversial). Let us participate!

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Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off
by Dorcas Muthoni 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

@Ali and @Kiama, the word is politricks. Reporting politics obsessively for personal and paid interest. This is where I fault the media. They know themselves. This trend does not benefit the professional media or the followers but rather brings selfish political games to your channel. On Feb 1, 2018 9:50 AM, "Mutemi wa Kiama" <eddiekiama(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dorcas? Don't report politics? Don't report corruption, mismanagement, theft of public resources, abuse of office? Don't report LIFE in Kenya is what you are saying. You want to stay in your ignorance perch and enjoy your comfort zones. Thing is, you won't know what hits you when it crumbles. #LestWeForget: When local TV stations were arbitrary switched off during digital migration, notwithstanding that the global deadline was over a year away providing room for negotiation & structured migration, the CS in charge of information/ICT was... drum roll... incidentally, one Fred Matiang'i!!! YaHoo! Let's keep feeding the pet python by doing nothing, after all, we are not media. No way internet can be shut down surely! Ni mimi, Edwin Kiama Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Social Innovator, Social Justice Entrepreneur, Catalyst, Human Rights Defender, Social Accountability Champion, Rhize Coach #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) Ordinary, Fearless Kenyans. Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movement www.sautiyawanjiku.com https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead On 1 Feb 2018 09:02, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @Peter This is very true and I know to survive in the media business today is not business as usual. Instead of focusing on politricks, claiming it sells why not wake to the call of disruption. We have all lost government business across many sectors, many bills remain unpaid in public procurement, now it's time to create new value propositions to the undeserved or new relevant content. If you check the Google search statistics on top Kenyan user searches, that would provide a pointer on some content areas worth airtime with relevant local context. By the way, why is KTN HOME still broadcasting? Because they focus is on family entertainment? I am sure several others are on air. Wake up call to your mainstream media houses producers? Over emphasis on politricks especially during the news hours will eventually cost the media. On Jan 31, 2018 4:38 PM, "Peter Wakaba via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Let me give a bit of background on why media owners may be taking the > quiet road on this one. After President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in in > 2013, and thereafter he named his cabinet, the Ministry of information > moved forward with an idea that had been floating around for a while. To > streamline government spending on advertising and several associated areas > under one body. Meant to create synergy through bulk and then save > government money, the move saw government then channel all advertising > cash through the Government Advertising Agency. > > Between January and April of 2016, this body billed just over a cool > ksh.4B. > > Then they moved a step further and created the 'My Gov' pullout which > initially ran in the two national dailies, plus the people and the star. > Henceforth all government advertising apart from very critical adverts were > channel into this project with the news being delivered by the Kenya News > Agency. The ministry then pays one of the newspapers to print and > distribute as a pullout. > > Needless to say, over this period, advertising revenue has shrunk > dramatically to the point of crippling operations in some newsrooms. To > turn the screws even further, the Ministry has then stopped printing and > publishing this pullout regularly but is now doing so in 'random' fashion > on a weekly basis in any of the said newspapers. The last I saw it was in > the Star Newspaper. > > While no doubt the above move has helped with government austerity, the > media is having to tighten its belt tighter every day. (Not that anyone > owes us anything) > From a team of ten just five years ago, I often have to work with just one > person and maybe an intern to deliver hours of news. (and companies, like > our are all looking to shrink their traditional businesses). > > When you mix the above issues with the general corporate governance issues > that majority of the Kenyan economy faces, there is cause for worry. And > while companies are indeed innovating in order to stay relevant, I daresay > the level of attrition is way faster. > > Then through in lack of depth, lack of experience (because inexperience is > easier to hire and pay) and the rise of fake news and you have a melting > pot that should have everyone worried. > > And while I agree with Ali Hussein that our diligence will eventually pay > off, I fear for the hordes of millennials who may not be as patient. > > In closing, very few companies are willing to take on Government, or even > larger corporates like Safaricom anymore > > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> @ Victor >> >> It is not clear if any of the media houses has taken legal action. >> However, the media attended a press briefing this afternoon where they were >> informed that the stations would "remain off air until the government has >> completed investigations into the "swearing-in" of Opposition leader Raila >> Odinga." >> >> Read on: TV stations will remain shut until investigations end, says >> Matiang'i >> https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/31/tv-stations-will- >> remain-shut-until-investigations-end-says-matiangi_c1706915 >> >> >> Video footage:VIDEO: 3 media houses to remain off-air until government >> concludes investigations - Interior CS Fred Matiang'i >> https://twitter.com/ntvkenya/status/958674927405580289 >> >> Best regards >> >> >> Githaiga, Grace >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 31-01-2018 at 15:40 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet wrote: >> >> Has any media station gone to court on this? >> >> Or are they perhaps pursuing ADR methods to resolve the issue? >> >> >> >> >> *Victor Kapiyo* >> >> Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* >> >> Advocate of the High Court of Kenya,Commissioner for Oaths & Notary Public >> >> *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi |**Web: www.lawmark.co.ke* >> ==================================================== >> >> *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig >> Ziglar* >> >> >> On 31 January 2018 at 14:53, Harry Delano via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Actually, Ali am equally outraged that am not seeing sufficient, copiou, >> outpouring amounts of outrage from the mainstream media, or we being >> hoodwinked..? >> >> >> We seem to be the ones who look more outraged at this, strangely..! >> >> >> Harry >> >> >> On 31 Jan 2018 14:46, "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Kevin >> >> >> Kuwa mpole Ndugu. [image: :-)] >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *Hussein & Associates* >> >> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> Blog:www.alyhussein.com >> >> >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> On 31 Jan 2018, at 1:50 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Peter. I hope you wrote us this email while in a highly charged meeting >> with your colleagues and those from the other houses as regards to how you >> are going to march to both the CA and the MoICT to demand the restoration >> of your transmissions and an explanation. >> >> >> You just tell me where and when we are to start. >> >> >> If not, I have no sympathy for you guys. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 31 January 2018 at 11:53, Peter Wakaba via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> >> My conundrum for the day. >> >> >> I work for KTN NEWS >> I had scheduled two interviews today afternoon. >> >> One on modern commercial large scale farming and another on T-vet >> (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) and youth. >> >> >> Being off air on most platforms and under government shutdown, one of my >> interviewees, parastatal Chief, no less, has developed cold feet and >> cancelled or postponed. He is not sure how to behave and whether his >> turning up would be misconstrued. (Two weeks of work out of the window). >> >> >> >> My second interviewee, a focused and passionate lady PS. we have been >> planning and cancelling for 3 months now. When I last got her into studio, >> what was supposed to be a one hour insightful discussion was interrupted by >> a presidential rally by the current President. She got just 3 minutes on TV >> for her trouble and left veeeery angry. >> >> >> After much haggling, we finally rescheduled. AND THEN YESTERDAY HAPPENED. >> Despite the switch off her handlers insist we keep our end of the bargain. >> >> If I host her, will I still be 'kow towing' to the same government that >> is trying to literally throttle my bread and butter ( if I may borrow from >> two expressions). >> >> >> For both them and I, there is a lacuna on how to behave in these >> instances. >> >> >> And yet, my audience still needs to be educated and entertained. Oh what >> interesting times we live in. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Eric David via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> We are living a lie. The Channels are off. Who's answerable? >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* kictanet <kictanet-bounces+mwau=outlook.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> on behalf of Kevin Kamonye via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:45 AM >> *To:* Eric Mwau >> *Cc:* Kevin Kamonye >> >> >> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> A good and insightful read Wangari. >> >> >> The rising power of Facebook, Google and Twitter and their opportunistic >> business models. >> >> >> I can directly correlate the challenges that the world media is facing to >> these corporations. They have basically invalidated the current media >> company model in such a way that they sell content that they do not produce >> themselves and to sweeten the deal further - they do not have to pay for >> any operator licenses.They need to be classified as media companies - at >> the very least. >> >> >> That is why you see our media here being so desperate to the point that >> they almost have no choice but to cooperate with the government because it >> is the biggest source of their revenue. >> >> >> Next in line to be cannibalized is the Telecom industry bu this is a >> discussion for another day. >> >> >> On another note, it is shameful for Kenya to be mentioned with the below >> countries, and in such a context. Does anyone have specific information on >> what the Soros foundation is doing in Kenya. >> >> >> >> That leaves the local battlegrounds in Africa, the Middle East and >> Central Asia. My foundations are actively engaged in all of them. We are >> particularly focused on Africa, where would-be dictators in Kenya, Zimbabwe >> and the Democratic Republic of Congo have perpetrated electoral fraud on an >> unprecedented scale and citizens are literally risking their lives to >> resist the slide into dictatorship. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 23:30, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> While haggling here on democracy using the lens of TV media, yes, the >> cyber is also on the spotlight. >> >> >> >> https://www.georgesoros.com/2018/01/25/remarks-delivered-at- >> the-world-economic-forum/ >> >> >> *The IT monopolies* >> >> I want to spend the bulk of my remaining time on another global problem: >> the rise and monopolistic behavior of the giant IT platform companies. >> These companies have often played an innovative and liberating role. But as >> Facebook and Google have grown into ever more powerful monopolies, they >> have become obstacles to innovation, and they have caused a variety of >> problems of which we are only now beginning to become aware. >> >> Companies earn their profits by exploiting their environment. Mining and >> oil companies exploit the physical environment; social media companies >> exploit the social environment. This is particularly nefarious because >> social media companies influence how people think and behave without them >> even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on the >> functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >> >> >> Might it be possible to replace with TV companies, aka broadcasters >> >> "This is particularly nefarious because (social media companies)TV >> companies, aka broadcastersinfluence how people think and behave without >> them even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on >> the functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >> >> >> >> >> Be blessed. >> >> >> Regards/Wangari >> >> --- >> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa -"Being of the Light, We are Restored >> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on >> Earth". >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 20:25, Harry Delano via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> >> Hey Dorcas, >> >> >> There could be specific qualms against the media fraternity, but how >> about effective checks and balances which I suppose a majority of us would >> agree are in place to quite a degree including costs for breach.. >> >> >> Am afraid yours is sanctioning a ' throw-out-the-baby-with-the- >> bath-water' approach. When done with media, next will be this very cyber >> space me and you are thriving on that will be switched off. Then what..?? >> >> >> Harry >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018 19:13, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Media freedom must come with responsibility which currently is not the >> case. >> >> >> Call me when you organize a forum to hold the media to account. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 6:55 PM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> @Dorcas, >> >> >> We missed a step forward towards media freedom and freedom to access >> information. >> >> >> Politics aside, I also felt for those who had to keep calling people who >> had internet or could afford bundles to stream the event. There are other >> ways of making the media accountable other than denying citizen access to >> information. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 18:43, "Denis Mutinda via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> So I’m assuming they will turn off those signals forever? >> >> Media will be on Govts case for the next few weeks. Extinguish one fire, >> start another one. >> >> >> Denis Mutinda >> >> President, ISACA Kenya >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018, at 18:31, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Other than the perceived illegality, what did we actually miss. >> >> >> I stopped watching these stations two years ago. Most journalists agenda >> set based on personal or paid interests and there is tonnes of evidence to >> this. >> >> >> I am surprised at how so many pretend not to know this 😔 >> >> >> By the way, my business and customers are gravely tired of this political >> crap. I assure many people are. >> >> >> And subscribers are paying to serve the kind of delusional content >> screened (I feel especially for kids). >> >> >> Kenyans, if you want a better country, fix yourself first. Complaining >> about the less 500 senior government officials many of whom you would be >> pleased to replace and benefit like they do is the highest level of >> hypocrisy. >> >> >> Controversial as this may sound, it's the high time each of us took >> ownership by fixing yourself first. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 6:02 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Kevin and all >> >> >> I won't dwell on the tribal or ethnic part of this issue. Let's rather >> address the illegality and unprecedented nature of what is going on right >> now. >> >> >> ALL MAJOR TV STATIONS HAVE GONE DARK. >> >> >> Why? Is it because of a technical issue? Or was it a deliberate attempt >> to muzzle free speech and expression. >> >> >> I understand some goons even went to a particular ISP and tried to block >> certain IP addresses. >> >> >> This level of intimidation and muzzling of the press is unprecedented. >> Any Kenyan of sound mind and body will be against it. Irrespective of the >> political divide. >> >> >> Not even in the darkest days of the KANU Dictatorship has the press been >> treated in such a cavalier manner while the supposedly 'friendly' press >> continue with their business as usual. As I write this Citizen, NTV and KTN >> News are still dark. The rest are operating. WHY? >> >> >> One day someone will be held responsible for this. Impunity cannot last >> forever. >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *Principal* >> >> *Hussein & Associates* >> >> Tel: +254 713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alih kassim >> >> >> 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 Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >> DG. >> >> >> Mwendwa, to me this reads like ethnic profiling. Not acceptable. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 16:47, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting DG. >> >> >> We thought Kenya is ahead of other countries to experience a shutdown. >> Think again. We are still in January, and 2022 is 5 years away. >> >> >> The media too thought they were above board and could not be harassed >> like normal Kenyans. Now the tide has turned. They were complacent in many >> ways before, during, and after the elections. >> >> >> "... and when they finally came for the media, there was nobody to speak >> up for them" >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 2:46 PM, "Tracy Kadesa Adolwa via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> I have been unable to livestream since Baba arrived, is it me only? >> >> >> -Regards >> >> >> Tracy Kadesa, >> >> LL.B ,University of Nairobi. >> >> Dip KSL >> >> legalwalk.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> The government simply did not want Kenyans to witness the huge crowds >> that have turned up. AND they are huge. >> >> >> The BBC and Aljazeerah are offering periodical updates live as well. >> >> KTN NEWS livestream is also still on, though intermittent. >> >> And at this point, it is out of Both Raila and Kalonzo's hands. >> >> >> Politics aside, the CA physically disconnected terrestrial links at >> Limuru before then systematically switching off most other channels of >> broadcast, fibre connections and satellite are intermittent. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This is so sad to see happen in my country Kenya. And at so many levels. >> >> >> I will set aside the constitution and the illegality of the situation >> because am not a constitutional expert of any kind. What I can comment on >> is that this is such a strategic failure by the perpetrators. It is >> actually so shocking that they cannot actually see that this only serves to >> add more fuel to the fire. >> >> >> Is this the caliber of people that we have at the top of our Industry? >> Are they not able to advise the government of how futile it is to attempt >> to shutdown communication in today's world??? >> >> >> As for the Kenyan Media - you deserve this. You are a greedy and self >> serving lot. Just the other day we heard recordings of a certain journalist >> being threatened. Where was the collective response? Shame on you too. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 13:34, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> A creeping back of autocracy. This is outside the perimeter of the >> constitution. >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> >> Joy Wathagi Ndungu >> >> Co-Founder, Digital Grassrootswww.digitalgrassroo ts.org >> >> Phone number :*+254706690282* >> >> Alternate Email 1: *joy.w@digitalgrassroots.org*AlternateEmail2:*jndungu@stu >> dentsforliberty.org* >> >> 8638-00300 Nairobi, Kenya >> >> >> >> www.digitalgrassroots.org >> >> https://www.facebook.com/digit algrassroots/ >> >> https://twitter.com/digigrassr oots >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Jubilee can go ahead and switch off the Sun, FaceBook & Twitter. >> >> >> At the height of the protests in Egypt, the dictator president, Hosni >> Mubarak, decided to shut down the Internet as well. That did not stop >> Egyptians from remaining Egyptians. >> >> Who triumphed? >> >> Just because an ostrich decides to bury its head in the sand so as not to >> see what is happening around doesn't make it safe for the ostrich. >> >> >> No need to >> >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 11:48, Deborah via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> My apologies. I now understand the situation. I'm working away from the >> TV most of the time. This last time I went by I was corrected that the >> decoder has a subscription, and even then NTV, KTN and Citizen were off. It >> seems they defied the ban on broadcasting live political events. My >> question would now be on the justification of the ban. >> >> ------------------------------ >> From:Keith Andere via kictanet >> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 11:09 >> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >> Cc:Keith Andere >> Subject:Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> KTN News too. Channels are off on all free to air platforms. >> >> >> KTN News and NTV are available on DSTV. >> >> Regards, >> >> Keith. >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018 10:53, "Sidney Ochieng via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Citizen and NTV. >> >> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 at 10:33, Deborah <deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey Sidney, >> >> Which signals have been turned off? I went to check and found them all on >> and transmitting normally with the exception of Citizen. It usually has >> issues on the Startimes decoder. >> >> Deborah >> >> ------------------------------ >> From:Sidney Ochieng via kictanet >> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 10:26 >> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >> Cc:Sidney Ochieng >> Subject:[kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> Listers, >> >> How long before they come for the internet? 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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/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/kivuva %40transworldafrica.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. >> >> >> ______________________________ _________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/kevin. kamonye%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. >> >> >> >> ______________________________ _________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/info%4 0alyhussein.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. >> >> >> >> ______________________________ _________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/dmutho ni%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. >> >> ______________________________ _________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/harry26001%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. >> >> ... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/vkapiyo%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. >> >> >> >> Co-Convenor >> Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) >> Twitter:@ggithaiga >> Tel: 254722701495 <0722%20701495> >> Skype: gracegithaiga >> Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com >> Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga >> www.kictanet.or.ke >> >> "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and >> come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability >> to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/peterwakaba%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. >> >> > > > -- > *Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, It knows it must run faster > than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, > it knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It > doesn't matter whether you are a gazelle or a lion. When the sun comes up, > you better start running. - In "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. 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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 Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/eddiekiama%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.

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Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
by kanini mutemi 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Good morning Listers, Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look forward to an animated discussion. As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. This is our guiding question for today– *What do you consider to be the ICT * * (a) challenges; * * (b) risks; and * * (c) opportunities in the counties?* As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel free to highlight them. We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. This discussion is now open! -- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.

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Re: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities)
by Ali Hussein 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hi Kanini For me I'd like the Senate to prioritize and champion two key issues:- 1. An amendment to the law to devolve the USF since clearly this centralisation has failed. The Counties should prioritise where there are gaps in connectivity with the assistance of the CA. Based on the findings then projects are rolled out and linked to NOFBI (National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure.). It's a real shame that we are disenfranchising a large swathe of the country for lack of ICT Infrastructure. 2. eCitizen. This is a great initiative which is going to the dogs. I propose that the Senate intervene on behalf of the people of the counties (Read the majority of Kenyans). The Platform was good..Initially..Now you have to wait till off hours to access the platform. If this is the case in Nairobi what happens at the county level? I propose the following:- a) The Senate champions the full revamp of the eCitizen Platform and ensure full accessibility with limited connectivity. User Experience in G2C and C2G engagement with ease is critical for citizens to govt services and for govt to earn revenues. b) A full review of the Technical Platform that makes eCitizen a world class G2C/C2G Platform. c) API thinking/strategy with security a priority to be implemented so that we have a Platform/Payment agnostic solution. Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & 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 Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 4:36 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > I see. Thank you for that. > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Dear kanini mutemi >> am proposing since cyber crime is complex problem, the county government >> should have county incidence reporting centre which should report direct to >> national computer incidence team. These will greatly helps national >> government to come with attacks statistics. >> Julius Njiraini >> Computer forensics investigator >> >> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 2:55 PM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Julius. Just a follow up for clarification -do you suggest >>> that cybersecurity should be handled at a county level as opposed to at a >>> national level? >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Julius Njiraini via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Listers, >>>> >>>> The Senate committee should identify and come with county committee to >>>> identify and protect Assets in the Cyberspace, Threats against the security >>>> of the Cyberspace, Roles of stakeholders in Cybersecurity, Guidelines for >>>> stakeholders, Cybersecurity controls and Framework of information sharing >>>> and coordination within the counties. >>>> >>>> Julius NjirainiBsc >>>> >>>> compute security and forensics >>>> >>>> Cyber security and forensics investigator >>>> >>>> 0724293490 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:11 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's right @Harry! We did see quite a bit of that in the last House >>>>> and devolution definitely suffered. Thank you for raising the cohesion >>>>> issue. >>>>> >>>>> @Deborah, not to worry. Thank you for reposting. Again, the issue of >>>>> duplicity and I might even add counterproductivity comes up. A broad >>>>> reading of Article 96 pits the Senate as the godfather of devolution so I >>>>> believe this is something the Senate ought to be able to address; how do we >>>>> streamline efforts by all these stakeholders to achieve the desired >>>>> results? >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:03 AM, Harry Delano <harry26001(a)gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey Mercy, >>>>>> >>>>>> A very interesting observation and feedback there. It's one question >>>>>> we will pose back at Senator Halake. We have seen the national and county >>>>>> entities more often than not seem to pull in different directions. We >>>>>> really want to see a pragmatic approach to matters development, where as >>>>>> opposed to every entity charting their own vision rollouts, how does Senate >>>>>> plan to help achieve synergy across board and avoid competing duplicitous >>>>>> efforts and waste of resources..? My suggestion; Bring all stakeholders on >>>>>> board - National govt/county agencies as well as the private sector to >>>>>> synergise effort and develop great partnerships for tremendous development. >>>>>> Let's arise and consign the elephant in the room - politics to the back >>>>>> burner to foster progress and development at a faster pace.. >>>>>> >>>>>> Harry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5 Feb 2018 10:15, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you Harry and Kevin for starting us off. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So far I gather: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Huduma Centres in the counties >>>>>>> - IT centres of excellence in the counties >>>>>>> - Telecommunication infrastructure i.e. making provision for >>>>>>> fibre optic cables in county road infrastructure. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It may also be useful to note this early on, that the devolution >>>>>>> demographic is one that involves many players e.g. the county governments, >>>>>>> county assemblies, the Senate and the national government. Further that >>>>>>> each has its own role in achieving the aspirations of devolution. While >>>>>>> today the discussion is open to discussing all the ICT challenges in >>>>>>> general, we can start thinking of the role the Senate plays and how it can >>>>>>> use its role to influence the desired changes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Kevin Kamonye < >>>>>>> kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I would like to propose that all Counties include >>>>>>>> telecommunications infrastructure in their road plans. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For instance, they should at least lay ample trunking for future >>>>>>>> leasing to any Telco that would wish to run fibre optic cables. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This will help avoid the current situation whereby our well done >>>>>>>> roads and pavements are defaced repeatedly as these companies do their >>>>>>>> trenching and tunneling. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Even further, the counties can run their own metro fibre networks >>>>>>>> and lease the unused cores to the ISPs. Further cooperation between the >>>>>>>> counties could also help in inter-linking these metro networks such that we >>>>>>>> will have all regions covered with protected rings. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent on mobile. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 5 Feb 2018 08:16, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < >>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Good morning Listers, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what >>>>>>>>> the framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public >>>>>>>>> participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to >>>>>>>>> make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I >>>>>>>>> therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look >>>>>>>>> forward to an animated discussion. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day >>>>>>>>> discussion focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by >>>>>>>>> the Senate. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of >>>>>>>>> concern in the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we >>>>>>>>> will proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in >>>>>>>>> resolving these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster >>>>>>>>> engagements between the ICT community and the legislature. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is our guiding question for today– >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *What do you consider to be the ICT * >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> * (a) challenges; * >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> * (b) risks; and * >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> * (c) opportunities in the counties?* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the >>>>>>>>> counties, feel free to highlight them. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, >>>>>>>>> Senate ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This discussion is now open! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>>>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kevin. >>>>>>>>> kamonye%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. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>>>>> ailman/options/kictanet/harry26001%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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>> >>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>>> ailman/options/kictanet/njiraini2001%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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/kaninimutemi%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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/njiraini2001%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. >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/kaninimutemi%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. >> >> > > > -- > *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/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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Digital Rights and Online Freedom of Expression Litigation Workshop for East African Lawyers
by Wamathai (HapaKenya) 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

The workshop will result in a pool of Advocates who may offer legal support to bloggers, journalists, independent media and Kenyans online on Freedom of Expression related matters including arrests and representation in court. https://www.ifree.co.ke/2018/02/digital-rights-online-freedom-expression-li…

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 129, Issue 74
by JImmy Gitonga 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

@Kanini Thank you for the work you are putting in. My contribution is towards County data collection and using it for county budgeting and monitoring. We know that county governments are expected to provide access to and/or disseminate timely and relevant county based information in a simplified form that is accessible by the citizens as envisaged in the County Governments Act, 2012 and Access to Information Act, 2016. But we have not created a system(s) that collate county data onto a platform or portal that then the public and CSOs can interrogate and get a pulse of what is going on in a county. The Kenya Bureau of Statistics already has all the base social-economic data a county would need to develop the county budget and policy development strategies. The data has been visualised as the Kenya Socio-economic Atlas ( http://kenya-atlas.org/) that former CS of Devolution Ms. Waiguru launched. My belief is that if the counties could set up a department that collects county data and turns it into information of a portal, then we would be using ICT in a way that makes sense for counties. -----Original Message----- > From: "kanini mutemi via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: ?05/?02/?2018 08:24 > To: "deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com" <deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "kanini mutemi" <kaninimutemi(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [kictanet] Day 1 of Talk to the Senate (2017-2022 Priorities) > > Good morning Listers, > > > Welcome to Day 1 of 'Talk to the Senate'. This must have been what the > framers of the Constitution had in mind when they entrenched public > participation as a key constitutional principle- an opportunity for us to > make a case on what we think ought to be the Senate's priority 2017-2022. I > therefore encourage that we all participate in this session and look > forward to an animated discussion. > > As Grace had briefed us on Friday, we will have a three day discussion > focusing on the counties and opportunities for intervention by the Senate. > > > This being the first day, our goal is to bring out issues of concern in > the counties as far as ICT is concerned. Once we have these, we will > proceed to make proposals on how the Senate may be of help in resolving > these issues on Day 2. On Day 3, we will discuss how to foster engagements > between the ICT community and the legislature. > > > This is our guiding question for today? > > > What do you consider to be the ICT > (a) challenges; > (b) risks; and > (c) opportunities in the counties? > > As well, if there are ICT success stories coming out of the counties, feel > free to highlight them. > > > We are honoured to have Senator Abshiro Halake (Vice Chairperson, Senate > ICT Committee) on the list. Senator, karibu sana. > > > This discussion is now open! > >

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Re: [kictanet] 1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime
by Kevin Kamonye 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

English is not my first language as well Emmanuel, don't be too harsh on yourself. Now there is a difference between defending and taking a pragmatic approach to a situation that I have little power to change. Regards, Kevin On 5 February 2018 at 08:00, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > What is important is that we need to recognise and applaud the importance > of this move by the President. It makes little sense to want to get more > and more people online without having a strong framework through which you > can protect them, or at least provide a means of helping them to > investigate and prosecute these people that are usually very keen to have a > fresh supply of cyber victims. I will be following this one keenly > > * Blame my inability to understand the english language but this seems to > me like defending the directive * > > On Feb 5, 2018 07:47, "Kevin Kamonye" <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good Morning Emmanuel. >> >> Your view therefore is that allocating $10m to DCI will improve the cyber >>> security profession? >> >> >> Where did I present such a view? But now that you bring it up - I will >> say it would certainly have the potential to do so if the funds were to be >> spent well. >> >> How much did send $300m on integrated CCTV cameras project improve on >>> security in Nairobi? Any arrests. >> >> >> What is the relation between CCTV cameras and advanced cyber crime? >> >> Anyway, since you have brought up the CCTV project, at least you will >> agree that they are seemingly delivering on their main objective - helping >> the security forces in preventing terror related attacks. And by this I am >> not just referring to AlShabab but also politically instigated terrorism >> such as the clip that was circulated about some armed people attacking the >> police on Jan 30th. >> >> Again why take out money from the USF for they new cash cow(cyber >>> security), when there is a ministry of ICT and the OP with their own >>> budgets? Let's follow the law to the letter. The President does not have a >>> blank cheque to decide where monies go unless we have now suspended the >>> constitution. >> >> >> Once more I can only speculate that the government is drawing from the >> USF due to a shortage of funds. This needs to be clarified and explained to >> the public. If you are of the opinion that the President is wrong, then go >> register your complaint in court. >> >> Short as written from a deeply compromised device :-) >> >> >> Your ignorance is bliss. Also, please just read through what someone else >> has taken their time to express before you get yourself triggered based on >> nothing. >> >> Regards, >> >> Kevin >> >> On 5 February 2018 at 07:01, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> So Kamonye, >>> >>> >>> >>> Your view therefore is that allocating $10m to DCI will improve the >>> cyber security profession? >>> >>> How much did send $300m on integrated CCTV cameras project improve on >>> security in Nairobi? Any arrests. >>> >>> Again why take out money from the USF for they new cash cow(cyber >>> security), when there is a ministry of ICT and the OP with their own >>> budgets? Let's follow the law to the letter. The President does not have a >>> blank cheque to decide where monies go unless we have now suspended the >>> constitution. >>> >>> >>> Short as written from a deeply compromised device :-) >>> >>> On Feb 4, 2018 23:35, "Kevin Kamonye via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> There is an alarming shortage of Cyber Security professionals. Not just >>>> in Kenya but globally. One of the reasons for this is that the monetary >>>> gain in taking the path of an ethical hacker pales in comparison to that of >>>> blackhat related activities. >>>> >>>> To address this, governments and top corporate are revising the >>>> remuneration for such roles in a big way. >>>> >>>> Furthermore, we have the likes of Cisco who are developing new >>>> curriculum to address this shortage. In fact they have granted a $10M scholarship >>>> program <https://mkto.cisco.com/security-scholarship> to develop >>>> security professionals. I am one of the beneficiaries. >>>> >>>> For those asking about what complex crimes need to be fought - let me >>>> assure you that there is a very high chance that all of your connected >>>> devices is currently compromised. If not all of them. Don't wait for a >>>> skull and some text written in bold green to pop up on your screen to >>>> notify you that you have been hacked. That is not the level at which it is >>>> done nowadays. Your antivirus is also not going to help much - they work on >>>> a reactionary basis meaning that you get an update once a "new" >>>> vulnerability is discovered. >>>> >>>> I think that these funds are being drawn from the USF because the >>>> government is currently running low on funds, it would at least be a good >>>> thing for them to state this clearly if this is the case. >>>> >>>> What is important is that we need to recognise and applaud the >>>> importance of this move by the President. It makes little sense to >>>> want to get more and more people online without having a strong framework >>>> through which you can protect them, or at least provide a means of helping >>>> them to investigate and prosecute these people that are usually very keen >>>> to have a fresh supply of cyber victims. I will be following this one >>>> keenly. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> On 4 February 2018 at 00:30, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am of the opinion (sorry, there must be a better word, but the wine >>>>> in my head has locked it out from access!) that the problem starts and ends >>>>> with the USFAC - Universal Service Fund Advisory Council or whatever that >>>>> moribund thing is called. It's been in office since Matiang'i was CS ICT >>>>> till now. How many years are those? >>>>> This forum has always called for the use of the USF for certain >>>>> purposes. I remember Collins Areba once gave out very compelling reasons on >>>>> where the USF should come into play. It's several years since and the USFAC >>>>> have just been sitting on their laurels. >>>>> >>>>> It is time that AC is disbanded. I hope they don't draw any salaries >>>>> or allowances for being in that AC, because if they do, they need to refund >>>>> every single enny they've drawn for "doing nothing". >>>>> >>>>> And we must strongly come out and tell Uhuru Kenyatta that the USF is >>>>> not subject to his directives. I must say that him having appointed some >>>>> guy called Kinoti to be DCI, who owes allegiance to him, does not augur >>>>> well with his DIRECTIVE. That is corruption and I am not willing to listen >>>>> to "jameni, mnataka nifanye nini?" with my taxes! >>>>> >>>>> USF must be used for what it was conceived for, not for CID Forensics >>>>> Lab, which is built by Administration after Administration. >>>>> >>>>> One wishes for the days of Bitange Ndemo's tenure at the ICT Ministry, >>>>> because even a fly could raise an issue and Ndemo would engage. >>>>> >>>>> This error or Mucheru where opacity rules is chocking! >>>>> >>>>> The bottom line though is that presidential directives constitute an >>>>> abuse of the USF when there is an Advisory Council. >>>>> >>>>> That moribund Advisory Council need to GO, a new one constituted and >>>>> USF applied only on improving access to telecommunications for the >>>>> citizens, not funding the DCI, which should have a budget, just like the >>>>> military have a budget. The DCI have a budget for their operations and it's >>>>> not supposed to be drawn from the USF. That is THEFT. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3 February 2018 at 16:41, Admin CampusCiti <info(a)campusciti.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Washington >>>>>> >>>>>> Nature abhors a vacuum. This list has time and again consistently >>>>>> reminded the CA and the USF to spend the money as it was meant to. Swathes >>>>>> of the country are still without connectivity and we still print out >>>>>> quarterly fiction about connectivity statistics. >>>>>> >>>>>> On this the President is right. What he is basically saying is that >>>>>> if you can’t find a way to spend the money I will show you how to! >>>>>> >>>>>> :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Ili we funzo kwa the upcoming DG... :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> *Ali Hussein* >>>>>> *Hussein & Associates* >>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >>>>>> >>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>> >>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>> >>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> >>>>>> >>>>>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com >>>>>> >>>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and >>>>>> thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>> >>>>>> On 3 Feb 2018, at 1:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This 1B for the DCI for "complex" crimes directive is just the >>>>>> beginning! >>>>>> >>>>>> With Wangusi OUT (blocked from resuming office despite a court order) >>>>>> and the Fatcats now in control, I can see the whole of the USF account >>>>>> being depleted in no time, and without any part of it going for >>>>>> infrastructure improvement or anything that it was intended for. >>>>>> I remember a recent media article where the Ministry of ICT had >>>>>> requested CA to fund the presidential inauguration to the tune of KES 25m >>>>>> when there was actually a budget for the inauguration, which the article >>>>>> cited as some of the possible reasons Wangusi is being hounded out of >>>>>> office, because he declined the request despite CA sitting on billions in >>>>>> USF! >>>>>> >>>>>> Now that such a directive is out, and will possibly be executed with >>>>>> haste, my question is: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Does the law allow the president to give directives to CA?? >>>>>> 2. Does the law allow the president (or the Minister) to give >>>>>> directives on where.how the USF should be used? >>>>>> 3. Whom does the law give the mandate to decide on the USF?? >>>>>> >>>>>> For starters, the independence of the CA is OVER!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2 February 2018 at 16:52, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> One billion shillings from Communications Authority universal >>>>>>> service fund to be allocated to DCI, to boost fight against cyber-crime, >>>>>>> 'and more complex crimes with which today Kenyans must contend.'. - Uhuru >>>>>>> at IG Conference. >>>>>>> Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk >>>>>>> Is this legal? Is this what the fund is for? >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Sidney >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: *s >>>>>>> idneyochieng.co.ke >>>>>>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>>>>>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>>>>> ailman/options/kictanet/odhiambo%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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >>>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 >>>>>> "Oh, the cruft." >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>>>> ailman/options/kictanet/info%40campusciti.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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 >>>>> "Oh, the cruft." >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>> >>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>>> ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/oloo.khisa%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. >>>> >>>> >>

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Re: [kictanet] 1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime
by Kevin Kamonye 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Good Morning Emmanuel. Your view therefore is that allocating $10m to DCI will improve the cyber > security profession? Where did I present such a view? But now that you bring it up - I will say it would certainly have the potential to do so if the funds were to be spent well. How much did send $300m on integrated CCTV cameras project improve on > security in Nairobi? Any arrests. What is the relation between CCTV cameras and advanced cyber crime? Anyway, since you have brought up the CCTV project, at least you will agree that they are seemingly delivering on their main objective - helping the security forces in preventing terror related attacks. And by this I am not just referring to AlShabab but also politically instigated terrorism such as the clip that was circulated about some armed people attacking the police on Jan 30th. Again why take out money from the USF for they new cash cow(cyber > security), when there is a ministry of ICT and the OP with their own > budgets? Let's follow the law to the letter. The President does not have a > blank cheque to decide where monies go unless we have now suspended the > constitution. Once more I can only speculate that the government is drawing from the USF due to a shortage of funds. This needs to be clarified and explained to the public. If you are of the opinion that the President is wrong, then go register your complaint in court. Short as written from a deeply compromised device :-) Your ignorance is bliss. Also, please just read through what someone else has taken their time to express before you get yourself triggered based on nothing. Regards, Kevin On 5 February 2018 at 07:01, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > So Kamonye, > > > > Your view therefore is that allocating $10m to DCI will improve the cyber > security profession? > > How much did send $300m on integrated CCTV cameras project improve on > security in Nairobi? Any arrests. > > Again why take out money from the USF for they new cash cow(cyber > security), when there is a ministry of ICT and the OP with their own > budgets? Let's follow the law to the letter. The President does not have a > blank cheque to decide where monies go unless we have now suspended the > constitution. > > > Short as written from a deeply compromised device :-) > > On Feb 4, 2018 23:35, "Kevin Kamonye via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> There is an alarming shortage of Cyber Security professionals. Not just >> in Kenya but globally. One of the reasons for this is that the monetary >> gain in taking the path of an ethical hacker pales in comparison to that of >> blackhat related activities. >> >> To address this, governments and top corporate are revising the >> remuneration for such roles in a big way. >> >> Furthermore, we have the likes of Cisco who are developing new curriculum >> to address this shortage. In fact they have granted a $10M scholarship >> program <https://mkto.cisco.com/security-scholarship> to develop >> security professionals. I am one of the beneficiaries. >> >> For those asking about what complex crimes need to be fought - let me >> assure you that there is a very high chance that all of your connected >> devices is currently compromised. If not all of them. Don't wait for a >> skull and some text written in bold green to pop up on your screen to >> notify you that you have been hacked. That is not the level at which it is >> done nowadays. Your antivirus is also not going to help much - they work on >> a reactionary basis meaning that you get an update once a "new" >> vulnerability is discovered. >> >> I think that these funds are being drawn from the USF because the >> government is currently running low on funds, it would at least be a good >> thing for them to state this clearly if this is the case. >> >> What is important is that we need to recognise and applaud the importance >> of this move by the President. It makes little sense to want to get more >> and more people online without having a strong framework through which you >> can protect them, or at least provide a means of helping them to >> investigate and prosecute these people that are usually very keen to have a >> fresh supply of cyber victims. I will be following this one keenly. >> >> Regards, >> >> Kevin >> >> On 4 February 2018 at 00:30, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> I am of the opinion (sorry, there must be a better word, but the wine in >>> my head has locked it out from access!) that the problem starts and ends >>> with the USFAC - Universal Service Fund Advisory Council or whatever that >>> moribund thing is called. It's been in office since Matiang'i was CS ICT >>> till now. How many years are those? >>> This forum has always called for the use of the USF for certain >>> purposes. I remember Collins Areba once gave out very compelling reasons on >>> where the USF should come into play. It's several years since and the USFAC >>> have just been sitting on their laurels. >>> >>> It is time that AC is disbanded. I hope they don't draw any salaries or >>> allowances for being in that AC, because if they do, they need to refund >>> every single enny they've drawn for "doing nothing". >>> >>> And we must strongly come out and tell Uhuru Kenyatta that the USF is >>> not subject to his directives. I must say that him having appointed some >>> guy called Kinoti to be DCI, who owes allegiance to him, does not augur >>> well with his DIRECTIVE. That is corruption and I am not willing to listen >>> to "jameni, mnataka nifanye nini?" with my taxes! >>> >>> USF must be used for what it was conceived for, not for CID Forensics >>> Lab, which is built by Administration after Administration. >>> >>> One wishes for the days of Bitange Ndemo's tenure at the ICT Ministry, >>> because even a fly could raise an issue and Ndemo would engage. >>> >>> This error or Mucheru where opacity rules is chocking! >>> >>> The bottom line though is that presidential directives constitute an >>> abuse of the USF when there is an Advisory Council. >>> >>> That moribund Advisory Council need to GO, a new one constituted and USF >>> applied only on improving access to telecommunications for the citizens, >>> not funding the DCI, which should have a budget, just like the military >>> have a budget. The DCI have a budget for their operations and it's not >>> supposed to be drawn from the USF. That is THEFT. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3 February 2018 at 16:41, Admin CampusCiti <info(a)campusciti.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Washington >>>> >>>> Nature abhors a vacuum. This list has time and again consistently >>>> reminded the CA and the USF to spend the money as it was meant to. Swathes >>>> of the country are still without connectivity and we still print out >>>> quarterly fiction about connectivity statistics. >>>> >>>> On this the President is right. What he is basically saying is that if >>>> you can’t find a way to spend the money I will show you how to! >>>> >>>> :-) >>>> >>>> Ili we funzo kwa the upcoming DG... :-) >>>> >>>> *Ali Hussein* >>>> *Hussein & Associates* >>>> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >>>> >>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>> >>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>> >>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> >>>> >>>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com >>>> >>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >>>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On 3 Feb 2018, at 1:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>> This 1B for the DCI for "complex" crimes directive is just the >>>> beginning! >>>> >>>> With Wangusi OUT (blocked from resuming office despite a court order) >>>> and the Fatcats now in control, I can see the whole of the USF account >>>> being depleted in no time, and without any part of it going for >>>> infrastructure improvement or anything that it was intended for. >>>> I remember a recent media article where the Ministry of ICT had >>>> requested CA to fund the presidential inauguration to the tune of KES 25m >>>> when there was actually a budget for the inauguration, which the article >>>> cited as some of the possible reasons Wangusi is being hounded out of >>>> office, because he declined the request despite CA sitting on billions in >>>> USF! >>>> >>>> Now that such a directive is out, and will possibly be executed with >>>> haste, my question is: >>>> >>>> 1. Does the law allow the president to give directives to CA?? >>>> 2. Does the law allow the president (or the Minister) to give >>>> directives on where.how the USF should be used? >>>> 3. Whom does the law give the mandate to decide on the USF?? >>>> >>>> For starters, the independence of the CA is OVER!!! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2 February 2018 at 16:52, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> One billion shillings from Communications Authority universal service >>>>> fund to be allocated to DCI, to boost fight against cyber-crime, 'and more >>>>> complex crimes with which today Kenyans must contend.'. - Uhuru at IG >>>>> Conference. >>>>> Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk >>>>> Is this legal? Is this what the fund is for? >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Sidney >>>>> >>>>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: *s >>>>> idneyochieng.co.ke >>>>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>>>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>> >>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>>> ailman/options/kictanet/odhiambo%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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >>>> Nairobi,KE >>>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 >>>> "Oh, the cruft." >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/info%40campusciti.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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >>> Nairobi,KE >>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 >>> "Oh, the cruft." >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%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. 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Wangusi blocked from resuming office
by Victor Kapiyo 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Listers, Francis Wangusi was Thursday barred from resuming his post as director-general of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), despite a January 30 court order reinstating him in office. Mr Wangusi had gone to the CA premises on Nairobi’s on Waiyaki Way on Wednesday to “prepare” his office for the planned return but when he officially reported Thursday, four men blocked the gate to the authority’s offices denying him entry. ** Looks like Court orders don't matter any more. Read more: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/CA-blocks-Wangusi-from-resuming-of…

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KE Zone Key Signing Key Roll over Notification
by Senior System Administrator 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

Dear Listers, This is a notification to the public that KeNIC will be rolling over KE zone Key Signing Key (KSK) on 1st February 2018. KSK roll over is inline with security best practices and ICANN's requirements for resource management. No intervention will be required from .KE clients, users nor ISPs - the undertaking will be by KeNIC and IANA. Thank you. Kind Regards, ................................................... Elly Kadenyo Senior System Administrator snrsysadmin(a)kenic.or.ke +254 0720062293

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Re: [kictanet] 1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime
by Adam Lane 03 Feb '18

03 Feb '18

my understanding is following the 2016 ICT Access Gaps study which laid out a clear plan to spend USF, this plan has subsequently been implemented, though with a slight delay. 70 sites or so have got network connection for the first time recently and almost 1,000 schools given broadband. It's decent progress, though still more to do (which might not get done anymore if the plan is just being thrown out the window now). Senior Director Public Affairs Huawei Southern Africa Mobile: +254 790985886 From:Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet To:Adam Lane Cc:Mwendwa Kivuva Date:2018-02-03 19:12:48 Subject:Re: [kictanet] 1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime The resent happenings are making us develop hypergraphia. Good questions Washington. We have not only lost independence of CA, but of every other institution we bragged as independent. Jaindi Kisero's prophecy has come. A country goes down the slippery slope if there are enough collaborators to subvert the law from orders of the Emperor. It rubbish the purpose of board oversight as Ali is always preaching. From what we have gathered so far from exposé and the leaked memos at CA, Wangusi is one man who rejected illegal orders. We fought so hard to have a functional USF kitty, and a USF board too which was to decide how the marginalised in Lamu and Lokichar would have comparable communication experience to those in Nairobi. But that is now water down the drain. I'm calling for the disbandment of the USF board for failing the Kenyan people. Watu bure kabisa. CA through USF is NOT collecting funds from Telcos to to fund policing. I want to posit here that USF funds do not belong to the central government. They belong to mwananchi who wants comparable communication as that experienced in major cities marginalised Poor governance is infectious. We are the average of the friends we keep. So depending on the region a country is in, gains can be eroded by the neighbours. It started with Burundi, and rolled all over the region (Ukiona mwenzako akinyolewa...) . Conversely, positive gains are also seen in the Region where democracy is starting to flourish, an example being ECOWAS region... Remember Gambia. Senegal and Nigeria and Ghana have really shown the world what true democracy looks like. On Feb 3, 2018 1:04 PM, "Odhiambo Washington via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: This 1B for the DCI for "complex" crimes directive is just the beginning! With Wangusi OUT (blocked from resuming office despite a court order) and the Fatcats now in control, I can see the whole of the USF account being depleted in no time, and without any part of it going for infrastructure improvement or anything that it was intended for. I remember a recent media article where the Ministry of ICT had requested CA to fund the presidential inauguration to the tune of KES 25m when there was actually a budget for the inauguration, which the article cited as some of the possible reasons Wangusi is being hounded out of office, because he declined the request despite CA sitting on billions in USF! Now that such a directive is out, and will possibly be executed with haste, my question is: 1. Does the law allow the president to give directives to CA?? 2. Does the law allow the president (or the Minister) to give directives on where.how the USF should be used? 3. Whom does the law give the mandate to decide on the USF?? For starters, the independence of the CA is OVER!!! On 2 February 2018 at 16:52, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: One billion shillings from Communications Authority universal service fund to be allocated to DCI, to boost fight against cyber-crime, 'and more complex crimes with which today Kenyans must contend.'. - Uhuru at IG Conference. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk Is this legal? Is this what the fund is for? -- Regards, Sidney Twitter: @princelySid<https://twitter.com/princelySid> | Web: sidneyochieng.co.ke<http://sidneyochieng.co.ke/> Skype: sidney.ochieng | Github: princelySid<https://github.com/princelySid> _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/odhiambo%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. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft." _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kivuva%40transworldaf… 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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Re: [kictanet] 1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime
by Karanja Marigu 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

The all relavant bills are yet to be passed. Which complex crimes are these?? Another way to siphon money. On Feb 2, 2018 5:25 PM, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Thank you Sidney. This is shocking. Whatever happened to access before control? Some counties still don’t have network yet we’re pre-occupied with fighting ‘complex crimes’. On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 at 16:53, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > One billion shillings from Communications Authority universal service fund > to be allocated to DCI, to boost fight against cyber-crime, 'and more > complex crimes with which today Kenyans must contend.'. - Uhuru at IG > Conference. > Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk > Is this legal? Is this what the fund is for? > -- > Regards, > Sidney > > *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: *s > idneyochieng.co.ke > *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid > <https://github.com/princelySid> > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/kaninimutemi%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. > -- *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/karanjaemarigu%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.

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Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off
by Dorcas Muthoni 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Media freedom must come with responsibility which currently is not the case. Call me when you organize a forum to hold the media to account. On Jan 30, 2018 6:55 PM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @Dorcas, We missed a step forward towards media freedom and freedom to access information. Politics aside, I also felt for those who had to keep calling people who had internet or could afford bundles to stream the event. There are other ways of making the media accountable other than denying citizen access to information. On Jan 30, 2018 18:43, "Denis Mutinda via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > So I’m assuming they will turn off those signals forever? > > Media will be on Govts case for the next few weeks. Extinguish one fire, > start another one. > > Denis Mutinda > President, ISACA Kenya > Sent from my iPhone > > On 30 Jan 2018, at 18:31, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Other than the perceived illegality, what did we actually miss. > > I stopped watching these stations two years ago. Most journalists agenda > set based on personal or paid interests and there is tonnes of evidence to > this. > > I am surprised at how so many pretend not to know this 😔 > > By the way, my business and customers are gravely tired of this political > crap. I assure many people are. > > And subscribers are paying to serve the kind of delusional content > screened (I feel especially for kids). > > Kenyans, if you want a better country, fix yourself first. Complaining > about the less 500 senior government officials many of whom you would be > pleased to replace and benefit like they do is the highest level of > hypocrisy. > > Controversial as this may sound, it's the high time each of us took > ownership by fixing yourself first. > > On Jan 30, 2018 6:02 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Kevin and all >> >> I won't dwell on the tribal or ethnic part of this issue. Let's rather >> address the illegality and unprecedented nature of what is going on right >> now. >> >> ALL MAJOR TV STATIONS HAVE GONE DARK. >> >> Why? Is it because of a technical issue? Or was it a deliberate attempt >> to muzzle free speech and expression. >> >> I understand some goons even went to a particular ISP and tried to block >> certain IP addresses. >> >> This level of intimidation and muzzling of the press is unprecedented. >> Any Kenyan of sound mind and body will be against it. Irrespective of the >> political divide. >> >> Not even in the darkest days of the KANU Dictatorship has the press been >> treated in such a cavalier manner while the supposedly 'friendly' press >> continue with their business as usual. As I write this Citizen, NTV and KTN >> News are still dark. The rest are operating. WHY? >> >> One day someone will be held responsible for this. Impunity cannot last >> forever. >> >> *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 Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >>>> DG. >>> >>> >>> Mwendwa, to me this reads like ethnic profiling. Not acceptable. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> On 30 January 2018 at 16:47, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >>>> DG. >>>> >>>> We thought Kenya is ahead of other countries to experience a shutdown. >>>> Think again. We are still in January, and 2022 is 5 years away. >>>> >>>> The media too thought they were above board and could not be harassed >>>> like normal Kenyans. Now the tide has turned. They were complacent in many >>>> ways before, during, and after the elections. >>>> >>>> "... and when they finally came for the media, there was nobody to >>>> speak up for them" >>>> >>>> On Jan 30, 2018 2:46 PM, "Tracy Kadesa Adolwa via kictanet" < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have been unable to livestream since Baba arrived, is it me only? >>>>> >>>>> -Regards >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Tracy Kadesa, >>>>> LL.B ,University of Nairobi. >>>>> Dip KSL >>>>> legalwalk.wordpress.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The government simply did not want Kenyans to witness the huge crowds >>>>>> that have turned up. AND they are huge. >>>>>> >>>>>> The BBC and Aljazeerah are offering periodical updates live as well. >>>>>> KTN NEWS livestream is also still on, though intermittent. >>>>>> And at this point, it is out of Both Raila and Kalonzo's hands. >>>>>> >>>>>> Politics aside, the CA physically disconnected terrestrial links at >>>>>> Limuru before then systematically switching off most other channels of >>>>>> broadcast, fibre connections and satellite are intermittent. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> This is so sad to see happen in my country Kenya. And at so many >>>>>>> levels. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I will set aside the constitution and the illegality of the >>>>>>> situation because am not a constitutional expert of any kind. What I can >>>>>>> comment on is that this is such a strategic failure by the perpetrators. It >>>>>>> is actually so shocking that they cannot actually see that this only serves >>>>>>> to add more fuel to the fire. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is this the caliber of people that we have at the top of our >>>>>>> Industry? Are they not able to advise the government of how futile it is to >>>>>>> attempt to shutdown communication in today's world??? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As for the Kenyan Media - you deserve this. You are a greedy and >>>>>>> self serving lot. Just the other day we heard recordings of a certain >>>>>>> journalist being threatened. Where was the collective response? Shame on >>>>>>> you too. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kevin >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 30 January 2018 at 13:34, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> A creeping back of autocracy. This is outside the perimeter of the >>>>>>>> constitution. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Joy Wathagi Ndungu >>>>>>>> Co-Founder, Digital Grassroots www.digitalgrassroots.org >>>>>>>> <http://Grassrootswww.digitalgrassroots.org> >>>>>>>> Phone number :*+254706690282 <0706%20690282> * >>>>>>>> Alternate Email 1: *joy.w(a)digitalgrassroots.org >>>>>>>> <joy.w(a)digitalgrassroots.org> *Alternate Email 2: *jndungu(a)studentsforliberty.org >>>>>>>> <jndungu(a)studentsforliberty.org>* >>>>>>>> 8638-00300 Nairobi, Kenya >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> www.digitalgrassroots.org >>>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/digitalgrassroots/ >>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/digigrassroots >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jubilee can go ahead and switch off the Sun, FaceBook & Twitter. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> At the height of the protests in Egypt, the dictator president, >>>>>>>>> Hosni Mubarak, decided to shut down the Internet as well. That did not stop >>>>>>>>> Egyptians from remaining Egyptians. >>>>>>>>> Who triumphed? >>>>>>>>> Just because an ostrich decides to bury its head in the sand so as >>>>>>>>> not to see what is happening around doesn't make it safe for the ostrich. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> No need to >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 30 January 2018 at 11:48, Deborah via kictanet < >>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> My apologies. I now understand the situation. I'm working away >>>>>>>>>> from the TV most of the time. This last time I went by I was corrected that >>>>>>>>>> the decoder has a subscription, and even then NTV, KTN and Citizen were >>>>>>>>>> off. It seems they defied the ban on broadcasting live political events. My >>>>>>>>>> question would now be on the justification of the ban. >>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>> From: Keith Andere via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>>>>>>> Sent: ‎30/‎01/‎2018 11:09 >>>>>>>>>> To: deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com >>>>>>>>>> Cc: Keith Andere <kephand(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> KTN News too. Channels are off on all free to air platforms. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> KTN News and NTV are available on DSTV. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Keith. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 30 Jan 2018 10:53, "Sidney Ochieng via kictanet" < >>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Citizen and NTV. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 at 10:33, Deborah <deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Sidney, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Which signals have been turned off? I went to check and found >>>>>>>>>>>> them all on and transmitting normally with the exception of Citizen. It >>>>>>>>>>>> usually has issues on the Startimes decoder. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Deborah >>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>> From: Sidney Ochieng via kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: ‎30/‎01/‎2018 10:26 >>>>>>>>>>>> To: deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Listers, >>>>>>>>>>>> How long before they come for the internet? I’m so disappointed >>>>>>>>>>>> in the CA >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>> Sidney >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | >>>>>>>>>>>> *Web: *sidneyochieng.co.ke >>>>>>>>>>>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>>>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>> Sidney >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | >>>>>>>>>>> *Web: *sidneyochieng.co.ke >>>>>>>>>>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>>>>>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kephan >>>>>>>>>>> d%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. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>>>>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/odhiam >>>>>>>>>> bo%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. 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AID & Development Africa Summit, 27-28 February, Safari Park Hotel
by FEM HUB 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Dear Listers, I am happy to report that I will be speaking at the AID & Development Africa Summit. I have been offered VIP complementaries for my colleagues. If you are head or in leadership team of a large well known corporation or organization, please inbox me. Two America Square, London, EC3N 2LU http://africa.aidforum.org/ Best, Ida Ng'ang'a

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Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off
by Mutemi wa Kiama 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

Joe Ageyo's prophecy on media shutdown 3years ago has come to pass... Except; "First, let me explain a basic difference between analogue and digital systems that has direct implications for freedom. Under the analogue system, every broadcaster established and maintained its own transmission infrastructure. This means that if NTV had a problem with its transmitter in Limuru, KTN would still be on air. In the same breath if Artur brothers raided the KTN studios and switched off the station, KBC would still continue with its normal broadcasts. Under the digital system however, all the channels give up their signal distribution function and simply hand over their content to a licenced signal distributor for onward transmission to the viewer. This is a great thing because it is a more efficient use of the precious commodity known as frequencies and it reduces the cost of setting up a TV channel, among other potential benefits. But the devil lies is in the detail. Because this signal distributor carries all of television in the country, care must always be taken to ensure the independence of such a body. In Kenya that onerous task of distributing the signals of all channels, currently lies with just two companies. One is Signet, that is owned by the State Broadcaster, KBC. The second is PANG, a wholly-Chinese company (although latest indications suggest that it has some faceless Kenyan shareholders). And that, according to me, is where the real danger lies. The Communications Authority has not lost a moment to declare to the world that digital migration has brought on board more than 50+ channels to viewers who had only 10 or so before. What CA does not say however, is the fact that all these channels can be controlled from two central locations – one at KBC (which is fully in government’s control) and the other at PANG (China of course doesn’t have a great reputation when it comes to media freedom.). So on the day that any one of these channels decides to air something that is extremely critical of the government of the day, what guarantees are there that the signal won’t be scrambled or pulled down altogether? This is not far-fetched in a country where media houses have been raided in order to stall publication of critical stories. The number of calls editors get from government functionaries any time a hard-hitting investigative piece is about to air also suggests that these officials would do more than just ask questions if they had the power to switch off a channel." https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000152653/joe-ageyo-why-i-am-worri… Meanwhile... Royal Media Services Chairman SK Macharia sues government seeking shutdown compensation & order barring interference with firm's broadcasting sites. He has won most or his cases against GoK since #MoiError. Expect billions in awards. Edwin Kiama Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Justice Entrepreneur, Human Rights Defender, #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) Ordinary, fearless Kenyans. Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movementwww.sautiyawanjiku.com https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead On Feb 1, 2018 15:49, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Semantricks my dear sister.. A play with words doesn’t detract from the fact. Who more than politicians have turned this into personal interest? *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad On 1 Feb 2018, at 12:02 PM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @Ali and @Kiama, the word is politricks. Reporting politics obsessively for personal and paid interest. This is where I fault the media. They know themselves. This trend does not benefit the professional media or the followers but rather brings selfish political games to your channel. On Feb 1, 2018 9:50 AM, "Mutemi wa Kiama" <eddiekiama(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dorcas? Don't report politics? Don't report corruption, mismanagement, theft of public resources, abuse of office? Don't report LIFE in Kenya is what you are saying. You want to stay in your ignorance perch and enjoy your comfort zones. Thing is, you won't know what hits you when it crumbles. #LestWeForget: When local TV stations were arbitrary switched off during digital migration, notwithstanding that the global deadline was over a year away providing room for negotiation & structured migration, the CS in charge of information/ICT was... drum roll... incidentally, one Fred Matiang'i!!! YaHoo! Let's keep feeding the pet python by doing nothing, after all, we are not media. No way internet can be shut down surely! Ni mimi, Edwin Kiama Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Social Innovator, Social Justice Entrepreneur, Catalyst, Human Rights Defender, Social Accountability Champion, Rhize Coach #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) Ordinary, Fearless Kenyans. Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movement www.sautiyawanjiku.com https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead On 1 Feb 2018 09:02, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @Peter This is very true and I know to survive in the media business today is not business as usual. Instead of focusing on politricks, claiming it sells why not wake to the call of disruption. We have all lost government business across many sectors, many bills remain unpaid in public procurement, now it's time to create new value propositions to the undeserved or new relevant content. If you check the Google search statistics on top Kenyan user searches, that would provide a pointer on some content areas worth airtime with relevant local context. By the way, why is KTN HOME still broadcasting? Because they focus is on family entertainment? I am sure several others are on air. Wake up call to your mainstream media houses producers? Over emphasis on politricks especially during the news hours will eventually cost the media. On Jan 31, 2018 4:38 PM, "Peter Wakaba via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Let me give a bit of background on why media owners may be taking the > quiet road on this one. After President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in in > 2013, and thereafter he named his cabinet, the Ministry of information > moved forward with an idea that had been floating around for a while. To > streamline government spending on advertising and several associated areas > under one body. Meant to create synergy through bulk and then save > government money, the move saw government then channel all advertising > cash through the Government Advertising Agency. > > Between January and April of 2016, this body billed just over a cool > ksh.4B. > > Then they moved a step further and created the 'My Gov' pullout which > initially ran in the two national dailies, plus the people and the star. > Henceforth all government advertising apart from very critical adverts were > channel into this project with the news being delivered by the Kenya News > Agency. The ministry then pays one of the newspapers to print and > distribute as a pullout. > > Needless to say, over this period, advertising revenue has shrunk > dramatically to the point of crippling operations in some newsrooms. To > turn the screws even further, the Ministry has then stopped printing and > publishing this pullout regularly but is now doing so in 'random' fashion > on a weekly basis in any of the said newspapers. The last I saw it was in > the Star Newspaper. > > While no doubt the above move has helped with government austerity, the > media is having to tighten its belt tighter every day. (Not that anyone > owes us anything) > From a team of ten just five years ago, I often have to work with just one > person and maybe an intern to deliver hours of news. (and companies, like > our are all looking to shrink their traditional businesses). > > When you mix the above issues with the general corporate governance issues > that majority of the Kenyan economy faces, there is cause for worry. And > while companies are indeed innovating in order to stay relevant, I daresay > the level of attrition is way faster. > > Then through in lack of depth, lack of experience (because inexperience is > easier to hire and pay) and the rise of fake news and you have a melting > pot that should have everyone worried. > > And while I agree with Ali Hussein that our diligence will eventually pay > off, I fear for the hordes of millennials who may not be as patient. > > In closing, very few companies are willing to take on Government, or even > larger corporates like Safaricom anymore > > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> @ Victor >> >> It is not clear if any of the media houses has taken legal action. >> However, the media attended a press briefing this afternoon where they were >> informed that the stations would "remain off air until the government has >> completed investigations into the "swearing-in" of Opposition leader Raila >> Odinga." >> >> Read on: TV stations will remain shut until investigations end, says >> Matiang'i >> https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/31/tv-stations-will- >> remain-shut-until-investigations-end-says-matiangi_c1706915 >> >> >> Video footage:VIDEO: 3 media houses to remain off-air until government >> concludes investigations - Interior CS Fred Matiang'i >> https://twitter.com/ntvkenya/status/958674927405580289 >> >> Best regards >> >> >> Githaiga, Grace >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 31-01-2018 at 15:40 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet wrote: >> >> Has any media station gone to court on this? >> >> Or are they perhaps pursuing ADR methods to resolve the issue? >> >> >> >> >> *Victor Kapiyo* >> >> Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* >> >> Advocate of the High Court of Kenya,Commissioner for Oaths & Notary Public >> >> *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi |**Web: www.lawmark.co.ke* >> ==================================================== >> >> *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig >> Ziglar* >> >> >> On 31 January 2018 at 14:53, Harry Delano via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Actually, Ali am equally outraged that am not seeing sufficient, copiou, >> outpouring amounts of outrage from the mainstream media, or we being >> hoodwinked..? >> >> >> We seem to be the ones who look more outraged at this, strangely..! >> >> >> Harry >> >> >> On 31 Jan 2018 14:46, "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Kevin >> >> >> Kuwa mpole Ndugu. [image: :-)] >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *Hussein & Associates* >> >> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> Blog:www.alyhussein.com >> >> >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> On 31 Jan 2018, at 1:50 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Peter. I hope you wrote us this email while in a highly charged meeting >> with your colleagues and those from the other houses as regards to how you >> are going to march to both the CA and the MoICT to demand the restoration >> of your transmissions and an explanation. >> >> >> You just tell me where and when we are to start. >> >> >> If not, I have no sympathy for you guys. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 31 January 2018 at 11:53, Peter Wakaba via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> >> My conundrum for the day. >> >> >> I work for KTN NEWS >> I had scheduled two interviews today afternoon. >> >> One on modern commercial large scale farming and another on T-vet >> (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) and youth. >> >> >> Being off air on most platforms and under government shutdown, one of my >> interviewees, parastatal Chief, no less, has developed cold feet and >> cancelled or postponed. He is not sure how to behave and whether his >> turning up would be misconstrued. (Two weeks of work out of the window). >> >> >> >> My second interviewee, a focused and passionate lady PS. we have been >> planning and cancelling for 3 months now. When I last got her into studio, >> what was supposed to be a one hour insightful discussion was interrupted by >> a presidential rally by the current President. She got just 3 minutes on TV >> for her trouble and left veeeery angry. >> >> >> After much haggling, we finally rescheduled. AND THEN YESTERDAY HAPPENED. >> Despite the switch off her handlers insist we keep our end of the bargain. >> >> If I host her, will I still be 'kow towing' to the same government that >> is trying to literally throttle my bread and butter ( if I may borrow from >> two expressions). >> >> >> For both them and I, there is a lacuna on how to behave in these >> instances. >> >> >> And yet, my audience still needs to be educated and entertained. Oh what >> interesting times we live in. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Eric David via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> We are living a lie. The Channels are off. Who's answerable? >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* kictanet <kictanet-bounces+mwau=outlook.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> on behalf of Kevin Kamonye via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:45 AM >> *To:* Eric Mwau >> *Cc:* Kevin Kamonye >> >> >> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> A good and insightful read Wangari. >> >> >> The rising power of Facebook, Google and Twitter and their opportunistic >> business models. >> >> >> I can directly correlate the challenges that the world media is facing to >> these corporations. They have basically invalidated the current media >> company model in such a way that they sell content that they do not produce >> themselves and to sweeten the deal further - they do not have to pay for >> any operator licenses.They need to be classified as media companies - at >> the very least. >> >> >> That is why you see our media here being so desperate to the point that >> they almost have no choice but to cooperate with the government because it >> is the biggest source of their revenue. >> >> >> Next in line to be cannibalized is the Telecom industry bu this is a >> discussion for another day. >> >> >> On another note, it is shameful for Kenya to be mentioned with the below >> countries, and in such a context. Does anyone have specific information on >> what the Soros foundation is doing in Kenya. >> >> >> >> That leaves the local battlegrounds in Africa, the Middle East and >> Central Asia. My foundations are actively engaged in all of them. We are >> particularly focused on Africa, where would-be dictators in Kenya, Zimbabwe >> and the Democratic Republic of Congo have perpetrated electoral fraud on an >> unprecedented scale and citizens are literally risking their lives to >> resist the slide into dictatorship. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 23:30, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> While haggling here on democracy using the lens of TV media, yes, the >> cyber is also on the spotlight. >> >> >> >> https://www.georgesoros.com/2018/01/25/remarks-delivered-at- >> the-world-economic-forum/ >> >> >> *The IT monopolies* >> >> I want to spend the bulk of my remaining time on another global problem: >> the rise and monopolistic behavior of the giant IT platform companies. >> These companies have often played an innovative and liberating role. But as >> Facebook and Google have grown into ever more powerful monopolies, they >> have become obstacles to innovation, and they have caused a variety of >> problems of which we are only now beginning to become aware. >> >> Companies earn their profits by exploiting their environment. Mining and >> oil companies exploit the physical environment; social media companies >> exploit the social environment. This is particularly nefarious because >> social media companies influence how people think and behave without them >> even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on the >> functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >> >> >> Might it be possible to replace with TV companies, aka broadcasters >> >> "This is particularly nefarious because (social media companies)TV >> companies, aka broadcastersinfluence how people think and behave without >> them even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on >> the functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >> >> >> >> >> Be blessed. >> >> >> Regards/Wangari >> >> --- >> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa -"Being of the Light, We are Restored >> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on >> Earth". >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 20:25, Harry Delano via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> >> Hey Dorcas, >> >> >> There could be specific qualms against the media fraternity, but how >> about effective checks and balances which I suppose a majority of us would >> agree are in place to quite a degree including costs for breach.. >> >> >> Am afraid yours is sanctioning a ' throw-out-the-baby-with-the- >> bath-water' approach. When done with media, next will be this very cyber >> space me and you are thriving on that will be switched off. Then what..?? >> >> >> Harry >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018 19:13, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Media freedom must come with responsibility which currently is not the >> case. >> >> >> Call me when you organize a forum to hold the media to account. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 6:55 PM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> @Dorcas, >> >> >> We missed a step forward towards media freedom and freedom to access >> information. >> >> >> Politics aside, I also felt for those who had to keep calling people who >> had internet or could afford bundles to stream the event. There are other >> ways of making the media accountable other than denying citizen access to >> information. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 18:43, "Denis Mutinda via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> So I’m assuming they will turn off those signals forever? >> >> Media will be on Govts case for the next few weeks. Extinguish one fire, >> start another one. >> >> >> Denis Mutinda >> >> President, ISACA Kenya >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018, at 18:31, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Other than the perceived illegality, what did we actually miss. >> >> >> I stopped watching these stations two years ago. Most journalists agenda >> set based on personal or paid interests and there is tonnes of evidence to >> this. >> >> >> I am surprised at how so many pretend not to know this 😔 >> >> >> By the way, my business and customers are gravely tired of this political >> crap. I assure many people are. >> >> >> And subscribers are paying to serve the kind of delusional content >> screened (I feel especially for kids). >> >> >> Kenyans, if you want a better country, fix yourself first. Complaining >> about the less 500 senior government officials many of whom you would be >> pleased to replace and benefit like they do is the highest level of >> hypocrisy. >> >> >> Controversial as this may sound, it's the high time each of us took >> ownership by fixing yourself first. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 6:02 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Kevin and all >> >> >> I won't dwell on the tribal or ethnic part of this issue. Let's rather >> address the illegality and unprecedented nature of what is going on right >> now. >> >> >> ALL MAJOR TV STATIONS HAVE GONE DARK. >> >> >> Why? Is it because of a technical issue? Or was it a deliberate attempt >> to muzzle free speech and expression. >> >> >> I understand some goons even went to a particular ISP and tried to block >> certain IP addresses. >> >> >> This level of intimidation and muzzling of the press is unprecedented. >> Any Kenyan of sound mind and body will be against it. Irrespective of the >> political divide. >> >> >> Not even in the darkest days of the KANU Dictatorship has the press been >> treated in such a cavalier manner while the supposedly 'friendly' press >> continue with their business as usual. As I write this Citizen, NTV and KTN >> News are still dark. The rest are operating. WHY? >> >> >> One day someone will be held responsible for this. Impunity cannot last >> forever. >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *Principal* >> >> *Hussein & Associates* >> >> Tel: +254 713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alih kassim >> >> >> 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 Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >> DG. >> >> >> Mwendwa, to me this reads like ethnic profiling. Not acceptable. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 16:47, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting DG. >> >> >> We thought Kenya is ahead of other countries to experience a shutdown. >> Think again. We are still in January, and 2022 is 5 years away. >> >> >> The media too thought they were above board and could not be harassed >> like normal Kenyans. Now the tide has turned. They were complacent in many >> ways before, during, and after the elections. >> >> >> "... and when they finally came for the media, there was nobody to speak >> up for them" >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 2:46 PM, "Tracy Kadesa Adolwa via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> I have been unable to livestream since Baba arrived, is it me only? >> >> >> -Regards >> >> >> Tracy Kadesa, >> >> LL.B ,University of Nairobi. >> >> Dip KSL >> >> legalwalk.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> The government simply did not want Kenyans to witness the huge crowds >> that have turned up. AND they are huge. >> >> >> The BBC and Aljazeerah are offering periodical updates live as well. >> >> KTN NEWS livestream is also still on, though intermittent. >> >> And at this point, it is out of Both Raila and Kalonzo's hands. >> >> >> Politics aside, the CA physically disconnected terrestrial links at >> Limuru before then systematically switching off most other channels of >> broadcast, fibre connections and satellite are intermittent. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This is so sad to see happen in my country Kenya. And at so many levels. >> >> >> I will set aside the constitution and the illegality of the situation >> because am not a constitutional expert of any kind. What I can comment on >> is that this is such a strategic failure by the perpetrators. It is >> actually so shocking that they cannot actually see that this only serves to >> add more fuel to the fire. >> >> >> Is this the caliber of people that we have at the top of our Industry? >> Are they not able to advise the government of how futile it is to attempt >> to shutdown communication in today's world??? >> >> >> As for the Kenyan Media - you deserve this. You are a greedy and self >> serving lot. Just the other day we heard recordings of a certain journalist >> being threatened. Where was the collective response? Shame on you too. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 13:34, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> A creeping back of autocracy. This is outside the perimeter of the >> constitution. >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> >> Joy Wathagi Ndungu >> >> Co-Founder, Digital Grassrootswww.digitalgrassroo ts.org >> >> Phone number :*+254706690282* >> >> Alternate Email 1: *joy.w@digitalgrassroots.org*AlternateEmail2:*jndungu@stu >> dentsforliberty.org* >> >> 8638-00300 Nairobi, Kenya >> >> >> >> www.digitalgrassroots.org >> >> https://www.facebook.com/digit algrassroots/ >> >> https://twitter.com/digigrassr oots >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Jubilee can go ahead and switch off the Sun, FaceBook & Twitter. >> >> >> At the height of the protests in Egypt, the dictator president, Hosni >> Mubarak, decided to shut down the Internet as well. That did not stop >> Egyptians from remaining Egyptians. >> >> Who triumphed? >> >> Just because an ostrich decides to bury its head in the sand so as not to >> see what is happening around doesn't make it safe for the ostrich. >> >> >> No need to >> >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 11:48, Deborah via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> My apologies. I now understand the situation. I'm working away from the >> TV most of the time. This last time I went by I was corrected that the >> decoder has a subscription, and even then NTV, KTN and Citizen were off. It >> seems they defied the ban on broadcasting live political events. My >> question would now be on the justification of the ban. >> >> ------------------------------ >> From:Keith Andere via kictanet >> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 11:09 >> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >> Cc:Keith Andere >> Subject:Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> KTN News too. Channels are off on all free to air platforms. >> >> >> KTN News and NTV are available on DSTV. >> >> Regards, >> >> Keith. >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018 10:53, "Sidney Ochieng via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Citizen and NTV. >> >> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 at 10:33, Deborah <deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey Sidney, >> >> Which signals have been turned off? I went to check and found them all on >> and transmitting normally with the exception of Citizen. It usually has >> issues on the Startimes decoder. >> >> Deborah >> >> ------------------------------ >> From:Sidney Ochieng via kictanet >> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 10:26 >> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >> Cc:Sidney Ochieng >> Subject:[kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> Listers, >> >> How long before they come for the internet? 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High Court orders State to restore signals for 3 TV stations
by Grace Githaiga 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

High Court Judge Chacha Mwita has directed the government and the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) to restore signals for three television stations which were shut down on Tuesday. https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Court-orders-State-restore-TV-signals/1056-42… Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.

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Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off
by Mutemi wa Kiama 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

Dorcas? Don't report politics? Don't report corruption, mismanagement, theft of public resources, abuse of office? Don't report LIFE in Kenya is what you are saying. You want to stay in your ignorance perch and enjoy your comfort zones. Thing is, you won't know what hits you when it crumbles. #LestWeForget: When local TV stations were arbitrary switched off during digital migration, notwithstanding that the global deadline was over a year away providing room for negotiation & structured migration, the CS in charge of information/ICT was... drum roll... incidentally, one Fred Matiang'i!!! YaHoo! Let's keep feeding the pet python by doing nothing, after all, we are not media. No way internet can be shut down surely! Ni mimi, Edwin Kiama Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Innovator, Social Justice Entrepreneur, Catalyst, Human Rights Defender, Social Accountability Champion, Rhize Coach #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) Ordinary, Fearless Kenyans. Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movement www.sautiyawanjiku.com https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead On 1 Feb 2018 09:02, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @Peter This is very true and I know to survive in the media business today is not business as usual. Instead of focusing on politricks, claiming it sells why not wake to the call of disruption. We have all lost government business across many sectors, many bills remain unpaid in public procurement, now it's time to create new value propositions to the undeserved or new relevant content. If you check the Google search statistics on top Kenyan user searches, that would provide a pointer on some content areas worth airtime with relevant local context. By the way, why is KTN HOME still broadcasting? Because they focus is on family entertainment? I am sure several others are on air. Wake up call to your mainstream media houses producers? Over emphasis on politricks especially during the news hours will eventually cost the media. On Jan 31, 2018 4:38 PM, "Peter Wakaba via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Let me give a bit of background on why media owners may be taking the > quiet road on this one. After President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in in > 2013, and thereafter he named his cabinet, the Ministry of information > moved forward with an idea that had been floating around for a while. To > streamline government spending on advertising and several associated areas > under one body. Meant to create synergy through bulk and then save > government money, the move saw government then channel all advertising > cash through the Government Advertising Agency. > > Between January and April of 2016, this body billed just over a cool > ksh.4B. > > Then they moved a step further and created the 'My Gov' pullout which > initially ran in the two national dailies, plus the people and the star. > Henceforth all government advertising apart from very critical adverts were > channel into this project with the news being delivered by the Kenya News > Agency. The ministry then pays one of the newspapers to print and > distribute as a pullout. > > Needless to say, over this period, advertising revenue has shrunk > dramatically to the point of crippling operations in some newsrooms. To > turn the screws even further, the Ministry has then stopped printing and > publishing this pullout regularly but is now doing so in 'random' fashion > on a weekly basis in any of the said newspapers. The last I saw it was in > the Star Newspaper. > > While no doubt the above move has helped with government austerity, the > media is having to tighten its belt tighter every day. (Not that anyone > owes us anything) > From a team of ten just five years ago, I often have to work with just one > person and maybe an intern to deliver hours of news. (and companies, like > our are all looking to shrink their traditional businesses). > > When you mix the above issues with the general corporate governance issues > that majority of the Kenyan economy faces, there is cause for worry. And > while companies are indeed innovating in order to stay relevant, I daresay > the level of attrition is way faster. > > Then through in lack of depth, lack of experience (because inexperience is > easier to hire and pay) and the rise of fake news and you have a melting > pot that should have everyone worried. > > And while I agree with Ali Hussein that our diligence will eventually pay > off, I fear for the hordes of millennials who may not be as patient. > > In closing, very few companies are willing to take on Government, or even > larger corporates like Safaricom anymore > > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> @ Victor >> >> It is not clear if any of the media houses has taken legal action. >> However, the media attended a press briefing this afternoon where they were >> informed that the stations would "remain off air until the government has >> completed investigations into the "swearing-in" of Opposition leader Raila >> Odinga." >> >> Read on: TV stations will remain shut until investigations end, says >> Matiang'i >> https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/31/tv-stations-will- >> remain-shut-until-investigations-end-says-matiangi_c1706915 >> >> >> Video footage:VIDEO: 3 media houses to remain off-air until government >> concludes investigations - Interior CS Fred Matiang'i >> https://twitter.com/ntvkenya/status/958674927405580289 >> >> Best regards >> >> >> Githaiga, Grace >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 31-01-2018 at 15:40 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet wrote: >> >> Has any media station gone to court on this? >> >> Or are they perhaps pursuing ADR methods to resolve the issue? >> >> >> >> >> *Victor Kapiyo* >> >> Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* >> >> Advocate of the High Court of Kenya,Commissioner for Oaths & Notary Public >> >> *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi |**Web: www.lawmark.co.ke* >> ==================================================== >> >> *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig >> Ziglar* >> >> >> On 31 January 2018 at 14:53, Harry Delano via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Actually, Ali am equally outraged that am not seeing sufficient, copiou, >> outpouring amounts of outrage from the mainstream media, or we being >> hoodwinked..? >> >> >> We seem to be the ones who look more outraged at this, strangely..! >> >> >> Harry >> >> >> On 31 Jan 2018 14:46, "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Kevin >> >> >> Kuwa mpole Ndugu. [image: :-)] >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *Hussein & Associates* >> >> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> Blog:www.alyhussein.com >> >> >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> On 31 Jan 2018, at 1:50 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Peter. I hope you wrote us this email while in a highly charged meeting >> with your colleagues and those from the other houses as regards to how you >> are going to march to both the CA and the MoICT to demand the restoration >> of your transmissions and an explanation. >> >> >> You just tell me where and when we are to start. >> >> >> If not, I have no sympathy for you guys. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 31 January 2018 at 11:53, Peter Wakaba via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> >> My conundrum for the day. >> >> >> I work for KTN NEWS >> I had scheduled two interviews today afternoon. >> >> One on modern commercial large scale farming and another on T-vet >> (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) and youth. >> >> >> Being off air on most platforms and under government shutdown, one of my >> interviewees, parastatal Chief, no less, has developed cold feet and >> cancelled or postponed. He is not sure how to behave and whether his >> turning up would be misconstrued. (Two weeks of work out of the window). >> >> >> >> My second interviewee, a focused and passionate lady PS. we have been >> planning and cancelling for 3 months now. When I last got her into studio, >> what was supposed to be a one hour insightful discussion was interrupted by >> a presidential rally by the current President. She got just 3 minutes on TV >> for her trouble and left veeeery angry. >> >> >> After much haggling, we finally rescheduled. AND THEN YESTERDAY HAPPENED. >> Despite the switch off her handlers insist we keep our end of the bargain. >> >> If I host her, will I still be 'kow towing' to the same government that >> is trying to literally throttle my bread and butter ( if I may borrow from >> two expressions). >> >> >> For both them and I, there is a lacuna on how to behave in these >> instances. >> >> >> And yet, my audience still needs to be educated and entertained. Oh what >> interesting times we live in. >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Eric David via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> We are living a lie. The Channels are off. Who's answerable? >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* kictanet <kictanet-bounces+mwau=outlook.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> on behalf of Kevin Kamonye via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:45 AM >> *To:* Eric Mwau >> *Cc:* Kevin Kamonye >> >> >> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> A good and insightful read Wangari. >> >> >> The rising power of Facebook, Google and Twitter and their opportunistic >> business models. >> >> >> I can directly correlate the challenges that the world media is facing to >> these corporations. They have basically invalidated the current media >> company model in such a way that they sell content that they do not produce >> themselves and to sweeten the deal further - they do not have to pay for >> any operator licenses.They need to be classified as media companies - at >> the very least. >> >> >> That is why you see our media here being so desperate to the point that >> they almost have no choice but to cooperate with the government because it >> is the biggest source of their revenue. >> >> >> Next in line to be cannibalized is the Telecom industry bu this is a >> discussion for another day. >> >> >> On another note, it is shameful for Kenya to be mentioned with the below >> countries, and in such a context. Does anyone have specific information on >> what the Soros foundation is doing in Kenya. >> >> >> >> That leaves the local battlegrounds in Africa, the Middle East and >> Central Asia. My foundations are actively engaged in all of them. We are >> particularly focused on Africa, where would-be dictators in Kenya, Zimbabwe >> and the Democratic Republic of Congo have perpetrated electoral fraud on an >> unprecedented scale and citizens are literally risking their lives to >> resist the slide into dictatorship. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 23:30, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> While haggling here on democracy using the lens of TV media, yes, the >> cyber is also on the spotlight. >> >> >> >> https://www.georgesoros.com/2018/01/25/remarks-delivered-at- >> the-world-economic-forum/ >> >> >> *The IT monopolies* >> >> I want to spend the bulk of my remaining time on another global problem: >> the rise and monopolistic behavior of the giant IT platform companies. >> These companies have often played an innovative and liberating role. But as >> Facebook and Google have grown into ever more powerful monopolies, they >> have become obstacles to innovation, and they have caused a variety of >> problems of which we are only now beginning to become aware. >> >> Companies earn their profits by exploiting their environment. Mining and >> oil companies exploit the physical environment; social media companies >> exploit the social environment. This is particularly nefarious because >> social media companies influence how people think and behave without them >> even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on the >> functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >> >> >> Might it be possible to replace with TV companies, aka broadcasters >> >> "This is particularly nefarious because (social media companies)TV >> companies, aka broadcastersinfluence how people think and behave without >> them even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on >> the functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >> >> >> >> >> Be blessed. >> >> >> Regards/Wangari >> >> --- >> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa -"Being of the Light, We are Restored >> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on >> Earth". >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 20:25, Harry Delano via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> >> Hey Dorcas, >> >> >> There could be specific qualms against the media fraternity, but how >> about effective checks and balances which I suppose a majority of us would >> agree are in place to quite a degree including costs for breach.. >> >> >> Am afraid yours is sanctioning a ' throw-out-the-baby-with-the- >> bath-water' approach. When done with media, next will be this very cyber >> space me and you are thriving on that will be switched off. Then what..?? >> >> >> Harry >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018 19:13, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Media freedom must come with responsibility which currently is not the >> case. >> >> >> Call me when you organize a forum to hold the media to account. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 6:55 PM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> @Dorcas, >> >> >> We missed a step forward towards media freedom and freedom to access >> information. >> >> >> Politics aside, I also felt for those who had to keep calling people who >> had internet or could afford bundles to stream the event. There are other >> ways of making the media accountable other than denying citizen access to >> information. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 18:43, "Denis Mutinda via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> So I’m assuming they will turn off those signals forever? >> >> Media will be on Govts case for the next few weeks. Extinguish one fire, >> start another one. >> >> >> Denis Mutinda >> >> President, ISACA Kenya >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018, at 18:31, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Other than the perceived illegality, what did we actually miss. >> >> >> I stopped watching these stations two years ago. Most journalists agenda >> set based on personal or paid interests and there is tonnes of evidence to >> this. >> >> >> I am surprised at how so many pretend not to know this 😔 >> >> >> By the way, my business and customers are gravely tired of this political >> crap. I assure many people are. >> >> >> And subscribers are paying to serve the kind of delusional content >> screened (I feel especially for kids). >> >> >> Kenyans, if you want a better country, fix yourself first. Complaining >> about the less 500 senior government officials many of whom you would be >> pleased to replace and benefit like they do is the highest level of >> hypocrisy. >> >> >> Controversial as this may sound, it's the high time each of us took >> ownership by fixing yourself first. >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 6:02 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Kevin and all >> >> >> I won't dwell on the tribal or ethnic part of this issue. Let's rather >> address the illegality and unprecedented nature of what is going on right >> now. >> >> >> ALL MAJOR TV STATIONS HAVE GONE DARK. >> >> >> Why? Is it because of a technical issue? Or was it a deliberate attempt >> to muzzle free speech and expression. >> >> >> I understand some goons even went to a particular ISP and tried to block >> certain IP addresses. >> >> >> This level of intimidation and muzzling of the press is unprecedented. >> Any Kenyan of sound mind and body will be against it. Irrespective of the >> political divide. >> >> >> Not even in the darkest days of the KANU Dictatorship has the press been >> treated in such a cavalier manner while the supposedly 'friendly' press >> continue with their business as usual. As I write this Citizen, NTV and KTN >> News are still dark. The rest are operating. WHY? >> >> >> One day someone will be held responsible for this. Impunity cannot last >> forever. >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> >> *Principal* >> >> *Hussein & Associates* >> >> Tel: +254 713 601113 <0713%20601113> >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alih kassim >> >> >> 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 Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >> DG. >> >> >> Mwendwa, to me this reads like ethnic profiling. Not acceptable. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 16:47, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting DG. >> >> >> We thought Kenya is ahead of other countries to experience a shutdown. >> Think again. We are still in January, and 2022 is 5 years away. >> >> >> The media too thought they were above board and could not be harassed >> like normal Kenyans. Now the tide has turned. They were complacent in many >> ways before, during, and after the elections. >> >> >> "... and when they finally came for the media, there was nobody to speak >> up for them" >> >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 2:46 PM, "Tracy Kadesa Adolwa via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> I have been unable to livestream since Baba arrived, is it me only? >> >> >> -Regards >> >> >> Tracy Kadesa, >> >> LL.B ,University of Nairobi. >> >> Dip KSL >> >> legalwalk.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet< >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> The government simply did not want Kenyans to witness the huge crowds >> that have turned up. AND they are huge. >> >> >> The BBC and Aljazeerah are offering periodical updates live as well. >> >> KTN NEWS livestream is also still on, though intermittent. >> >> And at this point, it is out of Both Raila and Kalonzo's hands. >> >> >> Politics aside, the CA physically disconnected terrestrial links at >> Limuru before then systematically switching off most other channels of >> broadcast, fibre connections and satellite are intermittent. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> This is so sad to see happen in my country Kenya. And at so many levels. >> >> >> I will set aside the constitution and the illegality of the situation >> because am not a constitutional expert of any kind. What I can comment on >> is that this is such a strategic failure by the perpetrators. It is >> actually so shocking that they cannot actually see that this only serves to >> add more fuel to the fire. >> >> >> Is this the caliber of people that we have at the top of our Industry? >> Are they not able to advise the government of how futile it is to attempt >> to shutdown communication in today's world??? >> >> >> As for the Kenyan Media - you deserve this. You are a greedy and self >> serving lot. Just the other day we heard recordings of a certain journalist >> being threatened. Where was the collective response? Shame on you too. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Kevin >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 13:34, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> A creeping back of autocracy. This is outside the perimeter of the >> constitution. >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> >> Joy Wathagi Ndungu >> >> Co-Founder, Digital Grassrootswww.digitalgrassroo ts.org >> >> Phone number :*+254706690282* >> >> Alternate Email 1: *joy.w@digitalgrassroots.org*AlternateEmail2:*jndungu@stu >> dentsforliberty.org* >> >> 8638-00300 Nairobi, Kenya >> >> >> >> www.digitalgrassroots.org >> >> https://www.facebook.com/digit algrassroots/ >> >> https://twitter.com/digigrassr oots >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Jubilee can go ahead and switch off the Sun, FaceBook & Twitter. >> >> >> At the height of the protests in Egypt, the dictator president, Hosni >> Mubarak, decided to shut down the Internet as well. That did not stop >> Egyptians from remaining Egyptians. >> >> Who triumphed? >> >> Just because an ostrich decides to bury its head in the sand so as not to >> see what is happening around doesn't make it safe for the ostrich. >> >> >> No need to >> >> >> >> On 30 January 2018 at 11:48, Deborah via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> My apologies. I now understand the situation. I'm working away from the >> TV most of the time. This last time I went by I was corrected that the >> decoder has a subscription, and even then NTV, KTN and Citizen were off. It >> seems they defied the ban on broadcasting live political events. My >> question would now be on the justification of the ban. >> >> ------------------------------ >> From:Keith Andere via kictanet >> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 11:09 >> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >> Cc:Keith Andere >> Subject:Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> KTN News too. Channels are off on all free to air platforms. >> >> >> KTN News and NTV are available on DSTV. >> >> Regards, >> >> Keith. >> >> >> On 30 Jan 2018 10:53, "Sidney Ochieng via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Citizen and NTV. >> >> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 at 10:33, Deborah <deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey Sidney, >> >> Which signals have been turned off? I went to check and found them all on >> and transmitting normally with the exception of Citizen. It usually has >> issues on the Startimes decoder. >> >> Deborah >> >> ------------------------------ >> From:Sidney Ochieng via kictanet >> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 10:26 >> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >> Cc:Sidney Ochieng >> Subject:[kictanet] TV signals turned off >> >> Listers, >> >> How long before they come for the internet? 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Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off
by Dorcas Muthoni 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

These are now the questions. How do we protect the citizens. On Feb 1, 2018 12:43 PM, "Ngigi Waithaka" <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> wrote: @Dorcas, You are right on one account... *Politricks* But the question is, who should be the *judge* of the difference between Politics & Politriks ? Another politician? Political party in power? And that is why we have The Courts, CAK (Although their independence based on the recent happenings & Wangusi Saga, is in doubt) that are supposed to be the neutral arbiter! Remember in just about every major atrocity that has happened in human history, those in power are more often responsible, than those not in power! Regards On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > @Ali and @Kiama, the word is politricks. > > Reporting politics obsessively for personal and paid interest. This is > where I fault the media. They know themselves. > > This trend does not benefit the professional media or the followers but > rather brings selfish political games to your channel. > > On Feb 1, 2018 9:50 AM, "Mutemi wa Kiama" <eddiekiama(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dorcas? > > Don't report politics? Don't report corruption, mismanagement, theft of > public resources, abuse of office? Don't report LIFE in Kenya is what you > are saying. You want to stay in your ignorance perch and enjoy your comfort > zones. Thing is, you won't know what hits you when it crumbles. > > #LestWeForget: When local TV stations were arbitrary switched off during > digital migration, notwithstanding that the global deadline was over a year > away providing room for negotiation & structured migration, the CS in > charge of information/ICT was... drum roll... incidentally, one Fred > Matiang'i!!! YaHoo! > > Let's keep feeding the pet python by doing nothing, after all, we are not > media. No way internet can be shut down surely! > > Ni mimi, > > Edwin Kiama > > > Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------- > Social Innovator, Social Justice Entrepreneur, Catalyst, Human Rights > Defender, Social Accountability Champion, Rhize Coach > > #DevolutionIsRevolution Champion > > The Wanjiku Agenda Kenya Foundation (WAKenya) > Ordinary, Fearless Kenyans. > > Sauti Ya Wanjiku Social Movement www.sautiyawanjiku.com > > https://www.facebook.com/wanjikurevolutionkenya > > https://twitter.com/WanjikuRevolt > > https://plus.google.com/u/1/+WanjikuMapinduzi/posts > > http://www.scribd.com/wmkenya > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change > the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead > > > > On 1 Feb 2018 09:02, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > @Peter > > This is very true and I know to survive in the media business today is not > business as usual. > > Instead of focusing on politricks, claiming it sells why not wake to the > call of disruption. > > We have all lost government business across many sectors, many bills > remain unpaid in public procurement, now it's time to create new value > propositions to the undeserved or new relevant content. > > If you check the Google search statistics on top Kenyan user searches, > that would provide a pointer on some content areas worth airtime with > relevant local context. > > By the way, why is KTN HOME still broadcasting? Because they focus is on > family entertainment? I am sure several others are on air. > > Wake up call to your mainstream media houses producers? Over emphasis on > politricks especially during the news hours will eventually cost the media. > > > > On Jan 31, 2018 4:38 PM, "Peter Wakaba via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Let me give a bit of background on why media owners may be taking the >> quiet road on this one. After President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in in >> 2013, and thereafter he named his cabinet, the Ministry of information >> moved forward with an idea that had been floating around for a while. To >> streamline government spending on advertising and several associated areas >> under one body. Meant to create synergy through bulk and then save >> government money, the move saw government then channel all advertising >> cash through the Government Advertising Agency. >> >> Between January and April of 2016, this body billed just over a cool >> ksh.4B. >> >> Then they moved a step further and created the 'My Gov' pullout which >> initially ran in the two national dailies, plus the people and the star. >> Henceforth all government advertising apart from very critical adverts were >> channel into this project with the news being delivered by the Kenya News >> Agency. The ministry then pays one of the newspapers to print and >> distribute as a pullout. >> >> Needless to say, over this period, advertising revenue has shrunk >> dramatically to the point of crippling operations in some newsrooms. To >> turn the screws even further, the Ministry has then stopped printing and >> publishing this pullout regularly but is now doing so in 'random' fashion >> on a weekly basis in any of the said newspapers. The last I saw it was in >> the Star Newspaper. >> >> While no doubt the above move has helped with government austerity, the >> media is having to tighten its belt tighter every day. (Not that anyone >> owes us anything) >> From a team of ten just five years ago, I often have to work with just >> one person and maybe an intern to deliver hours of news. (and companies, >> like our are all looking to shrink their traditional businesses). >> >> When you mix the above issues with the general corporate governance >> issues that majority of the Kenyan economy faces, there is cause for worry. >> And while companies are indeed innovating in order to stay relevant, I >> daresay the level of attrition is way faster. >> >> Then through in lack of depth, lack of experience (because inexperience >> is easier to hire and pay) and the rise of fake news and you have a melting >> pot that should have everyone worried. >> >> And while I agree with Ali Hussein that our diligence will eventually pay >> off, I fear for the hordes of millennials who may not be as patient. >> >> In closing, very few companies are willing to take on Government, or even >> larger corporates like Safaricom anymore >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> @ Victor >>> >>> It is not clear if any of the media houses has taken legal action. >>> However, the media attended a press briefing this afternoon where they were >>> informed that the stations would "remain off air until the government has >>> completed investigations into the "swearing-in" of Opposition leader Raila >>> Odinga." >>> >>> Read on: TV stations will remain shut until investigations end, says >>> Matiang'i >>> https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/31/tv-stations-will- >>> remain-shut-until-investigations-end-says-matiangi_c1706915 >>> >>> >>> Video footage:VIDEO: 3 media houses to remain off-air until government >>> concludes investigations - Interior CS Fred Matiang'i >>> https://twitter.com/ntvkenya/status/958674927405580289 >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> >>> Githaiga, Grace >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 31-01-2018 at 15:40 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet wrote: >>> >>> Has any media station gone to court on this? >>> >>> Or are they perhaps pursuing ADR methods to resolve the issue? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Victor Kapiyo* >>> >>> Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* >>> >>> Advocate of the High Court of Kenya,Commissioner for Oaths & Notary >>> Public >>> >>> *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi |**Web: >>> www.lawmark.co.ke* >>> ==================================================== >>> >>> *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig >>> Ziglar* >>> >>> >>> On 31 January 2018 at 14:53, Harry Delano via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Actually, Ali am equally outraged that am not seeing sufficient, copiou, >>> outpouring amounts of outrage from the mainstream media, or we being >>> hoodwinked..? >>> >>> >>> We seem to be the ones who look more outraged at this, strangely..! >>> >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> >>> On 31 Jan 2018 14:46, "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> Kuwa mpole Ndugu. [image: :-)] >>> >>> *Ali Hussein* >>> >>> *Hussein & Associates* >>> >>> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> >>> >>> >>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>> >>> Skype: abu-jomo >>> >>> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>> >>> Blog:www.alyhussein.com >>> >>> >>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> On 31 Jan 2018, at 1:50 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Peter. I hope you wrote us this email while in a highly charged meeting >>> with your colleagues and those from the other houses as regards to how you >>> are going to march to both the CA and the MoICT to demand the restoration >>> of your transmissions and an explanation. >>> >>> >>> You just tell me where and when we are to start. >>> >>> >>> If not, I have no sympathy for you guys. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> On 31 January 2018 at 11:53, Peter Wakaba via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Good morning, >>> >>> >>> My conundrum for the day. >>> >>> >>> I work for KTN NEWS >>> I had scheduled two interviews today afternoon. >>> >>> One on modern commercial large scale farming and another on T-vet >>> (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) and youth. >>> >>> >>> Being off air on most platforms and under government shutdown, one of my >>> interviewees, parastatal Chief, no less, has developed cold feet and >>> cancelled or postponed. He is not sure how to behave and whether his >>> turning up would be misconstrued. (Two weeks of work out of the window). >>> >>> >>> >>> My second interviewee, a focused and passionate lady PS. we have been >>> planning and cancelling for 3 months now. When I last got her into studio, >>> what was supposed to be a one hour insightful discussion was interrupted by >>> a presidential rally by the current President. She got just 3 minutes on TV >>> for her trouble and left veeeery angry. >>> >>> >>> After much haggling, we finally rescheduled. AND THEN YESTERDAY >>> HAPPENED. Despite the switch off her handlers insist we keep our end of the >>> bargain. >>> >>> If I host her, will I still be 'kow towing' to the same government that >>> is trying to literally throttle my bread and butter ( if I may borrow from >>> two expressions). >>> >>> >>> For both them and I, there is a lacuna on how to behave in these >>> instances. >>> >>> >>> And yet, my audience still needs to be educated and entertained. Oh what >>> interesting times we live in. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Eric David via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> We are living a lie. The Channels are off. Who's answerable? >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From:* kictanet <kictanet-bounces+mwau=outlook.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>> on behalf of Kevin Kamonye via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:45 AM >>> *To:* Eric Mwau >>> *Cc:* Kevin Kamonye >>> >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >>> >>> A good and insightful read Wangari. >>> >>> >>> The rising power of Facebook, Google and Twitter and their opportunistic >>> business models. >>> >>> >>> I can directly correlate the challenges that the world media is facing >>> to these corporations. They have basically invalidated the current media >>> company model in such a way that they sell content that they do not produce >>> themselves and to sweeten the deal further - they do not have to pay for >>> any operator licenses.They need to be classified as media companies - at >>> the very least. >>> >>> >>> That is why you see our media here being so desperate to the point that >>> they almost have no choice but to cooperate with the government because it >>> is the biggest source of their revenue. >>> >>> >>> Next in line to be cannibalized is the Telecom industry bu this is a >>> discussion for another day. >>> >>> >>> On another note, it is shameful for Kenya to be mentioned with the below >>> countries, and in such a context. Does anyone have specific information on >>> what the Soros foundation is doing in Kenya. >>> >>> >>> >>> That leaves the local battlegrounds in Africa, the Middle East and >>> Central Asia. My foundations are actively engaged in all of them. We are >>> particularly focused on Africa, where would-be dictators in Kenya, Zimbabwe >>> and the Democratic Republic of Congo have perpetrated electoral fraud on an >>> unprecedented scale and citizens are literally risking their lives to >>> resist the slide into dictatorship. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> On 30 January 2018 at 23:30, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet< >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> While haggling here on democracy using the lens of TV media, yes, the >>> cyber is also on the spotlight. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.georgesoros.com/2018/01/25/remarks-delivered-at- >>> the-world-economic-forum/ >>> >>> >>> *The IT monopolies* >>> >>> I want to spend the bulk of my remaining time on another global problem: >>> the rise and monopolistic behavior of the giant IT platform companies. >>> These companies have often played an innovative and liberating role. But as >>> Facebook and Google have grown into ever more powerful monopolies, they >>> have become obstacles to innovation, and they have caused a variety of >>> problems of which we are only now beginning to become aware. >>> >>> Companies earn their profits by exploiting their environment. Mining and >>> oil companies exploit the physical environment; social media companies >>> exploit the social environment. This is particularly nefarious because >>> social media companies influence how people think and behave without them >>> even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on the >>> functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >>> >>> >>> Might it be possible to replace with TV companies, aka broadcasters >>> >>> "This is particularly nefarious because (social media companies)TV >>> companies, aka broadcastersinfluence how people think and behave without >>> them even being aware of it. This has far-reaching adverse consequences on >>> the functioning of democracy, particularly on the integrity of elections. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Be blessed. >>> >>> >>> Regards/Wangari >>> >>> --- >>> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa -"Being of the Light, We are Restored >>> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on >>> Earth". >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 20:25, Harry Delano via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hey Dorcas, >>> >>> >>> There could be specific qualms against the media fraternity, but how >>> about effective checks and balances which I suppose a majority of us would >>> agree are in place to quite a degree including costs for breach.. >>> >>> >>> Am afraid yours is sanctioning a ' throw-out-the-baby-with-the- >>> bath-water' approach. When done with media, next will be this very cyber >>> space me and you are thriving on that will be switched off. Then what..?? >>> >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> >>> On 30 Jan 2018 19:13, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> Media freedom must come with responsibility which currently is not the >>> case. >>> >>> >>> Call me when you organize a forum to hold the media to account. >>> >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2018 6:55 PM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> @Dorcas, >>> >>> >>> We missed a step forward towards media freedom and freedom to access >>> information. >>> >>> >>> Politics aside, I also felt for those who had to keep calling people who >>> had internet or could afford bundles to stream the event. There are other >>> ways of making the media accountable other than denying citizen access to >>> information. >>> >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2018 18:43, "Denis Mutinda via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> So I’m assuming they will turn off those signals forever? >>> >>> Media will be on Govts case for the next few weeks. Extinguish one fire, >>> start another one. >>> >>> >>> Denis Mutinda >>> >>> President, ISACA Kenya >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> On 30 Jan 2018, at 18:31, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> Other than the perceived illegality, what did we actually miss. >>> >>> >>> I stopped watching these stations two years ago. Most journalists agenda >>> set based on personal or paid interests and there is tonnes of evidence to >>> this. >>> >>> >>> I am surprised at how so many pretend not to know this 😔 >>> >>> >>> By the way, my business and customers are gravely tired of this >>> political crap. I assure many people are. >>> >>> >>> And subscribers are paying to serve the kind of delusional content >>> screened (I feel especially for kids). >>> >>> >>> Kenyans, if you want a better country, fix yourself first. Complaining >>> about the less 500 senior government officials many of whom you would be >>> pleased to replace and benefit like they do is the highest level of >>> hypocrisy. >>> >>> >>> Controversial as this may sound, it's the high time each of us took >>> ownership by fixing yourself first. >>> >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2018 6:02 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> Kevin and all >>> >>> >>> I won't dwell on the tribal or ethnic part of this issue. Let's rather >>> address the illegality and unprecedented nature of what is going on right >>> now. >>> >>> >>> ALL MAJOR TV STATIONS HAVE GONE DARK. >>> >>> >>> Why? Is it because of a technical issue? Or was it a deliberate attempt >>> to muzzle free speech and expression. >>> >>> >>> I understand some goons even went to a particular ISP and tried to block >>> certain IP addresses. >>> >>> >>> This level of intimidation and muzzling of the press is unprecedented. >>> Any Kenyan of sound mind and body will be against it. Irrespective of the >>> political divide. >>> >>> >>> Not even in the darkest days of the KANU Dictatorship has the press been >>> treated in such a cavalier manner while the supposedly 'friendly' press >>> continue with their business as usual. As I write this Citizen, NTV and KTN >>> News are still dark. The rest are operating. WHY? >>> >>> >>> One day someone will be held responsible for this. Impunity cannot last >>> forever. >>> >>> >>> *Ali Hussein* >>> >>> *Principal* >>> >>> *Hussein & Associates* >>> >>> Tel: +254 713 601113 <0713%20601113> >>> >>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>> >>> Skype: abu-jomo >>> >>> LinkedIn:http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alih kassim >>> >>> >>> 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 Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet< >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >>> DG. >>> >>> >>> Mwendwa, to me this reads like ethnic profiling. Not acceptable. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> On 30 January 2018 at 16:47, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >>> DG. >>> >>> >>> We thought Kenya is ahead of other countries to experience a shutdown. >>> Think again. We are still in January, and 2022 is 5 years away. >>> >>> >>> The media too thought they were above board and could not be harassed >>> like normal Kenyans. Now the tide has turned. They were complacent in many >>> ways before, during, and after the elections. >>> >>> >>> "... and when they finally came for the media, there was nobody to speak >>> up for them" >>> >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2018 2:46 PM, "Tracy Kadesa Adolwa via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> I have been unable to livestream since Baba arrived, is it me only? >>> >>> >>> -Regards >>> >>> >>> Tracy Kadesa, >>> >>> LL.B ,University of Nairobi. >>> >>> Dip KSL >>> >>> legalwalk.wordpress.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet< >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> The government simply did not want Kenyans to witness the huge crowds >>> that have turned up. AND they are huge. >>> >>> >>> The BBC and Aljazeerah are offering periodical updates live as well. >>> >>> KTN NEWS livestream is also still on, though intermittent. >>> >>> And at this point, it is out of Both Raila and Kalonzo's hands. >>> >>> >>> Politics aside, the CA physically disconnected terrestrial links at >>> Limuru before then systematically switching off most other channels of >>> broadcast, fibre connections and satellite are intermittent. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> This is so sad to see happen in my country Kenya. And at so many levels. >>> >>> >>> I will set aside the constitution and the illegality of the situation >>> because am not a constitutional expert of any kind. What I can comment on >>> is that this is such a strategic failure by the perpetrators. It is >>> actually so shocking that they cannot actually see that this only serves to >>> add more fuel to the fire. >>> >>> >>> Is this the caliber of people that we have at the top of our Industry? >>> Are they not able to advise the government of how futile it is to attempt >>> to shutdown communication in today's world??? >>> >>> >>> As for the Kenyan Media - you deserve this. You are a greedy and self >>> serving lot. Just the other day we heard recordings of a certain journalist >>> being threatened. Where was the collective response? Shame on you too. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> On 30 January 2018 at 13:34, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> A creeping back of autocracy. This is outside the perimeter of the >>> constitution. >>> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> >>> Joy Wathagi Ndungu >>> >>> Co-Founder, Digital Grassrootswww.digitalgrassroo ts.org >>> >>> Phone number :*+254706690282* >>> >>> Alternate Email 1: *joy.w@digitalgrassroots.org*AlternateEmail2:*jndungu@stu >>> dentsforliberty.org* >>> >>> 8638-00300 Nairobi, Kenya >>> >>> >>> >>> www.digitalgrassroots.org >>> >>> https://www.facebook.com/digit algrassroots/ >>> >>> https://twitter.com/digigrassr oots >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> Jubilee can go ahead and switch off the Sun, FaceBook & Twitter. >>> >>> >>> At the height of the protests in Egypt, the dictator president, Hosni >>> Mubarak, decided to shut down the Internet as well. That did not stop >>> Egyptians from remaining Egyptians. >>> >>> Who triumphed? >>> >>> Just because an ostrich decides to bury its head in the sand so as not >>> to see what is happening around doesn't make it safe for the ostrich. >>> >>> >>> No need to >>> >>> >>> >>> On 30 January 2018 at 11:48, Deborah via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> My apologies. I now understand the situation. I'm working away from the >>> TV most of the time. This last time I went by I was corrected that the >>> decoder has a subscription, and even then NTV, KTN and Citizen were off. It >>> seems they defied the ban on broadcasting live political events. My >>> question would now be on the justification of the ban. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> From:Keith Andere via kictanet >>> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 11:09 >>> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >>> Cc:Keith Andere >>> Subject:Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >>> >>> KTN News too. Channels are off on all free to air platforms. >>> >>> >>> KTN News and NTV are available on DSTV. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Keith. >>> >>> >>> On 30 Jan 2018 10:53, "Sidney Ochieng via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >>> >>> Citizen and NTV. >>> >>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 at 10:33, Deborah <deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hey Sidney, >>> >>> Which signals have been turned off? I went to check and found them all >>> on and transmitting normally with the exception of Citizen. It usually has >>> issues on the Startimes decoder. >>> >>> Deborah >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> From:Sidney Ochieng via kictanet >>> Sent:‎30/‎01/‎2018 10:26 >>> To:deborah.wanjugu@gmail.com >>> Cc:Sidney Ochieng >>> Subject:[kictanet] TV signals turned off >>> >>> >>> Listers, >>> >>> How long before they come for the internet? I’m so disappointed in the CA >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sidney >>> >>> >>> Twitter:@princelySid|*Web:*s idneyochieng.co.ke >>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sidney >>> >>> >>> Twitter:@princelySid|*Web:*s idneyochieng.co.ke >>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>> >>> >>> ______________________________ _________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTA Net/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/kephan d%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. 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Not in my ability >>> to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/peterwakaba%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. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, It knows it must run faster >> than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes >> up, >> it knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. >> It >> doesn't matter whether you are a gazelle or a lion. When the sun comes >> up, >> you better start running. - In "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman.* >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/dmuthoni%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. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > ailman/options/kictanet/eddiekiama%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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > ailman/options/kictanet/ngigi%40at.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,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 <0716%20201061> | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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AriseBank: SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering Scam
by WANGARI KABIRU 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

SEC.gov | SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering Scam | | | SEC.gov | SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering Scam | | | SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering Scam FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2018-8Washington D.C., Jan. 30, 2018 —The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order halting an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that targeted retail investors to fund what it claimed to be the world’s first “decentralized bank.”According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in federal district court in Dallas on Jan. 25 and unsealed late yesterday, Dallas-based AriseBank used social media, a celebrity endorsement, and other wide dissemination tactics to raise what it claims to be $600 million of its $1 billion goal in just two months.AriseBank and its co-founders Jared Rice Sr. and Stanley Ford allegedly offered and sold unregistered investments in their purported “AriseCoin” cryptocurrency by depicting AriseBank as a first-of-its-kind decentralized bank offering a variety of consumer-facing banking products and services using more than 700 different virtual currencies. AriseBank’s sales pitch claimed that it developed an algorithmic trading application that automatically trades in various cryptocurrencies. With the ingenuity and open innovation in the crypto world, this must make someone refer to what CBK said once....or alluded to. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Unpacking Data Protection Law
by Nanjira Sambuli 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Very useful explainer: https://medium.com/@privacyint/unpacking-data-protection-300e51c5f9b5?sourc… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move. > On 29 Jan 2018, at 17:26, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu <chemukoechk(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks! > >> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> A useful read. >> >> https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2018/01/Data-Protection-Guilde… >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Nanjira. >> >> Sent on the move. >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/chemukoechk%40gmail.c… >> >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu > Advocate > Legal and Regulatory Specialist- Oxygene MCL > Tel: +254 718 181644 > > >

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Re: [kictanet] {Disarmed} African Union accuses China of hacking its HQ
by WANGARI KABIRU 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

This is a good opportunity as you cite for AU to roar and its member states to build internal capacity and allocate local resources - which includes development of the mega tech capabilities. Legit or otherwise, the AU case is alleged over five years and said not to have been known or made known while elsewhere even school breaches warrant attention. List of data breaches and cyber attacks in January 2017 | | | | | | | | | | | List of data breaches and cyber attacks in January 2017 The first list of 2018 is by no means a short one. In fact, this is one of the longest lists that I’ve ever put ... | | | | Society who in most cases seem oblivious as it gives out basic information and stores it, must take charge in re-defining what is Personal and what may afford to leak out or it is in the fate of developers and super hackers. The 17 biggest data breaches of the 21st century | | | | | | | | | | | The 17 biggest data breaches of the 21st century By Taylor Armerding Security practitioners weigh in on the 17 worst data breaches in recent memory. | | | | However, the best is when we put a money tag to it, it helps to make sense of it all and give due attention. How much does a data breach cost? Here's where the money goes. | | | | | | | | | | | How much does a data breach cost? Here's where the money goes. By David Weldon Few would dispute that cyberattacks are increasing in frequency and in intensity, and most organizations confirm... | | | | For instance who might be out there chunning and making play of data of a crucial provider such as KNH patient data or any other hospital, dispensary? Example of breach to Anthem in health. 12. Anthem Date: February 2015 Impact: Theft of personal information on up to 78.8 million current and former customers.Fortune reported in January that a nationwide investigation concluded that a foreign government likely recruited the hackers who conducted what was said to be the largest data breach in healthcare history. It reportedly began a year before it was announced, when a single user at an Anthem subsidiary clicked on a link in a phishing email. The total cost of the breach is not yet known, but it is expected to exceed $100 million. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari--- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". cso online Sign In | Register - Access Control - Analytics - Business Continuity - ALL BUSINESS CONTINUITY - Disaster Recovery - Supply Chain Management - Careers - Data Loss Prevention - ALL DATA LOSS PREVENTION - Advanced Persistent Threats - Application Security - Big Data - Browsers - Cloud Security - Cyber Crime - Data Breach - Government - Hacktivism - Identity Management - Mobile Security - Network Security - Operating Systems - Social Networking - Vulnerabilities - Hacking - IT Leadership - ALL IT LEADERSHIP - Compliance - Jobs - Metrics and Budgets - Malware - Physical Security - ALL PHYSICAL SECURITY - Critical Infrastructure - Fraud - Investigations and Forensics - Security - Social Engineering - News - Features - Insider - How-Tos - Blogs - Resources/White Papers - Newsletters - Slideshows - Video - Dashboard - Eve - Home - Hacking - Data Breach TODAY'S TOP STORIES The 17 biggest data breaches of the 21st century Security practitioners weigh in on the 17 worst data breaches in recent memory. - - - - - - - - By Taylor ArmerdingCSO | JAN 26, 2018 3:44 AM PTPlay VideoThis is a modal window. The video is bad or in a format that cannot be played on your browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_DECODESession ID: 2018-01-30:ee45b88c982b4f75d38c1b5f Player Element ID:bcplayer-galleryOKClose Modal DialogThe 16 worst data security breaches of the 21st century (5:24)MORE LIKE THIS - 12 famous (and infamous) IT security disasters - A look back at cybersecurity in 2017 - What is a cyber attack? Recent examples show disturbing trends - VIDEOReady for the EU's GDPR compliance deadline? Many companies aren't | Salted... RELATED ARTICLES - 10 old-school security priniciples that (still) rule - Cloud security configuration errors put data at risk; new... - How do you secure the cloud? New data points a way See all InsiderData breaches happen daily, in too many places at once to keep count. But what constitutes a huge breach versus a small one? CSO compiled a list of 17 of the biggest or most significant breaches of the 21st century.This list is based not necessarily on the number of records compromised, but on how much risk or damage the breach caused for companies, insurers and users or account holders. In some cases, passwords and other information were well protected by encryption, so a password reset eliminated the bulk of the risk.[ How much does a data breach cost? Here's where the money goes. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ]CSO 1. Yahoo Date: 2013-14 Impact: 3 billion user accounts Details: In September 2016, the once dominant Internet giant, while in negotiations to sell itself to Verizon, announced it had been the victim of the biggest data breach in history, likely by “a state-sponsored actor,” in 2014. The attack compromised the real names, email addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers of 500 million users. The company said the "vast majority" of the passwords involved had been hashed using the robust bcrypt algorithm.A couple of months later, in December, it buried that earlier record with the disclosure that a breach in 2013, by a different group of hackers had compromised 1 billion accounts. Besides names, dates of birth, email addresses and passwords that were not as well protected as those involved in 2014, security questions and answers were also compromised. In October of 2017, Yahoo revised that estimate, saying that, in fact, all 3 billion user accounts had been compromised.The breaches knocked an estimated $350 million off Yahoo’s sale price. Verizon eventually paid $4.48 billion for Yahoo’s core Internet business. The agreement called for the two companies to share regulatory and legal liabilities from the breaches. The sale did not include a reported investment in Alibaba Group Holding of $41.3 billion and an ownership interest in Yahoo Japan of $9.3 billion.Yahoo, founded in 1994, had once been valued at $100 billion. After the sale, the company changed its name to Altaba, Inc.Read more about the Yahoo data breach... 2. Adult Friend Finder Date: October 2016 Impact: More than 412.2 million accounts Details: The FriendFinder Network, which included casual hookup and adult content websites like Adult Friend Finder, Penthouse.com, Cams.com, iCams.com and Stripshow.com, was breached sometime in mid-October 2016. Hackers collected 20 years of data on six databases that included names, email addresses and passwords.Most of the passwords were protected only by the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, which meant that 99 percent of them had been cracked by the time LeakedSource.com published its analysis of the entire data set on November 14.CSO Online’s Steve Ragan reported at the time that, “a researcher who goes by 1x0123 on Twitter and by Revolver in other circles posted screenshots taken on Adult Friend Finder (that) show a Local File Inclusion vulnerability (LFI) being triggered.” He said the vulnerability, discovered in a module on the production servers used by Adult Friend Finder, “was being exploited.”AFF Vice President Diana Ballou issued a statement saying, “We did identify and fix a vulnerability that was related to the ability to access source code through an injection vulnerability.”Read more about the Adult Friend Finder data breach... 3. eBay Date: May 2014 Impact: 145 million users compromised Details: The online auction giant reported a cyberattack in May 2014 that it said exposed names, addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords of all of its 145 million users. The company said hackers got into the company network using the credentials of three corporate employees, and had complete inside access for 229 days, during which time they were able to make their way to the user database.It asked its customers to change their passwords, but said financial information, such as credit card numbers, was stored separately and was not compromised. The company was criticized at the time for a lack of communication informing its users and poor implementation of the password-renewal process.CEO John Donahue said the breach resulted in a decline in user activity, but had little impact on the bottom line – its Q2 revenue was up 13 percent and earnings up 6 percent, in line with analyst expectations.Read more about the eBay data breach... 4. Equifax Date: July 29 2017Impact: Personal information (including Social Security Numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases drivers' license numbers) of 143 million consumers; 209,000 consumers also had their credit card data exposed.Details: Equifax, one of the largest credit bureaus in the U.S., said on Sept. 7, 2017 that an application vulnerability on one of their websites led to a data breach that exposed about 143 million consumers. The breach was discovered on July 29, but the company says that it likely started in mid-May.Read more about the Equifax breach... 5. Heartland Payment Systems Date: March 2008 Impact: 134 million credit cards exposed through SQL injection to install spyware on Heartland's data systems. Details: At the time of the breach, Heartland was processing 100 million payment card transactions per month for 175,000 merchants – most small- to mid-sized retailers. It wasn’t discovered until January 2009, when Visa and MasterCard notified Heartland of suspicious transactions from accounts it had processed.Among the consequences were that Heartland was deemed out of compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and was not allowed to process the payments of major credit card providers until May 2009. The company also paid out an estimated $145 million in compensation for fraudulent payments.A federal grand jury indicted Albert Gonzalez and two unnamed Russian accomplices in 2009. Gonzalez, a Cuban-American, was alleged to have masterminded the international operation that stole the credit and debit cards. In March 2010 he was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. The vulnerability to SQL injection was well understood and security analysts had warned retailers about it for several years. Yet, the continuing vulnerability of many Web-facing applications made SQL injection the most common form of attack against Web sites at the time.Read more about the Heartland data breach... 6. Target Stores Date: December 2013 Impact: Credit/debit card information and/or contact information of up to 110 million people compromised. Details: The breach actually began before Thanksgiving, but was not discovered until several weeks later. The retail giant initially announced that hackers had gained access through a third-party HVAC vender to its point-of-sale (POS) payment card readers, and had collected about 40 million credit and debit card numbers.By January 2014, however, the company upped that estimate, reporting that personally identifiable information (PII) of 70 million of its customers had been compromised. That included full names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. The final estimate is that the breach affected as many as 110 million customers.Target’s CIO resigned in March 2014, and its CEO resigned in May. The company recently estimated the cost of the breach at $162 million.The company was credited with making significant security improvements. However, a settlement announced in May 2017 that gave Target 180 days to make specific security improvements was described by Tom Kellermann, CEO of Strategic Cyber Ventures and former CSO of Trend Micro, as a “slap on the wrist.” He also said it, “represents yesterday’s security paradigm,” since the requirements focus on keeping attackers out and not on improving incident response.Read more about the Target data breach... 7. TJX Companies, Inc. Date: December 2006 Impact: 94 million credit cards exposed. Details: There are conflicting accounts about how this happened. One supposes that a group of hackers took advantage of a weak data encryption system and stole credit card data during a wireless transfer between two Marshall's stores in Miami, Fla. The other has them breaking into the TJX network through in-store kiosks that allowed people to apply for jobs electronically.Albert Gonzalez, hacking legend and ringleader of the Heartland breach, was convicted in 2010 of leading the gang of thieves who stole the credit cards, and sentenced to 20 years in prison, while 11 others were arrested. He had been working as a paid informant for the US Secret Service, at a $75,000 salary at the time of the crimes. The government claimed in its sentencing memo that companies, banks and insurers lost close to $200 million.Read more about the TJX data breach... 8. Uber Date: Late 2016 Impact: Personal information of 57 million Uber users and 600,000 drivers exposed. Details: The scope of the Uber breach alone warrants its inclusion on this list, and it’s not the worst part of the hack. The way Uber handled the breach once discovered is one big hot mess, and it’s a lesson for other companies on what not to do.The company learned in late 2016 that two hackers were able to get names, email addresses, and mobile phone numbers of 57 users of the Uber app. They also got the driver license numbers of 600,000 Uber drivers. As far as we know, no other data such as credit card or Social Security numbers were stolen. The hackers were able to access Uber’s GitHub account, where they found username and password credentials to Uber’s AWS account. Those credentials should never have been on GitHub.Here’s the really bad part: It wasn’t until about a year later that Uber made the breach public. What’s worse, they paid the hackers $100,000 to destroy the data with no way to verify that they did, claiming it was a “bug bounty” fee. Uber fired its CSO because of the breach, effectively placing the blame on him.The breach is believed to have cost Uber dearly in both reputation and money. At the time that the breach was announced, the company was in negotiations to sell a stake to Softbank. Initially, Uber’s valuation was $68 billion. By the time the deal closed in December, its valuation dropped to $48 billion. Not all of the drop is attributable to the breach, but analysts see it being a significant factor. Read more about the Uber breach… 9. JP Morgan Chase Date: July 2014 Impact: 76 million households and 7 million small businesses Details: The largest bank in the nation was the victim of a hack during the summer of 2014 that compromised the data of more than half of all US households – 76 million – plus 7 million small businesses. The data included contact information – names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses – as well as internal information about the users, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The bank said no customer money had been stolen and that there was “no evidence that account information for such affected customers – account numbers, passwords, user IDs, dates of birth or Social Security numbers – was compromised during this attack."Still, the hackers were reportedly able to gain “root" privileges on more than 90 of the bank’s servers, which meant they could take actions including transferring funds and closing accounts. According to the SANS Institute, JP Morgan spends $250 million on security every year. In November 2015, federal authorities indicted four men, charging them with the JP Morgan hack plus other financial institutions. Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein faced 23 counts, including unauthorized access of computers, identity theft, securities and wire fraud and money laundering that netted them an estimated $100 million. A fourth hacker who helped them breach the networks was not identified.Shalon and Orenstein, both Israelis, pleaded not guilty in June 2016. Aaron was arrested at JFK Airport in New York last December.Read more about the JP Morgan data breach... 10. US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Date: 2012-14 Impact: Personal information of 22 million current and former federal employees Details: Hackers, said to be from China, were inside the OPM system starting in 2012, but were not detected until March 20, 2014. A second hacker, or group, gained access to OPM through a third-party contractor in May 2014, but was not discovered until nearly a year later. The intruders exfiltrated personal data – including in many cases detailed security clearance information and fingerprint data.Last year, former FBI director James Comey spoke of the information contained in the so-called SF-86 form, used for conducting background checks for employee security clearances. “My SF-86 lists every place I’ve ever lived since I was 18, every foreign travel I’ve ever taken, all of my family, their addresses,” he said. “So it’s not just my identity that’s affected. I’ve got siblings. I’ve got five kids. All of that is in there.”A report, released last fall by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform summed up the damage in its title: “The OPM Data Breach: How the Government Jeopardized Our National Security for More than a Generation.” Read more about the OPM data breach... 11. Sony's PlayStation Network Date: April 20, 2011 Impact: 77 million PlayStation Network accounts hacked; estimated losses of $171 million while the site was down for a month. Details: This is viewed as the worst gaming community data breach of all-time. Of more than 77 million accounts affected, 12 million had unencrypted credit card numbers. Hackers gained access to full names, passwords, e-mails, home addresses, purchase history, credit card numbers and PSN/Qriocity logins and passwords. "It's enough to make every good security person wonder, 'If this is what it's like at Sony, what's it like at every other multi-national company that's sitting on millions of user data records?'" said eIQnetworks' John Linkous. He says it should remind those in IT security to identify and apply security controls consistently across their organizations. For customers, "Be careful whom you give your data to. It may not be worth the price to get access to online games or other virtual assets."In 2014, Sony agreed to a preliminary $15 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over the breach.Read more about the Sony data breach... 12. Anthem Date: February 2015 Impact: Theft of personal information on up to 78.8 million current and former customers. Details: The second-largest health insurer in the U.S., formerly known as WellPoint, said a cyberattack had exposed the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and employment histories of current and former customers – everything necessary to steal identity.Fortune reported in January that a nationwide investigation concluded that a foreign government likely recruited the hackers who conducted what was said to be the largest data breach in healthcare history. It reportedly began a year before it was announced, when a single user at an Anthem subsidiary clicked on a link in a phishing email. The total cost of the breach is not yet known, but it is expected to exceed $100 million.Anthem said in 2016 that there was no evidence that members' data have been sold, shared or used fraudulently. Credit card and medical information also allegedly has not been taken. On Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 7:37, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: The #sittingducks really we are. #NoFreeLunch. Colonization 3.0. Africa shall be colonized by all other nations because of lack of leadership and integrity. We are owned. Sold. African leaders should have a little pride in themselves. Just a little. And for starters Africa should bring down that edifice from Beijing. His excellency Paul Kagame, the assembly chair has shown a lot of independent in his thinking. He should champion the demolition, and look for other African bred solution for a new building. From Carthage to Maseru, Nouakchott to Mogadishu, we must have competence to stamp our feet on the ground. Show we mean business. There is no way we can achieve vision 2063 while we are slaves. $200m is a tinny sum that cannot even get into the balance sheet of some African countries. On Jan 30, 2018 3:16 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Listers Something most of us suspected is happening seems to be happening at the Apex of African Government. John Aglionby, East Africa Correspondent, and Emily Feng and Yuan Yang in Beijing African Union officials have accused China of hacking its headquarters’ computer systems every night for five years and downloading confidential data. Beijing funded the AU’s $200m building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while a Chinese state-owned company built it. Analysts said the fact that the hack remained secret for a year after being discovered and that the AU was not commenting publicly demonstrated China’s dominant relationships with African states. The data theft was exposed by French newspaper Le Monde Afrique and confirmed to the Financial Times on Monday. China denied the accusation. The hack underscores the risk African nations take in allowing Chinese technology companies such prominent roles in developing their telecoms backbones, despite the US placing restrictions on investment by Huawei and ZTE. The two companies have “built most of Africa’s telecoms infrastructure”, according to a McKinsey report on Chinese investment in Africa published last year titled Dance of the Lions and Dragons. Le Monde reported that data transfer activity was at a peak every night between midnight and 2am from January 2012, when the building was inaugurated, to January 2017. AU technicians discovered the organisation’s secrets were being copied on to servers in Shanghai, according to the article. The AU has now acquired its own servers and all electronic communication is now encrypted and no longer passes through Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s state-run operator. Other enhanced security features have also been installed. Aly-Khan Satchu, an investment analyst in Nairobi, said the hack was “really alarming”, partly because it exposed that “African countries have no leverage over China”. He added: “There’s this theory in Africa that China is Santa Claus. It isn’t. Our leaders need to be disavowed of that notion.” China’s ministry of foreign affairs denied the hacking allegations, calling the reports “baseless” and “complete nonsense”. “China would in no way interfere with the internal policies of African countries or do anything that would hurt their interests,” it said in a statement on Monday. AU spokespeople declined to comment but an African diplomat attending the AU’s annual heads of government summit on Monday said there “would be a lot of anger over this”. “This is not the sort of thing Africans will entertain and take lightly,” he said. However, a western diplomat based in the region said the AU should not have been surprised considering China built and fitted out the 19-storey building that dominates the Addis Ababa skyline. “When you let them build the whole system, of course they are listening in,” the diplomat said. One AU official said there were “many issues with the building that are still being resolved with the Chinese. It’s not just cyber security.” China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the state-owned company that built the headquarters, could not be reached for comment. Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Company, the developer of another building on the AU headquarters site, said it had not seen the report and declined to comment. Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, promised $60bn in investment and aid to African countries at his last summit with African leaders, in South Africa two years ago. Chinese companies have built much of the road and rail infrastructure across the continent and more than 10,000 Chinese companies are active in the region, according to the McKinsey report. “There is no other country with such depth and breadth of engagement in Africa across the dimensions of trade, investment, infrastructure financing, and aid,” the consultancy’s report said. However, concerns about technological backdoors in Chinese tech hardware led US policymakers in 2012 to recommend blocking acquisition attempts from ZTE and Huawei. Huawei has repeatedly been barred from making acquisitions in the US over national security concerns. This month, American carrier AT&T dropped its deal with Huawei to distribute Chinese-made handsets in the US. Le Monde also reported that GCHQ, the British government listening agency, had intercepted communications between AU and UN officials in 2009 and 2010, citing documents released by US whistleblower Edward Snowden. China hacks AU HQ #SittingDucks..That's what we are. AliHusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/ alihkassim 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,Chiromo Road, Westlands,Nairobi, Kenya. 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Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off
by Mwendwa Kivuva 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Kevin, This is very simple politics 101. Wangusi was replaced by Kemei so that illegal media shutdown can happen. I'm not sure why you need explanation for the obvious. But I will expound. To have a dictatorial regime, you must have institutions that sing to the tune, jump as high as the master demands. If those at the helm of our institutions refuse to comply to illegal or uncostititional orders, those hell bend to subvert the constitution will have nowhere to turn to. It actually all started in 2014 with the security amendment bills where the law was amended for the president to have unfettered rights to appoint the DG of police. Check. Then there was attempts to have president appoint CJ from list forwarded to him, that failed through the court process. There are many other examples where independence of our institutions have been watered down to have only one supreme leader, an Empire of Kenya issue all dictums. Now back to CA. We have had volatile situations in the county. The last time media was seized was during the Michuki "error" when a media house was raided. Since then, the media has had self regulation of different levels. The media has not been able to please both sides of our political divide. They have been oscillating, and sometimes not even having balanced coverage. But despite all the upheavals we have had in 10 years, there have not been any media shutdown. So how can shutdown be enforced if those who sit in independent institutions are independent? Replace them. And REPLACE THEM it happened. I will share again what was shared on this list last week, on what Wangusi wrote 10 years ago about independence of a regulator. Begin quote "*Terms for termination of appointment*: one of the most invidious ways in which a regulatory authority can be subject to political pressure and influence is through the threat of dismissal. Thus the law must state clearly the factors which may lead to dismissal" Enough said. On Jan 30, 2018 7:34 PM, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Hi Colleagues, > > In principal the act of interfering with the media should be condemned for > instance some of the channels still cannot air news yet as customers we > have paid for the content which is not right. We have different opinions or > views on how the media should conduct itself which is ok but free flow of > information should not be curtailed. If we are not careful the Internet in > Kenya will soon be targeted which will affect the economy in a great way. > I am still hopeful that the Communications Authority will issue a > statement on what has happened today to bring this matter to closure and as > we wait for the same, let us avoid casting aspersions since we will veer of > the real issue. > > Regards > > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 7:13 PM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Media freedom must come with responsibility which currently is not the >> case. >> >> Call me when you organize a forum to hold the media to account. >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 6:55 PM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> @Dorcas, >> >> We missed a step forward towards media freedom and freedom to access >> information. >> >> Politics aside, I also felt for those who had to keep calling people >> who had internet or could afford bundles to stream the event. There are >> other ways of making the media accountable other than denying citizen >> access to information. >> >> On Jan 30, 2018 18:43, "Denis Mutinda via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> So I’m assuming they will turn off those signals forever? >>> >>> Media will be on Govts case for the next few weeks. Extinguish one fire, >>> start another one. >>> >>> Denis Mutinda >>> President, ISACA Kenya >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 30 Jan 2018, at 18:31, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Other than the perceived illegality, what did we actually miss. >>> >>> I stopped watching these stations two years ago. Most journalists agenda >>> set based on personal or paid interests and there is tonnes of evidence to >>> this. >>> >>> I am surprised at how so many pretend not to know this 😔 >>> >>> By the way, my business and customers are gravely tired of this >>> political crap. I assure many people are. >>> >>> And subscribers are paying to serve the kind of delusional content >>> screened (I feel especially for kids). >>> >>> Kenyans, if you want a better country, fix yourself first. Complaining >>> about the less 500 senior government officials many of whom you would be >>> pleased to replace and benefit like they do is the highest level of >>> hypocrisy. >>> >>> Controversial as this may sound, it's the high time each of us took >>> ownership by fixing yourself first. >>> >>> On Jan 30, 2018 6:02 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Kevin and all >>>> >>>> I won't dwell on the tribal or ethnic part of this issue. Let's rather >>>> address the illegality and unprecedented nature of what is going on right >>>> now. >>>> >>>> ALL MAJOR TV STATIONS HAVE GONE DARK. >>>> >>>> Why? Is it because of a technical issue? Or was it a deliberate attempt >>>> to muzzle free speech and expression. >>>> >>>> I understand some goons even went to a particular ISP and tried to >>>> block certain IP addresses. >>>> >>>> This level of intimidation and muzzling of the press is unprecedented. >>>> Any Kenyan of sound mind and body will be against it. Irrespective of the >>>> political divide. >>>> >>>> Not even in the darkest days of the KANU Dictatorship has the press >>>> been treated in such a cavalier manner while the supposedly 'friendly' >>>> press continue with their business as usual. As I write this Citizen, NTV >>>> and KTN News are still dark. The rest are operating. WHY? >>>> >>>> One day someone will be held responsible for this. Impunity cannot last >>>> forever. >>>> >>>> *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 Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is acting >>>>>> DG. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mwendwa, to me this reads like ethnic profiling. Not acceptable. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Kevin >>>>> >>>>> On 30 January 2018 at 16:47, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> This may explain why Wangusi had to go. There is a Kemei who is >>>>>> acting DG. >>>>>> >>>>>> We thought Kenya is ahead of other countries to experience a >>>>>> shutdown. Think again. We are still in January, and 2022 is 5 years away. >>>>>> >>>>>> The media too thought they were above board and could not be harassed >>>>>> like normal Kenyans. Now the tide has turned. They were complacent in many >>>>>> ways before, during, and after the elections. >>>>>> >>>>>> "... and when they finally came for the media, there was nobody to >>>>>> speak up for them" >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 30, 2018 2:46 PM, "Tracy Kadesa Adolwa via kictanet" < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have been unable to livestream since Baba arrived, is it me only? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tracy Kadesa, >>>>>>> LL.B ,University of Nairobi. >>>>>>> Dip KSL >>>>>>> legalwalk.wordpress.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The government simply did not want Kenyans to witness the huge >>>>>>>> crowds that have turned up. AND they are huge. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The BBC and Aljazeerah are offering periodical updates live as well. >>>>>>>> KTN NEWS livestream is also still on, though intermittent. >>>>>>>> And at this point, it is out of Both Raila and Kalonzo's hands. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Politics aside, the CA physically disconnected terrestrial links at >>>>>>>> Limuru before then systematically switching off most other channels of >>>>>>>> broadcast, fibre connections and satellite are intermittent. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is so sad to see happen in my country Kenya. And at so many >>>>>>>>> levels. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I will set aside the constitution and the illegality of the >>>>>>>>> situation because am not a constitutional expert of any kind. What I can >>>>>>>>> comment on is that this is such a strategic failure by the perpetrators. It >>>>>>>>> is actually so shocking that they cannot actually see that this only serves >>>>>>>>> to add more fuel to the fire. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is this the caliber of people that we have at the top of our >>>>>>>>> Industry? Are they not able to advise the government of how futile it is to >>>>>>>>> attempt to shutdown communication in today's world??? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> As for the Kenyan Media - you deserve this. You are a greedy and >>>>>>>>> self serving lot. Just the other day we heard recordings of a certain >>>>>>>>> journalist being threatened. Where was the collective response? Shame on >>>>>>>>> you too. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Kevin >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 30 January 2018 at 13:34, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < >>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> A creeping back of autocracy. This is outside the perimeter of >>>>>>>>>> the constitution. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Joy Wathagi Ndungu >>>>>>>>>> Co-Founder, Digital Grassroots www.digitalgrassroots.org >>>>>>>>>> <http://Grassrootswww.digitalgrassroots.org> >>>>>>>>>> Phone number :*+254706690282 <0706%20690282> * >>>>>>>>>> Alternate Email 1: *joy.w(a)digitalgrassroots.org >>>>>>>>>> <joy.w(a)digitalgrassroots.org> *Alternate Email 2: *jndungu(a)studentsforliberty.org >>>>>>>>>> <jndungu(a)studentsforliberty.org>* >>>>>>>>>> 8638-00300 Nairobi, Kenya >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> www.digitalgrassroots.org >>>>>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/digitalgrassroots/ >>>>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/digigrassroots >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet >>>>>>>>>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Jubilee can go ahead and switch off the Sun, FaceBook & Twitter. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> At the height of the protests in Egypt, the dictator president, >>>>>>>>>>> Hosni Mubarak, decided to shut down the Internet as well. That did not stop >>>>>>>>>>> Egyptians from remaining Egyptians. >>>>>>>>>>> Who triumphed? >>>>>>>>>>> Just because an ostrich decides to bury its head in the sand so >>>>>>>>>>> as not to see what is happening around doesn't make it safe for the ostrich. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> No need to >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 30 January 2018 at 11:48, Deborah via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> My apologies. I now understand the situation. I'm working away >>>>>>>>>>>> from the TV most of the time. This last time I went by I was corrected that >>>>>>>>>>>> the decoder has a subscription, and even then NTV, KTN and Citizen were >>>>>>>>>>>> off. It seems they defied the ban on broadcasting live political events. My >>>>>>>>>>>> question would now be on the justification of the ban. >>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>> From: Keith Andere via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: ‎30/‎01/‎2018 11:09 >>>>>>>>>>>> To: deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Keith Andere <kephand(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> KTN News too. Channels are off on all free to air platforms. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> KTN News and NTV are available on DSTV. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Keith. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 30 Jan 2018 10:53, "Sidney Ochieng via kictanet" < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Citizen and NTV. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 at 10:33, Deborah < >>>>>>>>>>>>> deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Sidney, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which signals have been turned off? I went to check and found >>>>>>>>>>>>>> them all on and transmitting normally with the exception of Citizen. It >>>>>>>>>>>>>> usually has issues on the Startimes decoder. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Deborah >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Sidney Ochieng via kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: ‎30/‎01/‎2018 10:26 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: deborah.wanjugu(a)gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [kictanet] TV signals turned off >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Listers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> How long before they come for the internet? I’m so >>>>>>>>>>>>>> disappointed in the CA >>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sidney >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | >>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Web: *sidneyochieng.co.ke >>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sidney >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | >>>>>>>>>>>>> *Web: *sidneyochieng.co.ke >>>>>>>>>>>>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kephan >>>>>>>>>>>>> d%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. 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Interesting: is BitTorrent's Bram Cohen Satoshi?
by anyega jefferson 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

https://markessien.com/who-i-think-satoshi-nakamoto-is/ L et's look at the evidence linking Satoshi to et's look at the evidence linking Satoshi to Bram Cohen. First of all, they are both the same age. Bram was born in 1975 and Satoshi was born in 1975. Which fits in quite well with the age we expect Satoshi to be. Bram invented the big hit software BitTorrent, so he has some good past experience developing big software. Bram comes from a time when the particular variable naming was common for windows code - basically, he codes like Satoshi Bram was ousted from BitTorrent as CEO in 2005, and the domain Bitcoin.org was registered in 2008. 3 years is about the right time to develop this. Bram has shown regular online interest in cryptography, mathematics, puzzles and algorithms First of all, they are both the same age. Bram was born in 1975 and Satoshi was born in 1975. Which fits in quite well with the age we expect Satoshi to be. Bram invented the big hit software BitTorrent, so he has some good past experience developing big software. Bram comes from a time when the particular variable naming was common for windows code - basically, he codes like Satoshi Bram was ousted from BitTorrent as CEO in 2005, and the domain Bitcoin.org was registered in 2008. 3 years is about the right time to develop this. Bram has shown regular online interest in cryptography, mathematics, puzzles and algorithms -- Anyega M Jefferson jeffersonanyega(a)gmail.com 0703824326 Start where you are,use what you have and do what you can.

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Re: [kictanet] African Union accuses China of hacking its HQ
by Ali Hussein 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Adam I appreciate you coming back with a strong defence of the Huawei Brand. Most of us will find it difficult to believe that the Chinese Government wouldn't interfere if they wanted to. However, there's another aspect of this that we need to consider. Business/Country rivalry. There's a lot of sour grapes when it comes to Chinese Companies and their counterparts in the West. There is an element of both here. Check out these stories regarding Huawei's woes in the US. 1. Lawmakers said to be behind Huawei's continued woes in the US <https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/lawmakers-said-to-be-behind-huaweis-conti…> 2. AT&T is said to back out of Huawei distribution deal in the US <https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/09/huaweis-u-s-distribution-plans-are-thwart…> There is probably more than meets the eye here. Regards *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 Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Adam Lane <adam.lane(a)huawei.com> wrote: > Ali > > > > Let me just respond by saying that Huawei specifically has never and will > never be involved in anything like this. > > > > How can you be confident of this? 2/3rds of our sales worldwide are > outside of China and believe me, if we ever did anything like this then all > our sales to Telcos and Governments (including in Kenya) would suffer. > There is no incentive for us to do anything that would compromise our > networks. All our telco, government, and other business networks require > this of us as of any other vendors, and inspect the equipment closely—since > any problem on their network would affect their business/customers as well. > > > > I do not know why the journalist links this story with our work building > networks in Africa or anything in the US. > > > > We are proud of the fantastic contribution we have made to building fiber, > wireless, backhaul and submarine networks across the entire world including > much of Africa – this has brought great benefits to African governments as > well as African citizens. > > > > I may also note that there no-one has ever found any evidence of us doing > anything wrong in the US, despite spending more than 6 years looking. > Meanwhile Snowden revealed the US government tried to hack our equipment in > order to access the data of other countries! > > > > We are a 100% employee-owned company without any influence from any > government and we take cyber security and data privacy very seriously with > a great deal of information available on this through the four white papers > we have published here: http://www.huawei.com/en/cyber-security. I will > be happy to talk to anyone further about this. > > > > Regards > > Adam > > > > *Senior Director, Public Affairs* > > *Huawei Southern Africa* > > Mobile: +254-7909-85886 > > > > *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+adam.lane=huawei.com@lists. > kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein via kictanet > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 30, 2018 3:17 AM > *To:* Adam Lane <adam.lane(a)huawei.com> > *Cc:* Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > *Subject:* [kictanet] African Union accuses China of hacking its HQ > > > > Listers > > > > Something most of us suspected is happening seems to be happening at the > Apex of African Government. > > > > *John Aglionby, East Africa Correspondent, and Emily Feng and Yuan Yang in > Beijing * > > > > African Union officials have accused China of hacking its headquarters’ > computer systems every night for five years and downloading confidential > data. Beijing funded the AU’s $200m building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, > while a Chinese state-owned company built it. > > > > Analysts said the fact that the hack remained secret for a year after > being discovered and that the AU was not commenting publicly demonstrated > China’s dominant relationships with African states. > > > > The data theft was exposed by French newspaper Le Monde Afrique and > confirmed to the Financial Times on Monday. China denied the accusation. > > > > The hack underscores the risk African nations take in allowing Chinese > technology companies such prominent roles in developing their telecoms > backbones, despite the US placing restrictions on investment by Huawei and > ZTE. > > > > The two companies have “built most of Africa’s telecoms infrastructure”, > according to a McKinsey report on Chinese investment in Africa published > last year titled Dance of the Lions and Dragons. > <https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/global%20themes/middle%20east%20a…> > > > > Le Monde reported that data transfer activity was at a peak every night > between midnight and 2am from January 2012, when the building was > inaugurated, to January 2017. > > > > AU technicians discovered the organisation’s secrets were being copied on > to servers in Shanghai, according to the article. > > > > The AU has now acquired its own servers and all electronic communication > is now encrypted and no longer passes through Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s > state-run operator. Other enhanced security features have also been > installed. > > > > Aly-Khan Satchu, an investment analyst in Nairobi, said the hack was > “really alarming”, partly because it exposed that “African countries have > no leverage over China”. > > > > He added: “There’s this theory in Africa that China is Santa Claus. It > isn’t. Our leaders need to be disavowed of that notion.” > > > > China’s ministry of foreign affairs denied the hacking allegations, > calling the reports “baseless” and “complete nonsense”. > > > > “China would in no way interfere with the internal policies of African > countries or do anything that would hurt their interests,” it said in a > statement on Monday. > > > > AU spokespeople declined to comment but an African diplomat attending the > AU’s annual heads of government summit on Monday said there “would be a lot > of anger over this”. “This is not the sort of thing Africans will entertain > and take lightly,” he said. > > > > However, a western diplomat based in the region said the AU should not > have been surprised considering China built and fitted out the 19-storey > building that dominates the Addis Ababa skyline. > > > > “When you let them build the whole system, of course they are listening > in,” the diplomat said. > > > > One AU official said there were “many issues with the building that are > still being resolved with the Chinese. It’s not just cyber security.” > > > > China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the state-owned > company that built the headquarters, could not be reached for comment. > Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Company, the developer of another > building on the AU headquarters site, said it had not seen the report and > declined to comment. > > > > Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, promised $60bn in investment and aid to > African countries at his last summit with African leaders, in South Africa > two years ago. Chinese companies have built much of the road and rail > infrastructure across the continent and more than 10,000 Chinese companies > are active in the region, according to the McKinsey report. > > > > “There is no other country with such depth and breadth of engagement in > Africa across the dimensions of trade, investment, infrastructure > financing, and aid,” the consultancy’s report said. > > > > However, concerns about technological backdoors in Chinese tech hardware > led US policymakers in 2012 to recommend blocking acquisition attempts from > ZTE and Huawei. > > > > Huawei has repeatedly been barred from making acquisitions in the US over > national security concerns. This month, American carrier AT&T dropped its > deal with Huawei to distribute Chinese-made handsets in the US. > > > > Le Monde also reported that GCHQ, the British government listening agency, > had intercepted communications between AU and UN officials in 2009 and > 2010, citing documents released by US whistleblower Edward Snowden. > > > > China hacks AU HQ > <https://www.ft.com/content/c26a9214-04f2-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5> > > > > #SittingDucks..That's what we are. > > > > > > *Ali Hussein* > > *Principal* > > *Hussein & Associates* > > > > Tel: +254 713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: 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. > >

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African Union accuses China of hacking its HQ
by Ali Hussein 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Listers Something most of us suspected is happening seems to be happening at the Apex of African Government. *John Aglionby, East Africa Correspondent, and Emily Feng and Yuan Yang in Beijing * African Union officials have accused China of hacking its headquarters’ computer systems every night for five years and downloading confidential data. Beijing funded the AU’s $200m building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while a Chinese state-owned company built it. Analysts said the fact that the hack remained secret for a year after being discovered and that the AU was not commenting publicly demonstrated China’s dominant relationships with African states. The data theft was exposed by French newspaper Le Monde Afrique and confirmed to the Financial Times on Monday. China denied the accusation. The hack underscores the risk African nations take in allowing Chinese technology companies such prominent roles in developing their telecoms backbones, despite the US placing restrictions on investment by Huawei and ZTE. The two companies have “built most of Africa’s telecoms infrastructure”, according to a McKinsey report on Chinese investment in Africa published last year titled Dance of the Lions and Dragons. <https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/global%20themes/middle%20east%20a…> Le Monde reported that data transfer activity was at a peak every night between midnight and 2am from January 2012, when the building was inaugurated, to January 2017. AU technicians discovered the organisation’s secrets were being copied on to servers in Shanghai, according to the article. The AU has now acquired its own servers and all electronic communication is now encrypted and no longer passes through Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s state-run operator. Other enhanced security features have also been installed. Aly-Khan Satchu, an investment analyst in Nairobi, said the hack was “really alarming”, partly because it exposed that “African countries have no leverage over China”. He added: “There’s this theory in Africa that China is Santa Claus. It isn’t. Our leaders need to be disavowed of that notion.” China’s ministry of foreign affairs denied the hacking allegations, calling the reports “baseless” and “complete nonsense”. “China would in no way interfere with the internal policies of African countries or do anything that would hurt their interests,” it said in a statement on Monday. AU spokespeople declined to comment but an African diplomat attending the AU’s annual heads of government summit on Monday said there “would be a lot of anger over this”. “This is not the sort of thing Africans will entertain and take lightly,” he said. However, a western diplomat based in the region said the AU should not have been surprised considering China built and fitted out the 19-storey building that dominates the Addis Ababa skyline. “When you let them build the whole system, of course they are listening in,” the diplomat said. One AU official said there were “many issues with the building that are still being resolved with the Chinese. It’s not just cyber security.” China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the state-owned company that built the headquarters, could not be reached for comment. Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Company, the developer of another building on the AU headquarters site, said it had not seen the report and declined to comment. Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, promised $60bn in investment and aid to African countries at his last summit with African leaders, in South Africa two years ago. Chinese companies have built much of the road and rail infrastructure across the continent and more than 10,000 Chinese companies are active in the region, according to the McKinsey report. “There is no other country with such depth and breadth of engagement in Africa across the dimensions of trade, investment, infrastructure financing, and aid,” the consultancy’s report said. However, concerns about technological backdoors in Chinese tech hardware led US policymakers in 2012 to recommend blocking acquisition attempts from ZTE and Huawei. Huawei has repeatedly been barred from making acquisitions in the US over national security concerns. This month, American carrier AT&T dropped its deal with Huawei to distribute Chinese-made handsets in the US. Le Monde also reported that GCHQ, the British government listening agency, had intercepted communications between AU and UN officials in 2009 and 2010, citing documents released by US whistleblower Edward Snowden. China hacks AU HQ <https://www.ft.com/content/c26a9214-04f2-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5> #SittingDucks..That's what we are. *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.

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Innovation: Kenya punching above its weight - Daily Nation
by Ali Hussein 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Listers Ever heard of the Kenya National Innovation Agency? I guess we learn new things everyday. I for one am hearing about it for the first time. Looking at the infographic in the story (see the link below) and contrary to the headline there’s really little to celebrate. We cannot be patting ourselves in the back as if ‘doing well’ in our region is worth celebrating. We are competing with the rest of the world and it’s high time we fired on all cylinders. Private Sector and Government must work seamlessly like a well oiled machine. See below excerpt to the story in the Nation Online. Prof Reuben Marwanga, the chairman of the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KENIA), believes that Kenya’s performance is proof that the country is on the right path to becoming an economy driven by innovation. “This is a clear manifestation of the Kenyan spirit. It implies that Kenyans are able to convert whatever little that has been provided into meaningful knowledge and creative products, thus performing above its economic peers.” Read on. https://www.nation.co.ke/newsplex/innovationleaders/2718262-4280194-12e0s8m… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Fraud at KENIC?
by ceo 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Dear Sidney, I have read your email. I am preparing a detailed response to the allegations you have raised. As Barrack has stated, it seems you have been misinformed on how the process conducted. Thank you. Regards, Abdalla On Jan 24, 2018 2:03 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Hi Sidney, > > There is a lot of misinformation and disinformation regarding this issue. I have been involved in such processes locally and across the border and most often this is the outcome of domain auction processes especially where premium domains are concerned. As is the case in the domain name industry, software is used to conduct auctions once the necessary policies have been put in place. Auctions such as these ellicit global interest including mischievous characters who are a handfull to deal with from a policy and technical perspective. Even the most advanced and technically equipped companies around the world are caught flatfooted from time to time. > > I would suggest that we debate the issue based on facts and not insinuations. Let us also be wary of sour grapes. > > Best Regards > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Sidney Ochieng (princelySid) via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> Listers, >> So remember when the domain name system went down? Allegedly there was something untoward happening... KENIC has a lot to answer for >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmai… >> >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254733206359 > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > > >

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Data Protection Guide for Lawmakers: Do’s and Don’ts (lessons from the EU GDPR)
by Nanjira Sambuli 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

A useful read. https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2018/01/Data-Protection-Guilde… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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World's biggest ever digital currency 'theft'
by Victor Kapiyo 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Dear Listers, One of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges says it has lost some $534m (£380m) worth of virtual money in a hacking attack on its network. Coincheck suspended deposits and withdrawals for all crypto-currencies except Bitcoin as it assessed its losses in NEM, a lesser-known coin. If the theft is confirmed, it will be the largest involving digital currency. Another Tokyo exchange, MtGox, collapsed in 2014 after admitting that $400m had been stolen from its network. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42845505# What lessons can we learn from this? Regards, *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Commissioner for Oaths & Notary Public *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*

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For those who think Safaricom is dominant think again..and think regional :)
by Ali Hussein 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Listers I’ve always advocated for Kenyan Companies looking beyond the country to Africa at least. Here’s an interesting story of Sonatel, the Senegalese Telco that seems to be making waves in the investment circles. A snippet of the story below:- For Sonatel, there is an integrated regulatory and economic environment as well as a regional presence and availability of other Orange Group subsidiaries with which to have direct partnerships for purposes of remittances in SSA. It also notes Safaricom is increasingly doing more transactions on M-Pesa that relate to businesses as opposed to withdrawals by individuals. “We expect revenues to suffer as business transactions gain traction at a lower transaction charge than the declining withdrawals,” said Exotix. Read on:- https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/marketnews/Exotix-tips-foreigne… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] For those who think Safaricom is dominant think again..and think regional :)
by Ali Hussein 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

@Mwendwa I believe Vodafone has a 'One Africa Strategy' with Safaricom at the epicentre of that Strategy. Seems like they have seen it more than we have. As we continue to bash Safaricom they are placing it at the frontlines of its assault on Africa. :-) Vodafone's South African arm Vodacom takes over $2.6 bln stake in Kenya's Safaricom <https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFKCN18B0LV-OZABS> Regards *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 Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Kevin, because the Sonatel region has a smaller demographic and smaller > GDP than that of Safaricom, Safaricom should not venture to other regions? > Or rather, because Safaricom has a bigger market share that Sonatel, they > should sit pretty? > > Ali, I think Safaricom's regional footprint has been frustrated by her > largest shareholder, Vodafone Group PLC, who too have an interest in the > region, and they want to eat their cake alone. Remember Vodafone has taken > the mpesa brand all over the world (India, South Africa, Tanzania) without > the involvement of Safaricom. > > > > On Jan 29, 2018 11:34 AM, "Kevin Kamonye via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > I am usually very wary of some of these talking head analysts and their > opinions. > > Safaricom is leagues ahead of Sonatel due to the underlying economic > factors that differentiate Kenya and Senegal combined together with Guinea, > Mali, Sierra Leone and Bissau). > > *Country / 2016 GDP / 2016 Growth Rate* > > *Kenya* 70.53 Billion USD ; 4.4% > > *Senegal* 14.77 Billion USD; 6.6% > *Guinea* 6.299 Billion USD ; 5.2% > *Mali* 14.05 Billion USD ; 4.8% > *Sierra Leone* 3.669 Billion USD ; 6.1% > *Bissau* 1.13 Billion USD ; 5.5% > > *Sonatel host countries total stats* > Total GDP 40 Billion USD > Total Population 52M > Average Growth 5.7% > > When we look at market penetration and market share, Sonatel already has > some very high numbers - as per their 2016 reports. > http://www.sonatel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sonatel_20 > 16_financial_results_EN.pdf > > As for the reports that indicate that Safaricom will suffer losses due to > more and MPESA transactions being to business numbers - rubbish. > > The biggest growth potential of African economies is in moving the > informal sector into the scope of the tax administration. By enabling this, > Safaricom is laying down the foundation for its own strong future growth. > > Regards, > > Kevin > > On 29 January 2018 at 08:39, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> I’ve always advocated for Kenyan Companies looking beyond the country to >> Africa at least. Here’s an interesting story of Sonatel, the Senegalese >> Telco that seems to be making waves in the investment circles. A snippet of >> the story below:- >> >> For Sonatel, there is an integrated regulatory and economic environment >> as well as a regional presence and availability of other Orange Group >> subsidiaries with which to have direct partnerships for purposes of >> remittances in SSA. >> >> It also notes Safaricom is increasingly doing more transactions on M-Pesa >> that relate to businesses as opposed to withdrawals by individuals. >> >> “We expect revenues to suffer as business transactions gain traction at a >> lower transaction charge than the declining withdrawals,” said Exotix. >> >> Read on:- >> >> >> https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/marketnews/Exoti >> x-tips-foreigners-to-favour-firm-over-Safaricom/3815534-4282 >> 002-f8gnyuz/index.html?utm_source=traqli&utm_medium=email >> &utm_campaign=bdafrica_newsletter >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a >> habit." ~ Aristotle >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%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. >> >> > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> > <#m_-114210513971069349_m_4962987444419362115_m_-7001717157639605151_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > ailman/options/kictanet/kivuva%40transworldafrica.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. 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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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Re: [kictanet] For those who think Safaricom is dominant think again..and think regional :)
by Ali Hussein 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

@Kevin Great insight. I agree with you. The thing you left out is that Sonatel is part of Orange and Orange is strong in West Africa. The Analysts could have done a better job in talking about that potential. To my point:- Let's stop as a country beating down Safaricom on dominance and instead focus on how we as a country can help them become the Africa Champion and not defend foreign based operators crying foul about dominance when some of them were at some point ahead of Safaricom in market share. Let's instead focus on improving our champion by keeping them 'honest' in say the following areas:- 1. Improved Customer Service 2. Contribution to the Tech Ecosystem of which they are a part of 3. A Platform Agnostic M-Pesa that assists the regional payments ecosystem and improves on it 4. Positive criticism of MASOKO (which by the way is nowhere near what it should be) and ensuring that it lives upto it's promises of becoming the Alibaba of Africa Regards *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 Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 11:34 AM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am usually very wary of some of these talking head analysts and their > opinions. > > Safaricom is leagues ahead of Sonatel due to the underlying economic > factors that differentiate Kenya and Senegal combined together with Guinea, > Mali, Sierra Leone and Bissau). > > *Country / 2016 GDP / 2016 Growth Rate* > > *Kenya* 70.53 Billion USD ; 4.4% > > *Senegal* 14.77 Billion USD; 6.6% > *Guinea* 6.299 Billion USD ; 5.2% > *Mali* 14.05 Billion USD ; 4.8% > *Sierra Leone* 3.669 Billion USD ; 6.1% > *Bissau* 1.13 Billion USD ; 5.5% > > *Sonatel host countries total stats* > Total GDP 40 Billion USD > Total Population 52M > Average Growth 5.7% > > When we look at market penetration and market share, Sonatel already has > some very high numbers - as per their 2016 reports. > http://www.sonatel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sonatel_2016_financial_ > results_EN.pdf > > As for the reports that indicate that Safaricom will suffer losses due to > more and MPESA transactions being to business numbers - rubbish. > > The biggest growth potential of African economies is in moving the > informal sector into the scope of the tax administration. By enabling this, > Safaricom is laying down the foundation for its own strong future growth. > > Regards, > > Kevin > > On 29 January 2018 at 08:39, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> I’ve always advocated for Kenyan Companies looking beyond the country to >> Africa at least. Here’s an interesting story of Sonatel, the Senegalese >> Telco that seems to be making waves in the investment circles. A snippet of >> the story below:- >> >> For Sonatel, there is an integrated regulatory and economic environment >> as well as a regional presence and availability of other Orange Group >> subsidiaries with which to have direct partnerships for purposes of >> remittances in SSA. >> >> It also notes Safaricom is increasingly doing more transactions on M-Pesa >> that relate to businesses as opposed to withdrawals by individuals. >> >> “We expect revenues to suffer as business transactions gain traction at a >> lower transaction charge than the declining withdrawals,” said Exotix. >> >> Read on:- >> >> >> https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/marketnews/ >> Exotix-tips-foreigners-to-favour-firm-over-Safaricom/ >> 3815534-4282002-f8gnyuz/index.html?utm_source=traqli&utm_ >> medium=email&utm_campaign=bdafrica_newsletter >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a >> habit." ~ Aristotle >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%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. 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Re: [kictanet] The Follower Factory - The New York Times
by Ali Hussein 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

@Mildred Otherwise known as 'the Influencer Economy'. It's not far off that Brands will start realising that they are being taken for a ride. Authenticity online simply cannot be bought. Sooner or later the dirt will start surfacing.. Regards *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 Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 8:46 AM, Mildred Achoch <mildandred(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Very interesting! This particularly caught my attention. The role of > parents... > > According to a recent profile > <https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5030582/aspiring-child-youtubers-callum-r…> in > the British tabloid The Sun, two young siblings, Arabella and Jaadin Daho, > earn a combined $100,000 a year as influencers, working with brands such as > Amazon, Disney, Louis Vuitton and Nintendo. Arabella, who is 14, tweets > under the name Amazing Arabella. > > But her Twitter account — and her brother’s — are boosted by thousands of > retweets purchased by their mother and manager, Shadia Daho, according to > Devumi records. Ms. Daho did not respond to repeated attempts to reach her > by email and through a public relations firm. > > Regards, > > Mildred Achoch. > > On Monday, January 29, 2018, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers >> >> To what extent are those followers on twitter for your favorite >> socialite, politician or celebrity real people or Bots? >> >> Here’s an interesting expose from the New York Times. >> >> #GoFigure >> >> THE REAL JESSICA RYCHLY is a Minnesota teenager with a broad smile and >> wavy hair. She likes reading and the rapper Post Malone. When she goes on >> Facebook or Twitter, she sometimes muses about being bored or trades jokes >> with friends. Occasionally, like many teenagers, she posts a duck-face >> selfie. >> >> Read on:- >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/ >> social-media-bots.html >> >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a >> habit." ~ Aristotle >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> > > > -- > Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! > http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com > > > >

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The Follower Factory - The New York Times
by Ali Hussein 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Listers To what extent are those followers on twitter for your favorite socialite, politician or celebrity real people or Bots? Here’s an interesting expose from the New York Times. #GoFigure THE REAL JESSICA RYCHLY is a Minnesota teenager with a broad smile and wavy hair. She likes reading and the rapper Post Malone. When she goes on Facebook or Twitter, she sometimes muses about being bored or trades jokes with friends. Occasionally, like many teenagers, she posts a duck-face selfie. Read on:- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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UN Working Group on BigData
by Bernard Kioko 27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18

I wonder why Kenya is not a member. I notice Tanzania is. Brief: The UN Statistical Commission agreed at its 45th session to create the Global Working Group (GWG) on Big Data for Official Statistics to further investigate the benefits and challenges of Big Data, including the potential for monitoring and reporting on the sustainable development goals. In this context, the GWG and the greater official statistical community recognize the need to adequately address issues pertaining to methodology, quality, technology, data access, legislation, privacy, management and finance, and provide adequate cost-benefit analyses on the use of Big Data. https://unstats.un.org/bigdata/

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Taskforce Next Job
by WANGARI KABIRU 27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18

The said taskforce is a great avenue and bold start off. Next, someone must lift Kenya from the comfort of the tech developments catch up games and riding on the hype of using others creations, because in longevity, there is winning there! Collaboratively, there is sufficient ideas to pool, research talent and resources to create the next shattering globally used underlying technologies. Be blessed. Regards/Wangari | | | | | | | | | | | Kenya Govt Sets up Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence Taskforce! The Government has began setting up a taskforce that will work on a comprehensive strategy to encourage and adop... | | | | About | Pathways for Prosperity | | | About | Pathways for Prosperity | | | --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".

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Artificial intelligence: starting the policy dialogue in Africa
by Nanjira Sambuli 27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18

FYI. http://webfoundation.org/docs/2017/12/Artificial-Intelligence-starting-the-… Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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eCitizen Portal Downtime
by Ali Hussein 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Listers The silence from the ICT Authority is deafening. When a system that every citizen in the country uses a platform that has been down for the last one week and no statement from the Agency responsible it is confounding. Can we hear from the authority please? *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.

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Re: [kictanet] To save CA from bullies, restore its autonomy and independence
by Ali Hussein 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

@Kevin I like your response. The interplay between independence and interdependence. :-) I fully agree with you. I have one issue though and this is one of *Corporate Governance*. The monies we are talking about are not small change in the scheme of things. A million here and 25 million there..This adds up. No organization worth its salt should be run 'Kiholela' like that. With all due respect to the Mandarins at the MOICT. They should know better. The right way to do things is to sit with the CA and have a discussion at the end of every year as to which activities they would like CA to fund. These then should be consolidated and ExComm (Executive Committee of the Senior Management Team at CA) presents this to the Board of Directors for ratification and it becomes a budget item and above board. The CA is a critical institution and the goings on there smack of machinations to control the billions that CA has in its budget. It's wrong for MOICT to treat the CA budget as its personal piggy bank/slush fund. The MOICT has a vote. Let it live within its means like we all do. And in case they are unable to the paragraph before this should be a guideline on how to go about it so that no one is exposed. Lastly, I also think what the Director General did, if the reporting has any truth to it is wrong. He simply should not have the power to approve extra-judicial budget items. This leaves him vulnerable later to manipulation. Let there be clear procedures on how these things are done. At the Boards that I sit in that in itself is a firing offence. Let us not expose our heads of government agencies to such manipulation. It is akin to abuse of power by MOICT. It simply is not acceptable. Regards *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 Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > I am eagerly waiting for the report of the audit that is being currently > conducted. This and the responses thereafter will give a clear indication > of the situation at the CA. > > As for the letters regarding the request of funds, I do not find any issue > with this. The only condition is that these funds must be accounted for and > even better a report written about the official activities that were > attended to by whom, where and also what returns are to be gained from the > engagements. And further follow up until the intended goals are achieved. > > Our institutions need to be independent, yes. They are also > inter-dependent. Having the PSs of the ICT or other Ministries does not > have to be bad thing. It in fact can serve as a way to expedite decision > making and enhance cooperation - basically doing away with > inter-institutional bureaucracy. > > Regards, > > Kevin > > On 24 January 2018 at 13:06, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> In Summary >> >> - Surely, somebody must be made to answer for those letters. >> - This is the sector that gave Kenya global leadership in mobile >> banking. >> >> https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/To-save-CA-from-bullie >> s-restore-its-autonomy-and-independence/440808-4275382-a055q6/index.html >> >> PS. Its sad to see what is happening at CA because we debated extensively >> on this list the process that gave it its autonomy. I am confident the team >> at the helm of the ministry has what it takes to put us back on the correct >> path. >> >> Regards >> >> -- >> Barrack O. Otieno >> +254721325277 >> +254733206359 >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> PGP ID: 0x2611D86A >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%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. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/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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Re: [kictanet] Fraud at KENIC?
by Ali Hussein 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Abdalla Thanks for the prompt response. As a person who personally bid for a number of Premium Domains I'm gratified that you are taking measures to weed out Bots from the system. This is good. I'm eagerly awaiting for ROUND II! :-) Regards *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, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Abdalla <ceo(a)kenic.or.ke> wrote: > Dear Ali, > > Questions to KeNIC have been answered in-line, red font, below. > > Thank you. > > Kind regards, > > Abdalla Omari. > *Chief Executive Officer* > > > On Jan 26, 2018, at 10:44 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > @Kennedy > > You got that right. The auction is not connected to the main core registry > system. > > In the scheme of things we ought to commend KeNIC and the CA > (Communication Authority) for responding promptly to issues of public > interest. This can only improve their engagement and performance in > relation to the public. I wish I could say the same regarding the team > behind the eCiziten Portal. > > @Sidney you raised a pertinent issue on possible fraud and leakage. Mine > is to ask for clarification from KeNIC on this issue. > > 1. Was anyone who bid and won a domain denied it and given to someone else > > > All bid winners were communicated to, asked to confirm their interest and > follow up by making payments directly to the KeNIC account and send proof > of payment to the Finance team. Only 12 domains have been paid for and > registered as communicated earlier. > > > 2. Since we know no system in the world is 100% full proof it would be > good to get an assurance from KeNIC on what happens next. > > > All names that have not been paid for will be released for auction and the > date of the 2nd auction will be communicated. We are coming up with > stringent procedures for the next auction. > > > @Barrack, I applaud your bringing to attention the privacy angle. There’s > zero excuse for someone to peddle a document with personal information the > way this document was circulated. Respect of personal privacy is an > important matter in today’s world. Even as we wait for a bill to address > this I urge us to play a personal role in this and exercise self regulation. > > Regards > > *Ali Hussein* > *Principal* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > Skype: abu-jomo > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a > habit." ~ Aristotle > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 26 Jan 2018, at 10:15 AM, Kennedy Aseda via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Harry, > > 1. Why would the second level domain system, *supposedly not hosted on > the parent system (am assuming hosted elsewhere)*, cause an outage or > cause the main pre-existing database system of third level domains to > crash, like what was witnessed. > *I think the system KeNIC is referring to here is the auction system - not > the registry itself.* > > Thereafter, when auction closed; my understanding from the two > communications is that the bulk deletion from the registry of the SLDs that > were reserved but not paid for caused erroneous deletion of nameservers > from the registry database. > > Kennedy. > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Harry Delano via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Hey Abdalla, >> >> Thanks for the attached response, have gone through it. Some queries >> still linger:- >> >> 1. Why would the second level domain system, supposedly not hosted on the >> parent system (am assuming hosted elsewhere), cause an outage or cause the >> main pre-existing database system of third level domains to crash, like >> what was witnessed. >> >> 2. How foolproof, or what measures were taken to ward off rigging or >> 'defective' bids in the system. A cursory look at the list of bidders, if >> at all authentic seems to indicate most of those email addresses are >> foreign, and very few of them on the local . KE domain space. How >> ironical..? >> >> 3. It almost sounds incredulous that one bid reached KES 1,000,0000,038. >> Would love to look forward to when that gets paid up, please keep us >> posted.. >> >> Harry >> >> On 26 Jan 2018 08:23, "Abdalla via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear Listers, >>> >>> Attached, please find the official response from KeNIC. This attachment >>> needs to be read alongside the statement issued on 19th January 2018, on >>> this list. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Abdalla Omari. >>> *Chief Executive Officer* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 24, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Look forward to reading it. You should consider circulating it widely as >>> this PDF is been shared in other forums as well >>> >>> On 24 January 2018 at 15:06, ceo via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Dear Sidney, >>>> >>>> I have read your email. >>>> >>>> I am preparing a detailed response to the allegations you have raised. >>>> >>>> As Barrack has stated, it seems you have been misinformed on how the >>>> process conducted. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Abdalla >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 24, 2018 2:03 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Hi Sidney, >>>> > >>>> > There is a lot of misinformation and disinformation regarding this >>>> issue. I have been involved in such processes locally and across the border >>>> and most often this is the outcome of domain auction processes especially >>>> where premium domains are concerned. As is the case in the domain name >>>> industry, software is used to conduct auctions once the necessary policies >>>> have been put in place. Auctions such as these ellicit global interest >>>> including mischievous characters who are a handfull to deal with from a >>>> policy and technical perspective. Even the most advanced and technically >>>> equipped companies around the world are caught flatfooted from time to >>>> time. >>>> > >>>> > I would suggest that we debate the issue based on facts and not >>>> insinuations. Let us also be wary of sour grapes. >>>> > >>>> > Best Regards >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Sidney Ochieng (princelySid) via >>>> kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>> >> >>>> >> Listers, >>>> >> So remember when the domain name system went down? Allegedly there >>>> was something untoward happening... KENIC has a lot to answer for >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> kictanet mailing list >>>> >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>> >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >>>> >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> >> >>>> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%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. >>>> >> >>>> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Barrack O. Otieno >>>> > +254721325277 >>>> > +254733206359 >>>> > Skype: barrack.otieno >>>> > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/sidney.ochieng%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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Sidney >>> >>> *Twitter:* @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | *Web: *s >>> idneyochieng.co.ke >>> *Skype: *sidney.ochieng | *Github:* princelySid >>> <https://github.com/princelySid> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/harry26001%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. >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/samskid5%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. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/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. > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/ceo%40kenic.or.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. > > >

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NIW.Startups 2018 - Deadline on 31st Jan
by John Kieti 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Dear Listers, Might you know someone who could benefit from NIW.Startups 2018? NIW.Startups is a platform for discovering and showcasing the most promising startups in Kenya. It also seeks to attract the right investors to initiate funding conversations with the startups. NIW.Startups is part of the annual Nairobi Innovation Week organized by stakeholders in the regional innovation ecosystem and hosted by the University of Nairobi. In 2018, Nairobi Innovation Week will be held on 5th - 9th March. During that week 100 pitches will be staged and the 15 most promising startups will be feted. To be part of this, founders are to the network on startups.niw.co.ke and complete their startup profiles for consideration. This might be the first time players in the startup ecosystem are coming to jointly present the potential of the ecosystem. Here is a bit about how it works if your are curious - http://startups.niw.co.ke/how-it-works Kindly forward this and the attached poster to startup founders who might benefit. Best regards -- John Kieti Phone: +254-735-764242 // +254-722-764242 Twitter: @johnKieti <https://twitter.com/johnkieti> // Skype: jkieti Blog: gmeltdown.com <http://www.gmeltdown.com> // LinkedIn: https://ke.linkedin.com/in/*kieti* <https://ke.linkedin.com/in/kieti> The ordinary just won't do

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digital forensics
by Julius Njiraini 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

there is need to identify ote there is a gap between legal practitioners, police investigators, jury as far as cyber crime ins concerned. this far evidenced in crime jurisdiction, chain of custody, crime scene management and current laws.. how can one prove beyond reasonable doubt where a crime have been done when data is encrypted,can non forensics person extract data especially with limited knowledge on crypt o analysis and stenography, what about if the crime was done through social engineering or the attacks was done using zero day attacks.some crime are done in deep net or deep web . there is need to recognize digital forensics who can help in bridging the gap.

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eCitizen Service Down
by Victor Kapiyo 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

Hi Listers, Anyone noticed that the ecitizen portal is down. I'm not sure how frequently this happens but what's the acceptable downtime for such a critical service. Or should we go back to manual backup? Victor

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Fwd: [ mobileGov-L ] Do you have mobile or IoT or AI solutions? read more on Global mobileGov Awards
by Wainaina Mungai 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: mobileLife Conference and Exhibitions <emre(a)mgovernment.net> Date: Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 2:48 PM Subject: [ mobileGov-L ] Do you have mobile or IoT or AI solutions? read more on Global mobileGov Awards To: mobilegov <mobilegov(a)simplelists.com> Cc: Ayse Tulay Aydınoğlu <ayse(a)m4life.org> Dear Colleagues, - apologies for cross submissions - mLife events is soliciting nominations for the Global mobileGov Awards as part of The 2018 World Summit on mobileGovernment to be held in Brighton UK during 14-15 June 2018 at the Hilton Metropole -www.m4life.org Do you have mobile or IoT or AI solutions? read more ... Global mGov Awards is a worldwide contest aiming to promote advances in the field, and track advances in various countries on recent developments. mGov Awards is aiming to celebrate the valuable contributions of leading mGovernment implementations by public sector organisations as well as solutions provided by the industry in order to inspire governments, businesses and citizens. Please see below more info on Global mobileGov Awards and nominate your best projects or solutions in mobileGovernment by sending and email to me or conf(a)m4life.org Also at the Summit, the main theme is “mindful government: how effective can public sector be with AI in taking care of citizens?” - key speakers from the public sector will be presenting the recent mobileGovernment achievements and challenges in their country. mLife events invites all eGov/mGov leaders in the EU and across the globe to share best practices and common challenges ahead.cFor further info on the Agenda, mGov Awards, Speakers and registrations, please visit conference site: http://www.m4life.org and show interest. 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Re: [kictanet] To save CA from bullies, restore its autonomy and independence
by Ali Hussein 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

@Kevin Indeed. A point of clarification. There is no letter of the law that gives powers to a ministry to request monies from their agencies without due process. Otherwise we might as well not have a board that provides guidance and policy to management. Boards have a FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY to act in the best interest of the agencies they have been appointed to. Through them we, the People of Kenya, exercise our sovereign right. Regards *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 Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Good points of information Ali. The situation is getting clearer for me > now. > > My assumption is that the funds at the CA are actually accessible to the > Ministry on request & availability - by the letter of the law. > > If the MoICT is going outside of the set regulations and these allegations > are true then both the PS & DG (for attempting to confer powers of approval > that have not been assigned to him) ought to be immediately dismissed from > office. > > The CS should also issue a comprehensive statement to Kenyans indicating > how this could have been happening without his knowledge or otherwise. > > These are public funds that we are talking about. I am now therefore > demanding an explanation as is my right as a Kenyan citizen. > > Regards, > > Kevin > > On 24 January 2018 at 18:47, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > >> @Kevin >> >> I like your response. The interplay between independence and >> interdependence. :-) >> >> I fully agree with you. >> >> I have one issue though and this is one of *Corporate Governance*. The >> monies we are talking about are not small change in the scheme of things. A >> million here and 25 million there..This adds up. >> >> No organization worth its salt should be run 'Kiholela' like that. With >> all due respect to the Mandarins at the MOICT. They should know better. The >> right way to do things is to sit with the CA and have a discussion at the >> end of every year as to which activities they would like CA to fund. These >> then should be consolidated and ExComm (Executive Committee of the Senior >> Management Team at CA) presents this to the Board of Directors for >> ratification and it becomes a budget item and above board. >> >> The CA is a critical institution and the goings on there smack of >> machinations to control the billions that CA has in its budget. It's wrong >> for MOICT to treat the CA budget as its personal piggy bank/slush fund. The >> MOICT has a vote. Let it live within its means like we all do. And in case >> they are unable to the paragraph before this should be a guideline on how >> to go about it so that no one is exposed. >> >> Lastly, I also think what the Director General did, if the reporting has >> any truth to it is wrong. He simply should not have the power to approve >> extra-judicial budget items. This leaves him vulnerable later to >> manipulation. Let there be clear procedures on how these things are done. >> At the Boards that I sit in that in itself is a firing offence. Let us not >> expose our heads of government agencies to such manipulation. It is akin to >> abuse of power by MOICT. It simply is not acceptable. >> >> Regards >> >> *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 Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> I am eagerly waiting for the report of the audit that is being currently >>> conducted. This and the responses thereafter will give a clear indication >>> of the situation at the CA. >>> >>> As for the letters regarding the request of funds, I do not find any >>> issue with this. The only condition is that these funds must be accounted >>> for and even better a report written about the official activities that >>> were attended to by whom, where and also what returns are to be gained from >>> the engagements. And further follow up until the intended goals are >>> achieved. >>> >>> Our institutions need to be independent, yes. They are also >>> inter-dependent. Having the PSs of the ICT or other Ministries does not >>> have to be bad thing. It in fact can serve as a way to expedite decision >>> making and enhance cooperation - basically doing away with >>> inter-institutional bureaucracy. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> On 24 January 2018 at 13:06, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Listers, >>>> >>>> In Summary >>>> >>>> - Surely, somebody must be made to answer for those letters. >>>> - This is the sector that gave Kenya global leadership in mobile >>>> banking. >>>> >>>> https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/To-save-CA-from-bullie >>>> s-restore-its-autonomy-and-independence/440808-4275382-a055q >>>> 6/index.html >>>> >>>> PS. Its sad to see what is happening at CA because we debated >>>> extensively on this list the process that gave it its autonomy. I am >>>> confident the team at the helm of the ministry has what it takes to put us >>>> back on the correct path. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Barrack O. Otieno >>>> +254721325277 >>>> +254733206359 >>>> Skype: barrack.otieno >>>> PGP ID: 0x2611D86A >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >>> ailman/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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Freedom Online in Kenya's 2017 Election
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Dear Listers, Please find on this link <https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=36387> a report on freedom online in the just concluded election period. In a nutshell: - Kenya undertook a big experiment on delivery of public services through mobile Internet. - Notably, the country did not have an Internet shutdown unlike many other African countries that have had election related disruptions in the last three years - There was massive mis and disinformation that kept many online to counter, discount and discuss social problems in the country. - While online rights are guaranteed, trends towards information controls for example election results are a cause for concern, hence the title of the report,* Moving forward while looking back* Going forward, there is need for discussion on Kenya's strategy in the data economy including aspects such whether perceive data as a national asset, our preparedness for the data economy, equitable sharing of benefits from data such as election data and of course protection of personal data. Regards, -- Grace Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu @Bomu PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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Re: [kictanet] To save CA from bullies, restore its autonomy and independence
by Barrack Otieno 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Hi Kevin, Many thanks for your response, indeed lets wait for the investigations to be complete. As we say in our village where there is smoke there is a fire. Many at times villagers have ignored the smoke only to find themselves in dire straights. Regards Regards On 24 Jan 2018 15:38, "Kevin Kamonye" <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> wrote: I am eagerly waiting for the report of the audit that is being currently conducted. This and the responses thereafter will give a clear indication of the situation at the CA. As for the letters regarding the request of funds, I do not find any issue with this. The only condition is that these funds must be accounted for and even better a report written about the official activities that were attended to by whom, where and also what returns are to be gained from the engagements. And further follow up until the intended goals are achieved. Our institutions need to be independent, yes. They are also inter-dependent. Having the PSs of the ICT or other Ministries does not have to be bad thing. It in fact can serve as a way to expedite decision making and enhance cooperation - basically doing away with inter-institutional bureaucracy. Regards, Kevin On 24 January 2018 at 13:06, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Listers, > > In Summary > > - Surely, somebody must be made to answer for those letters. > - This is the sector that gave Kenya global leadership in mobile > banking. > > https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/To-save-CA-from-bullie > s-restore-its-autonomy-and-independence/440808-4275382-a055q6/index.html > > PS. Its sad to see what is happening at CA because we debated extensively > on this list the process that gave it its autonomy. I am confident the team > at the helm of the ministry has what it takes to put us back on the correct > path. > > Regards > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 <0721%20325277> > +254733206359 <0733%20206359> > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > ailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%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. > >

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To save CA from bullies, restore its autonomy and independence
by Barrack Otieno 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Listers, In Summary - Surely, somebody must be made to answer for those letters. - This is the sector that gave Kenya global leadership in mobile banking. https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/To-save-CA-from-bullies-restore-its-a… PS. Its sad to see what is happening at CA because we debated extensively on this list the process that gave it its autonomy. I am confident the team at the helm of the ministry has what it takes to put us back on the correct path. Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fraud at KENIC?
by Sidney Ochieng (princelySid) 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Listers, So remember when the domain name system went down? Allegedly there was something untoward happening... KENIC has a lot to answer for

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Datascience/ Big Data Analytics / R
by pius walela 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Hi colleagues, Need information urgently on training / schedules and resource centres for : 1. Data science training 2. Big data analytics 3.Python for data. 4.R

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Kenya : Inside story of why Wangusi’s exit at CA exposes suspicious requests by ministry - Standard Digital News
by Sidney Ochieng (princelySid) 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Kenya : Inside story of why Wangusi’s exit at CA exposes suspicious requests by ministry - Standard Digital News https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001266670/inside-story-of… So is the CA independent or not? There’s a lot to be worried about listers

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Re: [kictanet] Datascience/ Big Data Analytics / R
by Ali Hussein 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Jessica Colaco is doing great work at http://brave.academy/ Try them out. Regards *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 Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:04 AM, pius walela via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Hi colleagues, > > Need information urgently on training / schedules and resource > centres for : > > 1. Data science training > > 2. Big data analytics > > 3.Python for data. > > 4.R > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/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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Re: [kictanet] Kenya : Inside story of why Wangusi’s exit at CA exposes suspicious requests by ministry - Standard Digital News
by Barrack Otieno 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

All this makes me sad, why cant we allow our Institutions to run as a country. Where did the rain start beating us? I hope someone will press the autocorrect button before its too late. Regards On 24 Jan 2018 09:30, "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: There is also this:‘State projects’ that could have pushed Wangusi out of CA https://www.nation.co.ke/news/State-projects-pushed-Wangusi- out-of-CA/1056-4272312-5hyu9i/index.html On Wednesday, 24-01-2018 at 09:12 Sidney Ochieng (princelySid) via kictanet wrote: Kenya : Inside story of why Wangusi’s exit at CA exposes suspicious requests by ministry - Standard Digital News https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001266670/inside-story-of- why-wangusi-s-exit-at-ca-exposes-suspicious-requests-by-ministry So is the CA independent or not? There’s a lot to be worried about listers Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 <0722%20701495> Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%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.

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Re: [kictanet] Bitcoin Interview
by Ondieki Obare 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Hello Peter Wakaba, I would be very interested in sharing my views on Bitcoin, blockchain and Cryptocurrency. I don't know how mwananchi, I can get, but I taught Sunday School. Banybspecifics on the interview? On 24 Jan 2018 9:33 a.m., <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. Friendly reminder: ICT End year review (Liz Orembo) 2. Bitcoin Interview (Peter Wakaba) 3. Freedom Online in Kenya's 2017 Election (Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)) 4. Re: Freedom Online in Kenya's 2017 Election (Joash Moitui) 5. Kenya : Inside story of why Wangusi?s exit at CA exposes suspicious requests by ministry - Standard Digital News (Sidney Ochieng (princelySid)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:33:56 +0300 From: Liz Orembo <lizorembo(a)gmail.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Friendly reminder: ICT End year review Message-ID: <CAHHjpeMF7gAXSRn+BaL4GGDXwLYTK=6MppxEVt2OFeZdUdqetw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Greetings listers, This is another friendly reminder to those who haven't shared their views. Please fill out this simple questionnaire here. https://goo.gl/forms/kzk3MxrWgW4MIsdT2 This survey is part of a wider research evaluating the performance of the sector, and it will inform our engagements this year. Thanks to all who already took the survey. -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Bitcoin Interview
by Peter Wakaba 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

Dear Listers, Happy new year. I am looking for someone to give a mwananchi perspective of bitcoin for a television and digital content interview. Any takers or someone that I can be pointed in the direction of? -- *Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, it knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a gazelle or a lion. When the sun comes up, you better start running. - In "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman.*

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Friendly reminder: ICT End year review
by Liz Orembo 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Greetings listers, This is another friendly reminder to those who haven't shared their views. Please fill out this simple questionnaire here. https://goo.gl/forms/kzk3MxrWgW4MIsdT2 This survey is part of a wider research evaluating the performance of the sector, and it will inform our engagements this year. Thanks to all who already took the survey. -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Zuku can share your private data with strangers
by Wamathai (HapaKenya) 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

http://www.techweez.com/2018/01/17/zuku-gives-out-private-data/ >From experience, he says that when you use the Zuku customer care hotline and get on phone with a rep, they proceed to share personal details (Full name, residence, phone number and email) without verifying that the person they are sharing the information with is actually the customer in question.

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Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog
by Nanjira Sambuli 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Interesting work in India to enforce Data Protection. Useful reference for when we jumpstart that push for our own legislation, and it’s enforcement. http://m.deccanherald.com/?name=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/655018/… Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog About 27% of Indias population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent. Even if we can read them, we may not have the necessary legal training to understand them. According to a tweet thread by Pat Walshe (@privacymatters), the Tetris app, a popular video game, has a privacy policy that details the third-party advertising companies that they share data with. These third-parties include "123 Ad Networks; 13 Online Analytics companies; 62 Mobile Advertising Networks; 14 Mobile Analytics companies. The linked privacy policies for Tetris run to 407,000 words, compared to 450,000 words for the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy." The child aged four and above that plays the game and her parents need an intermediary to deal with the corporations hiding behind Tetris. Unlike the European Union, which has more than 37 years of history when it comes to data protection law, India is starting with a near blank slate after the Supreme Court confirmed that privacy is a constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental right in the Puttaswamy case judgement. While we would want to maintain adequacy and compatibility with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) because it has become the global standard, we must realise that there is an opportunity for leapfrogging. This article attempts to introduce the reader to three different visions for intermediaries that have emerged within the Indian data protection debate around the accountability principle. I will also provide a brief sketch of an idea that we are developing at the Centre for Internet and Society. This is an incomplete list as there must be more proposals for regulatory innovation around the accountability principle that I am currently unaware of. n Account Aggregators: The India Stack ecosystem that has been built around the Aadhaar programme first proposed intermediaries called Account Aggregators. Account Aggregators manage consent artifacts. India Stack has traditionally been described as having four layers -- presenceless, paperless, cashless and consent. The consent layer is supposed to feature Account Aggregators. If, for example, a data subject wanting an insurance policy visits an insurance portal, the portal would collect personal information and a consent artifact from her and pass it on to multiple insurance companies. These insurance companies would send personalised bids to the portal, which would be displayed on a comparative grid to enable empowered selection. The data structure consent artifact has been provided in the Master Direction from RBI titled "Non-Banking Financial Company Account Aggregator Directions," published in September 2016. How does this work? The fields includes (i) identity and optional contact information; (ii) nature of the financial information requested; (iii) purpose; (iv) the identity of the recipients, if any; (v) URL/address for notifications when the consent artifact is used; (vi) consent artifact creation date, expiry date, identity and signature/digital signature of the Account Aggregator; and (vii) any other attribute as may be prescribed by the RBI. While Account Aggregators make it frictionless for the grant of consent and also for the harvesting of consent by data controllers, it does not make it easy for you to manage and revoke your consent. n Data Trusts: Most recently, Na.Vijayashankar, a Bengaluru-based cybersecurity and cyberlaw expert, has proposed intermediaries called Data Trusts registered with the regulator and who (i) will work as escrow agents for the personal data (which would be classified by type for different degrees of protection); (ii) will make privacy notices accessible by translating them into accessible language and formats; (iii) disclose data minimally to different data controllers based on the purpose limitation; (iv) issue tokens or pseudonymous identifiers and monetise the data for the benefit of the data subject. To ensure that Data Trusts truly protect the interests of the data subject, Vijayashankar proposes three requirements: (a) public performance reviews (b) audits by the regulator and (c) "an arms-length relationship with the data collectors." In his proposal, Data Trusts are firms with "the ability to process a real-time request from the data subject to supply appropriate data to the data collector." n Learned Intermediaries: The Takshashila Institution published a paper titled Beyond Consent: A New Paradigm for Data Protection, authored by Rahul Matthan, partner at the law firm Trilegal. Learned Intermediaries would perform mandatory audits on all data controllers above a particular threshold. Like Vijayashankar, Matthan also requires these intermediaries to be certified by an appropriate authority. The main harm that he focuses on is, bias or discrimination. He proposes three stages of audit which are designed for the age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence: "(i) Database Query Review; (ii) Black Box Audits; and (iii) Algorithm Review". Matthan also tentatively considers a rating system. Learned Intermediaries are a means to address information asymmetry in the market by making data subjects more aware. The impact of churn on their bottom-lines, it is hoped, will force data controllers to behave in an accountable manner, protecting rights and mitigating harms. n Consent Brokers: Finally, I have proposed the model of a Consent Broker by modifying the concept of the Account Aggregator. Like the Account Aggregator proposal, we would want a competitive set of consent brokers who will manage consent artifacts for data subjects. However, I believe there should be a 1:1 relationship between data subjects and consent brokers so that the latter compete for the business of data subjects. Like Vijayashankar, I believe that the consent broker must have an "arms-length distance" from data controllers and must be prohibited from making any money from them. Consent brokers could also be trusted to take proactive actions for the data subjects, such as access and correction. The need of the hour is the production of regulatory innovations and robust discussions around them for all the nine privacy principles in the Justice AP Shah committee report -- notice, choice and consent, collection limitation, purpose limitation, access and correction, disclosure of information, security, openness and accountability. (The writer is Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru) Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Building Owners Impeding Telecom Services Roll-out Due To Lack Of Laws – Tom Makau
by Sidney Ochieng (princelySid) 23 Jan '18

23 Jan '18

Building Owners Impeding Telecom Services Roll-out Due To Lack Of Laws – Tom Makau https://tommakau.com/2018/01/21/building-owners-impeding-telecom-services-r… Lots of common sense suggestions here, the CA and ministry should take notes. Without the base infrastructure the Information Age we’re hoping to skip to will not come. 4G/wireless is not the answer to this countries connection needs, not with its caps or costs

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Re: [kictanet] Kenya as a cryptocurrency center of excellence
by Nanjira Sambuli 22 Jan '18

22 Jan '18

This discussion could benefit greatly from this piece, juxtaposed against the real, urgent challenges in KE that could be addressed by the blockchain. Essentially about an ethos that would underlie any such centre, physical or intellectual: https://t.co/M3A8SYcTr8 Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move. > On 20 Jan 2018, at 23:25, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: > > Well put Mbugua. I came across this statement from the Switzerland where they have a vision to be a Crypto-Nation. Estonia too seem keen to be ahead. http://www.trustnodes.com/2018/01/19/switzerland-become- > > Good thing is, our ICT CS has stimulated the industry to think of how blockchain will benefit our society. > >> On Friday, 19 January 2018, Mbugua Njihia via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> The Central Bank of Kenya with its measured and risk averse stance should be leading the charge, roping in the banks, microfinance institutions, telco’s and innovators to try find the best fit and possible use cases which have the potential to scale, become sustainable and benefit most from the properties and features that blockchain technology presents. Ama? >> Complete thought here - http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/kenya-cryptocurrency-center-excellence… >> >> Regards, >> Mbugua Njihia >> >> ᐧ > > > -- > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > twitter.com/lordmwesh > > >

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Re: [kictanet] KeNIC's OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION ON .KE DOMAINS SERVICE DISRUPTION EXPERIENCED ON FRIDAY 19TH JANUARY 2018
by Harry Delano 21 Jan '18

21 Jan '18

Hey Elly, Just a correction, on a light note. It's Listers, as opposed to 'listeners'.. While we appreciate this communication, there are a few disturbing issues I take note of in the brief from Kenic, and a clarification would suffice:- 1. Why would a module upgrade be carried out on a live registry database, literally throwing the entire country .KE space into a spin, for almost two days..? Was an offline upgrade test run conducted..? 2. Why did it take two days for this communique to be released, albeit much late in the day as chaos reigned..? 3. Any disaster recovery strategies in place, to mitigate such..? Any timelines..? Were laid protocols followed in this strategy..? Do we have a failover in place for the Registry..? 4. Any assessment of the impact of this outage,on the .KE space, technically and economically..? I believe most if not all stakeholders would shudder at &take great exception at such light handling of a major registry outage that's currently the backbone of the entire country's digital framework, considering the chaos that ensued in the aftermath. I honestly suggest all protocol be now put forward by Kenic to ensure the .KE space is urgently certified as a national security infrastructure. Harry On 19 Jan 2018 18:26, "Senior System Administrator via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Dear Listeners, Kindly find attached the official communication from KeNIC offering apology and explanation on the cause and status of the .KE domains services disruption. Thank you. Kind Regards, ................................................... Elly Kadenyo Senior System Administrator snrsysadmin(a)kenic.or.ke +254 0720062293 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/harry26001%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.

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CSOs AND BLOGGERS CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE KICTANet ACCESS TO INFORMATION WORKSHOP
by mwara gichanga 21 Jan '18

21 Jan '18

Dear All, The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) in partnership with the Global Partners Digital(GPD), is organizing a one day workshop on 31st January on Access to Information. This is a training workshop targeting Civil Society Organizations and Bloggers. It will include the following:-1.How to request information. 2.Scope of the ATI act and gaps.3.How to access and use published information. If interested, kindly send an email to lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke and mwaragichanga(a)kictanet.or.ke, with details of your organization, title and blog site (for bloggers) Due to limited slots, we encourage you to register early as we will take the first applications. Please let us know if you have any queries. Warm Regards Mwara GichangaKICTANet Team

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Kenya as a cryptocurrency center of excellence
by Mbugua Njihia 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

The Central Bank of Kenya with its measured and risk averse stance should be leading the charge, roping in the banks, microfinance institutions, telco’s and innovators to try find the best fit and possible use cases which have the potential to scale, become sustainable and benefit most from the properties and features that blockchain technology presents. Ama? Complete thought here - http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/kenya-cryptocurrency-center-excellence… *Regards,* Mbugua Njihia ᐧ

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Government going for blockchain technology
by Bernard Kioko 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

This is good http://kenyanwallstreet.com/kenya-govt-sets-blockchain-artificial-intellige…

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The reality of Mobile Money interoperability is finally here
by Ali Hussein 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

Listers Interesting development. The Telco sector with policy push from MOICT is finally testing interoperability of Mobile Money across Networks. This is a step in the right direction. This list has long advocated for this. It is gratifying to see that this is happening now. Kudos to MOICT and CS Mucheru for pushing this through. Kudos to the telcos for making it happen. I'm however curious as to the headline of the story:- Mobile Money deal spells doom to M-Pesa <https://businesstoday.co.ke/mobile-money-deal-spells-doom-m-pesa/> Interoperability may very well cement and increase M-Pesa's dominance in the space. This battle is not going to be won on the promise of withdrawing and sending money. Increasingly people want convenience beyond cash-outs and peer to peer transfers. The players who will win are those who understand and execute the following:- 1. Super Focus on the customer 2. A one stop shop Virtual Bank - Payments, deposits, savings etc. 3. Brand Equity built on the principle that the customer ALWAYS comes first. My sense is that the interoperability 'promise' for laggard brands will go the way of the Number Porting Promise. There is no short cut to succeeding in business and serving your customer with excellence. For those expecting the government to help them vanquish their business rivals they have a long way to wait.. The winner here is the customer. The price for the telcos and other mobile money service provider is that you now have a level playing field.. Sort of.. :-) *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.

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Re: [kictanet] The reality of Mobile Money interoperability is finally here
by JImmy Gitonga 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

Ali and Listers, I think a lot of us are underestimating the changes that have come with Mobile Money. Imagine banks just in Africa taking the cue from Pesalink. It seems that mobile operators have been "chilling" and not innovating further but just growing their markets. Telcos being pushed to make Mobile Money interoperable is to slow down the banks and Fintech companies. Visa na MasterCard are muscling into mobile payments, Android Pay and Google Wallet are now Google Pay. I wrote an article about this after talking to some people and looking at how the next phase will be customer experience innovation. And this year from the conversations I have had ... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/banking-mobile-money-future-jimmy-gitonga/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 07:12:18 +0300 > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] The reality of Mobile Money interoperability is > finally here > Message-ID: > <CAPjmBy0HXuTnUWBixX3rf6q1_1QyS40dopy+N4RoVXnYZviPvQ@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Listers > > Interesting development. The Telco sector with policy push from MOICT is > finally testing interoperability of Mobile Money across Networks. This is a > step in the right direction. This list has long advocated for this. It is > gratifying to see that this is happening now. Kudos to MOICT and CS Mucheru > for pushing this through. Kudos to the telcos for making it happen. > > I'm however curious as to the headline of the story:- > > Mobile Money deal spells doom to M-Pesa > <https://businesstoday.co.ke/mobile-money-deal-spells-doom-m-pesa/> > > Interoperability may very well cement and increase M-Pesa's dominance in > the space. This battle is not going to be won on the promise of withdrawing > and sending money. Increasingly people want convenience beyond cash-outs > and peer to peer transfers. The players who will win are those who > understand and execute the following:- > > 1. Super Focus on the customer > 2. A one stop shop Virtual Bank - Payments, deposits, savings etc. > 3. Brand Equity built on the principle that the customer ALWAYS comes > first. > > My sense is that the interoperability 'promise' for laggard brands will go > the way of the Number Porting Promise. There is no short cut to succeeding > in business and serving your customer with excellence. For those expecting > the government to help them vanquish their business rivals they have a long > way to wait.. > > The winner here is the customer. The price for the telcos and other mobile > money service provider is that you now have a level playing field.. Sort > of.. :-) > > > *Ali Hussein* > > *Principal* > > *Hussein & Associates* > > > Tel: +254 713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > >

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Access to epayments.nairobi.go.ke
by Denis G. Wahome 20 Jan '18

20 Jan '18

Can any one access the above this morning. I was able to reach it last evening? R Denis

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UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2018: Registration and Call for Proposals Open
by Du Toit, Jaco 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Dear KICTANET Members, UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2018 will take place from 26 to 30 March 2018. Expression of interest and submissions of papers have been extended to 26 January 2018. If you are interested in presenting ICT in education or mobile learning projects, you can submit your proposals online<https://en.unesco.org/mlw/2018>. Please find attached the MLW 2018 Concept Note in six UN official languages for your ease of reference. The 2018 event of Mobile Learning Week is organized in official partnership with ITU at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Under the theme of "Skills for a connected world", MLW2018 seeks to: * Define and mainstream digital skills in education; * Innovate skills provision for jobs in the digital economy; * Close inequalities and gender divides in digital skills; and * Map and anticipate the changing needs for digital skills. Best regards Jaco [cid:image001.png@01D39156.16870A00] Jaco du Toit Adviser for Communication & Information UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Avenue, UNON, Gigiri (Room 209) P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Tel.: +254 (0)20 762 2346/2566 Mobile: +254 (0) 728 610 912 http://www.unesco.org/new/en/nairobi

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KeNIC's OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION ON .KE DOMAINS SERVICE DISRUPTION EXPERIENCED ON FRIDAY 19TH JANUARY 2018
by Senior System Administrator 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Dear Listeners, Kindly find attached the official communication from KeNIC offering apology and explanation on the cause and status of the .KE domains services disruption. Thank you. Kind Regards, ................................................... Elly Kadenyo Senior System Administrator snrsysadmin(a)kenic.or.ke +254 0720062293

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2017 ICT Review - Survey
by Liz Orembo 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Listers, Greetings, KICTANet is conducting a short survey to get stakeholders feedback on the development of ICT over the last two years. The survey was developed from the community driven 100 days wishlist <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WG3JvLkOETkzd1y74Ue0-D5NtfqavYrkOf7jOKQ…> engagement program carried out in Dec 2015 and is divided along the four issues that emerged: 1. Policy and legal issues 2. Access 3. Infrastructure 4. Human capital/skills force *We request you to fill out this survey (preferably by Friday next week), it will only take 10 mins or less. * *Here's the link *https://goo.gl/forms/RQs5GPechBstzpLX2 As always, we highly appreciate your time and contribution. Your responses will be completely anonymous in the report that KICTANet will produce. Asanteni sana. -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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CYBERnyama, a new podcast discussing tech, policy, economics, society and culture
by Alex Comninos 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Hi Listers, I have started a new podcast (https://CYBERnyama.net) dealing with the intersection of cyberspace, and the offline world of "meatspace" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_life) Episode 3 is a discussion with Paradigm Initiative about digital rights and the Digital Rights in Africa 2017 report - https://cybernyama.net/2018/01/17/episode-3-digital-rights-in-africa/. Check out the podcast at https://CYBERnyama.net, and @CYBERnyama on Twitter. If you are interested, and if you enjoy it, please do share. I would also love feedback on the podcast. I'm looking for more hosts for the podcast, if you are interested, and fancy yourself a podcaster, then please contact me . I'm also looking for guests. If any of the above interest you, make contact with alex (at) cybernyama (dot) net Happy listening, Alex -- ... Alex Comninos http://comninos.org

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