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Re: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier
by meshack emakunat 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

the cost of security is your privacy. Same as the cost of information/internet access -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 2/18/16, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Subject: [kictanet] Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier To: memakunat(a)yahoo.com Cc: "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016, 1:01 PM This has not been discussed here. A very interesting development is happening in "the land of the free, the home of the brave". The FBI, and to an extension Uncle Sam has asked Apple to crack the iPhone found in the scene where San* Bernardino* terrorists committed heinous acts. For several years, Apple has perfected the security on their products to the level where the best brains in FBI cannot crack. Now the Feds want Apple to build a backdoor that can be used to crack the devices. Apple has adamantly refused urguing that such a move would put the information of all their users at the mercy of mischievous individuals. Some quarters have also urgued that code is speech, and the right on speech is in the first ammendment. This is an important development because here in Kenya, the government has previously passed laws in the disguise of protecting the citizens from terrorism. Some analysis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/18/prelimi… Sent on the go. Excuse any errors and brevity. Regards -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/memakunat%40yahoo.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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Apple vs FBI: Personal security, the new Frontier
by Mwendwa Kivuva 19 Feb '16

19 Feb '16

This has not been discussed here. A very interesting development is happening in "the land of the free, the home of the brave". The FBI, and to an extension Uncle Sam has asked Apple to crack the iPhone found in the scene where San* Bernardino* terrorists committed heinous acts. For several years, Apple has perfected the security on their products to the level where the best brains in FBI cannot crack. Now the Feds want Apple to build a backdoor that can be used to crack the devices. Apple has adamantly refused urguing that such a move would put the information of all their users at the mercy of mischievous individuals. Some quarters have also urgued that code is speech, and the right on speech is in the first ammendment. This is an important development because here in Kenya, the government has previously passed laws in the disguise of protecting the citizens from terrorism. Some analysis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/18/prelimi… Sent on the go. Excuse any errors and brevity. Regards

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 105, Issue 59
by Davis Weddi 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

I have got a feeling that it looks like CIPESA members are either busy lining up at voting centers or worse still unable to view and/or respond to their mail at this time. However, access to FB seems to have been restored now in Kampala, though it is said to be slow. Only one telecom (VODAFON) is said not to have been having trouble serving social media pages though it was reportedly very slow too.... 3hrs ago Journalist Rosebell Kagumire wrote on FB: Rosebell Idaltu Kagumire <https://www.facebook.com/rosebell.kagumire?fref=nf> 3 hrs <https://www.facebook.com/rosebell.kagumire/posts/10153974685408824> · Kampala, Uganda <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kampala-Uganda/114935148521194> · Dear Ugandans, it is clear the internet has been tampered with. We cant access Facebook and twitter in a normal way. This is a cowardly move that is leaving Ugandans with only WhatsApp and Messages. Danger is that you cant easily verify information on WhatsApp. Please share these proxies. Betternet, TunnelBear to access these sites that work well. I still hope for peace! Davis WJ //NBO On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:00 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: Ecitizen and FAQs (Harry Karanja) > 2. social media in UG blocked on election day (riva(a)article19.org) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:18:59 +0300 > From: Harry Karanja <kkairo(a)gmail.com> > To: Henry Okatch <hokatch(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ecitizen and FAQs > Message-ID: > <CAABT7VcG6a5xQ=En= > uzB3wbOTeTaVVxh3vvx0-vdRQGnNPUNYg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You're welcome Henry, > > My advice - follow Grace's advice. You can use an advocate or even submit > the documents yourself, but do it offline. > > Regards, > Harry Karanja > 0722-828967 > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Henry Okatch <hokatch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Harry > > > > Thanks for the heads up, I have completed the name search and I guess its > > now to register it but 5 Weeks being moved from office to office requires > > alot of patience > > > > I will give them the benefit of doubt and go ahead and register online > > hopefully I will have a very different experience and save some money. > > > > Regards > > Henry > > On 17 Feb 2016 14:15, "Harry Karanja" <kkairo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi Henry, > >> > >> To register a business name using eCitizen, you have to go through two > >> processes. > >> > >> 1. Reserve the name (costs Sh.150). If successfully reserved you will > get > >> the status showing Reserved and if not, it will tell you that it has > been > >> Rejected. > >> 2. Using the code for the name reservation, register the business name > >> (costs about Sh.850). You will need to provide supporting documentation > to > >> complete this stage. > >> > >> A word of caution. Do not try to use eCitizen to register a company. > It's > >> been five weeks since I made that mistake and after being thrown about > from > >> office to office, I fear I will have to do the whole process again > offline > >> and pay again. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Harry Karanja > >> 0722-828967 > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Henry Okatch via kictanet < > >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello all, > >>> > >>> Just need some clarification from anyody who has used eCitizen.go.ke > >>> recently or in the past to register a business name. The portal only > has > >>> FAQs for EVISA and not EBUSINESS (s. > >>> > >>> My current dilemma is after applying for a business name search the > >>> application status is showing 'Reserved' but it is not clear what > >>> 'Reserved' means. > >>> Does it mean that the name has already been registered or it has been > >>> reserved so that I can register it. (Maybe they relook using the word > >>> reserved and replace it with AVAILABLE or NOT AVAILABLE) > >>> > >>> Anybody on this forum who can assist with my dilemma? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Warm Regards > >>> Henry > >>> Cell +254721899572 > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________________________________________ > >>> > >>> *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 > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at > >>> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kkairo%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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The Power of Technology
by Mildred Achoch 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Hi everyone. Iranian metal band "Confess" were "arrested by the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and are facing charges of blasphemy, advertising against the system, running an illegal and underground band and record label promoting music considered to be Satanic, writing anti-religious lyrics and granting interviews to forbidden foreign radio stations." Someone started an online petition and so far over 8000 people have signed it! Here's the link: https://www.change.org/p/un-free-confess-because-musicians-should-not-be-ki… Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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social media in UG blocked on election day
by riva＠article19.org 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

CIPESA colleagues, are you able to access social media? http://www.theinsider.ug/uganda-blocks-facebook-twitter-on-election-day-as-…

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Ecitizen and FAQs
by Henry Okatch 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Hello all, Just need some clarification from anyody who has used eCitizen.go.ke recently or in the past to register a business name. The portal only has FAQs for EVISA and not EBUSINESS (s. My current dilemma is after applying for a business name search the application status is showing 'Reserved' but it is not clear what 'Reserved' means. Does it mean that the name has already been registered or it has been reserved so that I can register it. (Maybe they relook using the word reserved and replace it with AVAILABLE or NOT AVAILABLE) Anybody on this forum who can assist with my dilemma? -- Warm Regards Henry Cell +254721899572 _______________________________________________________________________________ *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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Press Statement: Digital Literacy Programme Proof of Concept (POC) Implementation Press Briefing
by Phyllis Nyambura 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Dear all, Today,(15th Feb) a press briefing was held at the Ministry of ICT offices, to update on the implementation of the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP). The briefing was attended by CS, MOICT, Joe Mucheru, CS Energy & Petroleum, Charles Keter, CS Education, Dr Fred Matiangi, and PS Energy, Eng. Joseph Njoroge, PS Petroleum, Andrew Kamau, PS ICT and Innovation, Ag CEO, ICTA, Robert Mugo,CEO, KICD, Dr Julius Jwan among others. Among the key points were-: 1) Successful bidders who proceed to POC are the consortium of Moi University and JP Couto, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Positivo BGH. Moi University will cover 26 counties, while Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology will cover 21 counties. 2) The commencement of the Proof of Concept (POC) starts on 22nd February 2016. 3) Free internet will be offered to all public primary schools by Safaricom 4) Interactive Digital Content from KICD is available on http://kicdinteractivecontent.ac.ke/ 5) The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), is working towards liberalization of learning content and it’s availability on multiple platforms. This is a huge opportunity for the estimated 13 billion content industry which will build applications and independent content in e-learning. Full Statement on: http://digischool.icta.go.ke/press-statement-on-the-digital-literacy-progra… or attached View Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenyaictboard/sets/72157664118104920 View Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTRnYBiYTJY Kind Regards, Phyllis Nyambura Communication The ICT Authority Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: pnyambura(a)ict.go.ke Email: info(a)ict.go.ke or communications(a)ict.go.ke Visit: www.icta.go.ke <http://www.ict.go.ke/> Become a fan: www.facebook.com/ICTAuthorityKE <http://www.facebook.com/kenyaictboard> Follow us on twitter: @ICTAuthorityKE --------------------- <http://www.connected.go.ke> -- ICT Authority Telposta Towers 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel: +254 20 2211960 www.icta.go.ke

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] India's net neutrality decision
by Barrack Otieno 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Another angle of the Net Neutrality debate for those who may not have read it. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: parminder <parminder(a)itforchange.net> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 16:30:36 +0530 Subject: [Internet Policy] India's net neutrality decision To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> (Apologies for cross postings) This is IT for Change's take on the Indian regulator's ground breaking decision, as the main op-ed in Deccan Herald http://www.deccanherald.com/content/528549/trais-historic-decision.html *NET NEUTRALITY :* TRAI's historic decision Parminder Jeet Singh, February 13, 2016 * As most public services go digital, it makes sense to ensure access to them free of data charges, as a citizen's right.* In its ruling on “Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services”, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has held that data services over the Internet are a commodity business whereby data cannot be discriminated on the basis of the content it carries. It also asserted its regulatory control over data services, which would be provided as a regulated public utility. This is a historic decision setting a high bar for maintaining complete Net Neutrality, and thus sanctifying the Internet in the Indian law, as a model of equal and non-discriminatory communication, information-exchange and networking. The Internet was always supposed to be so, but as it became the anchor of society-wide digital transformations, and thus a carrier of untold value and riches, it has been sought to be captured by big business in an exclusive market paradigm. This decision safeguards the Internet as being first an egalitarian social artifact, providing a social and economic level playing field for all, before it is a market good. The original net neutrality concern was with the quality of service-based discrimination, making for a tiered Internet. Strong advocacy the world-over resulted in telcos losing this battle. By early 2015, it appeared evident that quality-based differentiation was simply not going to pass public and regulatory muster. Quickly shifting their strategy, even the telcos begun to profess net neutrality, but seeking such exceptions that could still enable revenues from the content providers' side, which was their main objective. They argued that price-based discrimination, including zero rating, did not violate net neutrality because all content got the same quality of service. Taking a middle ground, regulators in the US and EU, and most other countries, while ex ante outlawing quality-based discrimination, left price-based discrimination to be subjected to ex post consideration, on a case to case basis. Promoters of price-based discrimination claimed that such practices are especially important for developing countries, helping their huge unconnected population come online faster. Facebook’s grand campaign promoting its zero-rated “Free Basics” service become the most visible manifestation of this particular spin. The most striking feature of TRAI’s ruling is that it has upended this logic. Noting that jurisdictions like the US and EU had left differential pricing for ex post consideration, the TRAI held the case of a developing country like India, with a huge unconnected population, to be more (rather than less) appropriate for banning differential pricing because such conditions especially allow the telcos to, problematically, “shape the users' Internet experience”. Maintaining that “what cannot be done directly, cannot also be done indirectly”, the ruling bans even models offering deferred free data allowance for accessing specific services which can later be used for accessing full Internet. The ruling is thus perhaps the most clear and absolute anywhere in the world in fully protecting what it calls as “the unique architecture of the Internet”, and allowing no loopholes. So strong is the economic attraction of gate-keeping data services that the slightest loophole would certainly be blasted into a gaping hole by big telcos and Net businesses, disfiguring Internet’s egalitarian architecture. Rejecting the argument that TRAI should act only ex post, on a case to case basis, it went with the contrary view that “differential tariff for data services goes against the basic features of the Internet and it needs to be restricted upfront on account of the far reaching consequences that it is bound to have on the structure of the Internet and the rights of stakeholders. Once such practices are allowed, it may not be possible to quantify, measure or remedy the consequences in the short to medium term.” With TRAI clarifying that data services would remain an undifferentiated commodity, telcos should now focus on extending the infrastructure and improving overall quality of service rather than eyeing revenue potential from the content providers' side. It gives both the data and content businesses a much needed certainty. This is especially important for the telcos in view of the forthcoming spectrum auction. The regulator has said that it will now examine quality of service based discrimination, the original net neutrality issue. However, having disallowed price-based discrimination, it is unthinkable how a regulator can allow quality-based discrimination, which is a more core net neutrality violation. A similar short regulatory order on quality-based discrimination, based on TRAI's existing powers, should firmly close the matter. Some misgivings have been expressed about the exemption of closed networks from the price discrimination ban. Can a telco develop its own channels of content and applications, outside the public Internet, available only to its own customers? The regulator insists that it will ensure that this exception is not misused for specifically undermining the spirit of the ruling. This is the ‘specialised services’ issue which other countries are also considering, and would require further discussions. Special networks like for tele-health services and motor-vehicle automation are cited as possibly requiring a different treatment. Emergency situations are also exempted by the ruling: personal ones, like health and personal safety related, and collective, like floods and earthquakes. This leaves open a window for other possible public interest exceptions, like essential public services, as designated by the regulator. As most public services go digital, it makes sense to ensure access to them free of data charges, as a citizen’s right. The ruling is silent on the question raised in the regulator's consultation about alternative ways to provide connectivity for the currently excluded, which received a lot of public inputs. This is understandable because this is a regulatory decision, on something within the regulator's own power. Alternative ways for expanding connectivity has to be in the form of TRAI's recommendations to the government, and taken up separately. However, this is an important and urgent issue raised by the “Free Basics” controversy, which should be addressed comprehensively and quickly. */(The writer is with Bengaluru-based NGO, IT for Change)/* -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno

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Google, AccessNow, Facebook, CIVICUS, Internews Partner With PIN To Host Africa Internet Freedom Forum In Abuja, Nigeria
by Ephraim Percy Kenyanito 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

https://pinigeria.org/media-centre/blog/iff2016-google-accessnow-facebook-c… -- -- Best Regards, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito Sub-Saharan Africa Policy Analyst Access Now | accessnow.org @ekenyanito PGP: E6BA8DC1 Fingerprint: B0FA394AF73DEB7AA1FDC7360CFED26DE6BA8DC1 #IFF2016: Google, AccessNow, Facebook, CIVICUS, Internews Partner With PIN To Host Internet Freedom Forum In Abuja, Nigeria Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, with support from AccessNow, Google, Facebook, Civicus and Internews, will host this year’s Internet Freedom Forum in Abuja, on March 8 and 9, 2016. The theme of the pan-African event that will host delegates from Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, among others, is */Rights are Rights, Online or Offline. /* Internet Freedom Forum is an annual forum that creates a platform for conversations on indices around Internet Freedom around the world. Internet Freedom Forum 2016 (#IFF2016) focuses on indices around Internet Freedom in African countries and the need to codify citizens’ right online. “The Digital Rights and Freedom Bill, which seeks to codify online rights in Nigeria, will be reviewed at the forum and presented as a model for adoption by other African countries,” according to ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director at Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN). The keynote for the event will be delivered by Nani Jansen, Legal Director at Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI). She has acted in freedom of expression cases before national and international courts, and human rights tribunals, including the European Court of Human Rights, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the East African Court of Justice, the UN Human Rights Committee, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. #IFF2016 “Several experts, Internet Freedom advocates, journalists and government officials from all across Africa have confirmed participation at the event,” according to Adeboye Adegoke, Program Manager (ICT Policy) at PIN. Some of the confirmed panelists at the event include Hon. Chukwuemeka Ujam, Vice Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications; Edet Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda; Titi Akinsanmi-Bolarinwa, Lead, Policy and Government Relations, Google; Ebele, Okobi, Head of Public Policy, Africa, Facebook; Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, Sub-Saharan Africa Policy Analyst, AccessNow; Seun Onigbinde, Co-founder, BudgIT; popular blogger, Japheth Omojuwa; award-winning journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi; ‘Yemi Adamolekun, Executive Director, Enough is Enough Nigeria; and ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria. The Nigerian Minister of Communications, National Security Adviser, Director General of Department of State Security Service, and Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission have been invited to provide government perspective to the conversation. PIN’s Chief Operating Officer, Tope Ogundipe, urged interested individuals and organizations to immediately register on the event’s website, www.pinigeria.org/iff <http://www.pinigeria.org/iff>, “…because participation at the event is strictly by invitation. Successful applicants will be contacted by the #IFF2016 Secretariat at Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, and application to attend will be treated on a first-come, first-served basis until February 20, 2016”.

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PRINCE 2 Training Opportunty
by Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource Centre 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hello All, I thought some of you might be interested in this opportunity https://africane-prince2.eventbrite.com drop me a note should you need further information. Otherwise my apologies for cross posting. Kindest Regards Harry Hare Director | African eDevelopment Resource Centre PO Box 49475 00100 | Nairobi, Kenya Kenya +254 20 4041646 | Cel +254 725 650044 Nigeria + 234 814 636 4611

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