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Sili Con Savanna
by robert yawe 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Hi, http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The-silly-con-in-the-savannah/-/957860… Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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New Pay Phones (booths) for New York City
by robert yawe 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Hi, It is said that the show isn't over until the fat lady/man sings, with many mobile phone batteries running out of juice by mid day the booth will definitely come in handy. http://www.gizmag.com/nyc-reinvent-payphone/26560/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscr… Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC
by Sam Aguyo 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Edith, an audit can be done, but what happens when one is found calpable? Bankers, have - KBA, Lawyers - Law Society, Doctors, Engineers, these bodies have teeth and can deregister a member, therefore feared. ICT have the highest number of registered loose organisations addressing different objectives, does it mean there is no common factor or the rapid developments in the ICT sector is too desruptive, does it mean ICT is just a tool and remains one like a tractor to ploughing however you can have an association for drivers? Sam Aguyo ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 4:35 PM AST (Arabian) Edith Adera wrote: >Harry, > >Not sure you were in Kenya or buried your head in the sand! > >It's a fact that the system did not work and IEBC had to revert to the manual system as reported by the Chair of the IEBC on TV. > >We need to learn to tell the truth as a country and confront our issues. Someone suggested on this list, can't remember who, that as an ICT industry an audit should be carried out so we know what went wrong and learn for the future. > >Why do we always turn to the easy targets....tribalism, partisan interests etc when hard questions are asked? > >Edith > >From: kictanet [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Delano >Sent: March 12, 2013 3:22 PM >To: Edith Adera >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >Subject: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC > > >Aye..! > >Could someone please aver what the furor was all about on this list when systems failed at IEBC last week. I thought it was so that >we could address systemic issues in that part of the election process..? Please someone correct me, but I seem to be settling on >this conclusion that we collectively only raise hue and cry when the system(s) are perceived to be working against "us", or not in >"our" interests - whichever side of divide each one of us sits. Once they serve 'our' interests, we quickly move on.. So where is >posterity in all this..? A pattern emerges where well calculated intellectual arguments everywhere nowadays, that thinly veil and >mask the real motives in us. We completely bury our heads in the ground and deny that we have deeply rooted issues that stem >from tribe, class etc and as a result, we are caught up in this vicious cycle that we cannot seem to free ourselves from and which >clouds our entire vision as a nation. Who will free us, if we do not take initiative ourselves..? How and when will we as a nation >confront this 'monster' head on, by first of all acknowledging it exists. Then moving to deal with it. Can this list be at the forefront >of it..? > >If so, let's start now.. > >Harry

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Safaricom
by Edith Adera 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Listers, It just occurred to me to ask if anyone knows whether you can convert airtime to mpesa money and effect a transfer via mpesa? If not, has Safaricom thought of this innovation? Edith

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how positive can foreign media be?
by Evans Ikua 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Wow, this is a gem from Time: "At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral body with a new — though not glitch-free — electronic voting system, Kenyans’ determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. *The popular mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats have been warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the poll*. *Foreign journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as prejudiced if they predicted chaos and disaster.* And a central message of most candidates’ campaigns was strident, patriotic self-determination." Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victo… -- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,*

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IEBC: Failure from the top!
by Odhiambo Washington 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Well, it just looks like the failures of this man, Hassan Ahmed Isaack, were foreseen. Two articles by Sarah Elderkin and by Miguna Miguna appear to paint the picture of "failure from the start - and from the top" Miguna-Miguna: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-56375/iiec-chair-isaack-does-not-des… Sarah Elderkin: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmi… Back to my rusty cocoon. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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Re: [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be?
by Warigia Bowman 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Brian, Plus one (+1) ndugu Wenzangu, I am all for complete press freedom and I think I was outspoken about censorship on this very list before this election. Now that the election is over is certainly a legitimate time for us to uncover corruption and bad behavior. However, there is no need for the foreign press to focus obsessively on the 6 police persons who were killed, or that the winner is in front of the ICC. A selection from my (usually beloved) *New York Times* from this morning. Mr. Kenyatta, who has been accused by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague of bankrolling death squads during Kenya’s last election crisis, cleared the 50 percent threshold and avoided a runoff by the thinnest of margins, about 8,000 votes out of 12 million, or .07 percent. >From my perspective as a "foreigner" with very strong Kenyan ties and roots, I think about 40 people should be in the Hague, and am dissapointed that only five or so are there! Al Jazeera and the Times can do a better job of reporting on this election, I think. Kind regards, Warigia On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com>wrote: > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be? > To: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > > Dear All, > > First and foremost let me go on record here (I have already done so > elsewhere) and congratulate/thank the local media for their part in > ensuring a peaceful election. > > As for the International media - I think that the tirade against them by > Kenyans is an indictment against the (foreign) fourth estate. > > The local media already went through their indictment in 2008 - and this > time round voluntarily opted to adhere to a code of conduct and certain > protocols. > > One example was not airing live any press statements by political parties > or aspirants and subjecting any such footage to strict vetting according to > the standards voluntarily adopted. The fact that international media aired > many of these press statements where their local counterparts did not is > (sufficient?) grounds for the sharp criticism launched against (all of) > them by Kenyans. > > Andrea - by now you should know that being a member of the fourth estate > means that you are right in there with the good, the bad and the ugly and > it is only one measuring stick that is used for all of you, so if enough of > you fall short - that is the measure that will be used for all. Pole sana > for your feeling under attack, this is exactly how local media who did not > propagate hate speech in 2007/2008 felt. > > Nevertheless, it is clear that the point that Kenyans made has sunk home > because there has been a clear change in the tone and language of pieces > coming from the foreign media. > > Power to the people! > > Best regards, > > Brian > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > >> Andrea >> >> I know it may not be a popular thing to say right now but I agree with >> you entirely. Let's not throw the baby with the bath water. >> >> I personally was very disappointed with the lack of creativity and use of >> data to extrapolate, analyze and give intelligent synopsis of what was >> happening. I felt let down by the fact that the information was there but >> none of the mainstream local media used it to give us more than what the >> IEBC was giving us on their screen. I found it particularly dumbfounding >> when we started counting the votes again when we had reached almost >> 4million votes. That was an opportunity for a good narrative that Kenyans >> needed to hear. But no..we focused so much on the message of peace (not >> that I am against peace) that we forgot that the whole process had to be so >> much above board as to render anyone who questioned the results seem like a >> joke. Unfortunately we lost that opportunity. >> >> Now we have another opportunity to stress test our new constitution and >> institutions. This may be a silver lining that God has given us so let >> those who are dissatisfied with the results have their day in court without >> them being vilified as being unpatriotic. >> >> My pesa nane.. >> >> Ali Hussein >> >> +254 773/713 601113 >> >> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 11, 2013, at 9:52 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt < >> andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> wrote: >> >> Maybe Kenya would have been important enough anyway to cover the >> elections? And I know of many Kenyans who also stocked up on food as well >> (when they haven't left the country) - you just needed to spend a bit of >> time in supermarket queues before the elections to see that it was a very >> solid mix of everyone who lives here. >> >> Any Kenyan would rightly take offense with being wholesale painted as >> tribal murderers based on 1,500 people having died in 2007/early 08. But >> what you do is turn around and do exactly the same thing to 'foreign >> media'. >> >> Yes, there were completely idiotic, wrong, stereotypical articles, and >> they should be ridiculed every single one. But there were also many >> competent, insightful, sober pieces. And there are many members of the >> international who don't just swoop in for elections, but actually live >> here. Maybe we can judge them one by one rather than condemning all of them >> wholesale? >> >> In this forum, it will probably be a tricky argument to make that some of >> the international media actually still (soberly, factually) reported where >> the local media just shut up. So I won't make it. >> >> And in the meantime, I hope that everyone who's so irritated with the >> international media will apply the same amount of scrutiny and criticism to >> the local media and the corruption inside that system. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11 March 2013 20:18, Warigia Bowman <warigia(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Personally, I am feeling very angry at the foreign media. Thanks Evans >>> for this shocking ridiculousness. we need to expose them! >>> >>> I wrote this yesterday. >>> >>> >>> http://digitaldemocracykenya.blogspot.com/2013/03/feeling-frustrated-with-c… >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Wow, this is a gem from Time: >>>> >>>> >>>> "At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral >>>> body with a new — though not glitch-free — electronic voting system, >>>> Kenyans’ determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. *The >>>> popular mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats >>>> have been warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the poll >>>> *. *Foreign journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as >>>> prejudiced if they predicted chaos and disaster.* And a central >>>> message of most candidates’ campaigns was strident, patriotic >>>> self-determination." >>>> >>>> Read more: >>>> http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victo… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *---------------------------------------------------- >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> Evans Ikua,* >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/warigia%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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Warigia Bowman >>> Assistant Professor >>> Clinton School of Public Service >>> University of Arkansas >>> wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu >>> http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> View my research on my SSRN Author page: >>> http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/andrea.bohnstedt%40ra… >>> >>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>> >>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> >> Publisher >> >> www.ratio-magazine.com >> www.africa-assets.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/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 >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/blongwe%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. >> > > > -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------

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Czech Regulator halts spectrum bidding because bids were to high
by Dennis Kioko 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

In what should be an eye opener and probably a good move to follow, the Czech regulator has halted bidding for 3 spectrum bands after the bidding reached triple what it was targeting. The regulator is afraid that the high pricing will slow network roll outs or make data pricing unaffordable. http://www.mobileworldlive.com/czech-regulator-halts-spectrum-auction-as-bi… I wonder if other regulators look at such. with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 70, Issue 94
by Baiju Shah 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Hi Areba, M-Kurt good idea but we will know who voted for whom as there is a digital signature, it is important that it one person right to maintain their privacy, therefore M-Kurt will not be a viable option, there will be polling stations, that will have some kind of booths, electronic ballot papers and a way to confirm you have been to the polling station to vote. The biometric technology deployed was to ensure one person votes and also there are few approaches in profiling the individual, here the civil biometric specification is used, the criminal biometric registers hold a lot more data and and require some heavy processing. The approach on the biometrics was ill implemented as there is not a proper central register, let's ask the IEBC to confirm this, as if there was then you can cast your vote at any polling station within your local area and not only the polling station, here I mean by I am able to cast my vote for Westlands at any of the 4/5 polling stations, this can evenly distribute the crowds, by telling and individual the length of a queue and where the shortest waiting times are, we can be cute in providing this type of Information... Hey the country came to a halt for many days. Coming to the transmission technology, it was not tested and hardened and settled as a technology. Again, when we spoke to IFES we were told that they were being held up by the IEBC. Coming to the national plundering of funds, that only the Financial Reporting Centre team can pin point who is bring in large sums of cash from large companies and take them to task on Antimoney laundering regulation combined with the financial and foreign currency bureaus, we will leave them to do their jobs professionally. Finally, we have also set a precedence that this plundering is allowed in the spirit of public interest, this only happens in Africa and the rest of the world. It is very interesting all claim not to participate in the corrupt practices, in some part of the world they have a set rule of 7% - 8%, here we have what can we get away or the best offer on the table, and result is failed IT system that require a bit more planning and care in implementation, but these guys have had their bonuses and do they care, it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The great thing to see it has been a peaceful elections, and that is a great start to the next 50 years..... Thanks Best Regards, Baiju Sent from my iPad On 11 Mar 2013, at 21:31, 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: how positive can foreign media be? (Warigia Bowman) > 2. Re: Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections (Areba) > 3. Re: Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections (Victor bwire) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:18:01 -0500 > From: Warigia Bowman <warigia(a)gmail.com> > To: Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be? > Message-ID: > <CACeY99RBicafnGSE8QtMcpFunaAYA5Nd2ZcekoD=Xi4Puim+gQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Personally, I am feeling very angry at the foreign media. Thanks Evans for > this shocking ridiculousness. we need to expose them! > > I wrote this yesterday. > > http://digitaldemocracykenya.blogspot.com/2013/03/feeling-frustrated-with-c… > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wow, this is a gem from Time: >> >> >> "At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral body >> with a new ? though not glitch-free ? electronic voting system, Kenyans? >> determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. *The popular >> mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats have been >> warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the poll*. *Foreign >> journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as prejudiced if >> they predicted chaos and disaster.* And a central message of most >> candidates? campaigns was strident, patriotic self-determination." >> >> Read more: >> http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victo… >> >> >> >> -- >> *---------------------------------------------------- >> Kind Regards, >> Evans Ikua,* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/warigia%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. >> > > > > -- > Dr. Warigia Bowman > Assistant Professor > Clinton School of Public Service > University of Arkansas > wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu > http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com > ------------------------------------------------- > View my research on my SSRN Author page: > http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 > -------------------------------------------------- >

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Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by Edith Adera 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Listers, It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY! what went wrong? Edith

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