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Fwd: Facebook gets real on Fake News
by Ali Hussein 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

Listers Interesting development. We must applaud Facebook for taking concrete action in addressing this phenomenon. See thread below. 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 Begin forwarded message: > From: "FORTUNE Data Sheet" <fortune(a)email.fortune.com> > Date: 26 January 2017 at 5:51:02 PM EAT > To: <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Facebook gets real > Reply-To: "Fortune" <reply-febe1676756d0d7a-20_HTML-56937916-7213333-12(a)email.fortune.com> > > > > > > > > FOLLOW > SUBSCRIBE > SEND TIP > JANUARY 26, 2017 > Facebook has been blamed by many for its complicity in the explosion of “fake news” during the recent election campaign, a phenomenon that some say helped Donald Trump take the Oval Office. After initially dismissing the issue, Mark Zuckerberg has talked more recently about taking concrete steps to attack the problem. > > One step that Facebook is taking is to alter the way its “Trending Topics” section works in order to try and keep fake news items from moving up that leaderboard, which sits in the upper right-hand section of every user’s page. The change was announced on Wednesday in a blog post. > > Instead of ranking topics based purely on the number of people sharing, liking, or commenting on them, Facebook says it will now look at whether those topics or stories are also being covered by a wide range of other publishers and media outlets. The company said it hopes this will reduce the likelihood of having an article from a fake-news website dominating the trending topics. > > In addition to some of the fact-checking features that Facebook announced recently—which include integrating with the work being done by organizations like Politifact—this is a good step towards improving the environment for news on the social network. > > To Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s credit, once he agrees that something is a problem, he usually moves swiftly to try and fix it. Let’s hope that he intends to follow through on his promises as far as fake news goes, because we will all be better off. And with Google also taking action to cut off advertising access for such sites, things may be looking up on the fake news front. > > Mathew Ingram > @mathewi > mathew.ingram(a)fortune.com > > . > > BITS AND BYTES > Apple takes dispute with Qualcomm to China. The iPhone maker filed two lawsuits against the giant wireless chip company, accusing it of abusing its market dominance when setting prices and criticizing it for not licensing its patents more broadly. Apple filed a similar complaint last week in the U.S. Qualcomm executives hinted at retaliation during the company's earnings call on Wednesday. (Fortune, Reuters, Wall Street Journal ) > > It looks like Snapchat has huge ad deals in the works. The messaging service wants some of the biggest names in advertising—like WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, and Interpublic—to commit between $100 million and $200 million this year, reports The Wall Street Journal. Those sorts of contracts will be crucial as parent Snap plans its initial public offering. (Wall Street Journal) > > Former Xiaomi global exec is heading to Facebook's VR team. Hugo Barra resigned his post at the Chinese smartphone maker earlier this week so he could return to Silicon Valley, citing homesickness and health concerns. It turns out that Barra, who previously ran Google's mobile business, will now lead strategy for the Oculus virtual-reality goggles team. (Reuters, New York Times) > > Uber is handling an appreciable chunk of corporate travel business. The ride-hailing app accounted for more than half of the transactions for ground transportation arrangements handled last quarter by Certify, the expense management service. That's the first time this has happened. (Bloomberg) > > The holiday season was kind of a bust for wearable technology. Fewer than 16% of Americans owned a smartwatch or fitness band by the end of 2016, up a smidge from about 12% at the beginning of the year, according to new data from researcher Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Buying plans for 2017 aren't aggressive, with just 8% planning a purchase. (Fortune) > > 3D printing startup seeks to disrupt automotive manufacturing. Divergent 3D on Wednesday disclosed a $23 million early-stage round of funding. While other companies are working on technology for creating vehicle parts, Divergent is working on alternatives for creating lightweight vehicle chassis. (Fortune) > > Here's why the U.S. should spend more on robotics research. Even if President Trump succeeds in pressuring companies to build more U.S. factories, the irony is that it's highly likely that many of those jobs will be handled by industrial robots manufactured in China, argues The New York Times' Farhad Manjoo. One solution: more government investments in robotics, akin to the billions of yuan that China has poured into this field over the past five years. (New York Times) > > . > > WATCH FOR IT > So, how are the Pixel smartphone and Google Assistant doing? Alphabet is set to report fourth-quarter financials after the stock market close on Thursday, with analysts forecasting $25.2 billion in revenue. Naturally, most of that will come from Google's mobile search and advertising businesses, but Wall Street is also looking for more hints about how its hardware investments are paying off. (Recode) > > . > > THE DOWNLOAD > The new Cisco is all about software, software, software. Why would Cisco, one of Silicon Valley's old guard data center and networking hardware companies, buy a software maker used by businesses to monitor the performance of their apps? > > Software apps like the one for ride-hailing service Uber don't seem like they have anything in common to the switches and routers that Cisco sells, but it hopes software services like data and security analytics can pick up the slack from its weakening hardware business. As Fortune's Jonathan Vanian reports, the move sets the stage for Cisco to compete more rigorously with traditional tech giants IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as well as cloud computing services powerhouse Amazon. (Fortune) > > . > > IN CASE YOU MISSED IT > A Silicon Valley Lifer Talks Diversity in Tech, by Ellen McGirt > > How the Last Minute, $3.7 Billion AppDynamics Deal Went Down, by Erin Griffith > > Starbucks Wants Microsoft Chief Satya Nadella on Its Board, by Barb Darrow > > Dropbox Didn't Actually Delete Your Deleted Files, by Robert Hackett > > Are Apple's iPhone 6 Battery Problems Grounds for a Recall? by Jeff John Roberts > > Ford Hires Former Apple Executive to Lead Branding Effort, by Kirsten Korosec > > Billionaire Richard Branson Really, Really Likes Video Doorbell Startup Ring, by Polina Marinova > > . > > . > > ONE MORE THING > Surprise? Middle-aged Americans are more obsessed with social media than millennials. People between the ages of 35 to 49 spend almost seven hours a week on Twitter, Facebook, and other outlets. That compares with about six hours for those aged between 18 and 34. (Fortune) > > This edition of Data Sheet was curated by Heather Clancy. > Find past issues. Sign up for other Fortune newsletters. > > . > EMAIL ADAM LASHINSKY > > SUBSCRIBE > > SHARE: > . > This message has been sent to you because you are currently subscribed to Data Sheet > UNSUBSCRIBE HERE > > Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: > HTTP://WWW.FORTUNE.COM/PRIVACY > > All products and services featured are based solely on editorial selection. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. > > For Further Communication, Please Contact: > FORTUNE Customer Service > 3000 University Center Drive > Tampa, FL 33612-6408 > > ADVERTISING INFO | SUBSCRIBE TO FORTUNE

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US STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES FOR SECURING THE INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT)
by WANGARI KABIRU 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Strategic_Principles_f… "The growth of network-connected devices, systems, and services comprising theInternet of Things (IoT)1 creates immense opportunities and benefits for our society.IoT security, however, has not kept up with the rapid pace of innovation anddeployment, creating substantial safety and economic risks. This document explainsthese risks and provides a set of non-binding principles and suggested best practicesto build toward a responsible level of security for the devices and systems businessesdesign, manufacture, own, and operate." "Internet-connected devices enable seamless connections among people, networks, andphysical services. These connections afford efficiencies, novel uses, and customizedexperiences that are attractive to both manufacturers and consumers. Network-connecteddevices are already becoming ubiquitous in, and even essential to, many aspects of day-to-daylife, from fitness trackers, pacemakers, and cars, to the control systems that deliver water andpower to our homes. The promise offered by IoT is almost without limit." Connecting policy and the innovation, building into a great discourse. Read on. Blessed day. 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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IEBC registry shows 128, 926 records of shared voter details - Who audits the IEBC database?
by Barrack Otieno 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati said that these cases of multiple registrations are attributed to data entry errors at the time of registration, possible use of one ID to register more than once, attempted registration of more than one person using same ID as well as shared National ID numbers. “The Commission is working closely with National Registration Bureau (NRB) to clean up all the shared IDs. In addition, a team of Registration officers and ICT operators are conducting further cleanup,” said Chebukati. He said that the provisional register will be availed to members of the public for verification once the voter enlistment exercise is over. Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000231105/iebc-registry-shows-128-… Of particular interest is the following line : attempted registration of more than one person using same ID as well as shared National ID numbers, do we have competent people managing this important institution? Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Research Invite: Broadband Performance in Kenya
by Walubengo J 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

Dear listers, am carrying out some research on broadband performance in Kenya. Plse feel free to participate or share widely. The invite and details as posted below: ----Research Project Participant Invite: MeasuringBroadband Performance in Kenya Dear Research Participant, My name is John Walubengo, Lecturer at Multimedia University of Kenya. In conjunction with Research ICT Africa, weare carrying out research to establish the quality of the internet links asprovided for by the Kenyan mobile operators Safaricom, Airtel, Orange andEquitel. The aim of the research is to getempirical data from subscribers that can then be used to inform regulatorypolicy that can improve the quality of upload/download speeds as well as thegeneral customer web surfing experience. You will be expected to run some internetspeed measurements at least (twelve) 12 times per month using a mobile Appcalled “*My Speed Test*” with your smart phone from Jan 30 to April 30 2017. The App can be found from the Playstore @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.num&feature=search_result….. There will be three smart phones to be wonfor the most active participants, based on the number of tests run per month.If you wish to participate in this worthy course… Kindly register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/research-projectmeasuring-broadband-performanc… andalso join this WhatsApp group for more info: https://chat.whatsapp.com/3Uzp1yIL618LBCQXogwcE6 on orbefore 27th Friday 2017 For Further Inquiries: WhatsApp@TeacherKaris on +254 729 385 557 ----ends-- walu.

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Opportunity to join CIPESA: ICT Law Associate
by Juliet Nanfuka 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Greetings! We are excited to share this opportunity for an ICT Law Associate to support our work in the Internet Freedom thematic area. The Associate will contribute to CIPESA’s work related to digital rights capacity building, analysis and documentation of the impact of existing and proposed legislation on human rights and access to technology in Africa, among others. The deadline for submissions is* 17.00 (East African Time) on January 31, 2017.* See more- *Call for Expression of Interest: ICT Law Associate* Your assistance in sharing this onward is most appreciated. Best, Juliet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *See our report: State of Internet Freedom in Africa 2016 <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=225>| Hashtag: #InternetFreedomAfrica* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Juliet N. Nanfuka*Mobile: +256 (0) 773 949 345 |Office: +256 (0) 414 289 502 @ChewingStones -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)* Plot 156-158 Mutesa II Road, Ntinda | Kampala, Uganda www.cipesa.org | @cipesaug <https://twitter.com/cipesaug> | https://www.facebook.com/cipesaug

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Fwd: [Igfregionals] Published & for distribution: New IGF resources now available
by Barrack Otieno 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Listers, For your information and attention, Dear Internet Governance Stakeholders, We are glad to let you know that the IGF has just published all of the tangible outcomes from its intersessional activities conducted in 2016. These outputs include: BPF Gender: Outcome resource 2016 (access and gender) & recommendations roadmap (online abuse and gender-based violence); BPF on Internet exchange points (IXPs); BPF on commercial and economic incentives to deploy IPv6; BPF Cybersecurity (‘Building Confidence and Security in the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) through Enhanced Cooperation and Collaboration’); and Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) (Phase II). These resources are the outputs from bottom-up, inclusive, and community-driven activities of the IGF that took place over the course of 2016 (for more information about these initiatives, please see the Notes at the end of this email). The IGF, along with the facilitators and rapporteurs for all of the respective intersessional activities, are grateful for the invaluable support given and time invested in these activities by numerous stakeholders and volunteers. We would also like to recognise the leadership and dedication of the coordinators, facilitators, and lead experts who supported the IGF’s intersessional work over the past year, including Aaron Hughes, Anri van der Spuy, Brian Gutterman, Constance Bommelaer, Douglas Onyango, Izumi Okutani, Jac SM Kee, Maarten Van Horenbeeck, Marco Hogewoning, Markus Kummer, Salanienta Tamanikaiwaimaro, Sumon A. Sabir, Renata Aquino Ribeiro, Segun Olugbile, and Wim Degezelle, among many others. What can you do with the IGF’s intersessional resources? We encourage all stakeholders to share these resources with their respective communities to ensure that the IGF resource outputs also become useful inputs into other processes of relevance to the Internet and its governance in 2017 and beyond. We hope these resources will not only be useful for policymakers and other stakeholders, but will also continue to symbolise the IGF community’s belief that multistakeholder collaboration is fundamental in effectively addressing pertinent Internet policy challenges. What’s next for the IGF’s intersessional activities? All outputs from the IGF’s intersessional activities are intended to be living documents that can be updated at any time. At the first Open Consultations and IGF multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) meeting in March 2017, stakeholders will discuss potential themes for the next cohort of intersessional activities, including what will happen with the 2016 BPFs and their outputs. The IGF Secretariat invites stakeholders to submit written contributions to the current public consultation stock-taking exercise. In these contributions, stakeholders are also welcome to send recommendations and proposed themes for intersessional activities in 2017. Written inputs should be sent to takingstock(a)intgovforum.org by Friday 27 January. Kind regards, IGF Secretariat NOTES About the IGF The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) serves to bring people together from various stakeholder groups as equals in discussions on public policy issues relating to the Internet. While the IGF has no negotiated outcomes, it serves the important function of informing and inspiring those with policymaking power in both public and private sectors. The IGF facilitates a common understanding of how to maximise Internet opportunities and address risks and challenges that arise. One of the ways in which it does so is through its intersessional activities, which are conducted following recommendations from the UN CSTD Working Group on Improvements to the IGF and form part of a broader effort by the IGF community to produce more tangible outputs to “enhance the impact of the IGF on global Internet governance and policy”. About the IGF’s intersessional activities The IGF Best Practice Forums (BPFs) continue to offer unique platforms to investigate topical Internet policy challenges by collecting community input and experiences in a flexible and bottom-up manner. Through their substantive outreach efforts and continued calls for input and contributions, the BPFs have already enabled more diverse and varied participation in IGF processes, including from a richer variety of regions and stakeholder groups. By continuously involving new people in their work, the various BPFs also contributed to enlarging the global footprint of the IGF. BPFs worked throughout the year in an open and inclusive way via open mailing lists, regular virtual meetings, and BPF workshops during the 11th IGF meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 6 to 9 December 2016. About the BPF Gender The BPF Gender’s second publication, entitled ‘Overcoming Barriers to Enable Women’s Meaningful Internet Access’, builds on its work in 2015, when it also published an extensive resource on online abuse and gender-based violence. In 2016, the BPF furthermore produced a user-friendly infographic roadmap for addressing online abuse and gender-based violence, based on the key recommendations for diverse stakeholder groups from its 2015 report. The BPF Gender is also partnering with ITU and UN Women’s EQUALS partnership, a global initiative aimed at addressing gender inequality, to raise awareness of its outputs. Further details of this collaboration will soon be announced. About the BPF Cybersecurity The 2016 IGF BPF on Cybersecurity built upon the previous work of the IGF CSIRTS and SPAM BPFs. Its work was also guided by the WSIS +10 review process which produced an outcome document with a strong focus on "building confidence and security in the use of information and communications technologies", making an IGF BPF related to cybersecurity even more relevant. The 2016 discussions and output report addressed cooperation and collaboration on cybersecurity issues between stakeholder groups as an overarching theme. About the BPF on Internet exchange points (IXPs) The BPF Contributing to the Success and Continued Development of Internet exchange points (IXPs) collected best current practices that have proven to contribute to building strong and successful IXPs. Exchanging traffic at an IXP has a number of benefits that can contribute to a more affordable, stable, faster and more reliable Internet of a higher quality in a region. The success of an IXP will be measured by its ability to sustainably contribute to the development of its local Internet ecosystem. The BPF on IXPs focused on the management and operation of an IXP and identified factors that can contribute to success. About the BPF IPv6 IPv6 is the Internet’s addressing system that was developed to deal with IPv4 exhaustion and to make the Internet future-proof. The fast growing number of networks that already supports IPv6 today proofs that IPv6 is a technically feasible option for business. The BPF Understanding the commercial and economic incentives behind a successful IPv6 deployment collected case studies on commercial experiences with IPv6 deployment to better understand challenges and incentives, and provide an opportunity to learn from each other. About Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) - Phase II In 2016, the IGF furthered its seminal work on Policy Options for Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion(s) by investigating challenges and opportunities for addressing and overcoming barriers to meaningful Internet access, promoting meaningful access in diverse contexts and regions, and ensuring that meaningful access also supports the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals. Read the report here. Brian Gutterman | Associate Programme Officer Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum United Nations Office at Geneva | Dependance La Pelousse Email: bgutterman(a)unog.ch | Tel: +41229173423 | intgovforum.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Time sensitive: Accreditation for Election Observer Group to Observe the Electoral Process
by Grace Githaiga 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Listers Greetings! KICTANet is in the process of making an application to the IEBC to observe the elections.This has been necessitated by the level of interest on deployment of technology in the upcoming elections. As part of the application process, we would wish to know who would be interested to be an election observer, and in which constituency/county. Kindly send an email to info(a)kictanet.or.ke to express your interest. This is time sensitive so kindly respond by 5.00pm Thursday 26th, 2017. Please provide your Name Nationality Full Address National ID Number (Kenyan Observers) or Passport Number (International Observers) Telephone Regards Grace

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Taking the digital dividends to the constituencies for prosperity
by Ali Hussein 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Listers An interesting article penned by our very own CS. Insightful and needed. Taking the digital dividends to the constituencies for prosperity <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/digital-dividends/440808-3784614-m2kqr…> I'm hoping that the Abdis, The Kamaus, The Karisa, The Poghishios, The Omaris, The Nyachaes...(You get the drift..) in the farthest corners of Kenya - From Wajir to Kakuma to Lamu will access Broadband everywhere and anywhere sooner rather than later. 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.

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'Net Neutrality' Foe Ajit Pai Is New FCC Head in Trump admin
by waudo siganga 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

This could interest some on the list: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/net-neutrality-foe-ajit-pai-fcc-…

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ICANN Africa GAC Workshop: Day 2: Remote Participation Details
by Bob Omondi 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Listers, Just to note that the 2ND day of the ICANN Africa GAC workshop will proceed today from 06.00 Hrs UTC / 09.00 AM Nairobi time. Live stream available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0U_rzTVc5M Remote participation is also here: https://participate.icann.org/gac-workshop. PGI bridge for this so phone only participants will be able to join up. Dial-In Numbers: https://www.myrcplus.com/cnums.asp?bwebid=8369444&ppc=7502538295&num=1-605-… Participant Passcode: 7502538295 Host Passcode: 5947442318 Regards Bob

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The Final Days of Obama’s Tech Surge
by Ali Hussein 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Listers Good morning. This is an interesting read of how a President can inspire a whole nation and particularly Government to re-invent itself when it comes to using IT for Service Delivery. From Obamacare to the Pentagon; from Immigration Services to The Internal Revenue Authority the team now popularly known as the United States Digital Services (USDS) parachuted into various government departments and sorted out major problems using simple tools like Agile Project Management and Cloud Computing. Saving millions of dollars and availing critical G2C services to Americans. The team comprised Googlers, Amazonians, Microsofties and other tech giants who sometimes simply took a leave of absence to Serve. Here's an example to emulate. Read on:- https://backchannel.com/the-final-days-of-obamas-tech-surge-864b9bf60d34#.x… Have a lovely week ahead. 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] Remote Link for ICANN Capacity Building Workshop for the African Government Advisory Committee (GAC)
by Bonface Witaba 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello members, For those who may want to follow the abovementioned meeting here are the remote link details: RemoteParticipation Details: Linkwill be https://participate.icann.org/gac-workshop. PGIbridge for this so phone only participants will be able to join up. The detailsfor that are below: Dial-InNumbers: https://www.myrcplus.com/cnums.asp?bwebid=8369444&ppc=7502538295&num=1-605-…: 7502538295HostPasscode: 5947442318 Kind regards BonfaceWitaba ICANN Fellow It does NOT matter how SLOWLY you GO so long as you do Not STOP. --Confucious (Chinese Philosopher and Reformer)

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United Airlines resumed operations Sunday night after a computer problem temporarily grounded all domestic mainline flights
by Nelson J kwaje 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/22/travel/united-grounds-domestic-flights-be… I remember the days when ICT experts would use examples like "fights will be grounded because of IT issues " to show the critical role of ICT in the society . Well, they can't use this example anymore , it is already happening. It is "amazing" how the airline's spokespersons handled the matter by saying flight were grounded due to "an IT issue" . We should be concerned at how "IT issues " are being used to justify, * Incompetence * Lack of proper processes * Negligence * and even theft at times The public should demand for an explanation beyond "This was an IT issue". It is like telling people that Nairobi water outage was due to "water issue". Nelson J. Kwaje

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 116, Issue 142
by June Tessy 21 Jan '17

21 Jan '17

Thanks for sharing this Rachel, Looking forward to gaining insights from this. On 20 Jan 2017 12:48 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. Updates on Statistics (Alwala, Rachel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:19:09 +0000 From: "Alwala, Rachel" <Alwala(a)ca.go.ke> To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: CPA <CPA(a)ca.go.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Updates on Statistics Message-ID: <D4A70960.973B%alwala(a)ca.go.ke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear listers, The Authority, on 19th January 2017, released the Q1 Sector Statistics Report. Please see the story on our website: http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/what-we-do/94-news/421- kenyans-increasingly-adopting-broadband-internet-use-report-shows. The statistics link is http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/statistics For a quick read, the report and accompanying note on the decline is attached. Regards, Rachel Alwala Assistant Director/Communications and External Affairs Communications Authority of Kenya PO Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 Tel: +254 703042000 Email: alwala(a)ca.go.ke

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Invitation to the iAfrikan Annual Roundup
by Eric Mugendi 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Hello Listers, iAfrikan is holdingthe Annual Roundup on January 26th, and we'll be looking back at some of the things that have shaped the tech, social and business scenes over the past year. You can view some of the highlights from the last Annual Roundup in December 2015here. The Roundup consists of a series of panel discussions on Governance and Policy in ICT, TheUse Of Technology In Education, Starting Up In Africa, Connecting One Billion Africans To The Internet, and Looking Forward to 2017. Panelists include Envir Fraser of Convergence Partners, Nanjira Sambuli of The Web Foundation, Ezekiel Mutua of the Kenya Film Classification Board, and Aaron Fu of Nest. The event will be at Metta's new space at 14 Riverside Drive, and it will start with breakfast at 8. We can give you tickets for anyone interested in attending. You can RSVPhere or emailblog(a)iafrikan.com. Looking forward to your response. Regards, Eric Eric MugendiEditor-at-Large, iAfrikan +254 721 672859 eric.mugendi(a)iafrikan.com|www.iafrikan.com Skype:eric.mugendi Subscribe to the weekly iAfrikan newsletter:Here

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Technology and Government
by Mildred Achoch 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Dear Listers, This may be of interest: "The Final Days of Obama's Tech Surge" https://backchannel.com/the-final-days-of-obamas-tech-surge-864b9bf60d34#.9… Regards, Mildred Achoch. -- Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Updates on the Operationalization of the Universal Service Fund
by Alwala, Rachel 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Dear listers, Happy New Year to you all! Following some enquiries, I thought it would be helpful to share an update of the operationalization of the Universal Service Fund. All this information is available for public consumption. This gives an overview of the status of the country’s network connectivity and initiatives currently under implementation by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) with respect to the Universal Service Fund (USF) projects. BACKGROUND The Kenya Information Communications Act 2009 (KICA 2009) and the Kenya Information and Communications Regulations 2010 (KICR US&A 2010) mandate the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) to manage and administer the Universal Service Fund (USF). During the FY 2015/16, the Authority conducted an ICT Access Gaps study to identify ICT infrastructure and services gaps / high cost areas and estimate the appropriate financial subsidy amounts required from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to facilitate closing of the identified ICT gaps. The Authority in the FY 2015/16 undertook an ICT Access Gaps study to identify gaps / high cost areas and establish the subsidy amounts required from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to facilitate closing the voice and data services gaps. This study findings were released in mid 2016. KEY FINDINGS OF THE ACCESS GAPS STUDY 1.1 2 G Coverage The study established that 94.4% of Kenyan population is covered by 2G leaving out only 5.6% of Kenyan population that has no access to voice communications services. Only 164 out of a total of 7,149 sub-locations remain totally uncovered, while a further 418 have less than 50% of their populations covered by 2G. Table 1: Sub-location population 2G coverage Coverage 100% >90% 50% - 90% < 50% 0% Sub-locations 5,655 487 425 418 164 1.2 3G Broadband coverage 78% of the population in Kenya are covered by 3G. Table 2: Sub-location population 3G coverage Coverage 100% >90% 50% - 90% < 50% 0% Sub-locations 2,454 1,324 1,146 977 1,244 1.3 The Broadcasting Sector Kenya’s broadcasting market includes over 100 FM radio stations and around 40 digital Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) sites. Digital Terrestrial Television sites rollout. The digital signal currently covers 60 per cent of the Kenyan population. The signal is available in; Nairobi, Nakuru, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu,Webuye, Eldoret, Malindi, Meru (Nyambene), Kisii, Kericho, Narok, Nyahururu, Embu, Kisii, Machakos, Murang’a, Naivasha, Nyeri, Webuye, Narok, Mbuinzau, Kapenguria, Wajir, Kitui, Lamu and Namanga. 1.4 Post and Courier Sector There are 623 post offices distributed across all counties as captured in Table 3. Table 3: Country wide distribution of Post Offices Administrative Level Total At least one PO present Penetration of post offices Min Average Max[1] County 47 47 2 13 55 Constituency 295 264 0 2 14 Ward 1,450 480 0 33% 10 Sub-location 7,149 524 0 7% 7 1.5 Percentage 2G and 3G Network Coverage per County Table 4: Estimated 2G and 3G Network coverage by County County 2G (%) 3G (%) Baringo 87.7 49.1 Bomet 99.8 97.7 Bungoma 96.4 95.2 Busia 99.1 95.4 Elgeyo Marakwet 97.1 34.7 Embu 99.6 88.3 Garissa 58.1 4.6 Homa Bay 97.8 87.6 Isiolo 54.7 16.4 Kajiado 74.4 38.9 Kakamega 99.9 93.5 Kericho 99.6 87.7 Kiambu 99.8 98.3 Kilifi 91.9 51.5 Kirinyaga 100.0 98.5 Kisii 99.9 90.2 Kisumu 99.9 98.8 Kitui 89.2 49.8 Kwale 91.5 46.4 Laikipia 90.8 48.9 Lamu 82.4 34.4 Machakos 99.9 73.0 Makueni 99.6 68.7 Mandera 66.9 9.4 marsabit 56.6 25.2 Meru 99.8 85.4 Migori 99.1 69.5 Mombasa 99.7 99.8 Muranga 99.7 80.8 Nairobi 100.0 99.9 Nakuru 99.7 74.6 Nandi 99.6 85.9 Narok 86.7 29.9 Nyamira 99.9 96.2 Nyandarua 99.7 66.1 Nyeri 99.8 86.5 Samburu 55.5 14.0 Siaya 99.6 94.5 Taita-Taveta 96.4 43.4 Tana River 85.8 12.8 Tharaka Nithi 97.9 77.6 Trans Nzoia 99.9 81.1 Turkana 34.8 10.2 Uasin Gishu 99.8 76.2 Vihiga 99.9 99.0 Wajir 48.2 8.4 West pokot 69.0 13.3 2.0 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE ON CONNECTIVITY 2.1 USF PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION STATUS The ICTs Access Gaps study identified two priority projects namely; a) ICT Infrastructure projects to address Voice services: Voice services make a large contribution to closing the remaining gaps. This will reduce the population coverage gap from 5.6% of the population to around half (2.8%) by 2018. · The Voice gap project were to be tendered as multiple bidding lots at the sub-location or ward level. The NFP (Tier 1) operators were to be invited to bid for as many or few of the Lots as interests them. b) Education Broadband connectivity projects - Establish a first step towards addressing the critical national gap, which exists in connectivity of schools in Kenya. · The education broadband project was to be implemented through a framework of partnership with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The tender for schools connectivity was to be implemented through competitive tendering process. · The above two USF priority projects shall be implemented under the accepted guidelines for USF, which stress on transparency and competitive bidding processes as per the procurement Laws in Kenya. 2.1.1 The Voice Service Projects and Implementation Status A total of 348 sub-locations were identified through the combined GIS and Access Gap Model methodology as the priority cases which best meet the critical performance criteria suited to “smart subsidies”, meaning that they will result in sustainable service provision in the gap areas. The total of sub-locations to be included in the USF competition reduces to 202 after consideration of operator licence obligations between 2016 and 2018. · Implementation Status /Achievements The Authority in August 2016 tendered for the Voice Infrastructure projects, which were structured into multiple bidding lots at the sub-location or ward level that yielded into 105 lots. Telecommunications Voice Infrastructure and Services Tender was a restricted Tender for Network Facility Providers (NFPs), Tier 1 operators licensed to provide GSM mobile services in Kenya. The Network Facility Providers (NFP, Tier 1) licensed operators were invited to bid for as many or few of the Lots as interests them. The Authority on 2nd August shared the restricted tender document with the three NFP Tier 1 licensees with tender closing date being 5th October 2016. The Authority held Pre-bidders conference on the 18th August 2016 attended by all the NFP Tier 1 operators. Tender evaluations commenced immediately after the closing on 5th October 2016. Analysis of the USF Voice Project Bids The Table below shows the numeric results of the competition, indicating geographical area, populations and subsidy budget lots bidded and the subsidy amount awarded per bidder. Table 5: Results of the USF Bid Competition Lots Sub-locations Geog Area 000’s Km2 Unserved population Subsidy Expected Budget Original Tender 105 202 45,304 697,971 Max. 2.362 Bn 1.600 Bn Bid 37 86 29,906 389,778 1.458 Bn Awards 34 78 24,291 319,318 Awards 1.245 Bn 1.245 Bn Percentage awarded 32.3% 38.6% 53. 6% 45.7% 52.7% 77.8% Additional Lots bid but subject to clarification and finally rejected 2 7 5,615 (12.4%) 70,460 (10.1%) 0.293 Bn N/A Way Forward Out of the 105 lots, 37 lots (86 sub-locations) were bided for and 34 (78 sub-locations) awarded for voice infrastructure development. Based on the awards, 38.6% of the targeted sub-locations will be reached, against the 60-70% projected in the Access Gap Report. The Authority intends to close the voice gaps in all sub-locations through a phased approached with the first batch of 78 sub-locations being contracted for infrastructure development in the current fiscal year. The Authority noted that Operators generally targeted large service areas with heavy subsidies for several new towers rather than smaller areas requiring more complex network optimisation. The Authority is also planning to offer spectrum waivers to encourage roll out to the areas considered unattractive by the Mobile Network Operators. Summary of results The following graph shows the results on a county-by-county basis indicating tendered versus awarded numbers of sub-locations. It will be noted that the most successful in terms of targeted sub-locations versus awards made were Marsabit, Kwale and Bungoma (100%), followed by Wajir (63%) and Narok (57%). 2.1.2 Education Broadband Connectivity Projects and Implementation Status The ICT Access Gaps study identified a national gap in access to broadband connectivity for the education sector. In implementing the schools connectivity project, the Authority has partnered with the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide broadband connectivity to all secondary schools in Kenya. The first phase of the Education Broadband Connectivity project has been designed to provide 5Mbps dedicated Internet connectivity to 896 secondary schools identified by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology spread across all the 47 counties. The project targeted to connect up to 1,000 schools but MoEST provided only 896 secondary schools drawn from all the 47 counties in Kenya that met the Internet e-readiness criterion. Secondary schools designated as “Internet-ready: for the purposes of this project shall be those certified by MoEST as meeting the following criteria: i. Connected to the Grid / electricity; ii. A secured computer laboratory with working computers; iii. A qualified ICT / computer teacher; iv. Offering students the KCSE Computer studies curriculum and submission of students for KNEC examination at Form 4 in 2015 and/or 2016. Implementation Status / Achievements The Authority advertised the Tender for the Education Broadband Connectivity Project. This was an “Open Tender” to all licensees contributing to the USF levy. The tender was grouped into 9 lots and the tender closed on 19th October 2016”. The tender has been awarded to three (3) bidders at total cost Kshs. 837 Million. Based on the data from the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) Kenya has about 7000 secondary school. The Authority is connecting 896 Secondary school to Broadband within the current financial year. Subsequently, the Universal Service Fund will be used to connect all the remaining secondary schools. STATUS OF 4G COVERAGE The Authority has issued LTE spectrum in the 800MHz on trial basis to the three (3) Mobile Network Operator i.e Safaricom Ltd in 2014, Airtel Ltd and Telkom Ltd in 2016. Safaricom Limited has so far rolled out the 4G network in the following five (5) major towns i.e Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu and Eldoret while the other two operators are preparing to commence their 4G network roll. Annex 1: Voice Infrastructure Project – Financial Year 2016/17 LOT COUNTY LOT NO. COUNTY WARD SUBLOCATION UNSERVED POP’N MAX. SUBSIDY (KSHS) B1 B2 202 697,971 2,362.011 1 BAR-3 BARINGO MUKUTAN MUKUTANI 1,284 7.940 15,720,000 BARINGO MUKUTAN ARABAL 1,471 2 BAR-6 BARINGO TIRIOKO NGORON 1,501 18.139 BARINGO TIRIOKO KULAL 3,021 3 BAR-7 BARINGO TIRIOKO LOKIS 2,445 15.720 BARINGO TIRIOKO NGAINA 2,516 WEST POKOT MASOOL CHEPSERUM 1,386 8 BUNG-1 BUNGOMA CHEPYUK KORN'GOTUNY 1,886 17.763 17,762,999 (13) 17,763,000 BUNGOMA CHEPYUK CHEPKURKUR 3,285 BUNGOMA CHEPYUK EMIA 1,452 BUNGOMA CHEPYUK KUBURA 3,890 BUNGOMA CHEPYUK CHEPYUK 5,467 BUNGOMA CHEPYUK KAIMUGUL 5,709 12 GAR-7 GARISSA GOREALE GOREALE 4,523 32.389 32,389,000 14 GAR-2 GARISSA SANGAILU HANDARO 5,102 24.120 24,119,999 18 IS-3 ISIOLO GARBATULLA MALKADAKA 3,632 24.860 24,859,999 (16) 24,860,000 19 IS-4 ISIOLO KINNA KULAMAWE 3,532 28.595 28,594,999 (4) 28,595,000 26 KAJ-7 KAJIADO KEEKONYOKIE KISAMIS 2,429 28.929 28,928,999 KAJIADO MOSIRO EMBARBAL 2,429 29 KAJ-10 KAJIADO MAGADI ENDOINYO-OLASHO 1,728 43.669 41,485,549 KAJIADO MAGADI OLOIKA 1,744 KAJIADO MAGADI PAKASE 3,377 KAJIADO MAGADI SHOMPOLE 2,085 30 KIL-2 KILIFI SOKOKE NDUGUMANI 1,123 7.169 7,168,999 KILIFI SOKOKE MWANGEA 1,215 KILIFI JILORE MKONDONI 1,572 33 KIT-3 KITUI ENDAU/MALALANI MALALANI 2,136 55.354 55,353,999 KITUI ENDAU/MALALANI MAKUKA 2,033 KITUI NUU MALAWA 4,352 KITUI KANZIKO ILAMBA 1,467 37 KIT-5 KITUI NGOMENI KIMELA 2,161 12.222 12,221,999 38 KW-1 KWALE PUMA BUSA 7,323 123.377 123,377,000 KWALE PUMA VIGURUNGANI 3,244 KWALE NDAVAYA MWANDIMU 8,925 KWALE MACKINON ROAD KILIBASI 1,139 KWALE MWERENI KASEMENI 3,060 KWALE MWERENI KILIMANGODO 10,848 41 MAN-1 MANDERA KOTULO EL RAMU 9,165 17.990 17,989,999 42 MAN-2 MANDERA KOTULO BORJI GARSE 3,525 15.212 15,211,999 MANDERA KOTULO KUTAYU 3,447 44 MAN-5 MANDERA WARANKARA WARANKARA 9,387 13.200 13,199,999 47 MAN-4 MANDERA TAKABA SOUTH WANGAI DAHAN 10,763 16.760 15,921,999 48 MARS-2 MARSABIT KARARE SCHEME 1,530 33.111 33,110,999 MARSABIT KARARE KARARE 2,576 MARSABIT KARARE SONGA 1,084 MARSABIT KARARE KITURUNI 1,230 MARSABIT SAGANTE/ JALDESA BADASA 1,204 49 MARS-3 MARSABIT DUKANA BALESA 4,661 48.554 48,553,999 MARSABIT DUKANA EL-HADI 3,051 50 MARS-1 MARSABIT LAISAMIS NDIKIR 1,814 65.669 65,669,000 MARSABIT KORR/NGURUNIT NGURUNIT 3,728 MARSABIT KORR/NGURUNIT LONYORI PICHAU 3,015 SAMBURU NDOTO ILLAU 1,017 SAMBURU NDOTO NGURUNIT 1,611 53 NAR-3 NAROK MAJI MOTO/ NAROOSURA MAJI-MOTO 1,251 9.145 9,144,999 54 NAR-4 NAROK MAJI MOTO/ NAROOSURA ELANGATA ENTERIT 3,831 25.722 25,721,999 NAROK MAJI MOTO/ NAROOSURA ENKUTOTO 4,568 57 NAR-7 NAROK LOITA OLNGARUA 1,499 69.787 69,786,999 NAROK LOITA OLORTE 3,114 NAROK LOITA MAUSA 3,575 NAROK LOITA ENTASEKERA 3,231 NAROK LOITA OLMESUTIE 2,031 62 SAM-4 SAMBURU NYIRO LONJORIN 2,164 22.229 22,228,999 SAMBURU NYIRO LKAYO 3,581 68 TKN-7 TURKANA KERIO DELTA NAKURIO 9,426 56.435 56,434,999 (9) 56,435,000 TURKANA KERIO DELTA NAKORET 5,155 70 TKN-11 TURKANA LOIMA PUCH 12,002 59.938 59,937,999 (14%Coverage) Rejected 72 TKN-12 TURKANA TURKWEL KAPUS 8,320 26.167 26,167,000 73 TKN-9 TURKANA KOTARUK/LOBEI NAIPA 4,207 19.160 19,160,000 TURKANA KOTARUK/LOBEI LOKIPETOT ARENGAN 4,861 75 TKN-19 TURKANA KIBISH KARACH 1 5,502 29.603 29,602,999 (26% Coverage) Rejected TURKANA KIBISH KAITEDE 6,333 76 TKN-13 TURKANA LETEA LOKIPOTO 18,956 18.451 18,450,999 (61% Coverage) Rejected 79 TKN-17 TURKANA LOPUR LOPUSIKI 3,947 104.377 104,376,999 TURKANA SONGOT LOKUDULE 3,216 TURKANA SONGOT LOKANGAE 11,599 81 TKN-2 TURKANA LOKORI/KOCHODIN KANGITIT 4,794 81.124 81,123,999 (67% coverage) Clarification TURKANA LOKORI/KOCHODIN LOTUBAE 22,129 TURKANA KAPEDO/NAPEITOM NGILUKIA 4,356 82 TKN-4 TURKANA KATILIA KATILIA 9,513 223.315 212,149,249 (60% coverage) Clarification TURKANA KATILIA PARKATI 11,455 TURKANA KALAPATA KALAPATA 10,869 TURKANA KALAPATA LOPEROT 7,344 84 TKN-1 TURKANA KAPEDO/NAPEITOM NADOME 3,653 24.684 24,683,999 85 TKN-6 TURKANA LOKICHAR NAPOSUMURU 6,034 25.6 25,600,000 87 WAJ-6 WAJIR BATALU BUNA 3,465 51.493 51,492,999 WAJIR BATALU KUROW 3,129 89 WAJ-2 WAJIR KHOROF/HARAR RIBA 11,042 50.496 47,971,199 91 WAJ-5 WAJIR ELBEN MANSA 12,247 87.429 87,428,999 WAJIR SARMAN DUNTO 10,733 92 WAJ-4 WAJIR ELDAS KILKILEY 4,107 47.673 47,672,999 WAJIR ELNUR/TULA TULA LAKOLE 9,066 98 WPOK-6 WEST POKOT CHEPARERIA SHALPOGH 4,248 5.841 5,841,000 99 WPOK-11 WEST POKOT ALALE APUKE 1,442 24.696 WEST POKOT KIWAWA LOPET 2,300 TOTAL 1,182,081,961 385,141,000 Annex 2: Counties and number of Internet-ready Schools to be connected in 2016/17 Lotting of the Counties and number of Internet-ready Schools Lot 1: Lot 2: Lot 3: Lot 4: Lot 5: Lot 6: Lot 7: Lot 8: Lot 9: County Sch County Sch County Sch County Sch County Sch County Sch County Sch County Sch County Sch Garissa 3 Mandera 7 Wajir 4 Samburu 3 Marsabit 4 Turkana 4 W. Pokot 7 Baringo 10 Narok 10 Tana River 2 Nairobi 39 Isiolo 4 Laikipia 11 Meru 19 Elegeo Marakwet 10 Trans-Nzoia 18 Kericho 21 Migori 11 Lamu 5 Murang'a 35 Tharaka Nithi 14 Nyandarua 5 Embu 24 Uasin Gishu 17 Bungoma 54 Kisumu 23 Homa Bay 15 Kilifi 13 Kajiado 8 Kitui 31 Nakuru 35 Nyeri 29 Kakamega 55 Busia 24 Vihiga 20 Siaya 24 Mombasa 12 Makueni 26 Kiambu 45 Kirinyaga 22 Nandi 28 Bomet 10 Kisii 24 Kwale 7 Taita. Taveta 14 Nyamira 20 Machakos 69 Sub-total 111 89 93 99 99 114 103 84 104 TOTAL NO. SCHOOLS 896 Regards, Rachel Alwala Assistant Director/Communications and External Affairs Communications Authority of Kenya PO Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 Tel: +254 703042000 Email: alwala(a)ca.go.ke

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Re: [kictanet] Updates on Statistics
by Alwala, Rachel 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Noted Barrack. The community is invited to always log onto our website for some of these updates. It is promptly updated with necessary info. See www.ca.go.ke. Regards, Rachel From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com<mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com>> Date: Friday, January 20, 2017 at 7:17 AM To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> Cc: CPA <CPA(a)ca.go.ke<mailto:CPA@ca.go.ke>>, Rachel <alwala(a)ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala@ca.go.ke>> Subject: Re:[kictanet] Updates on Statistics Dear Rachel, We appreciate this great efforts to keep the community up to speed by CA well done. On another note, it would be usefull to get some updates on the impact of initiatives such as Kikao Kikuu and where the community can plug in. Thank you once again On Jan 20, 2017 12:22 AM, "Alwala, Rachel via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Dear listers, The Authority, on 19th January 2017, released the Q1 Sector Statistics Report. Please see the story on our website: http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/what-we-do/94-news/421-kenyans-increasingly-a…. The statistics link is http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/statistics For a quick read, the report and accompanying note on the decline is attached. Regards, Rachel Alwala Assistant Director/Communications and External Affairs Communications Authority of Kenya PO Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 Tel: +254 703042000<tel:0703%20042000> Email: alwala(a)ca.go.ke<mailto:alwala@ca.go.ke> _______________________________________________ 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/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.

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Updates on Statistics
by Alwala, Rachel 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Dear listers, The Authority, on 19th January 2017, released the Q1 Sector Statistics Report. Please see the story on our website: http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/what-we-do/94-news/421-kenyans-increasingly-a…. The statistics link is http://www.ca.go.ke/index.php/statistics For a quick read, the report and accompanying note on the decline is attached. Regards, Rachel Alwala Assistant Director/Communications and External Affairs Communications Authority of Kenya PO Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 Tel: +254 703042000 Email: alwala(a)ca.go.ke

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Updates on the Operationalization of the Universal Service Fund
by Nanjira Sambuli 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Great update, Rachel. On the Education Broadband Connectivity project, are there considerations for the connected schools to also serve as public WiFi access areas in those locations for community access? The prospective benefits are numerous eg i) opportunity for those who can’t afford mobile broadband (or sufficient amounts of it for meaningful access) to have alternative connection nodes, esp women and marginalized communities (income inequality dynamics) ii) nodes for digital literacy skills - both for students and communities. Overall, what are the plans for public WiFi towards universal access by 2020 looking like? (Aside from the MoICT-CDF ICT Hubs/Centres). Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> About.Me <http://about.me/ninanjira> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/ninanjira> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanjira> | Skype <http://hatscripts.com/addskype?nanjirasambuli> IM: +254722481566 (WhatsApp | Telegram | iMessage) PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D > On Jan 17, 2017, at 12:13 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. Updates on the Operationalization of the Universal Service > Fund (Alwala, Rachel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:09:12 +0000 > From: "Alwala, Rachel" <Alwala(a)ca.go.ke> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Updates on the Operationalization of the Universal > Service Fund > Message-ID: <D493F7CD.7C92%alwala(a)ca.go.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Dear listers, > > Happy New Year to you all! > > Following some enquiries, I thought it would be helpful to share an update of the operationalization of the Universal Service Fund. All this information is available for public consumption. This gives an overview of the status of the country?s network connectivity and initiatives currently under implementation by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) with respect to the Universal Service Fund (USF) projects. > > BACKGROUND > > > > The Kenya Information Communications Act 2009 (KICA 2009) and the Kenya Information and Communications Regulations 2010 (KICR US&A 2010) mandate the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) to manage and administer the Universal Service Fund (USF). During the FY 2015/16, the Authority conducted an ICT Access Gaps study to identify ICT infrastructure and services gaps / high cost areas and estimate the appropriate financial subsidy amounts required from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to facilitate closing of the identified ICT gaps. > > The Authority in the FY 2015/16 undertook an ICT Access Gaps study to identify gaps / high cost areas and establish the subsidy amounts required from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to facilitate closing the voice and data services gaps. This study findings were released in mid 2016. > > KEY FINDINGS OF THE ACCESS GAPS STUDY > > > > 1.1 2 G Coverage > > The study established that 94.4% of Kenyan population is covered by 2G leaving out only 5.6% of Kenyan population that has no access to voice communications services. Only 164 out of a total of 7,149 sub-locations remain totally uncovered, while a further 418 have less than 50% of their populations covered by 2G. > > > Table 1: Sub-location population 2G coverage > > Coverage > > 100% > >> 90% > > 50% - 90% > > < 50% > > 0% > > Sub-locations > > 5,655 > > 487 > > 425 > > 418 > > 164 > > > > 1.2 3G Broadband coverage > 78% of the population in Kenya are covered by 3G. > Table 2: Sub-location population 3G coverage > > Coverage > > 100% > >> 90% > > 50% - 90% > > < 50% > > 0% > > Sub-locations > > 2,454 > > 1,324 > > 1,146 > > 977 > > 1,244 > > > > > 1.3 The Broadcasting Sector > Kenya?s broadcasting market includes over 100 FM radio stations and around 40 digital Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) sites. > > Digital Terrestrial Television sites rollout. > The digital signal currently covers 60 per cent of the Kenyan population. The signal is available in; Nairobi, Nakuru, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu,Webuye, Eldoret, Malindi, Meru (Nyambene), Kisii, Kericho, Narok, Nyahururu, Embu, Kisii, Machakos, Murang?a, Naivasha, Nyeri, Webuye, Narok, Mbuinzau, Kapenguria, Wajir, Kitui, Lamu and Namanga. > > > > 1.4 Post and Courier Sector > There are 623 post offices distributed across all counties as captured in Table 3. > > Table 3: Country wide distribution of Post Offices > > Administrative Level > > Total > > At least one PO present > > Penetration of post offices > > Min > > Average > > Max[1] > > > County > > > 47 > > > 47 > > > 2 > > > 13 > > > 55 > > > Constituency > > > 295 > > > 264 > > > 0 > > > 2 > > > 14 > > > Ward > > > 1,450 > > > 480 > > > 0 > > > 33% > > > 10 > > > Sub-location > > > 7,149 > > > 524 > > > 0 > > > 7% > > > 7 > > > > 1.5 Percentage 2G and 3G Network Coverage per County > > > Table 4: Estimated 2G and 3G Network coverage by County > > > County > > 2G (%) > > 3G (%) > > Baringo > > 87.7 > > 49.1 > > Bomet > > 99.8 > > 97.7 > > Bungoma > > 96.4 > > 95.2 > > Busia > > 99.1 > > 95.4 > > Elgeyo Marakwet > > 97.1 > > 34.7 > > Embu > > 99.6 > > 88.3 > > Garissa > > 58.1 > > 4.6 > > Homa Bay > > 97.8 > > 87.6 > > Isiolo > > 54.7 > > 16.4 > > Kajiado > > 74.4 > > 38.9 > > Kakamega > > 99.9 > > 93.5 > > Kericho > > 99.6 > > 87.7 > > Kiambu > > 99.8 > > 98.3 > > Kilifi > > 91.9 > > 51.5 > > Kirinyaga > > 100.0 > > 98.5 > > Kisii > > 99.9 > > 90.2 > > Kisumu > > 99.9 > > 98.8 > > Kitui > > 89.2 > > 49.8 > > Kwale > > 91.5 > > 46.4 > > Laikipia > > 90.8 > > 48.9 > > Lamu > > 82.4 > > 34.4 > > Machakos > > 99.9 > > 73.0 > > Makueni > > 99.6 > > 68.7 > > Mandera > > 66.9 > > 9.4 > > marsabit > > 56.6 > > 25.2 > > Meru > > 99.8 > > 85.4 > > Migori > > 99.1 > > 69.5 > > Mombasa > > 99.7 > > 99.8 > > Muranga > > 99.7 > > 80.8 > > Nairobi > > 100.0 > > 99.9 > > Nakuru > > 99.7 > > 74.6 > > Nandi > > 99.6 > > 85.9 > > Narok > > 86.7 > > 29.9 > > Nyamira > > 99.9 > > 96.2 > > Nyandarua > > 99.7 > > 66.1 > > Nyeri > > 99.8 > > 86.5 > > Samburu > > 55.5 > > 14.0 > > Siaya > > 99.6 > > 94.5 > > Taita-Taveta > > 96.4 > > 43.4 > > Tana River > > 85.8 > > 12.8 > > Tharaka Nithi > > 97.9 > > 77.6 > > Trans Nzoia > > 99.9 > > 81.1 > > Turkana > > 34.8 > > 10.2 > > Uasin Gishu > > 99.8 > > 76.2 > > Vihiga > > 99.9 > > 99.0 > > Wajir > > 48.2 > > 8.4 > > West pokot > > 69.0 > > 13.3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2.0 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE ON CONNECTIVITY > > > > 2.1 USF PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION STATUS > The ICTs Access Gaps study identified two priority projects namely; > > a) ICT Infrastructure projects to address Voice services: Voice services make a large contribution to closing the remaining gaps. This will reduce the population coverage gap from 5.6% of the population to around half (2.8%) by 2018. > > > ? The Voice gap project were to be tendered as multiple bidding lots at the sub-location or ward level. The NFP (Tier 1) operators were to be invited to bid for as many or few of the Lots as interests them. > > b) Education Broadband connectivity projects - Establish a first step towards addressing the critical national gap, which exists in connectivity of schools in Kenya. > > > ? The education broadband project was to be implemented through a framework of partnership with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The tender for schools connectivity was to be implemented through competitive tendering process. > > > > ? The above two USF priority projects shall be implemented under the accepted guidelines for USF, which stress on transparency and competitive bidding processes as per the procurement Laws in Kenya. > > > > > > 2.1.1 The Voice Service Projects and Implementation Status > > A total of 348 sub-locations were identified through the combined GIS and Access Gap Model methodology as the priority cases which best meet the critical performance criteria suited to ?smart subsidies?, meaning that they will result in sustainable service provision in the gap areas. > > The total of sub-locations to be included in the USF competition reduces to 202 after consideration of operator licence obligations between 2016 and 2018. > ? Implementation Status /Achievements > > The Authority in August 2016 tendered for the Voice Infrastructure projects, which were structured into multiple bidding lots at the sub-location or ward level that yielded into 105 lots. > > Telecommunications Voice Infrastructure and Services Tender was a restricted Tender for Network Facility Providers (NFPs), Tier 1 operators licensed to provide GSM mobile services in Kenya. > > The Network Facility Providers (NFP, Tier 1) licensed operators were invited to bid for as many or few of the Lots as interests them. The Authority on 2nd August shared the restricted tender document with the three NFP Tier 1 licensees with tender closing date being 5th October 2016. > > The Authority held Pre-bidders conference on the 18th August 2016 attended by all the NFP Tier 1 operators. Tender evaluations commenced immediately after the closing on 5th October 2016. > > Analysis of the USF Voice Project Bids > > The Table below shows the numeric results of the competition, indicating geographical area, populations and subsidy budget lots bidded and the subsidy amount awarded per bidder. > Table 5: Results of the USF Bid Competition > > > Lots > > Sub-locations > > Geog Area > 000?s Km2 > > Unserved population > > Subsidy > > Expected Budget > > Original Tender > > 105 > > 202 > > 45,304 > > 697,971 > > Max. > 2.362 Bn > > 1.600 Bn > > Bid > > 37 > > 86 > > 29,906 > > 389,778 > > 1.458 Bn > > > > Awards > > 34 > > 78 > > 24,291 > > 319,318 > > Awards 1.245 Bn > > 1.245 Bn > > Percentage awarded > > 32.3% > > 38.6% > > 53. 6% > > 45.7% > > 52.7% > > 77.8% > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Additional Lots bid but subject to clarification and finally rejected > > 2 > > 7 > > 5,615 > (12.4%) > > 70,460 > (10.1%) > > 0.293 Bn > > N/A > > > Way Forward > > Out of the 105 lots, 37 lots (86 sub-locations) were bided for and 34 (78 sub-locations) awarded for voice infrastructure development. > > Based on the awards, 38.6% of the targeted sub-locations will be reached, against the 60-70% projected in the Access Gap Report. > The Authority intends to close the voice gaps in all sub-locations through a phased approached with the first batch of 78 sub-locations being contracted for infrastructure development in the current fiscal year. > The Authority noted that Operators generally targeted large service areas with heavy subsidies for several new towers rather than smaller areas requiring more complex network optimisation. > > The Authority is also planning to offer spectrum waivers to encourage roll out to the areas considered unattractive by the Mobile Network Operators. > > Summary of results > The following graph shows the results on a county-by-county basis indicating tendered versus awarded numbers of sub-locations. > > It will be noted that the most successful in terms of targeted sub-locations versus awards made were Marsabit, Kwale and Bungoma (100%), followed by Wajir (63%) and Narok (57%). > > > 2.1.2 Education Broadband Connectivity Projects and Implementation Status > > The ICT Access Gaps study identified a national gap in access to broadband connectivity for the education sector. > In implementing the schools connectivity project, the Authority has partnered with the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide broadband connectivity to all secondary schools in Kenya. > > The first phase of the Education Broadband Connectivity project has been designed to provide 5Mbps dedicated Internet connectivity to 896 secondary schools identified by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology spread across all the 47 counties. The project targeted to connect up to 1,000 schools but MoEST provided only 896 secondary schools drawn from all the 47 counties in Kenya that met the Internet e-readiness criterion. > > Secondary schools designated as ?Internet-ready: for the purposes of this project shall be those certified by MoEST as meeting the following criteria: > i. Connected to the Grid / electricity; > ii. A secured computer laboratory with working computers; > iii. A qualified ICT / computer teacher; > iv. Offering students the KCSE Computer studies curriculum and submission of students for KNEC examination at Form 4 in 2015 and/or 2016. > > Implementation Status / Achievements > > The Authority advertised the Tender for the Education Broadband Connectivity Project. This was an ?Open Tender? to all licensees contributing to the USF levy. The tender was grouped into 9 lots and the tender closed on 19th October 2016?. The tender has been awarded to three (3) bidders at total cost Kshs. 837 Million. > > > Based on the data from the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) Kenya has about 7000 secondary school. The Authority is connecting 896 Secondary school to Broadband within the current financial year. Subsequently, the Universal Service Fund will be used to connect all the remaining secondary schools. > > > STATUS OF 4G COVERAGE > > > The Authority has issued LTE spectrum in the 800MHz on trial basis to the three (3) Mobile Network Operator i.e Safaricom Ltd in 2014, Airtel Ltd and Telkom Ltd in 2016. > > > > Safaricom Limited has so far rolled out the 4G network in the following five (5) major towns i.e Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu and Eldoret while the other two operators are preparing to commence their 4G network roll. > > > > > Annex 1: Voice Infrastructure Project ? Financial Year 2016/17 > LOT > > COUNTY LOT NO. > > COUNTY > > WARD > > SUBLOCATION > > UNSERVED POP?N > > MAX. SUBSIDY (KSHS) > > B1 > > > > B2 > > > 202 > > 697,971 > > 2,362.011 > > > > > > 1 > > BAR-3 > > > BARINGO > > MUKUTAN > > MUKUTANI > > 1,284 > > 7.940 > > > > > 15,720,000 > > BARINGO > > MUKUTAN > > ARABAL > > 1,471 > > 2 > > BAR-6 > > > BARINGO > > TIRIOKO > > NGORON > > 1,501 > > 18.139 > > > BARINGO > > TIRIOKO > > KULAL > > 3,021 > > 3 > > BAR-7 > > > > BARINGO > > TIRIOKO > > LOKIS > > 2,445 > > 15.720 > > > BARINGO > > TIRIOKO > > NGAINA > > 2,516 > > WEST POKOT > > MASOOL > > CHEPSERUM > > 1,386 > > 8 > > BUNG-1 > > > > > > > BUNGOMA > > CHEPYUK > > KORN'GOTUNY > > 1,886 > > > 17.763 > > > 17,762,999 > (13) > > > > > > > 17,763,000 > > BUNGOMA > > CHEPYUK > > CHEPKURKUR > > 3,285 > > BUNGOMA > > CHEPYUK > > EMIA > > 1,452 > > BUNGOMA > > CHEPYUK > > KUBURA > > 3,890 > > BUNGOMA > > CHEPYUK > > CHEPYUK > > 5,467 > > BUNGOMA > > CHEPYUK > > KAIMUGUL > > 5,709 > > 12 > > GAR-7 > > GARISSA > > GOREALE > > GOREALE > > 4,523 > > 32.389 > > > > 32,389,000 > > 14 > > GAR-2 > > GARISSA > > SANGAILU > > HANDARO > > 5,102 > > 24.120 > > 24,119,999 > > > > 18 > > IS-3 > > ISIOLO > > GARBATULLA > > MALKADAKA > > 3,632 > > 24.860 > > 24,859,999 > (16) > > 24,860,000 > > 19 > > IS-4 > > ISIOLO > > KINNA > > KULAMAWE > > 3,532 > > 28.595 > > 28,594,999 > (4) > > 28,595,000 > > 26 > > KAJ-7 > > KAJIADO > > KEEKONYOKIE > > KISAMIS > > 2,429 > > 28.929 > > > 28,928,999 > > > > KAJIADO > > MOSIRO > > EMBARBAL > > 2,429 > > 29 > > KAJ-10 > > > > > KAJIADO > > MAGADI > > ENDOINYO-OLASHO > > 1,728 > > 43.669 > > > 41,485,549 > > > > KAJIADO > > MAGADI > > OLOIKA > > 1,744 > > KAJIADO > > MAGADI > > PAKASE > > 3,377 > > KAJIADO > > MAGADI > > SHOMPOLE > > 2,085 > > 30 > > KIL-2 > > > > KILIFI > > SOKOKE > > NDUGUMANI > > 1,123 > > 7.169 > > > 7,168,999 > > > > KILIFI > > SOKOKE > > MWANGEA > > 1,215 > > > > KILIFI > > JILORE > > MKONDONI > > 1,572 > > > > 33 > > KIT-3 > > > > KITUI > > ENDAU/MALALANI > > MALALANI > > 2,136 > > 55.354 > > > 55,353,999 > > > > KITUI > > ENDAU/MALALANI > > MAKUKA > > 2,033 > > > > KITUI > > NUU > > MALAWA > > 4,352 > > > > KITUI > > KANZIKO > > ILAMBA > > 1,467 > > > > > > 37 > > KIT-5 > > KITUI > > NGOMENI > > KIMELA > > 2,161 > > 12.222 > > 12,221,999 > > > > 38 > > KW-1 > > > > > > > KWALE > > PUMA > > BUSA > > 7,323 > > 123.377 > > > > > 123,377,000 > > KWALE > > PUMA > > VIGURUNGANI > > 3,244 > > KWALE > > NDAVAYA > > MWANDIMU > > 8,925 > > KWALE > > MACKINON ROAD > > KILIBASI > > 1,139 > > KWALE > > MWERENI > > KASEMENI > > 3,060 > > KWALE > > MWERENI > > KILIMANGODO > > 10,848 > > 41 > > MAN-1 > > MANDERA > > KOTULO > > EL RAMU > > 9,165 > > 17.990 > > 17,989,999 > > > > 42 > > MAN-2 > > > MANDERA > > KOTULO > > BORJI GARSE > > 3,525 > > 15.212 > > > 15,211,999 > > > > MANDERA > > KOTULO > > KUTAYU > > 3,447 > > > > 44 > > MAN-5 > > MANDERA > > WARANKARA > > WARANKARA > > 9,387 > > 13.200 > > 13,199,999 > > > > 47 > > MAN-4 > > MANDERA > > TAKABA SOUTH > > WANGAI DAHAN > > 10,763 > > 16.760 > > 15,921,999 > > > > 48 > > MARS-2 > > MARSABIT > > KARARE > > SCHEME > > 1,530 > > 33.111 > > > 33,110,999 > > > > MARSABIT > > KARARE > > KARARE > > 2,576 > > > > MARSABIT > > KARARE > > SONGA > > 1,084 > > > > MARSABIT > > KARARE > > KITURUNI > > 1,230 > > > > MARSABIT > > SAGANTE/ JALDESA > > BADASA > > 1,204 > > > > 49 > > MARS-3 > > > MARSABIT > > DUKANA > > BALESA > > 4,661 > > 48.554 > > > 48,553,999 > > > > MARSABIT > > DUKANA > > EL-HADI > > 3,051 > > > > 50 > > MARS-1 > > > > MARSABIT > > LAISAMIS > > NDIKIR > > 1,814 > > 65.669 > > > > > 65,669,000 > > MARSABIT > > KORR/NGURUNIT > > NGURUNIT > > 3,728 > > MARSABIT > > KORR/NGURUNIT > > LONYORI PICHAU > > 3,015 > > SAMBURU > > NDOTO > > ILLAU > > 1,017 > > SAMBURU > > NDOTO > > NGURUNIT > > 1,611 > > 53 > > NAR-3 > > NAROK > > MAJI MOTO/ NAROOSURA > > MAJI-MOTO > > 1,251 > > 9.145 > > 9,144,999 > > > > 54 > > NAR-4 > > > NAROK > > MAJI MOTO/ NAROOSURA > > ELANGATA ENTERIT > > 3,831 > > 25.722 > > 25,721,999 > > > > NAROK > > MAJI MOTO/ NAROOSURA > > ENKUTOTO > > 4,568 > > > > 57 > > NAR-7 > > > > > > NAROK > > LOITA > > OLNGARUA > > 1,499 > > 69.787 > > > 69,786,999 > > > > NAROK > > LOITA > > OLORTE > > 3,114 > > > > NAROK > > LOITA > > MAUSA > > 3,575 > > > > NAROK > > LOITA > > ENTASEKERA > > 3,231 > > > > NAROK > > LOITA > > OLMESUTIE > > 2,031 > > > > 62 > > SAM-4 > > > SAMBURU > > NYIRO > > LONJORIN > > 2,164 > > 22.229 > > > 22,228,999 > > > > SAMBURU > > NYIRO > > LKAYO > > 3,581 > > > > 68 > > TKN-7 > > > TURKANA > > KERIO DELTA > > NAKURIO > > 9,426 > > 56.435 > > > 56,434,999 > (9) > > 56,435,000 > > TURKANA > > KERIO DELTA > > NAKORET > > 5,155 > > 70 > > TKN-11 > > TURKANA > > LOIMA > > PUCH > > 12,002 > > 59.938 > > 59,937,999 > (14%Coverage) > > Rejected > > > > > > 72 > > TKN-12 > > TURKANA > > TURKWEL > > KAPUS > > 8,320 > > 26.167 > > > > 26,167,000 > > 73 > > TKN-9 > > > TURKANA > > KOTARUK/LOBEI > > NAIPA > > 4,207 > > 19.160 > > > > > 19,160,000 > > TURKANA > > KOTARUK/LOBEI > > LOKIPETOT ARENGAN > > 4,861 > > > > 75 > > TKN-19 > > > TURKANA > > KIBISH > > KARACH 1 > > 5,502 > > 29.603 > > > 29,602,999 > (26% Coverage) > Rejected > > > > > TURKANA > > KIBISH > > KAITEDE > > 6,333 > > 76 > > TKN-13 > > TURKANA > > LETEA > > LOKIPOTO > > 18,956 > > 18.451 > > 18,450,999 > (61% Coverage) > Rejected > > > > 79 > > TKN-17 > > > > TURKANA > > LOPUR > > LOPUSIKI > > 3,947 > > 104.377 > > > 104,376,999 > > > > TURKANA > > SONGOT > > LOKUDULE > > 3,216 > > > > TURKANA > > SONGOT > > LOKANGAE > > 11,599 > > > > 81 > > TKN-2 > > > > TURKANA > > LOKORI/KOCHODIN > > KANGITIT > > 4,794 > > 81.124 > > > 81,123,999 > (67% coverage) > Clarification > > > > TURKANA > > LOKORI/KOCHODIN > > LOTUBAE > > 22,129 > > > > TURKANA > > KAPEDO/NAPEITOM > > NGILUKIA > > 4,356 > > > > 82 > > TKN-4 > > > > > TURKANA > > KATILIA > > KATILIA > > 9,513 > > 223.315 > > > 212,149,249 > (60% coverage) > Clarification > > > > TURKANA > > KATILIA > > PARKATI > > 11,455 > > > > TURKANA > > KALAPATA > > KALAPATA > > 10,869 > > > > TURKANA > > KALAPATA > > LOPEROT > > 7,344 > > > > 84 > > TKN-1 > > TURKANA > > KAPEDO/NAPEITOM > > NADOME > > 3,653 > > 24.684 > > 24,683,999 > > > > 85 > > TKN-6 > > TURKANA > > LOKICHAR > > NAPOSUMURU > > 6,034 > > 25.6 > > > > 25,600,000 > > 87 > > WAJ-6 > > WAJIR > > BATALU > > BUNA > > 3,465 > > 51.493 > > > 51,492,999 > > > > WAJIR > > BATALU > > KUROW > > 3,129 > > > > 89 > > WAJ-2 > > WAJIR > > KHOROF/HARAR > > RIBA > > 11,042 > > 50.496 > > 47,971,199 > > > > 91 > > WAJ-5 > > > WAJIR > > ELBEN > > MANSA > > 12,247 > > 87.429 > > > 87,428,999 > > > > WAJIR > > SARMAN > > DUNTO > > 10,733 > > > > 92 > > WAJ-4 > > > WAJIR > > ELDAS > > KILKILEY > > 4,107 > > 47.673 > > > 47,672,999 > > > > WAJIR > > ELNUR/TULA TULA > > LAKOLE > > 9,066 > > > > 98 > > WPOK-6 > > WEST POKOT > > CHEPARERIA > > SHALPOGH > > 4,248 > > 5.841 > > > > 5,841,000 > > > 99 > > WPOK-11 > > > WEST POKOT > > ALALE > > APUKE > > 1,442 > > 24.696 > > > > > > > WEST POKOT > > KIWAWA > > LOPET > > 2,300 > > > > > > TOTAL > > 1,182,081,961 > > 385,141,000 > > > > > Annex 2: Counties and number of Internet-ready Schools to be connected in 2016/17 > Lotting of the Counties and number of Internet-ready Schools > > Lot 1: > > Lot 2: > > Lot 3: > > Lot 4: > > Lot 5: > > Lot 6: > > Lot 7: > > Lot 8: > > Lot 9: > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > County > > Sch > > Garissa > > 3 > > Mandera > > 7 > > Wajir > > 4 > > Samburu > > 3 > > Marsabit > > 4 > > Turkana > > 4 > > W. Pokot > > 7 > > Baringo > > 10 > > Narok > > 10 > > Tana River > > 2 > > Nairobi > > 39 > > Isiolo > > 4 > > Laikipia > > 11 > > Meru > > 19 > > Elegeo Marakwet > > 10 > > Trans-Nzoia > > 18 > > Kericho > > 21 > > Migori > > 11 > > Lamu > > 5 > > Murang'a > > 35 > > Tharaka Nithi > > 14 > > Nyandarua > > 5 > > Embu > > 24 > > Uasin Gishu > > 17 > > Bungoma > > 54 > > Kisumu > > 23 > > Homa Bay > > 15 > > Kilifi > > 13 > > Kajiado > > 8 > > Kitui > > 31 > > Nakuru > > 35 > > Nyeri > > 29 > > Kakamega > > 55 > > Busia > > 24 > > Vihiga > > 20 > > Siaya > > 24 > > Mombasa > > 12 > > > > > > Makueni > > 26 > > Kiambu > > 45 > > Kirinyaga > > 22 > > Nandi > > 28 > > > > > > Bomet > > 10 > > Kisii > > 24 > > Kwale > > 7 > > > > > > Taita. Taveta > > 14 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nyamira > > 20 > > Machakos > > 69 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sub-total > > 111 > > > > 89 > > > > 93 > > > > 99 > > > > 99 > > > > 114 > > > > 103 > > > > 84 > > > > 104 > > TOTAL NO. > SCHOOLS > > 896 > > > > Regards, > > Rachel Alwala > Assistant Director/Communications and External Affairs > Communications Authority of Kenya > PO Box 14448 > Nairobi 00800 > > Tel: +254 703042000 > Email: alwala(a)ca.go.ke > > > >

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Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 7
by Nanjira Sambuli 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Sounds like a solid plan. Will KICTANet officials lead in drafting this? We can then undersign accordingly… Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> About.Me <http://about.me/ninanjira> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/ninanjira> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanjira> | Skype <http://hatscripts.com/addskype?nanjirasambuli> IM: +254722481566 (WhatsApp | Telegram | iMessage) PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D > On Jan 18, 2017, at 2:22 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: Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 7 > (Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:19:30 +0300 > From: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu <chemukoechk(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. > 7 > Message-ID: > <CAApgMtw9RsTu02YehMqRorszwa9=Nh0eTgzdC4kSY_ohkr8Z2w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Ali, > > Thank you for not giving up. > > To answer your question to Esther I suggest a three step course of action:- > > 1. We formally write to the ministry requesting feedback on the query and > demand feedback in a specific time say 14 days because they have had > adequate time to digest the issue. > > 2. If we get no feedback we will write to the Commission on Administrative > Justice under the Commission of Administrative Justice Act no 23 of 2011 > where we will report that the said ministry has failed or is completely > unwilling to engage us in the policy formulation as we are not been made > aware of what the final document is and exactly what the impact of our > input was....this in itself is an injustice to the ICT fraternity > perpetuated by relevant ministry officials. > > 3. If any policy document is passed before we have been engaged further, we > will file a constitutional petition seeking to render the said document > unconstitutional by virtue of the lack of public participation. In the said > petition we will be seeking an interpretation on the requirement of public > participation and what effect this should have when public bodies engage > the public. Is it just a box to be ticked in the meeting of requirements or > what procedure should be utilised when adopting or discarding public > opinion in the creation of policy? This is so that public participation > does not become an action in futility which I must say it is increasingly > the sad state of affairs. I'm sure the section was not placed in the > constitution to have a decorative effect. > > My two cents. > > Kind regards, > > Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu. > Advocate- FinTech and ICT Policy. > > > On 18 Jan 2017 07:34, "Grace B via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: > >> Thank you Ali for keeping the issue alive over all these months. >> In addition to the policy, there have been several reports in the news >> about a cyber crime Bill that is being developed to be in place before >> elections. http://www.ict.go.ke/government-to-curb-cyber-crimes/ and >> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/08/24/cyber-crime- >> law-to-be-enforced-before-polls-to-curb-incitement-cs_c1408304 >> >> Is the (draft) Bill emanating from the policy framework we participated >> in? How can we as a community be able to give input to that Bill as early >> as possible in order to avoid the latent expedition of law making processes >> that is likely to manifest when Parliament convenes for its last session >> before elections? >> >> Regards, >> >> >> 2017-01-18 5:56 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>: >> >>> Esther >>> >>> In the event that this request continues to be ignored what recourse do >>> we have to enforce such said request? >>> >>> *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 17 Jan 2017, at 11:41 PM, esther kamande via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you Ali for the 7th Reminder, I am equally concerned as no feedback >>> on the same has been forthcoming for almost 6 months since July 2016. >>> >>> >>> Article 35 of the constitution introduced a number of reforms emphasizing >>> on open-decision making process, citizen participation and the role of >>> transparency in building up an informed citizenry towards a democratic >>> nation. In practice, open decision-making is to a large extent realized >>> through the right of the general public to access documents and Access >>> to Information Act No. 31 of 2016, breathes life into this. >>> >>> >>> All documents held by the state with the exceptions as provided for in >>> section 6 of the Access to information Act. 31 of 2016 are public therefore >>> the amended Draft ICT Policy document must be provided to the public for >>> further scrutiny after the comments have been taken into >>> account. Furthermore, section 4 (3) is very clear on information held by a >>> public entity or a private body to be provided *expeditiously* at a >>> reasonable cost. This means that information should be provided with *?speed >>> and efficiency?* otherwise it undermines this right as well as democracy. >>> It has been 6 months and counting therefore this right is being undermined. >>> >>> >>> In this regard I add my voice to request for the amended Draft ICT Policy >>> to be provided *expeditiously* as provided by the law for further >>> scrutiny. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Esther Kamande >>> >>> Advocate | Policy Analyst >>> >>> >>> Twitter: @enkamande >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Bwana PS Kyalo >>>> >>>> The above refers. >>>> >>>> Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT >>>> Policy? >>>> >>>> We would like to know how the community can help further and when the >>>> Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it >>>> and extract the gems that lie therein. >>>> >>>> We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement >>>> benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the >>>> criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final >>>> document. >>>> >>>> Thank you and looking forward to your response. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> *Ali Hussein* >>>> *Principal* >>>> *Hussein & Associates* >>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>> >>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>> >>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>> >>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>> >>>> >>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >>>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi >>>> >>>> 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/enkamande%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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Nifty Use Case of the Blockchain: a ledger for your digital identity
by Nanjira Sambuli 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

This can’t be realized soon enough! We need alternatives to the monopolized ownership and capture of our digital identities! https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603352/one-startups-vision-to-reinvent-t… <https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603352/one-startups-vision-to-reinvent-t…> Regards, Nanjira PGP: 1DBE1F47A6878B0D

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ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS
by S.M. Muraya 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Interesting comments... ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-3520560-5j04aq/in…

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS
by S.M. Muraya 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

James, Would be very interested in an IFMIS "outsider event" moderated by Walu and yourself. Straight forward fellows are hard to come by in this day and age. On Jan 19, 2017 12:32 PM, "James Muritu via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Interesting conversations going on here. In simple terms, what IFIMIS lacks is a Governance Framework. The "software component" of an ERP is just one drop in the ocean. People+Processes+Operating Procedures+Decision Rights are the bigger drops. Am currently reviewing a similar system in a Kenya based corporation and for almost 2 years, the system had been blamed for all the wrong reasons. The ultimate results, revealed more loopholes outside the actual software. On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 12:01 PM, waudo siganga via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Thank Walu. I'll wait fro the coffee... > W. > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017, at 11:33 AM, Walubengo J wrote: > > @Daktari Siganga, > > I was the ICT Director for our university for 5yrs and managed both the > University Network & ERP - but I dont say :-) > > We switch between the classroom and ICT operations like that. So I kinda > have both the academic and practical view of these things > > Anyway, you are right in that the IT expert(Superuser) should NOT be a > normal 'Finance' /'HR'/Procurement/ or other regualr user of the ERP. > However, the IT guys still assign these roles and privileges to the various > functional users. i.e. they must grant rights to the Finance/HR/ and other > Directors to execute their work within the ERP. > > Different implementations (company policy) maybe that this is delegated to > the various functional heads who can then subsequently grant > privileges/access rights down through their departments. > > But this is NOT ideal since you lose the segregation of duties where you > want the Functional heads(e.g. Finance Director) to make the access-rights > requests IN WRITING, and have SOMEONE ELSE implement that request. > > This is the 'control' auditors are looking for when auditing the > information system later on - in terms of checks and balances. Such a > control is what leads to the questions like:- > a) Who within the ERP system has privileges that were not formally > requested for in writing? Or > b) Who within the ERP system has more privileges than what was formally > requested for? > c) Who within the ERP exists but has no supporting access request from the > Functional head? > d) etc, etc. > > Even if the IT expert abused his/her superuser privileges by granting > themselves some user rights within the Financial module, they will be outed > by the above audit process. > > Denying the IT expert the ability to grant access rights within the ERP > and passing the same to the functional heads does not solve the problem of > abuse. The functional heads can simply become the new kingpins. Only > segregation of duty cures the problem of abuse. > > But we can meet over coffee and share the pros and cons of the various > implementations :-) > > walu. > > > > ------------------------------ > From: waudo siganga <emailsignet(a)mailcan.com> > To: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 10:36 AM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS > > Hi Walu - I can see from your comments that you have never worked in a > finance environment. For secure setup there is no way "IT guys must then > translate x, y & z function into the appropriate access levels for that > accountant within the system". Simply put a person who is a trained IT > expert knows too much about how the system works and therefore cannot be > assigned access administration. The overall person for access admin is a > "super-user" or "Chief Security Officer"or a title in that direction. This > super user assigns access rights to users, such as ability to add,delete, > update, edit, view, etc records. To assign these rights in practically all > IT systems the super user must himself have those same rights, otherwise > he/she cannot assign them to other users. A system where a super-user is an > IT expert is a very weak system. The IT expert should never have ability to > enter a system and change records. If you analyse the IFMIS problem you > will realise that it is not a problem of IT experts infiltrating the > system. It is just password misuse by ordinary users. At least I agree with > you on one thing - IT expertise role and password administration must never > be put in the same office. In most banks and finance environments the > super-user function is undertaken by the CEO or a very senior executive who > is OUTSIDE the IT function. > > THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH IFMIS. The users, as is normal in any IT system, > are the weakest link. It is like having pilots who are busy with corruption > to fly a plane then when the plane crashes we say there was a problem with > the plane. > > W. > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017, at 02:54 PM, Walubengo J wrote: > > @Dr Siganga, my comments below: > > >>1. Hi Walu - I do not agree with you that access administration > (passwords) is a technical function. In most cases passwords just mimic > authorization structures that pre-exist in a manual system. > >>> > Response:Yes and NO. > Yes passwords and their access levels are controls that mimic the > authorization levels of the manual system. However, their implementation in > an ideal environment should be segregated. E.g the finance director > should say in writing: 'I need my accountant to do x, y & z function' . > The IT guys must then translate x, y & z function into the appropriate > access levels for that accountant within the system. > > Finance retains the administrative oversight in terms of triggering the > password request and profiling the access levels desired. IT retains the > technical function of implementing the same. Never put these two roles in > one office. Shida mingi inajiletea. > > >>2. I also differ with your suggestion that it is the work of technical > people to enforce, check or review system controls. That should be the > function of an independent auditor. > >> > RESPONSE: Yes and NO. > Yes, independent or external auditors (hopefully Information System > Auditors) do review the technical controls. But this is often an annual > exercise. So serious organisation do not wait for a year to be told their > controls were not effective. They have INTERNAL information system auditors > (who are technical) to continuously monitor/enforce that these IT controls > are in place, working and/or need to be updated. Other organisation may > allocate this role to the Information Security Officer, either way these > are ICT technical chaps. > > walu. > > > > ------------------------------ > From: waudo siganga <emailsignet(a)mailcan.com> > To: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 1:55 PM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS > > Hi Walu - I do not agree with you that access administration (passwords) > is a technical function. In most cases passwords just mimic authorization > structures that pre-exist in a manual system. It is very important that the > access of technical people to a system, especially a financial one, be as > inhibited as possible. Those who access the system should only be capable > of doing the functions they would perform in a manual system. To enhance > security of the system, access administration should be overseen by a most > senior person who is NOT trained to do technical work on the system. > > I also differ with your suggestion that it is the work of technical people > to enforce, check or review system controls. That should be the function of > an independent auditor. > > Overall I think there is much misunderstanding about IFMIS. The problem is > not technical; it is administrative. Specifically access administration > (passwords). > > W. > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017, at 01:06 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet wrote: > > Grace B via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote>>> > Second, the problem with IFMIS, it appears is a lack of commitment to > simple values such as integrity and prudent stewardship of public funds. > What guarantee wold we have that ICTA would be different from Treasury? > > >> > Segregation of duties solves this. Treasury continues being the Process > owner, but surrenders the Technical leadership of the system/ERP to ICT > Authority. So if it is a case of passwords and their use, expiry amongst > other technical issues, we know it is ICT Authority to manage (and take > blame). > > It is often a confusing and thin line. The line between Administrative and > Technical authority. > > But you can look at it in terms of the President's Security detail. The > President maybe the (Administrative) boss of his security detail, but the > President can never tell his security detail HOW to guard him or what > weapons to use or how many guards he needs, where to position them etc. > > These are TECHNICAL issues that the President cannot and should never > pretend to be dictating on since they lie squarely within the NIS/Inspector > General domain. The moment NIS start taking technical instructions from the > President, is the moment our security system will collapse. > > If we get this seperation of authority right, we solve the IFMIS puzzle. > > walu. > > > ------------------------------ > From: Grace B via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > Cc: Grace B <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:11 AM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS > > Interesting discussion. There are those who would look at IFMIS as a > public finance management issue as opposed to an ICT one but this is not > really count when giving management mandate to either Treasury or ICTA as > long as the objectives of PFM (Article 201 of Katiba) are met. > One of the issues voiced about IFMIS since devolution/new Constitution has > been the problems experienced by county governments and other independent > organs eg commissions in accessing funds in a timely manner. (We assume > that Executive has not had too many problems assessing funds and may have > indeed been facilitating leakage) > One issue with transferring the responsibility of maintaining IFMIS to > ICTA, it seems would be that there could be few differences between ICTA > and Treasury. First, both are Executive institutions that may support > devolved and independent structures in line with the soft policy direction > of the government of the day. Second, the problem with IFMIS, it appears is > a lack of commitment to simple values such as integrity and prudent > stewardship of public funds. What guarantee wold we have that ICTA would be > different from Treasury? > > Regards > > 2017-01-18 5:54 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>: > > Barrack > > We are saying the same thing really.. Let's assume that the ICTA is the > ICT Department of the Government (which I doubt it is equipped to execute > that mandate) then 'managing' here really means providing support to the > system. > > I think it's time the Government considers the role of Chief Information > Officer to really manage the strategic thrust of all ICT initiatives across > ministries. The CIO can then be held accountable for overall efficiency and > security of all Government ICT Systems. This CIO needs to report directly > to the Chief Executive Officer (President) of the country. Now, that person > could be seconded or be a part of the ICTA with a doted line responsibility > to the CS, MOICT... > > Ultimately the overall responsibility of how well our Government ICT > Systems work lies squarely on the CEO's desk. Look no further. > > Ali Hussein > Principal > Hussein & Associates > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > Skype: abu-jomo > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin. com/in/alihkassim > <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 17 Jan 2017, at 11:27 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: > > > Hi Ali, > > ERP grew from MRP (Material Resource Planning which was a means of > planning and allocating resources in Factories. The difference between > the two is that MRP's were stand alone systems whereas ERP's are > modular and have more functionality. From an evolution perspective , > it would be ideal to manage IFMIS from Ministry of Finance since they > are the custodians of the treasury and normally allocate resources > through the budgeting process. From a Project Management perspective, > it would be ideal to manage IFMIS from ICTA since it is the > specialized agency meant to manage government technology investments. > > Regards > > On 1/17/17, S.M. Muraya via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > wrote: > > Doubt Treasury economists and accountants are well placed to provide Cyber > > Security :) > > > > We need the ICT Authority to configure enterprise wide data protection > > (limiting theft of passwords & access to IFMIS). > > > > In 2016, the UN ranked the UK as # 1 in providing digital services. > > > > https://publicadministration. un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/ > UN-E-Government-Survey-2016 > <https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Su…> > > > > The Government Digital Service (GDS) is part of their Cabinet Office, not > > their Treasury. > > > > https://www.gov.uk/government/ publications/govuk-pay/govuk- pay > <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/govuk-pay/govuk-pay> > > > > Their Treasury is consulted about the payment system 👆🏾 the GDS > > continues to build. > > > > > > > > > > SMM > > > > *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one > > who takes a city." Prov 16:32* > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:45 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > > > > I fundamentally disagree with this assertion. > > > > First,y, the role of a CIO is to support the enterprise. I have never > > heard in my life of an ERP Director. This is just adding a superfluous > > layer of useless bureaucracy. > > > > The owner of an ERP is the business with each department taking ownership > > of their components:- > > > > 1. Financials - CFO > > 2. CRM (Commercial/marketing/sales) > > 3. Procurement - Procurement which sometimes comes under Finance > > > > Etc. > > > > The CIO takes ownership to ensure that the company is well oiled to > > execute on its mandate. This in my humble opinion goes beyond ERPs and > > talks to aligning the Technology Strategy with the Business Strategy. For > > example in the banking sector where increasingly the more savvy banks are > > taking a 'Platform Thinking' approach. This allows partners to plug into > > their core technology through APIs to enable them extend capabilities and > > hence offerings to their customers. > > > > The role of a CIO has fundamentally changed to speak to the need for > > using > > Technology as an accelerator to successful business models. > > > > Secondly, I don't see how the ICT Authority would be better in managing > > the monster that is IFMIS. Let them first learn the basics of > > communicating > > effectively with the community before taking on this elephant in the > > room. > > > > *Ali Hussein* > > *Principal* > > *Hussein & Associates* > > +254 0713 601113 > > > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > > > Skype: abu-jomo > > > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/ alihkassim > <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 17 Jan 2017, at 6:42 PM, S.M. Muraya via kictanet < > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > > Interesting comments... > > > > ICT Authority, not Treasury, should oversee IFMIS > > > > http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/ blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560- > <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-> > > 3520560-5j04aq/index.html > > > > ______________________________ _________________ > > kictanet mailing list > > 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/ > <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. 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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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Certified Mobile Developer Training
by Sharon Anyanga 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Good Afternoon, We have the pleasure to inform you that at @iLabAfrica, Strathmore University is organizing two courses in mobile development:*Certificate in Mobile Development for the Android platform *and* iOS platform *together with* career mentor-ship in IT*. The courses target *Form four Leavers and Undergraduate students* with a passion for Programming. The courses will focus on helping the students become application developers and release high-quality applications to the marketplace. Learn about the various stages of development and study topics related to User Interface, application services, permissions and security, graphics and video resources, data persistence, mobile application marketing, application hosting and more. Upon completion of the Certificate program, students will have acquired: - Techniques required for developing apps for the Android OS platform or iOS that meet market needs - Communication skills that will enable them pitch their ideas to investors - Proposal writing skills for the applications that they are building and how to change their applications from a simple idea into a business. *Android Development:* Starts on 3rd February- 28th April 2017 *iOS Development:* Starts on 3rd February- 26th May 2017 We would be honored if you would refer students to attend this event. Please let me know at your convenience if you will be able to send any participants or if you can refer other interested students. Registration for either training can be done by following this link: bit.ly/ilab2017 For further questions, comments and/or suggestions, please contact the event coordinators: Tracy Weru, Cell: (+254) 0724 239 020 email: tweru(a)strathmore.edu Sharon Warinda, Cell: (+254) 0729 876 680 email: sanyanga(a)strathmore.edu -- *Kind regards,Sharon Warinda* *Research Scholar* *@iLab Africa, Strathmore University.* -- *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here <http://www.strathmore.edu/en/email-policy> to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Local Hosts for 2017 AFRINIC Training Workshops
by Mwendwa Kivuva 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

[Version française ci-dessous] Dear Colleagues, In 2016, with the support of various stakeholders in the community, we were able to train 685 engineers and managers during twenty (20) training workshops held in eighteen (18) different countries. These training covered the knowledge and skills of Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) and IPv6 planning and deployment. We are currently searching for partners/Local Hosts to collaborate with us for the 2017 Training Workshop series. If you are interested in hosting an AFRINIC Training workshop, please go through the hosting details, benefits and requirements here: http://learn.afrinic.net/en/events/request-training#details To submit your proposal please fill the form found here: http://learn.afrinic.net/trp1/node/47 The deadline for proposal submission is 31 January 2017 at 23 59 GMT. - Publication of selected countries: 10 February 2017 - Publication of 2017 workshops calendar: 28 February 2017 Regards, The AFRINIC Training Unit (Follow us on Twitter: @AFRINICTraining) ----------------------------------------------- Chers Collègues, En 2016, grâce à la collaboration de nombreux partenaires, nous avons été capables de former 685 ingénieurs et décideurs de dix-huit (18) pays africains, à travers vingt (20) sessions de formations sur Ia gestion des ressources Internet (INRM) et le protocole Internet version 6 (IPv6). Pour l'année 2017, nous lançons donc l’appel à collaborer pour les sessions de formations d’AFRINIC 2017. Si vous souhaitez accueillir une session de formation AFRINIC, nous vous invitons à lire les détails d'hôtes, les avantages et critères de sélection ici : http://learn.afrinic.net/en/events/request-training#details Pour soumettre votre proposition veuillez remplir la fiche à l’adresse suivante : http://learn.afrinic.net/trp1/node/47 La date limite de soumission de proposition est le 31 janvier 2017, 23 59 GMT - La liste des pays sélectionnés sera publiée le 10 février 2017 - Le calendrier pour les formations sera publié le 28 février 2017 Cordialement, L'Equipe de Formation d'AFRINIC (Suivez nous sur Twitter: @AFRINICTraining) _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 7
by Ali Hussein 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Bwana PS Kyalo The above refers. Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT Policy? We would like to know how the community can help further and when the Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it and extract the gems that lie therein. We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final document. Thank you and looking forward to your response. Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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WhatsApp doesn't have a backdoor. Discuss (20 marks)
by Paul Korir 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ <https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/> Dr. Paul Korir, PhD +44 7780 283 183 Ordnung muß sein

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ICANN Next-gen Call for Applications
by Bonface Witaba 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Hello Listers, This may be of interest to some of you. https://www.icann.org/development-and-public-responsibility/nextgen Regards Bonface Witaba Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Open Access Publications
by Phares Kariuki 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

http://www.nature.com/news/gates-foundation-research-can-t-be-published-in-… Interesting development -- Phares

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Re: [kictanet] CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Moses Karanja 15 Jan '17

15 Jan '17

Open Whispers response to The Guardian article, maintaining it is not a backdoor: The only question it might be reasonable to ask is whether these safety number change notifications should be "blocking" or "non-blocking." In other words, when a contact's key changes, should WhatsApp require the user to manually verify the new key before continuing, or should WhatsApp display an advisory notification and continue without blocking the user. https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/ Moses On 13/01/2017 21:43, 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: (no subject) (McTim) > 2. Re: (no subject) (Keith Andere) > 3. Re: CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of > Online Comms (Mutemi wa Kiama) > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet -- Moses Karanja www.moseskaranja.com/blog

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Data Protection and Privacy: Kenya’s communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll
by June Tessy 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

Listers, And I quote, 'We have spent Sh1.1 billion on a spectrum monitoring system that will help us monitor unauthorised broadcasts coming from rural areas of the country," he said. "We have also spent around Sh600 million on a social media monitoring system and Sh400 million on a device management system that will help us closely monitor mobile phones and the activities around them," said Wangusi Read more at: < https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000229727/communications-authority…> as well as < http://www.techweez.com/2017/01/13/ca-social-media-monitoring-election-repo… > Kind Regards, June Tessy LinkedIn Profile <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/juneokal>

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KISERO: Kenya’s corruption tsars have perfected looting through Ifmis - Daily Nation
by Ali Hussein 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

Listers Related to to the discussion of 'reigning in' quacks in the ICT Sector how do you explain the fiasco that is IFMIS? Except from the article:- In theory, the Ifmis system we have is based on Oracle E-Business Suite, an accounting package developed by Oracle of the USA. In reality, what is in place is a product of conspiracies between crafty government officials and local rent-seeking software merchants. Through highly inflated and ill-conceived customisation and re-engineering projects, the merchants have colluded with public officials to create a mongrel of the original Oracle E-Business Suite. This is the system at the heart of corruption in the public sector. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-corruption-tsars-have-perfected-… So if we were to talk this discussion a step further:- 1. The customization of an Oracle E-Business Suite cannot be done by a 'quack' who isn't a Certified Oracle Software Engineer. 2. The customization must be approved by the client and mapped with the business processes mutually agreed by the vendor and the customer. In this case the government. A pig is a pig even if you apply lipstick on it. Let's call this what it is - Corruption. Period. Perpetuated in this case by the client and using qualified IT Professionals. We in the industry must call out the ones who collude to fleece this country instead of chasing a red herring in the name of 'quacks'! Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Data Protection and Privacy: Kenya?s communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll
by Mark Kipyegon 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

In the context of Kenya's historical struggles with civil and press freedoms, proposing a surveillance state sounds like a bad idea. On 13 Jan 2017, at 21:55, K Machuhi via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: Putting Mbwa Kali (fierce dog) on the gate does not mean there is any dog. But you wouldn't take the risk. On the other hand, a careless tweet or post could light up damaging fires. I am all for CA to put deterrence measures against incitement and fake news.

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(no subject)
by Paul Korir 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

If my understanding is correct no one should be able to snoop on WhatsApp (end-to-end encryption). With kind regards, Paul K Korir, PhD Ordnung muß sein > On 13 Jan 2017, at 18:49, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Re: [kictanet] Data Protection and Privacy: Kenya?s > communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll

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CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Nanjira Sambuli 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

I have serialised the interesting developments on the matter here: https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344 <https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344> Interesting to note the amount of money invested in ‘online monitoring’ systems. PS: Even WhatsApp isn’t the safe haven we imagined it to be! Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/>

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Re: [kictanet] CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Moses Karanja 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Security is not an absolute. No tool will give you that. However, what the security community considers a threshold for any product is transparency and disclosure of vulnerabilities. This allows an iterated security path. What worries me about today's Guardian article on WhatsApp is not that there is a crypto blindspot but that the security researcher claims to have informed WhatsApp security team back in April 2016 (responsible disclosure) but the parent company, Facebook, did not consider patching it a priority: "Boelter reported the backdoor vulnerability to Facebook in April 2016, but was told that Facebook was aware of the issue, that it was “expected behaviour” and wasn’t being actively worked on. The Guardian has verified the backdoor still exists." That is my real concern. On 13/01/2017 19:00, 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: CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of > Online Comms (Nanjira Sambuli) > 2. Re: CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of > Online Comms (Keith Andere) > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet -- Moses Karanja www.moseskaranja.com/blog

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Re: [kictanet] CA Speaks to Internet Shutdowns and "Monitoring" of Online Comms
by Keith Andere 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Alex, Its actually possible to snoop past the encrypted whatsapp messages. Please read below. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows… Regards, Keith @AndereKE Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. On 13 Jan 2017 6:36 pm, "alex watila via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: WhatsApp has end to end encryption. how will they Access the communication? On 13 Jan 2017 16:36, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: I have serialised the interesting developments on the matter here: https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344 <https://twitter.com/ninanjira/status/819809470544953344> Interesting to note the amount of money invested in ‘online monitoring’ systems. PS: Even WhatsApp isn’t the safe haven we imagined it to be! Regards, Nanjira www.nanjira.com <http://www.nanjira.com/> _______________________________________________ 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/kephand%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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Kenya’s communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll
by Grace Githaiga 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Kenya’s communications authority to monitor private talk and texts during poll Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000229727/communications-authority… Best regards Githaiga, Grace

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When China Calls In Its Debts (Forbes Article)...
by Michael Bullut 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Greetings Team, Will this be the fate of some our infrastructure projects? Here's the *article.* <http://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/07/31/china-to-sri-lanka-we-wa…> Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114.**Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* *Twitter:* * @Kipsang <http://twitter.com/Kipsang/>* *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/ <http://www.kipsang.com/>* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com <main(a)kipsang.com>* *---*

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KENYA POWER'S HUGE APPETITE FOR DEBT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
by Ali Hussein 12 Jan '17

12 Jan '17

Listers My attention has been drawn to this article in today's nation. I will not dwell on the financial side of this story at the risk of boring people on this list. My attention was rather drawn to a part of the story which has interesting implications on the National Broadband Strategy which was launched a few years ago with much fanfare during Hon. Matiangi's tenure. To quote the article:- *The question is pertinent because I just recently came across a copy of a memorandum of understanding between the Chinese company ZTE and the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum which the parties have signed to finance and build a national grid fibre access on Kenya Power’s transmission and distribution network.* Kenya Power's fibre ambitions <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-Power-s-huge-appetite-for-debt-i…> I'm curious. 1. Does this new network compliment the NOFBI? 2. What is the business plan for this new network? 3. Does anyone have any details on this project? 4. Is the MOICT coordinating this with the Energy Ministry? 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.

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Fwd: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large! Kenyan ICT Action Network
by Alice Munyua 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Congratulations! Begin forwarded message: > From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > Date: 10 January 2017 at 06:52:11 EAT > To: "lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke" <lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke>, "lordmwesh(a)gmail.com" <lordmwesh(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Afri-Discuss <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large! Kenyan ICT Action Network > > Dear Liz and Mwendwa, > > ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in Kenyan ICT Action Network and ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. > > The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. > > It¹s very important to keep the members of your organization informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest. Here are a few of the tools members of At-Large find useful: > > The At-Large wiki space is where you can find most of the relevant information: > > The At-Large introductory page help you navigate through the wiki contents. This is where you can find the latest announcements, and subscribe to the At-Large Google calendar at the bottom of the page. This will ensure you never miss a meeting! > > From any chosen page in the At-Large wiki, you can find your bearings easily by navigating via the purple box at the top left hand corner of the page. It is very convenient to be able to consult the latest At-Large Policy Development Activity , find out more about the Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs), and about At-Large Working Groups . For the most up to date information about At-Large meetings during ICANN Public meetings, it is worth bookmarking this wiki page! > > Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: > > African Region: http://www.afralo.org > Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org > European Region: http://www.euralo.org > Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org > North American Region: http://www.naralo.org > > At-Large Mailing Lists. There are many At-Large email lists, for each region, you can sign up to them and manage your subscriptions at: > http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The primary and secondary points of contact you have identified in the application form will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements > (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. > > ALAC website. The ALAC website is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to At-Large staff. > > ICANN website: The ICANN website is where all announcements are posted, and where you can find practical information about ICANN Public meetings . > > Skype chat: At-Large community members and staff use Skype group chats extensively. A group chat exists for most Working Groups and RALOs. So please don¹t hesitate to send At-Large Staff your Skype ID and we¹ll gladly add you to the relevant chats. Please click here if you don¹t have a Skype account. It¹s free and staff are available to help if you run into any trouble. > > Facebook: The At-Large community has its own Facebook page . It¹s useful to keep up with announcements and helpful information > > Twitter: Members of At-Large tweet extensively and are particularly active during ICANN Public meetings. Follow At-Large on Twitter ! > > We will forward the At-Large Beginners’ guide shortly, as it is in the process of being updated. In the meantime, please refer to [any recent recording of a welcome event] . You may also like to refer to (RALO Outreach Strategic Plan] for further engagement opportunities. > > We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. > > Sincerely, > > The At-Large Advisory Committee > > http://www.atlarge.icann.org > staff(a)atlarge.icann.org > > > _______________________________________________ > AFRI-Discuss mailing list > AFRI-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss > > Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org > > Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to this list are more accurate: http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#…

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Re: [kictanet] Africa Internet Summit and Africa Network Operators Group 21 May - 2 June 2017 , Nairobi Kenya - Reminder Register
by Barrack Otieno 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Listers, Please find below the Announcement for AfNOG 2017 to be held in Nairobi - KENYA, from 21st May - 2 June 2017. Africa Top Level Domains Organization will organize a train the trainers Programme for ccTLD operators during the summit. In conjunction with the local registry and other stakeholders we will also have special sessions for registrars and resellers to build their capacity in the Domain Name Business. Please note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 21 January, 2017. Register as soon as possible Best Regards Barrack Otieno AFTLD Secretariat AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT - ENGLISH Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 21st May – 2nd June 2017 Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Nairobi, KENYA from 21st May to 2nd June 2017. AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops, conferences and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit attracts internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to share the latest innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry. This is the place where the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfricaCERT, AfTLD , ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet. Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community AIS aims at meeting the ever-changing needs of the ICT Industry and includes the core IP Engineering as well as integrating the real world use and impact of IP Technologies. Sessions include technical and business aspects of the Internet : ie Capacity Building, Infrastructure, Security, Policy, Content & Names, Internet Numbers and Research. About the Entire Event Event Calendar include the following: AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop) Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums AFRINIC Trainings AfREN Forum AfTLD – Train the Trainers Workshop and Member Meeting ISOC Africa Sessions ICANN Africa Day A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session. In addition, several side meetings and workshops were hosted in collaboration with other organizations. Who Attends? A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers who wish to acquire the necessary skills in ICT, Government, Regulators, Telecommunication companies and ICT vendors. It is a good opportunity for networking among peers and businesses. Why Attend? The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other. It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT. Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics Local Host The Local Hosts for the Event are TESPOK Venue & Hotel This will be announced soon. Time Table Workshop & Tutorials Event Date(s) Unix Boot Camp 21 May 2017 (Sunday) Networking Boot Camp 21 May 2017 (Sunday) AfNOG Workshop 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfricaCERT Workshop 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfTLD - Train the Trainers Workshop and Members Meeting 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AFRINIC Trainings 27 - 29 May 2017 (Saturday - Monday) AfNOG Tutorials 28 - 29 May 2017 (Sunday - Monday) ISOC Africa Sessions 28 May 2017 (Sunday) Conference Event Date(s) Opening Session 29 May 2017 (Monday at 5 pm) AfREN Meeting / AAF 29 May 2017 (Monday) AfNOG-18 Conference 30 May 2017 (Tuesday) AFRINIC-26 Conference 31 May - 2 June, 2017 (Wednesday - Friday) About AfNOG AfNOG (See http://www.afnog.org/) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG aims at building a community of engineers helping each other operate Internet Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global Internet as well as promote the discussion of issues relating to implementation of new networks that require community cooperation. AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year. “While AfNOG fuels the rapid growth of the Internet in Africa with trained technical capacity, our content has been determined by the needs of the community. In so doing AfNOG’s output training capacity has multiplied in the past decade and the community flourished” AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks. This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2016 in seventeen different African countries, and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's Instructors are an international team with many years of experience in operating large networks and teaching about network operations. The workshop is divided into six parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 1 French Tracks) SS-E Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of end users. SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites. NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English) NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English) CT- E, CERT Training (English) Workshop application information is at : English: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php French: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php **Workshop Deadline – January 21, 2017 ** About AFRINIC AFRINIC (See http://www.afrinic.net/) AFRINIC has been set up to serve the African community by providing professional and efficient management of Internet Number Resources, supporting Internet technology usage and development, and promoting a participative and multi-stakeholder approach to Internet self governance. AFRINIC is a non-government, not-for-profit, membership based organization, based in Mauritius. Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC’s activities and our objective is to build competence within our region in IPv6 implementation and associated technologies required to use our resources effectively and to increase awareness within the service region on how Internet is governed and the roles organisations have in this environment. AFRINIC organizes two Public Policy meetings every year (see http://www.afrinic.net/meeting) AfricaCERT AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 22nd – 27th May 2017 in Kenya. AfricaCERT is the African forum of computer incident response teams, and aims to propose solutions to Challenges for a better health in the Af* Internet Ecosystem. The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to : Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs; Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other stakeholders all over the World; Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security; Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security; Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of legal and regulatory issues; Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure; Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field. Please visit www.africacert.org for further information. AfTLD – Train the Trainers Course and Members Meeting www.aftld.org Africa Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting a a train the trainers workshop as well as have its members meetinh from 22nd to 26th May 2017. ISOC AFRICA ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance, etc. on 28th May 2017. Further information will be provided shortly. AfNOG Tutorials AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Additional information about AfNOG 2017 Tutorials will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/ AfREN The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a one day meeting on 29th May 2017. AfREN is the annual forum on African research and education networking. As one of the Af* organizations, the AfREN forum is part of the annual Africa Internet Summit (AIS) and was convened since 2007 by the Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities in collaboration with AfNOG & AFRINIC. The forum is a platform for discussions on issues of interest to the research and education networking (REN) community such as collaboration, advocacy and coordination of activities in Africa. Sharing of experience and best practices as well as presentation of innovative networking technologies are also regularly addressed at AfREN. The sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG training workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN. Since 2012, with the formation of regional RENs covering all the countries of Africa, there is a traditional session on updates from the UbuntuNet Alliance (Eastern and Southern Africa), WACREN (West and Central Africa) and ASREN (Arab countries, including North Africa). Typical AfREN participants include among others, campus and research and education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators, regulators, policy makers and international partners. Additional information on AfREN 2017 will be provided shortly. AfNOG-18 Meeting The 17th AfNOG meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 30th May 2017. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2017 conference in Tunisia drew over 500 participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff from lnternet Service providers, Telecommunication Companies, Government, Research and Education community, Civil Society. Additional information and the Conference schedule will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/ AFRINIC-26 Public Policy Meeting The AFRINIC-24 Public Policy meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya for three days from 31st to 2nd June, 2017. AFRINIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceded by a two-day IPv6 training and one day training in Internet Number Resource Management. The meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. Further information will be available at http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Enforcing the Right to Info Law through Tech
by Nanjira Sambuli 11 Jan '17

11 Jan '17

Here’s how Article19 East Africa and mySociety envision such to work in Kenya: https://www.mysociety.org/2017/01/09/why-we-believe-a-digital-foi-tool-can-… <https://www.mysociety.org/2017/01/09/why-we-believe-a-digital-foi-tool-can-…> Regards, Nanjira

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An interesting blockchain development
by Tony White 10 Jan '17

10 Jan '17

This is an interesting development, which they say will be open-sourced at some stage. http://www.coindesk.com/swedens-blockchain-land-registry-begin-testing-marc… "A public-private effort in Sweden to record land titles on a blockchain is set to begin public testing this March." Cheers, Tony -- Tony White

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Fwd: 10 Things We're Looking Forward To In 2017
by Barrack Otieno 10 Jan '17

10 Jan '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Eric Mugendi - iAfrikan.com" <newsletter(a)iafrikan.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:56:53 +0000 Subject: 10 Things We're Looking Forward To In 2017 To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com View the iAfrikan Weekly Digest in your browser (http://www.iafrikan.com/iafrikan-weekly-digest-edition-142-9-january-2017-t…) http://www.iafrikan.com/2014/05/14/convergence-partners-brandon-doyle/ Edition 142 Monday, 09 January 2017 >From the Editor-at-Large Ngithemba ukuthi ningene kahle kunyaka omusha Afrika! (https://whitezulu.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/uncibijane/) 2016 was a pretty big year for tech in Afrika, and we covered a lot of the goings on on the continent- the ups and downs, openings and closings, starts and ends. We had a look back at some of our biggest stories (http://www.iafrikan.com/iafrikan-weekly-digest-edition-141-most-popular-art…) as read by you, as well as our writers' picks (http://www.iafrikan.com/iafrikan-weekly-digest-edition-140-19-december-2016…) . As we start the new year, there are a number of things we are looking forward to. First of all, 2017 will see elections in a number of countries. Tech powerhouses Kenya and Rwanda will have elections in August, and we are keen to see how tech will be applied in those polls, especially given developments elsewhere on the continent in the past year. We are also likely to see the growing adoption of the blockchain, as the technology gets increasingly divorced from bitcoin and finds applications in smart contracts, digital identity management and distributed cloud storage. 2017 will also likely see the growing adoption of drones and other means to overcome the continent's logistical challenges, the continued emergence of African fintech startups, We're also going to have the Annual African Roundup later in January, where we look back at the year that was, and chart our way forward into the future of tech on the continent. What do you think the (near) future holds for African tech? What are you looking forward to? What would you like to see more of in 2017? Talk to us at newsletter(a)iafrikan.com (mailto:newsletter@iafrikan.com?subject=What%20I%27m%20looking%20forward%20to%20in%202017) Eric Mugendi // Editor-at-Large ** Ten Things We're Looking Forward To In 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------ Here's a brief list of the things we are looking forward to in 2017: Our Annual Tech Round-Up Yup. What better way to start things off than by looking back at how far we've come over the past year? We will be having the iAfrikan Annual Roundup on January 26 at Metta's flagship new space in Nairobi (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/12/05/metta-nairobis-flagship-space-for-entrep…) . On the agenda is a series of panel discussions covering topics such as tech education, journalism, policy and governance, and startups. (More details to follow this week) Bitcoin and Blockchain With bitcoin closing 2016 at US$1000, the cryptocurrency has found adopters in the midst of cash crises in India and Venezuela. Blockchain, which is the ledger system that powers bitcoin, shows promise, especially for smart contracts and record-keeping. We are likely to see innovative uses of these technologies in the coming year. South Africa's Reserve Bank shared a smart contract (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/11/02/south-african-reserve-bank-circulates-fi…) on the Ethereum blockchain, and Senegal launched a bitcoin-based digital currency (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/11/24/senegal-to-introduce-a-new-blockchain-ba…) , and we are likely to see similar moves in 2017 as the technology becomes more mainstream. Drones One of the biggest challenges in getting things safely and quickly from one point to another on the continent is the lack of supporting infrastructure - transport links in the form of roads and railways. In 2016, we saw the application of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deliver medical supplies and other small packages in Rwanda (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/16/rwandas-pioneering-drone-delivery-servic…) and Madagascar (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/31/with-7-out-of-10-residents-living-in-rem…) , and the establishment of a humanitarian air corridor dedicated to drones (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/12/16/the-worlds-first-dedicated-humanitarian-…) in Malawi. We are likely to see further trials with this technology in 2017, accompanied by increased investment in supporting infrastructure as one way of overcoming these challenges. Elections There will be a number of polls in the coming year, among them Angola's legislative election, Kenya's general election and Rwanda's presidential election, all in August. The past year saw election-related internet shutdowns in Uganda and The Gambia (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/12/01/gambia-becomes-the-latest-afrikan-countr…) , and already there has been much discussion (http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/03/making-sense-of-kenyas-digital-election-…) over plans to introduce a manual backup for the technology that will be used to run Kenya's poll. Ghana's 2016 general election (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/12/14/ghanas-peaceful-and-digital-elections/) was significant because it saw the successful use of technology to transmit results. The Electoral Commission even developed an app for this, making the results instantly available as soon as they were published. The coming year is likely to see a repeat of these paradoxes - the blocking of internet access, and the use of technology to transmit results after polls are done. Fintech The African financial technology space saw much promise in 2016, with a number of high-profile fundraising rounds by startups such as Paystack (https://techpoint.ng/2016/12/19/paystack-raises-1-3m-seed-investment/) and BitPesa (http://disrupt-africa.com/2016/03/kenyas-bitcoin-startup-bitpesa-raises-fun…) . Going into 2017, we are likely to see more funding going into the sector, as investors put money into startups fixing up the payments ecosystem. Governance and Technology As e-government initiatives take hold in Africa, an increasing number of essential services are being delivered online. We're keeping an eye on these, and the difference they are making in our everyday lives. One place where they can make a difference is in easing the interaction between citizens and their governments (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/03/lessons-from-tanzanias-digitization-of-p…) , making it easier to access services such as registration of businesses, acquiring essential documents, and keeping the authorities accountable. Hubs A report published in 2016 stated that the number of tech hubs in Africa had doubled (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/08/19/did-afrikas-tech-hubs-really-double-in-n…) , and we asked if this was really the case. There have been a number of closures as some hubs found it hard to keep up with the 'everything is free' model, and the lack of proper growth models has brought this statistic into question. Going forward, we are seeing spaces like Nairobi's iHub adopt a more commercial approach in order to stay open and provide a much-needed service to the tech ecosystem. 2017 will likely see more spaces adopt this commercial approach, as funding patterns change and startups have to work harder to earn their keep. Information Security One of our biggest stories last year was about a breach (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/19/a-burundian-hacker-was-able-to-get-the-d…) in (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/19/a-burundian-hacker-was-able-to-get-the-d…) a bank's security (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/19/a-burundian-hacker-was-able-to-get-the-d…) that exposed customer data. As more and more of our information finds its way online, we are seeing instances of data loss and other similar breaches. It is clear that we need to take information security much more seriously in 2017. Mobile More Africans are using mobile phones now than ever before, and innovators are finding new and innovative ways to use the technology, from virtual post office boxes (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/07/18/you-can-now-use-your-mobile-phone-number…) in Kenya to hyperlocal weather forecasts (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/07/25/this-hyperlocal-weather-forecast-service…) for farmers in West Africa and more. 2017 will likely see more innovations along this line, with the technology expected to further change how we consume news, information and entertainment content. Mobile tech continues to make an impact on the lives of Africans everywhere, and 2017 will likely see the trend continue. Startups On a panel discussion at the Kenya round of the Seedstars World startup competition, I hosted a panel discussion on the future of African startups (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/17/seedstars-nairobi-panel/) . One of the talking points was where startups could most likely thrive, and the main areas where this could happen are in agriculture, energy, technology and logistics, where significant gaps exist that tech could potentially solve. Going forward, a number of startups are trying to solve these problems, which we have featured at some length. As we meet and talk to these startups, one thing is clear, despite the challenges that keep getting in their way, they are determined to solve some of the continent's most pervasive problems, be it a need for creativity and innovation (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/11/14/meet-jean-claude-bastos-de-morais-whose-…) , collaborative brilliance (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/10/31/meet-takunda-chingonzoh-whose-belief-in-…) , or opportunities to showcase their work (http://www.iafrikan.com/2016/07/03/innovations-made-by-africans-for-african…) . We're looking forward to finding and talking about more innovations and startups in 2017. ** News ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/09/no-more-fake-news-to-sway-your-views-as-… * Nokia Is Back In The Smartphone Business, With A 5.5 Inch Device Running Android 7 Nougat (http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/08/nokia-is-back-officially-unveil-the-noki…) * Some Of The Most Exciting Announcements From CES 2017 So Far (http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/05/some-of-the-most-exciting-announcements-…) * After A Successful Launch In Rwanda, Zipline's Drones Will Now Trial Medical Deliveries In Tanzania (http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/06/after-a-successful-launch-in-rwanda-zipl…) * Kenya's Internet Is Largely Free From Censorship, A Five-Month Study On Access And Online Activity Has Shown (http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/04/kenyas-internet-is-largely-free-from-cen…) * SEACOM's Internet Insights Reveal That Video Dominates Data Traffic In South Africa (http://www.iafrikan.com/2017/01/05/video-dominates-data-traffic-volumes-in-…) Tweet - This Week's iAfrikan Weekly Digest Edition 142 by Eric Mugendi - "🔟 Things We're Looking Forward To In 2017 (https://twitter.com/home?status=This%20week%27s%20iAfrikan%20Weekly%20Diges…) http://www.twitter.com/iafrikan http://www.iafrikan.com https://www.facebook.com/iafrikan http://instagram.com/iafrikan ============================================================ Copyright © 2017 iAfrikan Digital (Pty) Ltd, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail as you had previously indicated interest in Technology in Africa related matters. Our mailing address is: iAfrikan Digital (Pty) Ltd 4th Floor, The Main Change 20 Kruger Street, Maboneng Johannesburg, Gauteng 2000 South Africa Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage.com/profile?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f46…) Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm… -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet ICANN ALS
by Bonface Witaba 10 Jan '17

10 Jan '17

Happy New Year Listers, Congratulations KICTANET team on this great achievement. Kind regards Bonface Witaba Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, 10 Jan, 2017 at 10:50, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<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: Fwd: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large! Kenyan ICT Action Network (Barrack Otieno) 2. Re: KISERO: Kenya?s corruption tsars have perfected looting through Ifmis - Daily Nation (Odhiambo Washington) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:08:18 +0300 From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large! Kenyan ICT Action Network Message-ID: <CAKX6dsGF0+bHDTYx7M71j4JrR0SVG_nowGzD3Qt9TJSCFnnhLg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Congratulations KictaNET? On Jan 10, 2017 9:24 AM, "Alice Munyua via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Congratulations! > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> > *Date:* 10 January 2017 at 06:52:11 EAT > *To:* "lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke" <lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke>, " > lordmwesh(a)gmail.com" <lordmwesh(a)gmail.com> > *Cc:* Afri-Discuss <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, " > alac-internal(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <alac-internal@atlarge-lists. > icann.org> > *Subject:* *[AFRI-Discuss] Welcome to ICANN At-Large! Kenyan ICT Action > Network* > > Dear Liz and Mwendwa, > > > > ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that > has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). 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Internet or splinternet? - Al Jazeera English
by Ali Hussein 10 Jan '17

10 Jan '17

Listers An interesting piece on Internet Governance. Who owns the internet? The answer is no one and everyone. The internet is a network of networks. Each of the separate networks belongs to different companies and organisations, and they rely on physical servers in different countries with varying laws and regulations. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/08/internet-splinternet-16081… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Singapore eases obsession with exam grades
by Tony White 09 Jan '17

09 Jan '17

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I don't know any other. Feel free to re-post elsewhere, perhaps more appropriate ;) http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-singapore-education-idUKKBN14S0XT "Singapore's global rankings in maths and science have made its schools the envy of the developed world, but a new push to drive grassroots innovation is prompting local teachers to do the previously unthinkable: go easier on the exams." Cheers, Tony -- Tony White

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State audit finds serious loopholes in Ifmis system
by S.M. Muraya 09 Jan '17

09 Jan '17

Would a Data Protection Act not cause public officials to focus more on digitizing + securing of digital systems? As it is now, decent IT professionals are given a very hard time when seeking to procure and secure automated processes. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/State-audit-finds-serious-loopholes-in-Ifmis-s… State audit finds serious loopholes in Ifmis system SUNDAY JANUARY 8 2017 - The audit report on the effectiveness of Ifmis reveals negligence on basic system security procedures and lack of data safeguards that makes the system easy to manipulate by fraudsters seeking to steal from the public purse. - Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya said counties had been plunged into a financial crisis due to the hitch that affected payment of salaries and processing of urgent payments to suppliers and other service providers. - The Ifmis department cannot even monitor existence and sustenance of threats to Ifmis security. By EDWIN OKOTH More by this Author <http://www.nation.co.ke/authors/1959272-2557524-format-xhtml-view-asAuthor-…> The government’s main financial management system is marred by technology loopholes, making it prone to abuse and possible loss of public funds, an official audit has revealed. An inquiry report by the Auditor- General reveals that the Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) has numerous control weaknesses that badly expose it to fraud and misuse, with unidentified users capable of logging in remotely while others have multiple identities in the government’s main financial nerve centre. The audit report on the effectiveness of Ifmis that was released in November reveals negligence on basic system security procedures and lack of data safeguards that makes the system easy to manipulate by fraudsters seeking to steal from the public purse. “Good practice requires that passwords must be reset at least every 90 days. At the time of the audit, the configuration in Ifmis relating to password expiration indicated the expiry period is set to ‘none’, which means the passwords never expire. This is a potential loophole that can be exploited and hence lead to unauthorised persons gaining entry to sensitive government data as well as carrying out fraudulent activities,” Auditor-General Edward Ouko writes in the report. Ifmis — the nerve centre of finance that is meant to enhance efficiency in planning, budgeting, procurement, expenditure and reporting in the national and county governments — also runs on a poor network architecture badly impacting its up time and causing financial inconveniences. This is especially noted in counties where network downtime ranges anywhere between two and four days. Just last month, the system broke down, delaying payment and plunging thousands of public servants and suppliers into a crisis ahead of the Christmas holidays. Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya — who is the chairman of the Council of Governors (CoG) Finance, Planning and Economic Affairs Committee — said counties had been plunged into a financial crisis due to the hitch that affected payment of salaries and processing of urgent payments to suppliers and other service providers. CREATE MORE USER IDS “On behalf of the CoG, I regret to bring to the attention of the county government suppliers, staff and creditors the malfunction of the Ifmis used in processing payments across the counties,” he said. The audit points out that those behind the system, which relies heavily on the overall network infrastructure of the government, failed to study and establish the network specifications required to meet Ifmis standard operations before its launch hence the frequent failures. So exposed is the system that one can create more than one User ID. This can lead to misuse of such additional User ID freely in committing fraud. The audit reveals that almost 50 users had more than one User ID leaving little accountability on the users. The system also lacks a trackable approval process in the creation of new User IDs, meaning it is possible to create ghost IDs and carry out transactions including remotely without being noticed. In fact, a list of authorised personnel provided with remote access was not available for audit review meaning their identities remained anonymous. There was no practice of approving the remote login requests; which means even those not authorised would log in remotely. Remote transactions were largely blamed for the theft at the Ministry of Devolution which saw the loss of more than Sh1.6 billion in the infamous National Youth Service (NYS) scandal. Vendors were also duplicated in the system with a review of the supplier master data showing the existence of almost 50 cases of duplication of the same vendor, meaning the vendor may as well have been paid 50 times. “Presence of active duplicate supplier master records increases the possibility of potential duplicate payments, misuse of bank account information, reconciliation issues among others,” the audit states. Former NYS Director-General Adan Harakhe <http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Harakhe-Noor-to-face-charges-over-illegal-proc…>claimed his password was stolen and used in the fraudulent transactions. Entries were allegedly made into Ifmis using Mr Harakhe’s password and username, in which zeroes were added to figures, converting them into hundreds of millions of shillings. For instance, an audit of the cost of a road in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, by the Ministry of Public Works, indicated that it cost Sh78 million, but three companies owned by one of the key suspects, Ms Josephine Kabura, were paid Sh791 million, with investigations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) indicating zeroes were added to inflate the figures. EXPOSING FINANCIAL DATA The system, which cost the tax payer more Sh11 billion to set up and re-engineer, is left to run without security policies, standards and procedures covering various aspects of security control, badly exposing government financial data, the auditor found. This means the Ifmis department cannot even monitor existence and sustenance of threats to Ifmis security. The auditor also found that the data transmitted through the system in plain text without encryption was largely compromised and prone to interception and security breach. Basic quality assurance such as the hardware acquisition was not verified with end user equipment such as personal computers, printers, flatbed scanners and uninterrupted power supply units procured without need assessment and analysis substantiating the hardware configuration required to support the system. Other basics, including the physical security practices at the data centre, were neglected with malfunctional CCTV cameras, untested smoke detectors and fire suppression systems (for two years) and no maintenance contract for the data centre equipment had been renewed. This means there would not be an assured prompt maintenance should the system develop hitches. One of the two available UPS systems was not in working condition while the computers were left prone to virus attacks, the auditor states. “There was no evidence for regular anti-virus installation and regular signature updates. In the absence of an effective anti-virus management, the servers, PCs, laptops, computer networks and other technology equipment were at the risk of virus attack,” the auditor pointed out, exposing deep negligence on the country’s core financial management tool. POOR BACK-UP SYSTEMS The data stored in the system had poor back-up systems threatening to throw government financial processes into disarray should any disruptive events strike. It was found that the government did not have a business continuity plan and a disaster recovery plan in place. For a sensitive system like Ifmis, there was no disaster recovery site in operation while Business Continuity Plans or Disaster Recovery drills were not carried out. A dedicated emergency response team in the event of disaster was yet to be identified, according to the auditor. Another serious security breach was found in the Assets Register. It only had listed servers, desktops, laptops and network equipment (routers, switches, modems). “However, important information regarding IT assets such as asset ID, location of the asset, the person to whom the asset is allocated and warranty period particulars were not recorded. Also, details on software and hardware licences were not captured in the asset register for tracking and control purposes. In the absence of a formal accounting of software installations, unauthorised installations and use may go unnoticed,” the auditor writes. A poor assets register means one could easily install another equipment and take away crucial data for a long time without being noticed, an indication of how badly the system is exposed to fraud. Ifmis, whose conception started in 1998, was expected to have different modules comprising accounting, revenue management and asset management, among others, developed as well as the establishment of interfaces with the Central Bank of Kenya payment information system, Kenya Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Labour for the payroll and human resource management modules. The entire network is managed by three entities – two being government departments and a third party entity. Ifmis department provides and manages the network connectivity within the Treasury premises. The network infrastructure from Treasury (data centre) to various ministries, departments and agencies is managed by Government Information Technology Services/Information and Communication Technology Authority, through the infrastructure provided under the Government Communication Core Network. Further, network is extended to all 47 counties by Telkom Kenya who manages the end user connectivity through wireless connectivity.

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Re: [kictanet] Your phone landing in the wrong hands could get you six months in jail
by Victor Kapiyo 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Whereas users are not blameless for non-registration of Sim cards, I think a higher burden must be placed on the MNOs to ensure only registered Sim cards are in use on their networks and more so, since they are the greatest beneficiaries of use of such Sim cards. The CA should ensure that other than issuing these notices, users are provided with a mechanism for ascertaining the registration status of their Sim cards and to correct the same information, considering they don't keep the information. This can be a simple SMS number that confirms the status of registration or a web interface. The MNOs likewise can ensure their systems don't connect unregistered Sims. And as such I agree with Washington that MNOs should be surcharged for the continued operation of unregistered Sims, if their profits are anything to go by. Victor On 6 Jan 2017 16:16, "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Thank you Wash. There are roles for different stakeholders, not just the consumer. In addition to GG's questions another is the implied shifting of the burden of ensuring the origin, registration and safe use of SIM cards entirely to the consumer, to whom to the notice is addressed. And to echo Mildred, the realities of reporting lost items to the Police, let alone a SIM card should be known to the Regulator. The Regulator should be facilitating more consumer friendly mechanisms for reporting and recovery of lost/stolen SIM cards. Here is a copy of the notice. 2017-01-06 15:47 GMT+03:00 Mildred Achoch <mildandred(a)gmail.com>: > Thank you Grace. > > “In case you lose of your SIM card, report to the nearest police station > and demand an abstract." > > My question is: could this reporting process be digitalized? Probably, > hundreds, if not thousands, of SIM cards are lost every day all over the > country. The option of reporting lost SIM cards via sms or online would be > very welcomed. > > Regards, > Mildred Achoch. > > Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! > http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> " The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Friday issued the stern >> warning, saying every Kenyan is responsible for any use of their mobile >> number in making calls, sending and receiving text messages as well as any >> financial transactions. >> >> The regulator says all Kenyans must only use registered SIM cards to >> transact business as they may be culpable in the event that their number is >> used in the commission of a crime." >> >> Full story here: >> >> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Six-month-jail-term-for-K >> enyans-whose-phones-are-used-in-crime/539546-3508084-k51vwl/index.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/mildandred%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. >> > > -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F _______________________________________________ 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/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.

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Your phone landing in the wrong hands could get you six months in jail
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Listers, " The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Friday issued the stern warning, saying every Kenyan is responsible for any use of their mobile number in making calls, sending and receiving text messages as well as any financial transactions. The regulator says all Kenyans must only use registered SIM cards to transact business as they may be culpable in the event that their number is used in the commission of a crime." Full story here: http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Six-month-jail-term-for-Kenyans-whose-ph…

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What emerging economies can teach about designing better innovation policies
by John Kieti 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Interesting write up -> https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/designing-iinnovation-policies-in-em… To quote some of it: "*Over the last decades, these (developing) countries have explored their competitive advantage on labour costs and natural resources availability. However, the industry of the future will demand fewer and more qualified workers on manufacturing systems, products will be more sustainable and it will be cost-effective to operate close to customers (reshoring). Governments and businesses from developing countries have to analyse where they could be competitive in a situation where previous advantages are fading away.*" Some food for thought for us and policy makers... -- John Kieti Phone: +254-735-764242 // +254-722-764242 Twitter: @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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Cyberwar for Sale
by Ali Hussein 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Listers We are entering a new dangerous phase of threats to Internet Freedoms and privacy due in part to the rise in Terror and Governments increasing ineptitude to safeguard its citizens. We are often faced with options of either:- 1. Surrender your privacy and freedoms online OR 2. Risk terror attacks. The big question we all ask today is this:- Can Governments worldwide safeguard freedoms and privacy while at the same time fight terrorism effectively ? Excerpts form this interesting New York Times article:- By then it was clear that tools for digital burglary had spread well beyond the hands of regular police officers. Comey (FBI DIrector) had argued for weaker safes; Vincenzetti (CEO of Hacker Team) was selling longer crowbars. They could be used to chase Jimmy Page, arrest Chapo Guzman, fight crime, smear a political opponent or just keep tabs on someone, anyone. To be hidden is to be a terrorist (emphasis mine) — this was the heart of his pitch. Any digital redoubt that could resist being pried open was a public risk and a private opportunity Read on:- http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/magazine/cyberwar-for-sale.html?_r=1 Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Banks’ plan to set up mobile money transfer platform stalls - Corporate News
by Ali Hussein 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Indeed. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "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 5 Jan 2017, at 10:02 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > Yeah that is true Ali. The banking sector is going through some very challenging times...That said the potential for KITS is huge for small and medium size business but its the regulator's headache to figure out. > >> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: >> Emmanuel >> >> Good points. I'm sure the banking sector has considered this. Fact is this:- >> >> The money circulating in the banking sector is less than 30% of liquidity in Africa. I believe the regulator needs to relook at its mandate and focus on the bigger picture.. >> >> Besides, I'm sure the banks have considered that risk and found it worth it.. >> >> Ali Hussein >> Principal >> Hussein & Associates >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> Skype: abu-jomo >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> >> "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 5 Jan 2017, at 6:20 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>> With some little understanding of the workings here, I suspect that the fear could be threat of liquidity flight from banks due to increased velocity of deposit movement. >>> >>> The Banking sector is already experiencing tightness of liquidity and I suspect (as I am not privy to CBK's decision and will not pre-empt) the delay is likely based on policy consideration. >>> >>> I truly hope a way forward is found on the matter even if it means reducing the amount transferable from the current Kes. 1,000,000 to maybe Kes. 300,000 per day per transfer. >>> >>> You can imagine if funds leave Equity say 1000,000 transfers of 1,000,000 each, you could have a very negative position at the end of business day for the most retail bank. You could also argue that a bank say Equity again may be a net receiver due to its numbers. >>> >>> Anyway, headache for the regulator. >>> >>> Rgds >>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> Listers >>>> >>>> This is an interesting one. An excerpt from the story in the Business Daily:- >>>> >>>> The Business Daily has learned that KBA member banks submitted their product and system proposals to the CBK in July ahead of the planned August launch date, seeking approvals. >>>> >>>> Such authorisations, which are ordinarily issued after a maximum of one month, are however yet to be issued, delaying the launch of a product that promises to revolutionise the financial services sector. >>>> >>>> Read on:- >>>> >>>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/mobile-money-transfer-pla… >>>> >>>> As a matter of public interest it would be interesting to know why there's been such a delay in the regulatory approval of such a game changing initiative for the banking sector. >>>> >>>> Anyone who has an inkling on the workings at the Central Bank? It seems to me that 7 months waiting for an approval is simply too long... >>>> >>>> >>>> Ali Hussein >>>> Principal >>>> Hussein & Associates >>>> +254 0713 601113 >>>> >>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>> >>>> >>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ‎"Service to Mankind is the greatest form of service"... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Oloo Khisa >>> P.O. Box 24324-00100 >>> Nairobi >>> 0721321086/0731849128 >>> http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa > > > > -- > ‎"Service to Mankind is the greatest form of service"... > > > > > Oloo Khisa > P.O. Box 24324-00100 > Nairobi > 0721321086/0731849128 > http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa

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Re: [kictanet] Banks’ plan to set up mobile money transfer platform stalls - Corporate News
by Ali Hussein 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Emmanuel Good points. I'm sure the banking sector has considered this. Fact is this:- The money circulating in the banking sector is less than 30% of liquidity in Africa. I believe the regulator needs to relook at its mandate and focus on the bigger picture.. Besides, I'm sure the banks have considered that risk and found it worth it.. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "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 5 Jan 2017, at 6:20 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > With some little understanding of the workings here, I suspect that the fear could be threat of liquidity flight from banks due to increased velocity of deposit movement. > > The Banking sector is already experiencing tightness of liquidity and I suspect (as I am not privy to CBK's decision and will not pre-empt) the delay is likely based on policy consideration. > > I truly hope a way forward is found on the matter even if it means reducing the amount transferable from the current Kes. 1,000,000 to maybe Kes. 300,000 per day per transfer. > > You can imagine if funds leave Equity say 1000,000 transfers of 1,000,000 each, you could have a very negative position at the end of business day for the most retail bank. You could also argue that a bank say Equity again may be a net receiver due to its numbers. > > Anyway, headache for the regulator. > > Rgds > >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> Listers >> >> This is an interesting one. An excerpt from the story in the Business Daily:- >> >> The Business Daily has learned that KBA member banks submitted their product and system proposals to the CBK in July ahead of the planned August launch date, seeking approvals. >> >> Such authorisations, which are ordinarily issued after a maximum of one month, are however yet to be issued, delaying the launch of a product that promises to revolutionise the financial services sector. >> >> Read on:- >> >> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/mobile-money-transfer-pla… >> >> As a matter of public interest it would be interesting to know why there's been such a delay in the regulatory approval of such a game changing initiative for the banking sector. >> >> Anyone who has an inkling on the workings at the Central Bank? It seems to me that 7 months waiting for an approval is simply too long... >> >> >> Ali Hussein >> Principal >> Hussein & Associates >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> Skype: abu-jomo >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/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. > > > > -- > ‎"Service to Mankind is the greatest form of service"... > > > > > Oloo Khisa > P.O. Box 24324-00100 > Nairobi > 0721321086/0731849128 > http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa

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Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 5 or is it 6
by Ali Hussein 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Bwana PS Kyalo The above refers. Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT Policy? We would like to know how the community can help further and when the Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it and extract the gems that lie therein. We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final document. Thank you and looking forward to your response. Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 116, Issue 24
by Aquinas Wasike 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Kudos for this. We (ICT practitioners) were certainly being turned into some laughing stock for some of the sentiments that were expressed ostensibly by ICT experts, including our own CS (my friend Joe) who to say the least either for lack of clarity or otherwise chose to express himself unfaithful to his calling and training. Washington Odhiambo was spot-on in his comments a couple of days ago. Some of us submitted memoranda to the elections ICT working group and expressed very similar sentiments. Like I said last time as a postmortem to the last general elections; Technology didn't fail us, it is people who failed us......enough said. Regards, Aquinas Sent from my iPad, Powered by: LANTech (Africa) Limited Unified Communications System > On 5 Jan 2017, at 1:12 PM, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <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: ICT Experts Brush Off Manual IEBC Back UpSystem > (Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu) > 2. Re: ICT Experts Brush Off Manual IEBC Back UpSystem > (Barrack Otieno) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 13:09:12 +0300 > From: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu <chemukoechk(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Experts Brush Off Manual IEBC Back > UpSystem > Message-ID: > <CAApgMtykUCOR0ighLZn0ux6z-RSnfC8_APVVN+ipNwpYzHjtsQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Listers , > > Below is a link to an article in regards to KictaNET's stand on the above > matter. > > http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000228773/ict-experts-brush-… > > Kind regards, > > Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu > Tel: 0718181644 > Skype: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu > LinkedIn: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu > Twitter: @Chemu_koech > > On 30 Dec 2016 12:02, "Odhiambo Washington via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Dear Listers, >> >> I am at that position where I feel very lost. In fact, I feel like I am >> quite detached from the reality. >> >> All along, I have keenly considered this matter that seems to have divided >> the country down the middle: *Manual Backup* during the 2017 voting >> process. From the Jubilee/govt side this is a do or die and so it must be >> there. This govt side seems hell-bent on confusing the masses, as well as >> the experts like the ICT Community. From the Opposition side, the agenda >> seems to be very clear - that of ensuring integrity of the Voters Register >> and stopping 'ghost voters' from ever casting their votes. >> >> That brings us to the famous acronyms - BVI (Biometric Voter Register) / >> BVI (Biometric Voter Identification). >> Having been to a Voter Registration Centre (later to become a Polling >> Station) to register as a voter, I did look at the equipment in use for the >> registration process. I saw the laptop which was fitted with a camera and >> fingerprints scanner. All these require power to run. I did not dwell on >> how they were powered, but probably there was a battery backup somewhere >> (besides the electricity) given that they needed to run for a whole day for >> several days during the voter registration process. When it comes to the >> Elections, they only need to run for about 11 hours. My point here is that >> of *Backup Power* should it be that there's electricity blackout and the >> built-in batteries can't last the whole day. That backup is very important. >> >> However, I did not see any piece of equipment which could suggest that the >> equipment in use required any form of connectivity back to some central >> server in order to function! Which now brings me to the currently national >> debate - Manual Backup during the Poll Day. What is it? Was the CS honest >> with his presentation before the Senate/Amos Wako committee yesterday? Does >> the CS himself really believe in the content of his presentation? I am >> asking that because I watched him and I don't believe him. I actually think >> he mislead the committee, and hence the nation at large. >> >> Someone please prove me wrong. I am at that point where I believe that the >> BVR/BVI does NOT require any form of connectivity and so this Manual Backup >> being touted by the ruling coalition side, strongly supported by the ICT >> CS is a big lie. WHY? >> >> My very first answer: Simply put, *when there was no requirement for a >> manual backup during voter registration, it goes without saying that there >> is NO NEED for on the polling day.* >> >> >> 1. For the issue that is in contention - BVR (used for BVI during polling) >> - this is a database that can be (and should be) statically stored on the >> equipment for each polling station. We are not supposed to rely on the >> Mobile Network to access this voters database. And every polling station >> can have two/three laptops/Biometrics scanner/Backup batteries to ensure >> that the voter identification doesn't fail. >> Some excuse has been fronted about some voters being mechanics, such that >> their fingerprints wouldn't be recognized by the BVI systems hence need for >> manual identification. My take on that is that every voter must carry their >> voter's card on that day. The clerks can check that card number against the >> electronic system - enter it, and it will bring the person's picture, ID >> number, etc and let him cast his ballot. >> >> 2. For electronics results transmission (ERT), this is not even necessary >> in the first place. We can have the results collated/announced at the >> tallying centres after being certified - forms 36A, and such. However, if >> the ERT must be done, the data footprint is so tiny that a 2G network can >> be used. Besides, it can be an SMS based system, which doesn't require 3G >> or VSAT. The results data isn't that large - it can't be in Megabytes to be >> sincere. Well, VSAT can be used if they MUST, but this is after the voting >> process itself is complete, has nothing to do with BVI. >> >> The ERT and the BVR/BVI are two distinct systems. That is what I want to >> believe. The ERT gets feedback from a manual process - of voters casting >> their vote, clerks/agents counting, verifying, and certifying, filling >> requisite forms then communicating the same via some customized phones >> which are programmed to communicate to a backend system. Am I right on >> that?? >> >> Now the big question here is, where do we need this much touted manual >> backup where network connectivity is being used as the major reason??? >> >> (a) Citing terrorism and the possibility of Al Shabaab knocking off base >> stations seems like well thought out lie meant to cover our eyes! If they >> attacked an area, I doubt there will be voting in the 1st place. >> And even so, the network connectivity is not required for BVI so >> there is no disenfranchising anyone if there is no manual backup (whatever >> that is). >> >> (b) Citing hacking is neither here nor there for a BVR/BVI system because >> it's not being accessed live during the voting. It's a static database, >> unique to the polling station, resident on the laptop used by the clerks. >> The only hacking that can be done then can only be by an "insider". Quoting >> Victor Kapiyo from Social Media, "*I guess it's a question of trust. >> Trust in systems and in trustworthy people to do the right thing. For >> M-Pesa, or KCSE results, we trust both. For IEBC, I guess the jury is still >> out*." >> >> The main issue is not allowing the dead voters to rise again to vote in >> the presidential vote, then disappear. So the important component here is >> the BVR/BVI, the credibility of the register and hence the vote. >> >> At what point does the BVI system require this connectivity they are >> talking about, which then necessitates the so called "manual backup"? >> >> Did the CS ICT lie to the Senate?? Did the CAK lie to the Senate in >> supporting the lie from the CS?? >> >> There is insincerity in this whole debate about 'manual backup' and the >> ICT community seems to either support it or is simply lost in the pool of >> confusion being peddled by politicians. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ >> mailman/options/kictanet/chemukoechk%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] ICT Experts Brush Off Manual IEBC Back UpSystem
by Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu 05 Jan '17

05 Jan '17

Dear Listers , Below is a link to an article in regards to KictaNET's stand on the above matter. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000228773/ict-experts-brush-… Kind regards, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Tel: 0718181644 Skype: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu LinkedIn: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Twitter: @Chemu_koech On 30 Dec 2016 12:02, "Odhiambo Washington via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > I am at that position where I feel very lost. In fact, I feel like I am > quite detached from the reality. > > All along, I have keenly considered this matter that seems to have divided > the country down the middle: *Manual Backup* during the 2017 voting > process. From the Jubilee/govt side this is a do or die and so it must be > there. This govt side seems hell-bent on confusing the masses, as well as > the experts like the ICT Community. From the Opposition side, the agenda > seems to be very clear - that of ensuring integrity of the Voters Register > and stopping 'ghost voters' from ever casting their votes. > > That brings us to the famous acronyms - BVI (Biometric Voter Register) / > BVI (Biometric Voter Identification). > Having been to a Voter Registration Centre (later to become a Polling > Station) to register as a voter, I did look at the equipment in use for the > registration process. I saw the laptop which was fitted with a camera and > fingerprints scanner. All these require power to run. I did not dwell on > how they were powered, but probably there was a battery backup somewhere > (besides the electricity) given that they needed to run for a whole day for > several days during the voter registration process. When it comes to the > Elections, they only need to run for about 11 hours. My point here is that > of *Backup Power* should it be that there's electricity blackout and the > built-in batteries can't last the whole day. That backup is very important. > > However, I did not see any piece of equipment which could suggest that the > equipment in use required any form of connectivity back to some central > server in order to function! Which now brings me to the currently national > debate - Manual Backup during the Poll Day. What is it? Was the CS honest > with his presentation before the Senate/Amos Wako committee yesterday? Does > the CS himself really believe in the content of his presentation? I am > asking that because I watched him and I don't believe him. I actually think > he mislead the committee, and hence the nation at large. > > Someone please prove me wrong. I am at that point where I believe that the > BVR/BVI does NOT require any form of connectivity and so this Manual Backup > being touted by the ruling coalition side, strongly supported by the ICT > CS is a big lie. WHY? > > My very first answer: Simply put, *when there was no requirement for a > manual backup during voter registration, it goes without saying that there > is NO NEED for on the polling day.* > > > 1. For the issue that is in contention - BVR (used for BVI during polling) > - this is a database that can be (and should be) statically stored on the > equipment for each polling station. We are not supposed to rely on the > Mobile Network to access this voters database. And every polling station > can have two/three laptops/Biometrics scanner/Backup batteries to ensure > that the voter identification doesn't fail. > Some excuse has been fronted about some voters being mechanics, such that > their fingerprints wouldn't be recognized by the BVI systems hence need for > manual identification. My take on that is that every voter must carry their > voter's card on that day. The clerks can check that card number against the > electronic system - enter it, and it will bring the person's picture, ID > number, etc and let him cast his ballot. > > 2. For electronics results transmission (ERT), this is not even necessary > in the first place. We can have the results collated/announced at the > tallying centres after being certified - forms 36A, and such. However, if > the ERT must be done, the data footprint is so tiny that a 2G network can > be used. Besides, it can be an SMS based system, which doesn't require 3G > or VSAT. The results data isn't that large - it can't be in Megabytes to be > sincere. Well, VSAT can be used if they MUST, but this is after the voting > process itself is complete, has nothing to do with BVI. > > The ERT and the BVR/BVI are two distinct systems. That is what I want to > believe. The ERT gets feedback from a manual process - of voters casting > their vote, clerks/agents counting, verifying, and certifying, filling > requisite forms then communicating the same via some customized phones > which are programmed to communicate to a backend system. Am I right on > that?? > > Now the big question here is, where do we need this much touted manual > backup where network connectivity is being used as the major reason??? > > (a) Citing terrorism and the possibility of Al Shabaab knocking off base > stations seems like well thought out lie meant to cover our eyes! If they > attacked an area, I doubt there will be voting in the 1st place. > And even so, the network connectivity is not required for BVI so > there is no disenfranchising anyone if there is no manual backup (whatever > that is). > > (b) Citing hacking is neither here nor there for a BVR/BVI system because > it's not being accessed live during the voting. It's a static database, > unique to the polling station, resident on the laptop used by the clerks. > The only hacking that can be done then can only be by an "insider". Quoting > Victor Kapiyo from Social Media, "*I guess it's a question of trust. > Trust in systems and in trustworthy people to do the right thing. For > M-Pesa, or KCSE results, we trust both. For IEBC, I guess the jury is still > out*." > > The main issue is not allowing the dead voters to rise again to vote in > the presidential vote, then disappear. So the important component here is > the BVR/BVI, the credibility of the register and hence the vote. > > At what point does the BVI system require this connectivity they are > talking about, which then necessitates the so called "manual backup"? > > Did the CS ICT lie to the Senate?? Did the CAK lie to the Senate in > supporting the lie from the CS?? > > There is insincerity in this whole debate about 'manual backup' and the > ICT community seems to either support it or is simply lost in the pool of > confusion being peddled by politicians. > > > > > > -- > 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 > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/chemukoechk%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] Zuckerberg appears to admit Facebook is a media company
by Ali Hussein 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Harry You raise pertinent issues. What you allude to is known as Runaway Capitalism <https://hbr.org/2012/01/runaway-capitalism> - As in the pursuit of Return on Equity as a measure of Value Creation above all else. Things are changing however. We are now seeing Major Corporates and Governments worldwide stepping back and tampering this destructive form of Capitalism. Governments are starting to measure their citizens Gross National Happiness <http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com/articles/> ( a term coined by the King of Bhutan in the early '70s) and Corporates are embracing 'Doing Well by Doing Good' <http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/social-sector/our-insights/doing-well-by…> Ethos. Ultimately this world will be better off by embracing this new thinking. Ultimately those who don't will be dealt with by the customer because customers are now demanding not only better services and experiences but that companies also be responsible corporate citizens. *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 4, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Harry Delano via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Quite insightful indeed. Borrowing from your experience, it's evidently a > truism that we have lived with ever since we got inducted into the > capitalist world, that it's got a savagery side to it‎. The biggest > financial muscle always would have it's way and literally crush anything in > its path. That's "Darwinism". Capitalism can be Savage and ruthless, for > instance to those hapless old taxi drivers, whose only mistake was to find > themselves on the wrong side of technology. Until then they were earning a > decent honest living doing what they do best. "Disruptists" have an uncanny > way of capturing the imagination of their audience, take the example of > the US President Elect who has a penchant to govern and communicate on > Twitter, and he's making serious strides, all this while because everyone > is tuned in. Well that was just an aside . But it brings me to the second, > most important part of the equation of ruthless capitalism. The "audience > " aka "consumer" who actually feeds the "beast" till it threatens to grow > into an uncontrolled monster. There's a decent chance it could come back to > bite the hand that fed it., will it..? > > Meanwhile, while uptake of all good tech out here is good on the basis of > willing-buyer willing‎-seller, on the other hand the economics don't work > in our favour. Take the example of a local corporate that exports abt > $170,000 p.a, just to consume external cloud email and ancillary services. > > Do we have local alternatives..? Yes, pretty much we do.. > > Harry > > > *From: *James Kagwe > *Sent: *Wednesday, January 4, 2017 17:12 > *To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > *Cc: *Harry Delano > *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] Zuckerberg appears to admit Facebook is a media > company > > The reason why companies are conducting business that traverses many > classical sectors /industries is advent of new technology and technological > innovations. Disruptive technologies are affecting the big and the small > industries. Constraining some of these companies would be killing > innovations. After being away from Nairobi city for some time and upon > visiting recently I noticed that almost all the yellow line cabs are gone. > Some of the old men that used to operate these cabs cannot even operate a > smart phone or the taxi apps.The few that are remaining do not seem to be > getting any business. The yellow cabs at JKIA and Mombasa airport are also > basically out of business as a result of sticking to old ways of doing > business. The classical method of categorizing businesses will increasingly > become redundant. Another bitter reality is that old methods of regulating > different sectors cannot work anymore. The distinction between companies in > different sectors is also becoming dimmer. If you come close home what > sector would you consider Safaricom to be? Telecom?, Financials?, Transport > /logistics?...The list is endless. Some of the regulatory bodies will > undergo major metamorphosis or disappear altogether after being rendered > irrevant. > > Regards, > James > > On Jan 4, 2017 4:35 PM, "Harry Delano via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Ali, > > Agreed, yes.. it's a whole new disruptive technological age we live in. > And yes, taking up key competences that span across 5/10 disciplines could > suffice‎. But when you spread yourself too thin wearing up to as many as 20 > different 'hats' all at ago, you become " a jack of all trades, but a > master of only a few".. unfortunately what has become the new norm in the > true capitalist fashion is the ferocious appetite backed by huge financial > muscle to eat off into the smaller upcoming innovators' cake or gobble them > up to edge them out of the way or stem off potential competition.. rings a > bell..? Scary part is some upcoming technologies are bought off by big > players just to literally "kill" or stifle them off.. So there's the good > and there's the utter bad, either angle you look at it.. hence we need a > strong muscled regulator.. > > Harry > *From: *Ali Hussein > *Sent: *Wednesday, January 4, 2017 13:02 > *To: *Harry Delano > *Cc: *Ali Hussein via kictanet > *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] Zuckerberg appears to admit Facebook is a media > company > > Harry > > That's the beast we must tame. The pigeon holing oneself to an industry > and missing huge opportunities. There's a new meaning of *Focus* in > today's hyper changing world. > > > *Ali Hussein* > *Principal* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > "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 4 Jan 2017, at 12:06 PM, Harry Delano <harry26001(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Ali, > > They'd best pass off as a "jack of all trades"..aka "identity crisis".. > > Little surprise none of the ceo's can with pin point accuracy define or > place themselves exactly where they belong .. > > Harry > > *From: *Ali Hussein via kictanet > *Sent: *Wednesday, January 4, 2017 11:27 > *To: *Harry Delano > *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > *Cc: *Ali Hussein > *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] Zuckerberg appears to admit Facebook is a media > company > > If it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck and swims like a duck... :-) > > In today's complicated world however, where whole industries have been > disrupted its more difficult to pigeon hole a company into an industry.. > The loose definition is usually taken from the business model of companies > - Say if more than 50% of your revenue comes from advertising space on your > platform then you are a media company; from Software and Hardware then you > are an IT/Technology Company; from voice calls/data a telco company etc. > > This however is the traditional definition hence why I'd agree with > Zuckerberg in his assertions that whilst Facebook is a media company it's > simply not a traditional media company. > > So if we look at the local context I'd like to pose some questions:- > > 1. Which industry is Safaricom in? Media? Telecommunications? Banking? > Entertainment? > > 2. How about Equity Bank? Telco, Banking? > > 3. Wananchi? Media? Telecommunications? Content disruption? > > *Ali Hussein* > *Principal* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > "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 4 Jan 2017, at 10:15 AM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Happy new year everyone, > > This may be of interest: > > "Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, appears to have finally > conceded that the social network is a media company, just not a > “traditional media company”." > > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/mark-zuck > erberg-appears-to-finally-admit-facebook-is-a-media-company > > Regards, > Mildred Achoch. > > Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! > http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.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/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. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/m > ailman/options/kictanet/kagwejg%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 > > 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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Banks’ plan to set up mobile money transfer platform stalls - Corporate News
by Ali Hussein 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Listers This is an interesting one. An excerpt from the story in the Business Daily:- The Business Daily has learned that KBA member banks submitted their product and system proposals to the CBK in July ahead of the planned August launch date, seeking approvals. Such authorisations, which are ordinarily issued after a maximum of one month, are however yet to be issued, delaying the launch of a product that promises to revolutionise the financial services sector. Read on:- http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/mobile-money-transfer-pla… As a matter of public interest it would be interesting to know why there's been such a delay in the regulatory approval of such a game changing initiative for the banking sector. Anyone who has an inkling on the workings at the Central Bank? It seems to me that 7 months waiting for an approval is simply too long... Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Zuckerberg appears to admit Facebook is a media company
by Mildred Achoch 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Happy new year everyone, This may be of interest: "Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, appears to have finally conceded that the social network is a media company, just not a “traditional media company”." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/mark-zuckerberg-appears-… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Re: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT Honest
by Barrack Otieno 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Technology as a hindrance to voter rights? Interesting conversation going on. Regards On Jan 3, 2017 1:55 PM, "Watila Alex via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: iebc electronic technology regulations http://www.iebc. or.ke/index.php/2015-01-15-11-10-24/research-publications/ item/iebc-ict-regulations-on-use-of-technology-in-elections Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> On Tue, 3 Jan, 2017 at 10:38, Watila Alex <awatila(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: SK Macharia: Where there’s no mobile telephones,you can use satellite phones and they are cheaper #ElectionLawsDebate https://t.co/V26IDADqCv https://twitter.com/citizentvkenya/status/816184858124943360 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> On Mon, 2 Jan, 2017 at 9:47, Emmanuel Chebukati via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Listers, Here is my ideal vision of how the election process should run which may also serve as a summary to this discussion: Step Event Description 1 *Voter Registration* *Technology* Biometric data is collected. These systems are off-grid hence no network connectivity is required. 2 *Register Clean Up and Distribution* *Technology* After registration, all data should be collated by IEBC to check for redundancies and irregularities. Voters with problematic details should be contacted. Before the election, the complete voter register should be split per-polling station and each chunk copied onto a device. For now, let us call and picture this device as an “external hard disk”. The “hard disk” shall contain the biometric data required to identify a voter at only one polling station – where they registered. After copying, the data on the disk should be hashed and compared with the hash on IEBC servers for integrity purposes. This will be useful on election day. 3 *Verify Voters on Election Day* *Technology* Before election day, these “hard disks” should be securely distributed to their respective locations. Before the start of voting, the data on the disk should again be hashed and compared with the hash on IEBC servers. If the hashes are the same, the register is clean and voter verification can begin. If the hashes differ, they should try a backup disk. If the hashes still differ, that polling station will be on hold as they await a fresh voter register to be transmitted from IEBC HQ. 4 *Cast Vote* *Manual* Voters pick ballot papers for the different posts and cast their secret ballot for each. 5 *Count Votes* *Manual* The key here is that the total number of votes cast should not exceed the number of voters that the biometric devices verified. 6 *Transmission of Results* *Technology* After all parties and agents agree on the results, they should be manually entered onto the “hard disk” for transmission. Again, once entered, this data should be hashed. If the polling station has network connectivity, the results should immediately be sent together with the hash. IEBC then verify the hash with the data received and if they match, they approve the results. If the polling station lacks network connectivity, the “hard disk” should be physically and securely transported to the nearest point with network connectivity for transmission from there. After all, the constitution speaks of polling station > constituency > county-level. Agents should be involved until they see “Successfully transmitted” on the screen confirming receipt of results by IEBC. With proper testing (load testing, penetration testing, etc) staff training and sufficient voter education, the above should work seamlessly to deliver a free, fair and credible election. The most effective way to test is by carrying out at least two mock elections/simulations with dummy data to prepare all parties for any eventuality and equip them with the knowledge of how to react. I wish you all a prosperous new year. Regards, Emmanuel Chebukati On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > I am at that position where I feel very lost. In fact, I feel like I am > quite detached from the reality. > > All along, I have keenly considered this matter that seems to have divided > the country down the middle: *Manual Backup* during the 2017 voting > process. From the Jubilee/govt side this is a do or die and so it must be > there. This govt side seems hell-bent on confusing the masses, as well as > the experts like the ICT Community. From the Opposition side, the agenda > seems to be very clear - that of ensuring integrity of the Voters Register > and stopping 'ghost voters' from ever casting their votes. > > That brings us to the famous acronyms - BVI (Biometric Voter Register) / > BVI (Biometric Voter Identification). > Having been to a Voter Registration Centre (later to become a Polling > Station) to register as a voter, I did look at the equipment in use for the > registration process. I saw the laptop which was fitted with a camera and > fingerprints scanner. All these require power to run. I did not dwell on > how they were powered, but probably there was a battery backup somewhere > (besides the electricity) given that they needed to run for a whole day for > several days during the voter registration process. When it comes to the > Elections, they only need to run for about 11 hours. My point here is that > of *Backup Power* should it be that there's electricity blackout and the > built-in batteries can't last the whole day. That backup is very important. > > However, I did not see any piece of equipment which could suggest that the > equipment in use required any form of connectivity back to some central > server in order to function! Which now brings me to the currently national > debate - Manual Backup during the Poll Day. What is it? Was the CS honest > with his presentation before the Senate/Amos Wako committee yesterday? Does > the CS himself really believe in the content of his presentation? I am > asking that because I watched him and I don't believe him. I actually think > he mislead the committee, and hence the nation at large. > > Someone please prove me wrong. I am at that point where I believe that the > BVR/BVI does NOT require any form of connectivity and so this Manual Backup > being touted by the ruling coalition side, strongly supported by the ICT > CS is a big lie. WHY? > > My very first answer: Simply put, *when there was no requirement for a > manual backup during voter registration, it goes without saying that there > is NO NEED for on the polling day.* > > > 1. For the issue that is in contention - BVR (used for BVI during polling) > - this is a database that can be (and should be) statically stored on the > equipment for each polling station. We are not supposed to rely on the > Mobile Network to access this voters database. And every polling station > can have two/three laptops/Biometrics scanner/Backup batteries to ensure > that the voter identification doesn't fail. > Some excuse has been fronted about some voters being mechanics, such that > their fingerprints wouldn't be recognized by the BVI systems hence need for > manual identification. My take on that is that every voter must carry their > voter's card on that day. The clerks can check that card number against the > electronic system - enter it, and it will bring the person's picture, ID > number, etc and let him cast his ballot. > > 2. For electronics results transmission (ERT), this is not even necessary > in the first place. We can have the results collated/announced at the > tallying centres after being certified - forms 36A, and such. However, if > the ERT must be done, the data footprint is so tiny that a 2G network can > be used. Besides, it can be an SMS based system, which doesn't require 3G > or VSAT. The results data isn't that large - it can't be in Megabytes to be > sincere. Well, VSAT can be used if they MUST, but this is after the voting > process itself is complete, has nothing to do with BVI. > > The ERT and the BVR/BVI are two distinct systems. That is what I want to > believe. The ERT gets feedback from a manual process - of voters casting > their vote, clerks/agents counting, verifying, and certifying, filling > requisite forms then communicating the same via some customized phones > which are programmed to communicate to a backend system. Am I right on > that?? > > Now the big question here is, where do we need this much touted manual > backup where network connectivity is being used as the major reason??? > > (a) Citing terrorism and the possibility of Al Shabaab knocking off base > stations seems like well thought out lie meant to cover our eyes! If they > attacked an area, I doubt there will be voting in the 1st place. > And even so, the network connectivity is not required for BVI so > there is no disenfranchising anyone if there is no manual backup (whatever > that is). > > (b) Citing hacking is neither here nor there for a BVR/BVI system because > it's not being accessed live during the voting. It's a static database, > unique to the polling station, resident on the laptop used by the clerks. > The only hacking that can be done then can only be by an "insider". Quoting > Victor Kapiyo from Social Media, "*I guess it's a question of trust. > Trust in systems and in trustworthy people to do the right thing. For > M-Pesa, or KCSE results, we trust both. For IEBC, I guess the jury is still > out*." > > The main issue is not allowing the dead voters to rise again to vote in > the presidential vote, then disappear. So the important component here is > the BVR/BVI, the credibility of the register and hence the vote. > > At what point does the BVI system require this connectivity they are > talking about, which then necessitates the so called "manual backup"? > > Did the CS ICT lie to the Senate?? Did the CAK lie to the Senate in > supporting the lie from the CS?? > > There is insincerity in this whole debate about 'manual backup' and the > ICT community seems to either support it or is simply lost in the pool of > confusion being peddled by politicians. > > > > > > -- > 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 > <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/ echebukati%40gmail.com > <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/echebukati%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 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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Fwd: Memorandum on Election law (Amendment) Bill 2016 from the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
by Barrack Otieno 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Dear Listers, The previous email missed one attachment, herewith please find the complete memorandum and letter to the senate. Best Regards

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Re: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT Honest
by waudo siganga 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

For your information - tender IEBC Tender NO.IEBC/32/2016-2017 for the Supply of an Integrated Electoral Management System closing on 9th January W.

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Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT Honest
by Odhiambo Washington 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Dear Listers, I am at that position where I feel very lost. In fact, I feel like I am quite detached from the reality. All along, I have keenly considered this matter that seems to have divided the country down the middle: *Manual Backup* during the 2017 voting process. From the Jubilee/govt side this is a do or die and so it must be there. This govt side seems hell-bent on confusing the masses, as well as the experts like the ICT Community. From the Opposition side, the agenda seems to be very clear - that of ensuring integrity of the Voters Register and stopping 'ghost voters' from ever casting their votes. That brings us to the famous acronyms - BVI (Biometric Voter Register) / BVI (Biometric Voter Identification). Having been to a Voter Registration Centre (later to become a Polling Station) to register as a voter, I did look at the equipment in use for the registration process. I saw the laptop which was fitted with a camera and fingerprints scanner. All these require power to run. I did not dwell on how they were powered, but probably there was a battery backup somewhere (besides the electricity) given that they needed to run for a whole day for several days during the voter registration process. When it comes to the Elections, they only need to run for about 11 hours. My point here is that of *Backup Power* should it be that there's electricity blackout and the built-in batteries can't last the whole day. That backup is very important. However, I did not see any piece of equipment which could suggest that the equipment in use required any form of connectivity back to some central server in order to function! Which now brings me to the currently national debate - Manual Backup during the Poll Day. What is it? Was the CS honest with his presentation before the Senate/Amos Wako committee yesterday? Does the CS himself really believe in the content of his presentation? I am asking that because I watched him and I don't believe him. I actually think he mislead the committee, and hence the nation at large. Someone please prove me wrong. I am at that point where I believe that the BVR/BVI does NOT require any form of connectivity and so this Manual Backup being touted by the ruling coalition side, strongly supported by the ICT CS is a big lie. WHY? My very first answer: Simply put, *when there was no requirement for a manual backup during voter registration, it goes without saying that there is NO NEED for on the polling day.* 1. For the issue that is in contention - BVR (used for BVI during polling) - this is a database that can be (and should be) statically stored on the equipment for each polling station. We are not supposed to rely on the Mobile Network to access this voters database. And every polling station can have two/three laptops/Biometrics scanner/Backup batteries to ensure that the voter identification doesn't fail. Some excuse has been fronted about some voters being mechanics, such that their fingerprints wouldn't be recognized by the BVI systems hence need for manual identification. My take on that is that every voter must carry their voter's card on that day. The clerks can check that card number against the electronic system - enter it, and it will bring the person's picture, ID number, etc and let him cast his ballot. 2. For electronics results transmission (ERT), this is not even necessary in the first place. We can have the results collated/announced at the tallying centres after being certified - forms 36A, and such. However, if the ERT must be done, the data footprint is so tiny that a 2G network can be used. Besides, it can be an SMS based system, which doesn't require 3G or VSAT. The results data isn't that large - it can't be in Megabytes to be sincere. Well, VSAT can be used if they MUST, but this is after the voting process itself is complete, has nothing to do with BVI. The ERT and the BVR/BVI are two distinct systems. That is what I want to believe. The ERT gets feedback from a manual process - of voters casting their vote, clerks/agents counting, verifying, and certifying, filling requisite forms then communicating the same via some customized phones which are programmed to communicate to a backend system. Am I right on that?? Now the big question here is, where do we need this much touted manual backup where network connectivity is being used as the major reason??? (a) Citing terrorism and the possibility of Al Shabaab knocking off base stations seems like well thought out lie meant to cover our eyes! If they attacked an area, I doubt there will be voting in the 1st place. And even so, the network connectivity is not required for BVI so there is no disenfranchising anyone if there is no manual backup (whatever that is). (b) Citing hacking is neither here nor there for a BVR/BVI system because it's not being accessed live during the voting. It's a static database, unique to the polling station, resident on the laptop used by the clerks. The only hacking that can be done then can only be by an "insider". Quoting Victor Kapiyo from Social Media, "*I guess it's a question of trust. Trust in systems and in trustworthy people to do the right thing. For M-Pesa, or KCSE results, we trust both. For IEBC, I guess the jury is still out*." The main issue is not allowing the dead voters to rise again to vote in the presidential vote, then disappear. So the important component here is the BVR/BVI, the credibility of the register and hence the vote. At what point does the BVI system require this connectivity they are talking about, which then necessitates the so called "manual backup"? Did the CS ICT lie to the Senate?? Did the CAK lie to the Senate in supporting the lie from the CS?? There is insincerity in this whole debate about 'manual backup' and the ICT community seems to either support it or is simply lost in the pool of confusion being peddled by politicians. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."

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Fwd: Memorandum on Election law (Amendment) Bill 2016 from the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
by Barrack Otieno 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Listers, Attached please find the memorandum submitted to the Senate by the Kenya ICT Action Network on the amendment of electoral law. Happy New year Regards

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Money in your phone: In name of BHIM, a new payments app | The Indian Express
by Ali Hussein 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Listers Interesting development. India moved a step further to making their economy with a Government sponsored/owned Payment App called BHIM. The core aim is to ensure all citizen services government payment are made through this app. It takes the game one step further. One doesn't need a data plan to use this app especially in areas with super slow connectivity. Read on: http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/bhim-app-payments-cashless-onlin… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: KDA's Draft Submission to the Senate Committee!
by Wycliff Ochieng 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

FYI, More input on manual voter back up. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho(a)yahoo.com> Date: Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 11:27 PM Subject: KDA's Draft Submission to the Senate Committee! To: Friends of KDA <info(a)kenyadiasporaalliance.org> Hello Friends, Here is Draft 0 of what we plan to submit tomorrow. Please peruse and revert with any comments you may have, preferably ahead of 8am Kenya time as we plan to forward it to the Senate Committee when they commence seating at 9am. Thanks and kind regards, Shem Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon) Senior Advisor Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Juba Author: Dawn of a Rainbow (2012) Cell: +211-955-021-040/+254-725-016679 Skype: shem.ochuodho

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IFES Expulsion: Is Kenya hostile to Social Entrepreneurship?
by John Kieti 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Happy New Year! Let us for a moment put aside the political undertone in the Expulsion of IFES. Let us consider only the technicalities involved. Apparently it is wrong that IFES is registered as a limited company, for it to appear to undertake public benefit kind of activities. Social enterprises by definition aim to achieve a social mission while applying commercial practices. Many tech entrepreneurs are attracted to this model especially where there are deep rooted social problems of concern to them. Still focussing on the technicalities rather than the electoral year context, does it make sense to force a commercial business to become an NGO once they are seen to undertake activities yielding public benefit? Best...

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New Conversations: breeding a soon to be tech-wired-brain-dead generation
by WANGARI KABIRU 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

New Year Blessings! New year, new voices, new conversations! Where are Kenyan/African scientists and tech community in these conversations? While very well articulated on why we should adopt technologies and have increased dispersion for access i.e become consumers, we now must interrogate and holding to account on the adverse impact based on our realities; health, environmental etc. Will the class 1 laptops be opening up to breeding a soon to be tech-wired-brain-dead generation? What might be done about it?- What are the precautions by the manufacturers, ISPs, public health and educators, and parents. "The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation" -- Dr Devra Davis | | | | | | | | | | | "The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation" -- Dr Devra... "The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation: what we know, what we need to find out, and what you ... | | | | http://ehtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dr-Devra-Davis-Melb-Uni-Lectu… http://ehtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/NIEHS-transcript.pdf Blessed day, 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". Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family MP3 CD– Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged by Devra Davis (Author), Emily Durante (Narrator) Devra Davis presents a range of recent and long-suppressed research in this timely bombshell. Cell phone radiation is a national emergency. Stunningly, the most popular gadget of our age has now been shown to damage DNA, break down the brain's defenses, and reduce sperm count while increasing memory loss, the risk of Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer. The growing brains of children make them especially vulnerable. And half of the world's four billion cell phone users are under twenty. Davis, the founding director of the toxicology and environmental studies board at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, takes listeners through the dark side of this trillion-dollar industry. Health experts have long been frozen out of policy-making decisions about cell phones; federal regulatory standards are set by the cell phone industry itself. Cell phone manufacturers have borrowed the playbook of the tobacco industry. One secret memo reveals their war plan against reports of cell phone dangers. Among a host of fascinating characters, Davis introduces Om P. Gandhi, a world expert on how cell phone radiation penetrates the human brain. Once a consultant to major cell phone companies, Gandhi now refuses to work with them. We also meet Franz Adlkofer, who led the multi-lab study that showed once and for all that brain cell DNA is unraveled by cell phone microwave radiation-and, as Davis dramatically portrays, it nearly cost him his career. As this eye-opening call to action shows, we can make safer cell phones now. Why would we put our children at risk of a devastating epidemic of brain illness in the years to come?

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Re: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT Honest
by JImmy Gitonga 01 Jan '17

01 Jan '17

Thank you Odhiambo Washington, I have the same concerns myself. I reached the conclusion that it would be nice if "ICT Experts" could lay their hands on a BVI machine as well as a and show the rest of us what the problem really is. The ERT issue is a red herring. It has worked flawlessly in the bi-elections that have happened ever since. With PKI and 2 factor authentication, this can be solved for election day. I am sure Victor Kyalo and Joseph Mucheru could make this possible. Call it a "Kenyans as ICT stakeholders" meeting. All Listers with time will begin to be asked by their family or neighbours, what the issue really is. I, for one, do not want to echo the CS's words. I think the CS and the PS should help us help them. Otherwise they will be on their own when the political vultures come calling. Regards, Jimmy Gitonga > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:30:08 +0300 > From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo(a)gmail.com> > To: Kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT > Honest > Message-ID: > <CAAdA2WPFoRvjF5Bodk+sHb-P4_rUp2AXpA9Q3zAk-UR57cqwGw@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Listers, > > I am at that position where I feel very lost. In fact, I feel like I am > quite detached from the reality. > > All along, I have keenly considered this matter that seems to have divided > the country down the middle: *Manual Backup* during the 2017 voting > process. From the Jubilee/govt side this is a do or die and so it must be > there. This govt side seems hell-bent on confusing the masses, as well as > the experts like the ICT Community. From the Opposition side, the agenda > seems to be very clear - that of ensuring integrity of the Voters Register > and stopping 'ghost voters' from ever casting their votes. > > That brings us to the famous acronyms - BVI (Biometric Voter Register) / > BVI (Biometric Voter Identification). > Having been to a Voter Registration Centre (later to become a Polling > Station) to register as a voter, I did look at the equipment in use for the > registration process. I saw the laptop which was fitted with a camera and > fingerprints scanner. All these require power to run. I did not dwell on > how they were powered, but probably there was a battery backup somewhere > (besides the electricity) given that they needed to run for a whole day for > several days during the voter registration process. When it comes to the > Elections, they only need to run for about 11 hours. My point here is that > of *Backup Power* should it be that there's electricity blackout and the > built-in batteries can't last the whole day. That backup is very important. > > However, I did not see any piece of equipment which could suggest that the > equipment in use required any form of connectivity back to some central > server in order to function! Which now brings me to the currently national > debate - Manual Backup during the Poll Day. What is it? Was the CS honest > with his presentation before the Senate/Amos Wako committee yesterday? Does > the CS himself really believe in the content of his presentation? I am > asking that because I watched him and I don't believe him. I actually think > he mislead the committee, and hence the nation at large. > > Someone please prove me wrong. I am at that point where I believe that the > BVR/BVI does NOT require any form of connectivity and so this Manual Backup > being touted by the ruling coalition side, strongly supported by the ICT > CS is a big lie. WHY? > > My very first answer: Simply put, *when there was no requirement for a > manual backup during voter registration, it goes without saying that there > is NO NEED for on the polling day.* > > > 1. For the issue that is in contention - BVR (used for BVI during polling) > - this is a database that can be (and should be) statically stored on the > equipment for each polling station. We are not supposed to rely on the > Mobile Network to access this voters database. And every polling station > can have two/three laptops/Biometrics scanner/Backup batteries to ensure > that the voter identification doesn't fail. > Some excuse has been fronted about some voters being mechanics, such that > their fingerprints wouldn't be recognized by the BVI systems hence need for > manual identification. My take on that is that every voter must carry their > voter's card on that day. The clerks can check that card number against the > electronic system - enter it, and it will bring the person's picture, ID > number, etc and let him cast his ballot. > > 2. For electronics results transmission (ERT), this is not even necessary > in the first place. We can have the results collated/announced at the > tallying centres after being certified - forms 36A, and such. However, if > the ERT must be done, the data footprint is so tiny that a 2G network can > be used. Besides, it can be an SMS based system, which doesn't require 3G > or VSAT. The results data isn't that large - it can't be in Megabytes to be > sincere. Well, VSAT can be used if they MUST, but this is after the voting > process itself is complete, has nothing to do with BVI. > > The ERT and the BVR/BVI are two distinct systems. That is what I want to > believe. The ERT gets feedback from a manual process - of voters casting > their vote, clerks/agents counting, verifying, and certifying, filling > requisite forms then communicating the same via some customized phones > which are programmed to communicate to a backend system. Am I right on > that?? > > Now the big question here is, where do we need this much touted manual > backup where network connectivity is being used as the major reason??? > > (a) Citing terrorism and the possibility of Al Shabaab knocking off base > stations seems like well thought out lie meant to cover our eyes! If they > attacked an area, I doubt there will be voting in the 1st place. > And even so, the network connectivity is not required for BVI so there > is no disenfranchising anyone if there is no manual backup (whatever that > is). > > (b) Citing hacking is neither here nor there for a BVR/BVI system because > it's not being accessed live during the voting. It's a static database, > unique to the polling station, resident on the laptop used by the clerks. > The only hacking that can be done then can only be by an "insider". Quoting > Victor Kapiyo from Social Media, "*I guess it's a question of trust. Trust > in systems and in trustworthy people to do the right thing. For M-Pesa, or > KCSE results, we trust both. For IEBC, I guess the jury is still out*." > > The main issue is not allowing the dead voters to rise again to vote in the > presidential vote, then disappear. So the important component here is the > BVR/BVI, the credibility of the register and hence the vote. > > At what point does the BVI system require this connectivity they are > talking about, which then necessitates the so called "manual backup"? > > Did the CS ICT lie to the Senate?? Did the CAK lie to the Senate in > supporting the lie from the CS?? > > There is insincerity in this whole debate about 'manual backup' and the ICT > community seems to either support it or is simply lost in the pool of > confusion being peddled by politicians. > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > "Oh, the cruft." >

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We're living through the first world cyberwar – but just haven’t called it that | Martin Belam | Opinion | The Guardian
by Ali Hussein 01 Jan '17

01 Jan '17

Listers The job of the historian is often to pull together broad themes and trends, then give them a snappy title that people will easily recognise and understand. That’s how we end up with labels like “The decline and fall of the Roman Empire” or “The Rise of Hitler and the Third Reich”. As someone who studied history, I’ve had this lingering curiosity about how historians of the future will view our times. It is easy to imagine textbooks in a hundred years with chapters that start with Reagan and Thatcher and end with the global financial crisis and called something like The Western Neoliberal Consensus 1979-2008. Read on https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/30/first-world-cyberwar-… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT Honest (Collins Areba)
by Dennis Muthuri 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

Thanks for the clarification. > On 31 Dec 2016, at 13:20, 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: Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS ICT Honest > (Collins Areba) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 13:18:35 +0300 > From: Collins Areba <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> > To: Waithaka Ngigi <ngigi(a)at.co.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, > JImmy Gitonga <jimmygitts(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Manual Backup and Elections 2017: Is the CS > ICT Honest > Message-ID: > <CAFb6RxBu3x2jTrk8FYeyNA2=13EOaVB3R3ohzjm_WvomV6d6QA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Listers, > Allow me to share these wise words from a friend, Ben Ngumi Chege, who has > had extensive on the field doing exactly this kind of work in more places > than I can remember. Will paste the long text after the link in case its > not visible to everyone. > > https://web.facebook.com/notes/ben-chege/manual-vs-electronic-elections/101… > > ?Manual? vs ?Electronic? Elections >> BEN CHEGE <https://web.facebook.com/masukuma>?FRIDAY, 30 DECEMBER 2016 >> <https://web.facebook.com/notes/ben-chege/manual-vs-electronic-elections/101…> >> Every 5 years Kenyans queue to vote, this is an exercise that we have >> engaged in passionately for as long as I can remember and when each round >> of elections is done and dusted we as a nation learn a couple of lessons >> which we then reuse in succeeding election cycles in an attempt to make >> them better. However, looking at the current debate on the use of >> technology and witnessing what is happening, I suspect that there might >> have been an important lesson to be learnt in the 2007-08 when compared to >> the 2013 election cycle that has been missed and this lesson is that Having >> consensus among all players beforehand regarding the electoral process >> generally leads to widespread acceptance of the results of the process. >> Electoral process should be seen as contests, where groups of people with >> various interests engage willingly in order to not only determine political >> representation but also wield the power of the state, and just like any >> reputable contest it has its rules. These rules are well known and >> understood by all players and are accepted from the onset. These rules are >> deterministic in that they are predictable and must be seen by all parties >> to be fair. For a country to have a credible election - we need everyone to >> feel like they have a chance in this contest since from the onset the rules >> of the game do not favour their opponent(s). >> In 2007 ODM did not agree to the way the commissioners were picked after >> the terms of some expired as they felt it contravened the IPPG agreement >> and after the contest was done they did not accept the results announced by >> the commission. When the same commission asked them they refused! We all >> remember the situation the country found itself after the opposition >> refused to engage in a process they felt was flawed and disadvantageous to >> them. The 2017 election process is slowly mirroring the 2007 pre-election >> period especially when it comes to the role of technology on voting day. We >> are witnessing an emotive debate regarding the use of technology and the >> disregard of the voices of political players who hold contrary opinions. If >> lessons from the past hold true, this threatens the expectation of a >> peaceful electoral process and at the very least a credible one. >> On voting day there are 4 core activities that happen within a polling >> station, these are: >> 1) Voter identification/Verification ? this answers the question ? ?Are >> you registered to vote in this polling station?? >> 2) Voting by secret ballot ? you are given a ballot paper and then you >> mark it in secret and the cast the said ballot into a transparent ballot >> box. >> 3) Counting of results and declaration ? counting of all votes cast in the >> polling station for each race and the declaration of the votes cast in >> favour of each candidate. >> 4) Results transmission ? forwarding these results to the next level >> namely the constituency tally center for ?tallying? and dispute resolution >> just in case there were any. >> The ?Manual? vs ?Electronic? debate is really touching on activities 1) >> and 4) and therefore at the core of this debate are 2 questions namely: >> 1) Can we solely verify/identify voters electronically using biometrics >> that they submitted? >> 2) Can we solely transmit results to the next level using electronic means? >> Fortunately, these two are not really new initiatives as the IEBC has been >> using technology in these two areas over the last 4 years. No one doubts >> the credibility boost that well executed technology has on elections. An >> example of this is the by-election in Kibwezi West where the winner won the >> race by the narrowest of margins - a paltry 175 votes and the loser did not >> file a petition challenging the results. This was unheard of in previous >> elections. >> Why then do we have a debate around it? Previously, the use of technology >> was not explicitly dictated by the Elections Act but rather the stipulation >> to use one form of it was found in regulations. Until now the official >> Electoral process has been manual where technology had been added for >> efficiency and confidence building. The latest Election Amendment Act 2016 >> has raised the profile of the said technologies from just being tools to be >> used in boosting confidence to be the exclusive means of conducting voter >> identification and results transmission. >> They say once stung ? twice shy and thus it?s understandable that the IEBC >> is jittery in embracing technology full throttle without a fallback >> especially because it had technology failures in the said areas during the >> 2013 General elections. Technology is playing an increasing role in our >> lives and for us to move forward on the electoral field - I feel that this >> discussion needs to be informed by a mindset from big technology companies >> have when it comes to failure. Companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook >> plan for failure more than they plan for success. They have a culture that >> says ?failure is OK?, a culture where people are encouraged to ask: >> 1) What do we do if our technology fails? >> 2) How do we continue fulfilling our core business that is serving our >> customers and users when the systems around us fail? >> So as Kenyans we need to ask ourselves the same set of questions and ask >> how it affects the core business of elections. But for that to happen we >> need to synthesize what our core business on election day is. It?s said >> that ?Election Day is still the one day when we strive to give equal >> voice to every eligible voter; the day when the woman working in the market >> stall has as much of a say as any wealthy banker, and the illiterate menial >> laborer has a voice that speaks as eloquently as any university professor. >> It is our shared responsibility to strive for processes and systems that >> ensure that every voter is given the opportunity to make their will known, >> and that every vote is counted.? If we agree that this is the core >> business of elections and everything on election day must support this, we >> should ask ourselves a couple of questions, namely: >> 1) What happens WHEN we place a piece of technology as a prerequisite to >> the recording of this voice and the said technology fails and thus affects >> the ?core business?? What are the fallbacks available to us? >> 2) Since this is a contest, which out of the array of fallbacks available >> is most acceptable to all players? >> The issues around the failure of technology have been well documented. The >> IEBC conducted an internal audit of the March 2013 election and rather >> candidly highlighted these failures. I will try and address them and >> possibly give recommendations in question form that should advise our >> choice of an acceptable fallback or perhaps a list of fallbacks to be >> executed in when certain scenarios playout. When it came to the >> identification of voters electronically, the issues fell broadly into 3 >> categories namely: >> 1) Technology problems ? some voters could not be found on some EVIDs but >> were present on the manual register. Some devices run out of power, some >> even exploded during charging >> 2) Procurement problems ? getting the wrong device because procurement >> requirements were not met. >> 3) Rollout problems ? some devices were not charged, insufficient training >> due to late delivery and lack of manuals e.t.c. >> With proper planning and time to go through the procurement procedures >> most of these can be sorted out. The new Elections amendment act stipulates >> that the IEBC should have procured and set in place technology 8 months to >> an election and then have it tested 60 days to an election. Even with this >> in place some of the problems categorized as ?Technology problems? may not >> disappear or may only manifest themselves on polling day. In order to >> address them we need to ask ourselves what are the real risk factors >> related to technology? If the approach to voter verification is similar to >> what was employed in 2013 ? then the disruption of telecommunication is not >> a potential failure point ? why? The devices were self-contained ? the >> register was loaded on the device and thus the device really had no need to >> communicate with external systems after rollout. If this is the model >> envisaged in the new KIEMs Rollout ? we should not concern ourselves with >> telecommunication availability in the matters of voter verification. What >> should concern us is the issue of availability of power as the devices will >> be constantly in use throughout the day. The devices used for verification >> conduct a one-to-one match of voters against their biometrics ? >> computationally ? it can be a costly affair especially if a potential voter >> has to submit multiple fingers to get identified if one fails and so we >> need to have devices that can work for 18 hours or have capability to >> accept external power in the form of portable power cells. Can the software >> be written in such a way that it alerts the users well beforehand that it >> has X number of hours of charge left and that the clerks at the polling >> station need to make arrangement to keep the electronic means working? >> Ghana deployed a solution that utilized dry cells and they put in place an >> operational plan to replace them within 4 hours. >> The issue of some voters not being found on the EVIDs yet being found on >> the manual roll was puzzling, this may be aggravated in 2017 this is >> because the bulk of the current set of fingerprints were collected in 2013 >> and it will not be farfetched to expect that the quality of fingerprints >> submitted for verification in this election cycle by an eligible voter who >> work with their hands to be lower and thus this may require multiple >> passes. The current setup is one which a subset of the fingerprints >> collected is used to verify voters electronically. If we are to go full >> throttle ? we will need to ensure that all fingerprints are available for >> matching on polling day to increase the chances of matching. An exercise to >> get fingerprints resubmitted for persons who fall in this category and also >> for all those that had their biometrics lost during the mass registration >> drive when BVR machines crashed and did not have backed up properly. >> Another reason that could explain why some voters were not found on the >> EVIDs and were found on the printed register is data corruption during >> copying polling station data into the SD cards that the devices used. How >> can we ensure that databases are not corrupted during saving into the >> machines? I propose that each device should have a way of hashing a file >> and checking the hash against a verified hash of a working copy and where >> it differs transferring data to this device should be repeated. Backups of >> these registers on verified SD cards should also accompany each EVID to the >> field. We should explore how to keep the logs of the persons who have voted >> safe when devices get technology issues. There is also an inconvenient >> reality that in any given population there will always be some persons >> whose fingerprints are difficult or impossible to capture or verify. This >> raises a fundamental ideological question of whether a person should be >> disenfranchised because of limitations of a technology. >> The issues around the provisional transmission of results were also well >> documented, these also fell into 3 broad categories namely: >> 1) Technology problems ? the server?s well documented issue with system >> logs and it running out of space due to server misconfiguration; The >> failover issues that followed this. Network coverage issues; Erroneous >> display of tallied votes due to late integration and limited retesting. >> 2) Procurement/Acquisition problems ? there was no time to really develop >> the transmission application. >> 3) Rollout problems ? late delivery of phones and specially configured >> simcards; issues with user credentials; versioning issues between server >> and phone; Lack of proper training. >> As with electronic voter identification, most of these can be sorted out >> with proper planning and following procedures, why do I say so? the IEBC >> has transmitted 100% of the results from all the by-elections that it has >> conducted since 2013. While in terms of scale these by-elections pale when >> compared to the general election, it?s my considered opinion that there >> have been numerous lessons learnt ? these can be documented and used to >> inform the training and rollout process. >> What should happen in the event that result transmission fails for >> whatever reason? The IEBC still needs to have a fallback for electronic >> results transmission. Can some other technology offer a fallback? e.g. If >> results transmission from a primary device fails, should we have an >> electronic fallback using a different technology? Can the current election >> transmission system be used as a backup of whatever fancy results >> transmission system the IEBC procures? The IEBC has used satellite phones >> with success to transmit results for the Kalolol and Mosiro by-elections, >> why can this be used as a fallback on the telecommunication side. I think >> we can have all these fallbacks in place and these would be totally >> acceptable to all stakeholders. >> These questions are by no means comprehensive but should act as a starting >> point in deciding what the fallback(s) should be and when to fallback. It >> has always been my opinion that leaving the determination of important >> electoral matters at the polling station level to the discretion of people >> there without a trail of documentation that guides their decision making >> and a trail of accountability to why they took the action they did exposes >> the election operation to credibility questions. In 2012 Ghana went into >> their election with the NVNV (No [biometric] Verification, No Voting) >> mantra and they had to extend the voting period and also had many people >> disenfranchised because of the inadequacies of the technology they rolled >> out. In 2015 they rolled back and then introduced a manual verification >> fallback. The manual verification process required the presiding officer >> fill a manual verification form for each voter who is manually verified. >> The only way we can come up with this list of scenarios is if we carried >> out a proper and candid risk assessment and management process. This >> process should inform the IEBC on what to do to ensure that the ?core >> business? on election day remains unaffected. From my perspective, human >> beings should always play the role of final "exception handlers" to ensure >> that during electronic voter identification no voter is ever >> disenfranchised by technology malfunction or it?s limitation. Indeed, if >> the electoral process must err, then it must err on the side of inclusion. >> However, these errors must be accounted for and thus the most appropriate >> role of technology is to ensure a level of transparency and accountability >> that allows for review of any of those human decisions on how to handle >> exceptions. As noted earlier on this paper, the process used for >> verification involves a one-to-one match of voters against their >> biometrics. The voter gets his ID No. captured by the verification device >> in a bid to ?identify? them and once their records are loaded on the screen >> of the device an additional fingerprint scan is required to ?verify? this >> person. i.e. answering the question ? are you really the person who you >> claim to be? So, for example, if the validation device is unable to verify >> the fingerprint of a voter who the presiding officer knows or strongly >> believes to be a legitimate voter, and his/her particulars are on the voter >> register, the presiding officer should have the authority to override the >> device and allow the person to vote. In order to trigger the manual >> verification process, the presiding officer should collect as much >> information about the person being excluded from being electronically >> verified as possible. This information should include a photo of this >> person and the Serial Number not ID No. found on their National Identity >> card. Manual verification should not be misconstrued to mean manual >> verification using the physically printed out register or green books. This >> process should be endorsed by all party agents present at the polling >> station. It is important to have this information both in physical and >> electronic form. At the end of the day, any final reconciliation should >> include the number of decisions the presiding officer made contrary to the >> technology. This allows for review of the decisions of the presiding >> officer, and provides a deterrent since that officer knows that there will >> be an accounting of how many decisions he made of this nature. It also >> allows for reporting on anomalies where a polling station or ward has an >> inordinately high number of human exceptions. This information can be >> transmitted periodically so that during the course of the day to all >> stakeholders and thus all players are able to identify polling stations >> that have inordinately high numbers of human exceptions and vigilance can >> be increased to ensure only legitimate cases are excluded from electronic >> verification. >> Once this discussion has been held and we have a product that this has the >> blessing of all players contesting in the election. When accepted by all >> stakeholders the post-election process of massaging bruised egos and >> selling peace i.e. the 'accept and move on' message will be much easier. >> >

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Re: [kictanet] BVR, EVID & Transmission of Electoral Results
by John Kieti 30 Dec '16

30 Dec '16

Dear Listers, In my understanding, the use of electronic means to identify voters and to transmit results is more about the integrity of the election than efficiency of the process. Therefore, when we say we need a fall back system, we should look at a solution that not only safeguards fulfilment of the bill of rights as regards the right to vote. The solution should also have in itself a fallback mechanism that safeguards the integrity of the electoral process as envisaged by the notion of "electronic means". Simply reverting to "manual" appears a little too simplistic. This is because the spirit behind the law's insistence on "electronic" is that of safeguarding the voter identification process by way of biometric technology for instance. As technologists we will easily have consensus that biometric person identification is much more fool proof as regards positive identification than its manual alternatives (therefore not letting in the so called ghosts. Likewise, the spirit behind electronic transmission of presidential vote tallies from the polling station is to safeguard the integrity of the tallying and aggregation process. This ostensibly reduces chances of crooks tampering with signed tally forms (form 34s and form 36s) later on, after the tallies have been announced at the polling stations. Therefore as we consider the matter of "what if the system fails?", it may be that to maintain the spirit and intention of safeguarding the integrity of the vote, a fall back process needs to ensure that the integrity of the vote is not compromised. For instance, why would we insist on a manual back up when both the primary system and the redundant system could be electronic. As it may have been said, in the case of presidential tally transmission, GSM technology could constitute the primary system. Then in areas where GSM connectivity is absent or doubtful, a small deployment of vsat or satellite phones could provide redundancy. It could even be a temporary Wimax arrangement in specific geographical locations. It could also be that a extra government supported investment in GSM for areas of doubt between now and June 2017 is possible. Of course commercial viability is an issue but the bill of rights argument also appears to invoke the essence of the Universal Access Fund. As one may argue, the general election is one of the crucial activities where every citizen can exercises article 1 and article two of the constitution, and it happens once every five years. Arguably there might be no better use of the Universal Access Fund than for facilitating the exercise of article 1 and article 2 of the constitution. As regards voter identification (for EVIDs), there is people with very sweaty fingers. Others may have had accidents in the period preceding the election, causing amputation of the fingers linking them to the biometric register. Therefore such identification failure is plausible. Notwithstanding the possibility of EVID failure, if incidences of such failure exceed 5% or say a certain threshold in a polling station, then something would be amiss and should raise a red flag. It could either be a cultural / environmental challenge in the geography of that polling station, or it could be a case of power issues with the gadgets, or as some would say, it might be "artificial" failure to facilitate "ghost" voters. Regardless of the cause of EVID failure, and in the spirit of safeguarding the integrity of the election, it will help that every EVID failure instance triggers a sequence of well documented steps that can guarantee verifiability of a positive "manual" identification of the voter. The easy one of EVID failures to solve is the instance of power (battery) failure. It should not be impossible to eliminate this through better training of IEBC staff and pre-charging devices. More so, increased rural electrification in the last 4 years might contribute more to alleviation of this challenge. In conclusion, it seems important for those dealing with the Election Law Amendment to separate the two issues (1) The bill of rights and the right of every Kenyan (who has registered as a voter) to vote. (2) Safeguarding the integrity of the vote through ensuring we have up non corruptible, verifiable and auditable electoral systems. More specifically, voter identification and presidential tally transmission appear to be areas of enhancement. That's my 2016 five cent opinion on this electoral law matter. Happy 2017 everyone!.. On Dec 30, 2016 11:59, "Mutemi wa Kiama via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Hi Listers, In the debates I have seen raging online and elsewhere about need for a non-IT based backup system, the ICT Ministry and Communications Authority are quoted talking about the 3G coverage in the country or lack thereof. No one is talking about 2G and Satellite phone coverage. Isn't most of the country covered by 2G? Does it mean we suddenly can't transmit data over 2G which we used to before 3G? Interesting that the same Safaricom whose Mpesa can't be hacked by Al Shabaab can have electoral results transmission hacked (According to CS Joe Mucheru)! Are we suddenly analogue because elections are approaching? Could experts here appear before the senate committee on Elections Act next week and save this country from an impending calamity driven by ignorance around ICT? a bewildered 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. 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* _______________________________________________ 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/jkieti%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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Internet Censorship in Kenya: An Assessment
by Moses Karanja 30 Dec '16

30 Dec '16

Hello KICTANet Find a blog post we did with Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) based on our tests of Internet censorship in Kenya for the last 5 months. https://ooni.torproject.org/post/kenya-study/ If you are based outside Nairobi, and would like to run tests from your vantage point, please reach out. With censorship mutating to regional level (as compared to the national-level), it is important that we capture wider experiences. Nairobi is NOT Kenya so our measurements in Nairobi do not necessarily represent the country. -- Moses Karanja www.moseskaranja.com/blog

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BVR, EVID & Transmission of Electoral Results
by Mutemi wa Kiama 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

Hi Listers, In the debates I have seen raging online and elsewhere about need for a non-IT based backup system, the ICT Ministry and Communications Authority are quoted talking about the 3G coverage in the country or lack thereof. No one is talking about 2G and Satellite phone coverage. Isn't most of the country covered by 2G? Does it mean we suddenly can't transmit data over 2G which we used to before 3G? Interesting that the same Safaricom whose Mpesa can't be hacked by Al Shabaab can have electoral results transmission hacked (According to CS Joe Mucheru)! Are we suddenly analogue because elections are approaching? Could experts here appear before the senate committee on Elections Act next week and save this country from an impending calamity driven by ignorance around ICT? a bewildered 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. 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*

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How Kenya Became the Cradle of Africa’s Technological Innovation
by Alice Munyua 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

"A digital revolution is taking place in Kenya that has had ripples around Africa and the world" http://europe.newsweek.com/how-kenya-became-cradle-africas-ict-innovation-5…

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Jomla security alert
by james ikonya 27 Dec '16

27 Dec '16

| Joomla! Security News | | | [20161205] - PHPMailer Security Advisory Posted: 27 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST - Project: Joomla! - Severity: High - Versions: 1.6.0 through 3.6.5 - Exploit type: Remote Code Execution in third-party PHPMailer library - CVE Number: CVE-2016-10033 Description All versions of the third-party PHPMailer library distributed with Joomla! versions up to 3.6.5 are vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is patched in PHPMailer 5.2.18 which will be included with Joomla! 3.7. After analysis, the JSST has determined that through correct use of the JMail class, there are additional validations in place which make executing this vulnerability impractical within the Joomla environment. As well, the vulnerability requires being able to pass user input to a message’s “from” address; all places in the core Joomla API which send mail use the sender address set in the global configuration and does not allow for user input to be set elsewhere. However, extensions which bundle a separate version of PHPMailer or do not use the Joomla API to send email may be vulnerable to this issue. Generally, the Joomla project does not issue advisories regarding third party libraries, however given the severity of this issue we felt it important to advise our users that we are aware of this issue and we have determined that the additional validations in our API prevent triggering this vulnerability. Affected Installs Joomla! CMS versions 1.6.0 through 3.6.5 Solution No action required for Joomla users, the updated library will be included in the next scheduled release and additional mechanisms exist in Joomla core to prevent triggering the vulnerability. Users of the PHPMailer library separate from Joomla are advised to upgrade to 5.2.18 or newer ASAP. Additional Resources - https://legalhackers.com/advisories/PHPMailer-Exploit-Remote-Code-Exec-CVE-… - https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/SECURITY.md Contact The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre. Reported By: Dawid Golunski | James IkuaTwitter: @jImfotech

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Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy
by Ali Hussein 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Listers Security personal yesterday blocked the internet, phones in and around parliament buildings during a special session to discuss the budget and amendments to the electoral law to allow for alternative manual transmission of electoral results in the event the electronic systems fail. Read on:- http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Internet--phones-blocked-as-House-debate… A few weeks ago we discussed this issue of shutting down communication channels during crises across African countries. Well now you have your answer. If the government can shut down parliamentarians imagine what they can do to the rest of the country. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Technology has never been this political in India - MediaNama
by Nanjira Sambuli 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Good read, and a cautionary tale. Happy Holidays! http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-year-end-rant-2016-technology-has-neve… Year end rant 2016: Technology has never been this political in India Nikhil Pahwa•December 23, 2016 There’s something deeply worrying with where we’re going with digital, when the founder of India’s (self-proclaimed) largest fintech company stands up on a stage and, in a manner that resembles a rallying cry and all the passion that comes with it, calls it his company’s “pious mission” to make India cashless. The religiosity of that phrase – “pious” – invariably invokes thoughts of “white man’s burden”, imperialism and conversion that comes with it. Let’s call it “digital man’s burden”, for the lack of a better phrase. What we’ve seen over the last few of years is this concerted push to convert people to digital: the visible aspect of it has been incentives: cashbacks, cheaper products, cheaper cab rides, free calling. The growth in commerce leads to growth in content, leads to growth in usage of the Internet. It’s all good, because at least for the time being, it gives consumers choice. The growth that is now coming in, and is set to come in, is not through incentives but enforcement: people aren’t being given a choice. We’re seeing this “digital conversion” manifest itself in two ways, both related: firstly, the way Aadhaar is being made mandatory despite how its execution is impacting the poor, in violation of Supreme Court orders. Second, is the way delegitimisation of 86% of the currency in circulation is forcing people to switch to digital currency, despite it being more expensive for citizens, and our infrastructure being incapable of dealing with it. There’s a remarkable lack of empathy – from both the state and the opportunistic founders of companies, or their religious leaders seeding this “pious mission” – when the pain it causes people is being looked at as an “inconvenience”, a period of disruption. There is this bizarre, tech-startup mindset, that the government (or the RBI. Is there a difference?) is being agile with its notifications: that it’s put a plan out there, and based on quick feedback, is iterating. Unfortunately for them, economies aren’t software or products. People don’t starve when Facebook doesn’t upgrade its newsfeed. That entire move-fast-and-break-things philosophy cannot apply to the real world, when it’s people that can get hurt, and lives that get impacted. People have died. We’ve gone from technology giving people choice to technology robbing people of choice: the way technology is being implemented by our government today is an attack on freedom and choice. * Have you heard this phrase “digital colonisation”? The other side of this crusade is this demand for protection against competition for the same businesses, and it has come from the same sources: the fear of digital colonisation in case of Net Neutrality (not a rationale I was comfortable with, by the way), digital colonisation in Ola versus Uber, and in case of Software Patents. There aren’t many places where the phrase “digital colonisation” turns up online in the Indian context, but if you’re in conversation with an iSpirt executive, the phrase invariably does come up, and it goes something like this: In a few years, our authentication will be using fingerprints on Google (Android) and Apple, and to retain India’s sovereignty, we have to ensure that that authentication is ours. Colonisation is an emotional subject for us in this country, but when you point out that Google and Apple authentication are choices (not mandatory) and the citizen has little protection against the might of the sovereign state (as evidenced by demonetization, by the way), none against the theft or misuse of data, there isn’t a cogent response. The protectionist angle also came up when it was used to seek government support, as Flipkart’s Sachin Bansal said: “I think what we need to do is what at some level China did: [tell foreign players that] we need your capital, but we don’t need your companies”. Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal followed it up by asking for protection against “capital dumping”. Both these companies benefited from having raised more capital than others, and did their own capital dumping, allowing their competition to bleed. Now that both are faced with competition which deeper pockets, they want protection. Lets not forget that Flipkart wanted FDI in inventory based ecommerce until they became a marketplace. Now they speak against it, in order to prevent Amazon from bringing its core business to India. There’s a reason why Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma can say that “The Uber of India is Uber. The Google of India is Google. I can sign it on a wall that the PayPal of India will not be PayPal.” It’s because the company, which has a Payments Banks license, has a regulatory moat which not only protects it from Paypal, but also most of local competition. Payments Banks have another regulatory advantage: they can integrate UPI for payments while wallets are barred. They can raise money while wallets (for the time being), can’t. Their regulatory future is certain, while that of wallets is not. Of course, this is possibly not of their choosing, but they’re making the most of this opportunity. * Technology has never been this political in India before, and the dog-eat-dog competition in tech becomes a battle between a beast and a pup when politics enters it. In an interview a year ago, Nandan Nilekani said, India is going through a period of disruption, and “it is up to individual players to take advantage”. There is a window of a digital opportunity in India right now, to make multi-billion dollar businesses. When that opportunity goes to a chosen few who appear on stage on “Startup India, Standup India”, it’s reminiscent of when Russia privatised its factories, and the oligarchs took ownership of key industries to and built multi-billion dollar businesses out of it. At a private meeting in Bangalore in earlier this year, a key member of a think tank shouted me down when I raised the issues of lack of privacy protection in the (then draft) Aadhaar Bill: “You can’t do anything about the Act. It will be passed before you know it, and nobody will be able to do anything about it.” A couple of weeks later, that’s what happened. They knew. It’s discomfiting how close the technology industry and government have gotten this year. Lets take iSpirt as an example: unlike most organisations, iSpirt benefits from proximity to TRAI Chairman RS Sharma – the Chairman served along with many iSpirt volunteers in Aadhaar, including Nandan Nilekani. They got early access to Ravi Shankar Prasad, who was pitched to for support for Indian product startup shortly after he became IT Minister in 2014, and Jayant Sinha, current Minister of State for Civil Aviation (previously, Finance), appears to be a regular at iSpirt events. They get meetings at the PMO. Flipkart’s payments application was the first to use IndiaStack, which has been set up by iSpirt, and is being used by the National Payments Council of India for enabling UPI payments, but in a manner that is closed to others. As a think tank, iSpirt is doing an exceptional job of pitching to the government and non-government bodies such as the NPCI, which impacts payments. * It was something to celebrate when this government came into power, because it promised support for growth and “Digital India”. What I’m worried about is that the direction being chosen doesn’t appear to have been decided in a manner that is open and participatory, and there’s a distinct attempt to ignore concerns of those who represent how it impacts people. That the government speaks against a right as fundamental as privacy, to protect a project that is a privacy nightmare, is worrying. That people are dying in queues, or are being deprived of their pensions because of authentication failure, is distressing. These are not inconveniences. We’re heading down the wrong path if we’re compromising on rights in exchange for the growth. This is a country low on resources, high on demand, always jostling for space. Life here is often like trying to get into a train at Mumbai’s Dadar Station at peak times: you get sucked in and have no control over whether you’ll get in. Unfortunately, I’m idealistic, and I want there to be openness in the way that technology gets deployed; not in a manner that it is an attack on choice. There are questions to be asked about how policy is being made, and who knows that it is going the way it is? Who’s defining the standards, the protocols, and under what circumstances are these choices being made? How does it impact citizens and why are civil society concerns being ignored? We need more openness and transparency, especially because – to invoke another religious metaphor – this push to become digital – has become a crusade. Lastly, I know that we, as journalists, aren’t doing a good enough job of asking these questions (and more), and this is our failure as well; we’re all jostling for space and struggling for survival too. * This is the last post on MediaNama this year. Here’s to more freedom in 2017. Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Fw: [bestbits] (Call for Applications) Internet Policy in South and Southeast Asia: Research Methods for Advocacy [ASC-IPO, CCG-NLU, CIS & DAH]
by WANGARI KABIRU 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Advancements in areas of study in Internet Governance. PS: Share with your Asia networks Blessed day and sikukuu! 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 Saturday, 24 December 2016, 10:28, Sarvjeet Singh <sarvjeet.singh(a)nludelhi.ac.in> wrote: | | | | | The Internet Policy Observatory presents Internet Policy in South and Southeast Asia: Research Methods for Advocacy April 10-14, 2017, New Delhi, India Application Deadline: February 1, 2017 Application available at https://goo.gl/forms/we53DCD62M0Cmx7Z2 | | Activists around the world are working towards influencing internet policymaking processes and raise awareness about the importance of protecting the open internet. Given this background, there is a clear need to link relevant and methodologically sophisticated internet policy research with advocacy efforts. Building on the success of the Internet Policy Research Methods Course for Advocates held in Istanbul in 2015, the Annenberg School for Communication’s Internet Policy Observatory has teamed up with the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Digital Asia Hub to develop a research methods workshop for individuals working on digital rights issues in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The workshop will be organized from April 10-14, 2017 at National Law University, Delhi (India). The workshop brings together young scholars, activists, lawyers, and technologists for an intensive five-day practicum on using methodologically rigorous, data-driven, and contextually appropriate research for advocacy. The workshop is designed to cover both qualitative and quantitative, online and offline research methods, providing the space for hands-on activities and project-based learning. The program aims to strategically build collaborative possibilities across sectors, expand research capacity within practitioner and digital rights advocacy communities, and to provide the skills and know-how to use research and data to advance advocacy efforts. The program will provide skill-building tutorials on the following topics: § Defining and framing research topics and questions § Conducting desk and archival research § Researching law, policy and regulation § Questionnaire/interview design and techniques § Conducting surveys and public opinion research § Network measurement § Social network analysis § Data visualization § Translating research into action: dissemination for advocacy and policymaking impact § Developing proposals for funding and creating actionable research agendas We encourage individuals from South Asia and Southeast Asia in the academic (early career), NGO, technology, and public policy sectors to apply. Prospective applicants should have a particular area of interest related to internet governance and policymaking, censorship, surveillance, internet access, political engagement online, protection of human rights online, or corporate governance in the ICT sector. Applicants will be asked to bring a specific research question to the program to be developed and operationalized through trainings and one-on-one mentorship with top researchers and experts from around the world. The course will be conducted in English and applicants should be proficient in English in order to interact with experts, lecturers and other participants from diverse backgrounds. A limited pool of funding in the form of travel support is available and will be allocated based on the strength of the application, fit with the workshop, and demonstrated need. If you require funding support, please indicate as such in the online form.Please do forward this to anyone who may be interested. To apply for the workshop, please visit https://goo.gl/forms/we53DCD62M0Cmx7Z2. For more information about the program, please visit http://globalnetpolicy.org/event/internet-policy-in-south-and-southeast-asi…. For questions, email lsh(a)asc.upenn.edu | | | | | -- Sarvjeet Singh | Programme ManagerCentre for Communication Governance | National Law University, Delhi | Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 | Cell: (+91) 999-023-2298 | Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 | skype: sarvjeet.moond | www.ccgdelhi.org . www.ccgtlr.org . www.nludelhi.ac.in | Twitter: @ccgnlud . @sarvjeetmoondPGP: 0xBE8B DD6F | Fingerprint: 9F3B BE61 14F4 D458 0373 535D 9474 2EE9 BE88 DD6F ____________________________________________________________

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Re: [kictanet] Merry Christmas and Prosperous 2017
by Barrack Otieno 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Lister's, This is to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2017. May we remember the less fortunate among us and give them hope for a greater future. Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Merry Christmas and Prosperous 2017
by ceo 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Thank you Barrack. Have w merry Christmas and happy new year. Regards, Abdalla On Dec 23, 2016 11:32 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Lister's, > > This is to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a > prosperous 2017. May we remember the less fortunate among us and give > them hope for a greater future. > > 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 > > 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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Re: [kictanet] Internet, phones blocked as House debates election laws - Politics and policy - SIGNET off air in Meru?
by Barrack Otieno 24 Dec '16

24 Dec '16

Just seeing on social media that Signet is off in Meru for political reasons can someone confirm if this is true, if that is the case we must stop this trend. Regards On Dec 21, 2016 8:50 PM, "Odhiambo Washington via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: It's more likely jamming the GSM signal than the base stations option. You see, parliament has good GSM coverage everywhere due to it's location - I suppose. But again, what matters is the action, not the method used. It's an undesirable action in this time and age. And it's worrying enough that this same action is very likely to be replicated in 2017 in certain areas.... On 21 December 2016 at 20:25, Alex Watila via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > I am curious if they blocked gsm or just turned off the base stations that > served that area. > > > Regards, > > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila= > yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Tony White via kictanet > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 7:59 AM > To: awatila(a)yahoo.co.uk > Cc: Tony White <tony.mzungu(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet, phones blocked as House debates election > laws - Politics and policy > > Technology to locally disable gsm devices has been available commercially > for a long time, and is typically used in some countries in areas you are > asked not to use mobile phones, such as cinemas. I'm not sure if this tech > is legal here. Advice from CA is needed. > > I am guessing, but I think the reported blocking of 'internet' was only > via gsm, and was blocked as a consequence of blocking the gsm devices. > > Whether such localised blocking of communications is permissible is > debatable, but it certainly gives cause for concern. > > I think clear direction is needed ahead of August 2017 > > Cheers, > Tony > > > On 21/12/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: > > Listers > > > > Security personal yesterday blocked the internet, phones in and around > > parliament buildings during a special session to discuss the budget > > and amendments to the electoral law to allow for alternative manual > > transmission of electoral results in the event the electronic systems > fail. > > > > Read on:- > > http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Internet--phones-blocked-as-House-d > > ebates-election-laws/539546-3493404-item-0-l9ge6u/index.html > > > > A few weeks ago we discussed this issue of shutting down communication > > channels during crises across African countries. > > > > Well now you have your answer. > > > > If the government can shut down parliamentarians imagine what they can > > do to the rest of the country. > > > > > > Ali Hussein > > Principal > > Hussein & Associates > > +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> > > > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > > > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > > what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > -- > Tony White > > _______________________________________________ > 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/m > ailman/options/kictanet/awatila%40yahoo.co.uk > > 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/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 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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Fwd: Reminder: Short-Term ICT4D Research Associate Vacancy – University of Manchester (2 Jan Deadline)
by Alice Munyua 23 Dec '16

23 Dec '16

From: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk> > Date: 22 December 2016 at 22:52:05 EAT > To: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk> > Subject: Reminder: Short-Term ICT4D Research Associate Vacancy – University of Manchester (2 Jan Deadline) > > A reminder that we are currently advertising a short-term Research Associate post relating to digital economies and developing countries, with an application deadline of 2 Jan 2017: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=12606 > > The post involves supporting and contributing to a new research network on digital economies in developing countries, with salary in the range £31,076 to £38,183 per annum. > > Richard Heeks, Director, Centre for Development Informatics, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK > >

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN58 Fellowship
by Barrack Otieno 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Congratulations Bonface Witaba. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:17:50 +0000 Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN58 Fellowship To: ALAC Announce <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> [ICANN][icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DgMFaQ…> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-12-19-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> ________________________________ Successful Candidates Announced for ICANN58 Fellowship 19 December 2016 ICANN announces 56 individuals from 41 countries have been selected to participate in ICANN's Fellowship program at the 58th Public Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark 11-16 March 2017. 35 of the selected candidates will be attending their first ICANN meeting. Seven have attended an ICANN Meeting in the past but now will be part of the Fellowship program and fourteen are Fellowship Alumni with various levels of ICANN experience. Nine of the Alumni will take on the additional role of coaching Newcomers. These successful candidates represent all sectors of society including; civil, government, ccTLD operations, academia, facets of the business community, technical, security and end user groups. The Fellowship program seeks to create a broader and more diverse base of knowledgeable constituents with priority given to candidates currently living in underserved and underrepresented communities around the world, those who represent diversity of gender, sector, region, experience, expertise and/or have established financial need. An independent selection committee assessed the 424 Fellowship applications received for this meeting. Click here to see the list of selected candidates and learn more about the Fellowship program: http://www.icann.org/en/about/participate/fellowships[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_en_about…> -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Global Internet: Greg Wyler May Beat Elon Musk, Google, Facebook - Bloomberg
by Ali Hussein 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Tony Indeed. The new investment story is what led me to this particular two year old story which is still relevant today. I was hoping to demonstrate a new mantra in business:- Doing well by doing good. <http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg4…> Worth a read and a thought. Too often we in business and government have lost our way by chasing the profit motive and power simply for the sake of it. If the three core cogs of society - Public, Private and Civic work for the better good of society we would solve lots of Global Problems. That's why we members of KICTANet can inform a lot on how we can get things done better and without any vested interests. Most of the people on this list will never meet in their lifetime yet the ideas we share among each other, agree, agree to disagree in a civil manner is something we hope the world will emulate. And that's why Greg Wyler is my Hero for this December. One thing that caught my eye in this article was how the technology his company is building is already reducing internet costs by 90%!! Now that's huge. He's not only saying that Internet Access is a human right but he's doing something about it! Happy Holidays to you all! *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg4…> 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, Dec 22, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Tony White via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Ali, > > This is an interesting in-depth article - but it's almost 2 years old! > > Just this week, however, Softbank (the Japanese company who just > bought UK's ARM for 32 billion USD (the designers of most of the CPU > chips in phones and embedded devices)) announced an investment of over > 1 billion USD in Wyler's company: > > http://spacenews.com/oneweb-gets-1-2-billion-in-softbank-led-investment/ > > Things are on track. Can't wait :) > > Cheers, > Tony > > > On 22/12/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: > > Listers > > > > Super interesting story about how one man is probably close to > succeeding in > > building a Global Internet Service Provider. Interestingly enough he > comes > > from the premise that Connectivity is a Human Right and is largely > > responsible for helping Rwanda connect most of the country via Fibre. > > > > In tech-conference speak, what Wyler’s been doing for the past dozen > years > > is connecting “the other 3 billion.” This is the half of the world’s > > population that for various reasons is not online. Companies such as > Google > > and Facebook have received a lot of attention for their philanthropic > plans > > to bring the Internet to the developing world. Mark Zuckerberg, for > example, > > invited Time to follow him around rural India for a story about his > > evolution as a philanthropist and business leader, though he provided few > > specifics on what Facebook intends to do for India’s poor. And Elon > Musk—he > > of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and the Hyperloop—has received a wave of press, > and > > $1 billion in capital from Google and Fidelity—after unveiling his own > space > > Internet plan. > > > > Read on:- > > > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-01-22/the- > new-space-race-one-man-s-mission-to-build-a-galactic-internet-i58i2dp6 > > > > > > Ali Hussein > > Principal > > Hussein & Associates > > +254 0713 601113 > > > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > > > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > what > > no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > -- > Tony White > > _______________________________________________ > 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.

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Global Internet: Greg Wyler May Beat Elon Musk, Google, Facebook - Bloomberg
by Ali Hussein 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Listers Super interesting story about how one man is probably close to succeeding in building a Global Internet Service Provider. Interestingly enough he comes from the premise that Connectivity is a Human Right and is largely responsible for helping Rwanda connect most of the country via Fibre. In tech-conference speak, what Wyler’s been doing for the past dozen years is connecting “the other 3 billion.” This is the half of the world’s population that for various reasons is not online. Companies such as Google and Facebook have received a lot of attention for their philanthropic plans to bring the Internet to the developing world. Mark Zuckerberg, for example, invited Time to follow him around rural India for a story about his evolution as a philanthropist and business leader, though he provided few specifics on what Facebook intends to do for India’s poor. And Elon Musk—he of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and the Hyperloop—has received a wave of press, and $1 billion in capital from Google and Fidelity—after unveiling his own space Internet plan. Read on:- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-01-22/the-new-space-race-one-m… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Flying of Drones in Kenya?
by Barrack Otieno 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

Hi Edith, I understand you need to seek authority from the department of defence. Best Regards On 12/21/16, Edith Ofwona <eofwona(a)idrc.ca> wrote: > Listers, > > Does anyone know if Kenya allows flying of small drones for research or > recreational purposes? any licenses or approval required? > > Would appreciate any info or referrals? > > Thanks > > Edith > > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Season's Greetings! A Year in Review, 2016 - DotConnectAfrica!
by Gideon 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

D ear Listers, Happy Holidays from DotConnectAfrica! Happy Holidays & Happy New Year To view in your browser, Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102516344150&ca=108c9a76-…> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=1&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=3&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=4&r=1> <http://s.rs6.net/t?e=daGtFqc74Z8&c=5&r=1> <http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Season-s-Greetings--A-Year-in-Review--20…> * DotConnectAfrica End of Year Newsletter, December 2016 * * A Year in Review- 2016!* *Season's Greetings * * 2016 #YearOfTheWomen End of Year Message from Message from the Founder/CEO * *~ ~* *As Founder and CEO of DotConnectAfrica Group, it gives me great joy and honor to send this end of year message to the entire Pan-African constituency and * *international community of supporters and well-wishers all over the globe.* * Every year I take time to review and go over all that transpired throughout the year and share with you, as you have been an integral part of our journey. 2016 has been an involving and satisfactory year, despite the challenges of some of what we have had to go through. We are thankful for every part of the process and experience. I am glad to share with you some of what DCA Group has done and achieved. * *DCA Walking the Talk and Impacting Lives ** In fulfillment of our declaration of** 2016 ** as #YearOfTheWomen, DCA indeed offered** and created more avenues to promote the woman entrepreneur, the CEO, the President, the Head girl and the 6 year old who did not want to get married as she "wants to do her own thing". Thus these girls and women seem to have found more rewarding times within their daily lives as well as making important life choices. * *Our **flagship Trust program** Miss.Africa launched a Pan-African seed fund <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> through our DCA academy programme - an initiative that supports women and girls in STEM. Through this effort, we identify how we might support the impact and scalabi**lity of their initiatives.* * Most of our activities this year therefore were focused in the fulfillment of the program, related to girls and women in technology. As it is well known in Africa, DCA Trust is an early champion of "girls and women in tech" **among many other* innovative causes we have championed in Afric*a.** We started off with tech training program for girls internally at DCA, followed by the fulfillment of the most popular yearly "Miss.Africa" seed fund". The initial fund was able to award multi-country initiatives including Kenya, Madagascar and Cameroon. * *This year in October I was very proud to attend a graduation ceremony of Twenty Five (25) women <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> selected from over three hundred applicants who benefited directly from receiving the Miss.Africa training. The girls were trained on mobile app development over a 3 month program by a partner organization. I also presented the prestigious Miss.Africa Trophy award to the founder of the Kenya based organization in recognition of the efforts and collaborations in making the Miss.Africa program a success. DCA also utilized our #2016YearofTheWomen,#STEM4girls, #girls4tech and #womenintech hashtag themes to campaign for women all over the world by highlighting their work, recognizing the efforts, participating in their causes, and various women-centric topics and forums around the world. In 2017, we look forward to seeing more African women and girls benefit throughout Africa, with Miss.Africa program. * *"When you empower a woman you empower a community".In line with our mission of educating and advancement of Internet in Africa, other ongoing efforts of DCA include Digital and Social media dissemination, mobile platform development and training. We also have pipeline service oriented projects that we have been working on to hopefully launch in 2017.* *Status of The .Africa gTLD Court Case* * The unfortunate legal challenge we are undergoing with ICANN has been a burden to DCA's ongoing positive effort to expand and implement our mission to the people of Africa. Despite being assisted with Top Tier legal firms at all times, it takes much of our executive and research time over a battle that has lasted over 5 years. * - *In January 2016, DCA Trust went to court over ICANN's processing of the **Independent Review Panel (IRP)** ruling. **This found ICANN indeed violated is Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation and that the Board's actions/inactions on our.Africa gTLD application were not accountable* *. * - *In March 05, 2016, a United States District Court, Central District of California - Western Division gave a ruling granting an Interim Relief [PDF Case No: CV 16-00862 RGK (JCx)] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> for DCA Trust by issuing a decision that ICANN should hold off from delegating the .AFRICA top-level domain (TLD) for ZA Central Registry (ZACR). **The court found "serious questions" going toward DCA's likelihood of success on the merits and a balance of hardships that tips sharply in DCA's favour.....[Cont'd].... As such, the Court GRANTED a preliminary injunction barring ICANN <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> from delegating the rights to .Africa until this case is resolved. * - *Recently on December 14 2016, the Ninth Circuit court of appeals also granted the unopposing motions on dismissal of appeals [PDF D.C. No.2:16-cv-00862-RGK-JC] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> on the district court's lack of jurisdiction and denied ICANN's request to include language that DCA's preliminary injunction order is void and the appeal is moot. * *We await the court process that will hopefully concluded soon.* * African Governments Continued misunderstanding over .AfricaI wrote various public commentaries and sparked a debate about the ICANN transition having an impact on the US elections. I wrote to The Hill a message I titled "ICANN is already under the influence of Foreign Governments <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>". This drew an example of how ICANN allowed the African Union Commission (AUC), an Intergovernmental body to heavily interfere in the .Africa application so as to delegate it to itself. This eventually led me to take ICANN to Court. However. I did not expect that there would be another body that would try to change the rules. In support of the AUC, the African Telecom Union (ATU) recently came up with** a widely opposed proposal** from an **African Group's Common Proposal (AFCP) **for the modification and expansion of Resolution 47 to include generic top level domain and specifically cited .Africa. To make my views heard, I wrote in a public rejoinder to the proposal on an Industry blog CircleID: "Why African Telecom Union (ATU) Proposal Should be Rejected <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>". I** stated categorically that the ATU's sponsored Tunis "Africa Proposal" is the same as Uncle AUC's Dakar "Africa Agenda", proposed to circumvent global ICANN policy, and should be rejected! * *In response to the above, the ICANN CEO also wrote to Mr. Houlin Zhao, the Secretary General of the <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>International Telecommunication Union (ITU) stating ICANN concerns on the above proposal and that its initiations might have been triggered by some misunderstandings of some African countries on a specific Top-Level Domain application. This validates my long standing view that the African governments have always been misled by the vested interest groups on the characterization of .Africa gTLD. * * Finally, while we enjoy the festivities of this holiday season with friends and family, I want to give thanks to all our supporters, followers and those who believed in us as well as those who have been with us through some of our challenging journey of accomplishing our mission for the people of Africa. * *On behalf of DCA Group and myself, I wish you a joyous, tranquil and fulfilling Holiday Season for Africa and the world!.* *See you all in 2017!* *Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Happy New Year* *Sophia Bekele* *Founder* *DotConnectAfrica* *In this Issue* *Seasons Greetings* * (Message from Executive Director)Saluting 2016, the #YearoftheWomen* *DotConnectAfrica Recap; Global Policy Advocacy and Contribution* *Lisbon, Portugal: High Level Talk: Africa's development on EurAfrican Forum MeetingNairobi, Kenya: Miss.Africa announces 2016, Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: The Innovation Issue* * Nairobi, Kenya: Our Impact Initiatives: Miss.Africa Seed Fund App Developers Graduate. Award Ceremony at eMobilis* * DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: "THE WOMAN'S ISSUE" * * Nairobi Kenya: DCA Trust Announces eMobilis as the Winner of its Inaugural USD 5000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund* *DotConnectAfrica Update: United States Court Has Granted an Interim Relief for DCA Trust on .AfricaSalute 2016 - The Year of "The Women": A New Year's Message* *DCA Video of the Year* *DCA Seen and HeardDCA Trust invited to the Strathmore SMC Roundtable: Promoting Management Science Excellence in PracticeAfrica's first fully electrified cross-border railway line opens from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of DjiboutiDCA Song of the Year* *Quotable Quotes* *Message from Editor: SEE YOU IN 2017* *DCA Video of the Year* <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> Miss.Africa Mobile App Dev Awards Nairobi *DCA Advisory Board Seen & HeardDCA Congratulates all of you on your hard won efforts, achievements, and successes in your endeavors. We value your relations! * * Michael Macharia - Kenya's Seven Seas Technologies raises $3m from Toyota to digitize medical services * Seven Seas Technologies Kenya has received $3 million from Toyota Tsusho CSV Africa Pte. The deal adds CEO mike Macharia into the billionaires list Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * EXCLUSIVE - Flashback to the 90s - "Building an inclusive Internet"* A trained molecular biologist, *Dr. Tan Tin Wee,* a pioneer ended up introducing the Internet and the Web to Singapore. He led the first Internet service provider, Technet Unit, National University of Singapore (NUS), for academia and research in the country. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * Salim Amin on "Panel of Judges" for Africa 2016 Photo Competition* The winners of the Agility, Africa 2016 Photo Competition have been announced and awarded. The competition drew over 2,500 photo. Read <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> [image: Nebiyu Yosef for dotafrica] *Nebiyu Yoseph has been named and will receive the "2017 **Modern Day Technology Leader"* * award by BEYA STEM, <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>* an industry group that supports the industry Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). *Nominated by **AT&T*, in his role of a Lead Advanced Tech Support/Analysis at Wireless AT&T, Nebiyu is an Experienced System Architect with proven history of lead development and production roles. * Adding to her International accolades Sophia Bekele has been enlisted among 10 Ethiopian "Women Who Matter" - by the influential media The Reporter Daily, Ethiopia * Our own Sophia Bekele, is enlisted amongs " Women That Matter <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>", in celebration of the Ethiopian New Year January 11, 2009 aka. January 11, 2016 Civil Calendar. * What/who is your inspiration? Sophia Bekele "Disrupting the status quo, people who are game changers, my opponents, and underdogs like David from The Bible" "It could be film, it could be sports or a big company, but all made a difference. As part of The Reporter's New Year edition tradition, we selected 10 women who, during the years, made their mark on society. While some are obvious choices and some obscure, they were selected by their achievements and ambitions",* wrote Meheret-Selassie Mokonnen of The Reporter Media in Ethiopia, conducted the interviews with these inspiring women. Read on The Reporter. <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> (complete the CAPTCHA) * Selected media coverage of DCA Trust activities * * - ICANN rejects Africa Proposal Tunis Agenda saying Africa misunderstands ICANN policy <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>- .Africa: US Court grants Injunction to DCA Trust, says Balance of Equities tips in favor of DCA <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>- Q&A: DCA Trust Founder on Status of .Africa & Why Other African gTLDs failed to Go Live <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>- DCA unveils 2016 Round II seed fund tech initiative for women in Africa <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * * DCA Trust Good citizenry at Strathmore University Kenya * DCA trust was invited to the Strathmore SMC Roundtable. The theme of the Round Table Forum was *"Promoting Management Science Excellence in Practice"* and with the objective to give the students the exposure as well as help them to understand the standards they will be required to have as they seek to join professions in the management science area. DCA Trust in the past participated in the career day and advised students on best industry ideals and skills. * Made in Ethiopia: Africa's first fully electrified cross-border railway line opens from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of Djibouti * The dream is that one day the railway will extend from Djibouti's coast all the way across Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> *DCA's Song of the Year* <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> Loliwe - *'the train is pushing'* by Zahara *Zahara (Bulelwa Mkutukana) described "Loliwe" as a song written to inspire one to achieve their destiny through patience and perseverance.* *Quotable Quotes* ~ * "The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving."* - *Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~* *Lets meet in 2017!* * 2016 the #YearoftheWomen has indeed been a great year for the DCA Group, and we can't even begin to list them all, because you have been part of our journey.From witnessing successful training of 25 female beneficiaries Miss.Africa Seed Fund who will go on to become a great group of developers in both web based and mobile apps. We look forward to seeing another group of geeks in 2017.We also saw progress in the .Africa court case vs ICANN where we won two important decisions where the Court granted Interim Relief or Temporary Restraining Order and later a Motion for Preliminary Injunction which stopped any delegation of .Africa. In the year 2017 we expect even more success both for the case that will conclude hopefully in February 2017 and for our in-house projects to scale further especially the Miss.Africa Seed fund project since women represent over 50% of the African continent's talent that is unaccounted for.We look forward to the new year for new opportunities and encourage you to continue walking with us. Thank you for being part of our journey. Happy Holidays to you and your own and blessed 2017! * *Thomas Kamanzi* *Editorial Advisor/ press.africa* *tkamanzi(a)dotconnectafrica.org * [image: Join Our Mailing List] <https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102516344150> * 2016: A Year In Review * * Saluting DCA's 2016 #YearoftheWomen * *#YearOfTheWomen 2016: Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling": * This year was aptly dedicated by DCA Trust as the "Year of the Women". From Simone Biles, the first American women gymnast to win four gold medals in a SINGLE Olympics or the Ethiopian Almaz Ayana to win the women's 10,000 meters setting a new World and Olympic record at the Rio World Olympics 2016 to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton First Woman Nominated by a major US, Party for Presidency for US election, to the women who work daily to make the world better. Viva to you all! Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * DotConnectAfrica Recap:Global #PolicyAdvocacy, Commentary and Contributions * During the year 2016 DCA Trust and its affiliates has contributed to and participated in several Internet Governance topics and forums that include : - * Commentary: Why African Telecom Union (ATU) Proposal Should be Rejected <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * - *Commentary: **Would internet transition have an impact on current US election? <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>, by DCA Principal for The Hill.* - * Q&A: DCA Trust Founder on Status of .Africa & Why Other African gTLDs failed to Go Live! <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * - *Commentary: The IANA Transition's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * * Lisbon, Portugal: DCA at High Level Talk: Africa's development on #EurAfrican Forum * *Main picture: EurAfrican Delegation Inset: Left: DCA Founder Ms. Sophia Bekele with Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa* International Entrepreneur and ICT Activist, Sophia Bekele was invited to a high-level key note panel at the Eurafrican Forum in October 2016, Lisbon, Portugal. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> *"Regarding technology and innovation, Africa is heavily focused on the apps economy, a gravitation towards mobile, cloud computing and internet of things (IOT). This is helped by the fact that women and youth are getting to be part of this innovation because of the work that organizations like DCA Trust is doing locally. As regards broadband in Africa, it is not so much the lack of connectivity but the quality of connectivity which needs to be improved."*-- Sophia Bekele * Nairobi, Kenya Our Impact Initiatives: Miss.Africa #SeedFund #MobileApp Developers Graduate. * October 2016: After a successful 3 month training of the Twenty Five (25) women selected from over three hundred applicants who benefited directly from the Miss.Africa Seed fund. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * Nairobi, Kenya: Miss.Africa announces 2016, Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa * July 21, 2016: DCA Trust in a* #STEM4girls* Pan-African campaign, the Miss.Africa program is mobilizing a Round II Seed Fund for Tech initiatives n Africa that will avail small grants to support women and girls in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields to launch or expand their own initiatives that will increase digital opportunities in IT related training, jobs and leadership roles. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * DotConnectAfrica Tedbits: "We Paved the Way" THE #INNOVATION ISSUE * *"Miss.Africa, Generation.Africa, the .Africa gTLD - * *We know we rallied Africa"* CEO, DCA Group, Sophia Bekele June 2016: DotConnectAfrica is very proud that most of the PanAfrica initiatives we pioneered in Africa such as Miss.Africa for Women education and empowerment particularly in ICT and STEM has now gotten attention of African leadership and mainstreamed in the African Agenda at various African Counties. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> *Madagascar: Django Girls initiative empowered by Miss.Africa fund* DCA agree and believe in the power and untapped potential of Africa and we have made strides in ensuring that this potential is uncovered. *Kenya: Inaugural Grand Prize Seed Fund Winner eMobilis with part of the 25 women benefited from fully funded training* *Pycon Cameroon programming training session funded by Miss.Africa fund* *More pictorials from our activities can be accessed here <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…>* * Nairobi Kenya: DCA Trust Announces eMobilis as the Winner of its Inaugural Miss.Africa #SeedFund * *Happy Women's Month* March 15, 2016: The Miss. Africa Initiative, a pan-african trust program of DotConnectAfrica (DCA) announces its winner of the Miss.Africa 2015 USD 5000 Seed Fund as eMobilis. Read more <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dStwmmvxJntpQjUPOhj0JXjtPufy7SyzmdIgT4KVf-No…> * California : US Court GRANTS DotConnectAfrica a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa * April 12, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya:A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the decision for case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) [PDF] DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers & ZA Central Registry. The Court finds it more prejudicial to the African community, and the international community in general, if the delegation of .Africa is made prior to a determination on the fairness of the process by which it was delegated. 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Fwd: Open Forum : ITU periodic review of the ITRs in 2017
by Barrack Otieno 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Oluoch via Internet Society <Mail(a)connectedcommunity.org> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:09:26 +0000 Subject: Open Forum : ITU periodic review of the ITRs in 2017 To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com == Please, reply above this line == Dear Members, As you may be aware, the ITU will begin a review of the International Telecommunication Regulations <https://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/itrs.aspx> (ITRs) next year through an Expert Group on the ITRs <https://www.itu.int/en/council/eg-itrs/Pages/default.aspx> (EG-ITR). The first meeting of this group will take place in Geneva on February 9-10. The Members of the ITU Council <https://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/members.aspx> called for this review in Council Resolution 1379 (attached) based on guidance from 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference, Resolution 146 on the Periodic review and revision of the ITRs. The review will begin in 2017 and will take into account new trends in telecommunications/ICT, emerging issues and obstacles that may arise from the implementation of the 2012 ITRs and WCIT-12 Resolutions and Recommendations. Key aspects of the EG-ITR: the EG-ITR is open to Member States and Sector Members and contributions will be accepted from both groups including from the Directors of the three Bureaus by January 25th; the EG-ITR will be chaired by Fernando Borjn (Mexico), the Chairman of ITU Plenipotentiary 2010 and 6 Vice Chairs <https://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/proposed-VC.aspx>, one from each region; the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the EG-ITR are defined by Council Resolution 1379 on EG-ITRs (see attachment).The ToR state that the review should include among others: a). an examination of the 2012 ITRs to determine its applicability in a rapidly evolving international telecommunication environment, taking into account technology, services and existing multilateral and international legal obligations as well as changes in the scope of domestic regulatory regimes; b). Legal analyses of the 2012 ITRs; c). Analyses of any potential conflicts between the obligations of signatories to the 2012 ITRs and signatories to the 1988 ITRs with respect to implementation of the provisions of the 1988 and the 2012 ITRs. the EG-ITR will submit a progress report to the 2017 Session of ITU Council and a final report to the 2018 Session of ITU Council (18-27 April 2018). Following Councils examination, the final EG-ITR report will be submitted with any of Councils comments to Plenipotentiary 2018 where ITU Members will determine whether or not an update or revision is needed to the 2012 ITRs. ISOCs role/perspectives: A key question surrounding the ITR review is whether it will re-open some of the debates on the expansion of the treaty to include regulations of the Internet. The Internet Societys perspective is that the ITRs should help facilitate global telecommunications and should not interfere with the continued innovation and evolution of telecommunications networks and the Internet. And so it is worth considering whether stirring up some of the controversial issues is a desirable trajectory for a treaty where consensus will be important. As a Sector Member of the ITU, we plan to be engaged in and follow this process to review the existing ITRs. ITU Resolution 146 (Rev. Busan 2014) and Council Resolution 1379 both set out clear guidelines on the scope and mandate of the EG-ITR; it will be important that the work of this group remain within these boundaries. Furthermore, the openness and transparency in this process is crucial for the legitimacy of the outcome. We hope that the review process is open and transparent and that it fosters dialogue and collaboration in order to find common solutions and share best practices. About the ITRs: The ITRs are a binding treaty that was adopted at the 1988 World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference (WATTC-88) and came into force in 1990. The ITRs set out the rules for the exchange of telecommunications traffic across borders with the goal of promoting international interconnection and interoperability. A revision to the 1988 ITRs occurred in 2012 at the World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) in Dubai. Some of the amendments that were perceived by some Member States as expanding the ITUs role in Internet governance were not accepted by those states, with the result that 89 of the 114 Member States <https://www.itu.int/osg/wcit-12/highlights/signatories.html> present signed the ITRs and 55 Member States refused to sign. Depending on inputs from the ITU membership, the ITR review process might also consider some of the limitations that may motivate non-signatories not to accede to the 2012 ITRs as well as those that motivated Member States not to sign. Useful Links: 1988 International Telecommunication Regulations <https://www.itu.int/pub/T-REG-ACT-1988> 2012 International Telecommunication Regulations <https://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Documents/final-acts-wcit-12.pdf> Treaty Signing Process Explained <https://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/treaties-signing.aspx> We will keep you informed of developments /progress on this EG-ITR. Please stay tuned for more information. Regards, ------------------------------ Elizabeth Oluoch Policy Advisor Internet Society Email: Oluoch(a)isoc.org Direct: + 1 703 439 2138 ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&SenderKey… Reply to Discussion : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&MID=13728… To Download the attachment(s) click on the link below: https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/ViewAttachment/?DocumentKey=e8e… (if the link doesn't work, copy and paste it into your web browser) ------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to "Open Forum" as otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com. To change your subscriptions, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=…. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?Use…. -- Barrack O. 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PesaCheck Fellowship – Nairobi, Kenya
by Grace Githaiga 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

Listers This might be of interest to someone. Rgds Grace Code for Kenyais sponsoring a one-year part-time Fellowship for an outstanding individual who will join thePesaCheckteam, to help research and fact-check public statements by public figures to ensure that they’re giving citizens accurate and actionable information. https://opportunities.codeforafrica.org/2016/12/16/pesacheck-fellowship-nai… Best regards Githaiga, Grace

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Re: [kictanet] WSIS Forum 2017
by Bonface Witaba 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

Seasons Greetings Listers, For those who might be interested in being panelists at the WSIS Forum 2017: https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2017/Pages/HLTFs Kind regards Bonface Witaba Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Tue, 20 Dec, 2016 at 11:26, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<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: Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail (Baiju Shah) 2. Re: Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail (Athar Ahmad Bhatti) 3. Re: Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail (Athar Ahmad Bhatti) 4. Wanted: Female Role Models in ICT in Africa (Mwendwa Kivuva) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 21:31:55 +0300 From: Baiju Shah <baiju(a)telemedia.co.ke> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail Message-ID: <61BB686D-E332-43E0-98B0-3530161754EE(a)telemedia.co.ke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 RIP - Zak ... > On 19 Dec 2016, at 14:32, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > Many thanks for this email, we empathize with the families of the > Kenyan techies. I also want to thank Mr. Esuchi for responding even > though it appears to be a public relations exercise. We hope that this > matter is treated with the seriousness it deserves so that our Kenyan > colleagues can be released otherwise it will reverse our efforts to > promote regional business ties and interrogation. We have seen similar > cases in South Sudan as well and it is high time the government > intervenes as it did with regard to the cases in Saudi Arabia. > Please keep us updated Kevin so that we can have the correct picture > on what is happening. > > Regards > > Regards > >> On 12/19/16, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> ?What I can say for sure is that the government could have, and more >> importantly now, could do much to end the suffering of these families.? >> >> The least they can do is to compel the Ethiopian authorities to formally >> charge all the suspects (others such as Maxwell Ochieng and Oscar Otindo >> have been there for much longer than Jedrick Mugo and the Late Zak Muriuki. >> It was Zak who found a way to communicate to their families of their >> whereabouts and shared the funds and food channeled to him by the company >> and family, plus many others from other African countries. He also took on >> the role of their 'protector' while in prison). >> >> It is a great injustice to be continuously kept in remand on some of the >> flimsiest reasons ever given in a court of law. Zak's last straw was when >> the Judges indicated that the ruling was ready but it was in a handwritten >> format and needed to be typed. This was on Oct 27th and the new ruling date >> was set to January. He came from very high spirits and quickly went into >> depression. This has always been the narrative with the court. I was there >> during the August hearing and they said that they needed to go on leave >> thus pushing it to the Oct date. >> >> All this time wives and children and families were without their loved ones >> - and with no officially permitted visits. >> >> Finally, Zak was my colleague of many years. As for the company I will ask >> you to listen very carefully on what these families themselves are saying. >> What I know is that these two companies have spent MILLIONS of shillings >> going back and forth to Addis and everywhere else they can to find a >> solution, legal fees, school and family upkeep fees aside to the salaries >> being paid as usual. There has been a team of lawyers both in Ethiopia and >> Kenya. >> >> Tomorrow the 19th is Zak's memorial service at the Lutheran Church on >> Nyerere Rd, starting at 10 AM (see attached map for directions). Afterwards >> we have also planned a peaceful march to light candles at the Ethiopian >> embassy - as many as the days that they held him without any charge. (PS: >> The police have been duly notified). >> >> Anyone that has a means to facilitate that the rest in prison are given a >> fair trial, please side bar. >> >> RIP brother Zak. >> >> >> ? >> >> Kevin >> >> On 18 December 2016 at 08:09, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Tony >>> >>> Very good point. Infact I wonder how in the first place did this company >>> or companies accept to do work in a country like Ethiopia without >>> ensuring >>> they have ALL the relevant licenses and government approvals. We all know >>> Ethiopia is one of the most oppressive countries in the world right now. >>> Chasing dollars without enduring you are on the right side of the law is >>> simply criminal. They ought to be charged for reckless endangerment of >>> their employees' lives. >>> >>> >>> *Ali Hussein* >>> *Principal* >>> *Hussein & Associates* >>> +254 0713 601113 >>> >>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>> >>> Skype: abu-jomo >>> >>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>> >>> >>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 18 Dec 2016, at 7:27 AM, Tony White via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> What I find most disgusting in this case is that they appear to have >>> been totally abandoned by their employer! It is easy to blame >>> 'serikali', but the employer should have been on the ground with >>> competent lawyers etc. to resolve this - *not* "we couldn't find the >>> ambassador" for 2 years!! >>> >>> RIP Zak. >>> >>> >>> On 17/12/2016, Barrack Otieno via kictanet >>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ali, >>> >>> >>> I read the same and i must say it is terrible, the worst bit is that >>> >>> the Kenyan Ambassador could not be reached to help resolve the problem >>> >>> if this is true somebody needs to go home, we cannot have public >>> >>> servants who cannot help the Kenyan public , it is the epitome of >>> >>> arrogance if there is truth in it. It is bad in this day and age for >>> >>> public servants to ignore requests from the public, anyone who know >>> >>> this issue well should enlighten us but as an ICT community we must >>> >>> say no to the way this issue appears to be handled in a pedestrian >>> >>> manner with the same breath that we opposed the ICT bill. >>> >>> >>> We need to join hands and petition the government on this matter. >>> >>> Justice be our shield and defender May we dwell in unity, Peace and >>> >>> liberty, Plenty be found within our borders >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> On 12/17/16, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Listers >>> >>> >>> Saddest news. It also appears that there are three more Kenyan ICT >>> >>> Practitioners who are still languishing in prison in Ethiopia. The main >>> >>> charge is that they are accused of installing communication equipment >>> >>> without a license. Mugo, was arrested with Zak (may the almighty rest his >>> >>> soul in peace) over a year ago and Osborne Otinda with his colleague >>> >>> Maxwell >>> >>> Odhiambo (according to today's Nation, Page 3) were arrested in October >>> >>> 2014 >>> >>> and are still in jail. >>> >>> >>> Excerpts:- >>> >>> >>> (Addis Standard) ? The body of a Kenyan engineer who died while in an >>> >>> Ethiopian prison has arrived home on Thursday Dec. 11th. >>> >>> >>> Zak Muriuki, a father of two girls (pictured) and a tech engineer by >>> >>> profession, arrived in Ethiopia nearly two years ago on January 9, 2015, >>> >>> according to information obtained by Addis Standard. He was arrested on >>> >>> January 10 along with another Kenyan, Jadrick Mugo, who is still in >>> >>> prison. >>> >>> >>> Read on:- >>> >>> >>> http://www.ayyaantuu.net/kenyan-tech-engineer-zak-muriuki/ >>> >>> >>> It also appears that the government is doing what it can to get the >>> >>> Kenyans >>> >>> released. >>> >>> >>> Ali Hussein >>> >>> Principal >>> >>> Hussein & Associates >>> >>> +254 0713 601113 >>> >>> >>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>> >>> Skype: abu-jomo >>> >>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>> >>> >>> >>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >>> >>> what >>> >>> no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/tony.m >>> zungu%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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tony White >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/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. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/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. >>> >> > > > -- > 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 > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/baiju%40telemedia.co.… > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:26:06 +0000 (UTC) From: Athar Ahmad Bhatti <atharab(a)gmail.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail Message-ID: <C9E4EC6837B6D218.60BA9D68-7A4C-4985-A38F-6EBB6D8ABAF1(a)mail.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

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Wanted: Female Role Models in ICT in Africa
by Mwendwa Kivuva 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

This might be of interest to ladies role models within the ICT space in Africa. Please share widely. Begin forwarded message: *From: *Lillian Achom <lillian.achom(a)afchix.org> *Subject: **Video Recording of Women In Technology as Role Models* *Date: *12 December 2016 at 15:05:12 GMT+4 *To: *AfChix <afchix(a)afchix.org>, AfChixUganda <afchixuganda(a)afchix.org>, KE-Chix <ke-chix(a)afchix.org> Hello, I send you very warm greetings. AfChix (www.afchix.org) is seeking to document ten (10) African women in Technology role models from the regions: Southern Africa, North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and The Indian Ocean. We shall be publishing their stories on social media and Televisions. For more information, visit this link: https://goo.gl/FQ3Q5V We believe that by exposing and mentoring young girls and women to possible career opportunities in Computer Science & ICT, we will empower them to join technical fields confidently. Our programs target the upper primary and high school girls between the age of 9 to 18, the young women who have freshly joined careers in ICT/Computer Science at Universities and workplaces and those established and looking to grow into technical leadership positions. We shall be disseminating the information on portable storage devices during our career and mentorship meetings with students. As one of the 10 African Women in Technology Role models, by sharing your story, you will be inspiring the over half a million girls in Africa to consider joining the Computer Science/ICT Career path. By sharing your story, your contributions in the industry will be visible to a significant number of viewers across the continent and beyond. Eligibility: Selection will be based on the following : 1. Must be a woman 2. Must be from Africa 3. Must be willing to share her story as a role model and grants permission to AFCHIX and AFRINIC and other partners to share this information on the various online and offline channels 4. Academic Qualification: Must have studied or is studying any S.T.E.M -related programs (eg, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, etc). 5. Technical Roles: Those currently playing a technical Role are highly recommended 6. Managerial Roles: Those who transitioned from Technical to Managerial roles are highly recommended 7. Might be a mentor or not necessarily a mentor to anyone 8. Might have an inspiring story of how she fell in love with, eg Mathematics. Some Important Dates: December 12th 2016 - Nomination forms open to applicants February 12th 2017 -Close of Nominations February 28th 2017 -Announcement of Selected candidates to all participants *NOMINATION FORM * <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSch6BwXsvY_QUKhKjWJ4wNesC2DwEtPzFC…>Please fill in this brief nomination form for a possible selection. You can nominate yourself or someone else Please share this within your networks. For any inquiries, reach us on: lillian.achom(a)afchix.org Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and prosperous 2017! -- *Lillian A.* *AfChix* *Connect | Mentor | Inspire Women in Tech* *Website: www.afchix.org <http://www.afchix.org/>*

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Ten Principles for User Protection
by Brian Muhia 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

In (what I suppose to be) the spirit of Christmas, The Tor Project has published a set of principles that I think could guide policy on the technologies that we talk about here. They are designed in the same mindset as Larry Lessig's four principles of regulation ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_and_Other_Laws_of_Cyberspace) Here they are: 1. Do not rely on the law to protect systems or users. 2. Prepare policy commentary for quick response to crisis. 3. Only keep the user data that you currently need. 4. Give users full control over their data. 5. Allow pseudonymity and anonymity. 6. Encrypt data in transit and at rest. 7. Invest in cryptographic R&D to replace non-cryptographic systems. 8. Eliminate single points of security failure, even against coercion. 9. Favor open source and enable user freedom. 10. Practice transparency: share best practices, stand for ethics, and report abuse. -- Software Engineer - Savannah Informatics Ltd.

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Season's Greetings from Communications Authority of Kenya
by Alwala, Rachel 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

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Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 5
by Ali Hussein 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Bwana PS Kyalo The above refers. Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT Policy? We would like to know how the community can help further and when the Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it and extract the gems that lie therein. We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final document. Thank you and looking forward to your response. Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Kenya IGF report
by Liz Orembo 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Morning Listers, Please find attached the final release of the Kenya Internet Governance Forum report. Ahsanteni and happy holidays! Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Fwd: [governance] 3 Books Presented at IGF
by Mwendwa Kivuva 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

FYI Dear all, (apologies for crossposting) FYI the books are available in open access. See below *Terms of Service and Human Rights* http://internet-governance.fgv.br/sites/internet-governance.fgv.br/files/ publicacoes/tos_0.pdf *Net Neutrality Reloaded. Zero Rating, Specialised Services, Ad Bloking and Traffic Management*. http://internet-governance.fgv.br/sites/internet-governance.fgv.br/files/ publicacoes/net_neutrality_reloaded_0.pdf *Community Connectivity. Building the Internet from Scratch.* http://internet-governance.fgv.br/sites/internet-governance.fgv.br/files/ publicacoes/community_connectivity_-_building_the_ internet_from_scratch_0.pdf Kind regards Luca Dear all, (apologies for crossposting) The UN Internet Governance Forum is starting next week and CTS/FGV will be promoting 3 books that might be of your interest: - *Terms of Service and Human Rights. *The book has been developed in partnership with the Council of Europe. It analyses the compatibility of the terms of service of 50 of the most popular online platforms with international human rights standards. It also includes the Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights, <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/documents/igf-meeting/igf-2016/830-dcpr-2015…> one of the IGF 2015 outcomes, developed by the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility <https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8huv/dc-on-platform-responsibility>, last year. - *Net Neutrality Reloaded. Zero Rating, Specialised Services, Ad Bloking and Traffic Management*. The book explores the most recent net neutrality trands. 7 out of 10 chapters are dedicated to the various aspects of zero rating practices, a very prominent issue, particularly in developing counties. The book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Net Neutrality <https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htg/dc-on-net-neutrality>. - *Community Connectivity. Building the Internet from Scratch.* The book explores alternative models to expand connectivity in a sustainable fashion. The first part focus on community networks' governance while the second one analyses a series of case studies. Together with the Declaration on Community Connectivity <http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3737…>, the book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. <https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htn/dc-on-community-connectivity> Below, you can find the book contents. Free hard copies of the books will be distributed at the IGF. Here is CTS/FGV schedule <https://igf2016.sched.org/ctsfgv>, should you be interested in joining us and have your copy of the books. The Open Access versions will be released right after the IGF, under Creative Commons Licenses. I would like to thank all those who participated in the development of the books (notably those who are in this mailing list) for their great contributions. Please do not hesitate to circulate this email to any interested person. Best regards, Luca ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- *Luca Belli*, PhD Senior Researcher, Center for Technology & Society, FGV Rio de Janeiro Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2 Head of Internet Governance @ FGV internet-governance.fgv.br ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ You received this message as a subscriber on the list: governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org To be removed from the list, visit: http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing For all other list information and functions, see: http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see: http://www.igcaucus.org/ Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t

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Mapping the cyber policy landscape in Chile, India, Indonesia, and Kenya
by Grace Githaiga 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Listers This might be of interest to some of you. Rgds GG Mapping the cyber policy landscape in Chile, India, Indonesia, and Kenya 02/12/2016 GPD today launches a new series of mapping resources to help civil society actors navigate the cyber policy landscape in four countries: Chile, India, Indonesia, and Kenya The series, entitled Mapping the Cyber Policy Landscape, identifies the key cyber actors, institutions, legislation and processes in each country, analysing local trends and factors and highlighting challenges and potential opportunities. Its aim is to serve as a tool and reference point for civil society actors who want to engage in cyber policymaking processes in the four countries covered. Each mapping report was independently created by local civil society experts, with support from GPD's Cyber Capacity Building Programme<http://www.gp-digital.org/gpd-launches-new-global-programme-to-foster-more-…>. Alongside these resources, we're also launching a podcast series, Cyber Policy on the Ground, which will give the authors space to go deeper into the issues and questions raised by their mappings, in conversation with GPD's Lead Strategist, Matthew Shears. Read the first mapping report on Kenya here<http://www.gp-digital.org/publication/mapping-the-cyber-landscape-kenya/> - and listen to Matthew's conversation with its author, Nanjira Sambuli, on our new Soundcloud page<https://soundcloud.com/globalpartnersdigital>. The remaining instalments of the series will launch on a monthly basis from January - follow GPD on Twitter to stay in the loop, or keep an eye on the schedule below, which we'll update regularly. Publication schedule Kenya: * Read mapping report here<http://www.gp-digital.org/publication/mapping-the-cyber-landscape-kenya/> (authors: Nanjira Sambuli, Juliet Maina and Tyrus Kamau) * Listen to podcast here<https://soundcloud.com/globalpartnersdigital/cyber-policy-on-the-ground-1-c…> Chile: Launching January (authors: Juan Carlos Lara and Pablo Viollier, Derechos Digitales) India: Launching February (author: Shuchita Thapar, Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi) Indonesia: Launching March (author: Leonardus Nugraha and Dinita Putri, Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance)

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DOT KE RESOLVING
by Abdalla Omari 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Dear Listers, Today morning hours, Dot KE experienced some resolving challenges, which have since been fixed. I would like to thank the Kenyan tech community for teaming up with us to resolve the issue. Thank you Kind Regards Abdalla Omari Chief Executive Officer.

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News Feed FYI: Addressing Hoaxes and Fake News | Facebook Newsroom
by Ali Hussein 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Listers Important developments in the wake of Hoaxes and Fake News which some claim contributed to the victory of Donald Trump. Excerpts:- A few weeks ago we previewed some of the things we’re working on to address the issue of fake news and hoaxes. We’re committed to doing our part and today we’d like to share some updates we’re testing and starting to roll out. We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters of truth ourselves, so we’re approaching this problem carefully. We’ve focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their own gain, and on engaging both our community and third party organizations. Read on:- http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/12/news-feed-fyi-addressing-hoaxes-and-fak… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Fwd: TCRA to enforce use of .tz domain names
by Wangari Kabiru 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Happy Saturday! Tony, your pointer on the add on for KENIC at business registry is certainly a plus!...after first year, possibly voluntary continuity would be evidenced (by paying up more, increasing services opted for). Huduma Centres across the country might be well set to support KENIC for such. A close by nation, SA trade partners, they do not camouflage their home base identities virtually. For here it normally feels as though having a .KE is belittling the local entities global image. Yes, KENIC's PR work locally and even beyond the borders by partnership with agencies such as KNCCI and other such business chambers would support in managing this narrative. Today, we are all free as per the bill of rights et al. Start your Kenyan journey to for example SA today...you know freedom = visa etc. Launch your Kenyan business in SA = guide to foreigners starting a business in SA. The virtual space rules will high chances emulate the rules of the land. I believe this TZ position has a place when it comes to virtual dominance as a nation, more into their future. TZ is not waiting until that future to start reversing and nationalist PR campaigns. They are on it now! Thank you for the enlightenment. Blessed weekend. Regards/WangariOn Jun 4, 2016 08:55, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Actually Tony, KeNIC is at 58362 which is a good milestone. > > I think the moment we successfully brand our nation as a > business/tourist destination our TLD will be able to compete > effectively with the gTLD's. Look at South Africa, anything South > Africa looks cool , no wonder they have 1,046,266 names. > > Whichever the methodology, TCRA got people talking about .TZ, KeNIC > got us talking about .Ke, this is the way to go, with Strong and > sustainable institutions in Our Internet Industry we will get better > services and a more educated community. > > Thank you > > Best Regards > > On 6/4/16, Tony White via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > At the time KENIC took over responsibility for the .ke namespace from > > Randy Bush, there were less than 1000 registered domains. KENIC has > > marketed .ke to the extent that we now have over 52,000 registered > > domains - and KENIC is ambitiously aiming at 1 million domains. > > > > Tanzania should follow the same route - and NOT 'force' the issue in > > the hope of making 'a quick buck'. It is human nature to resist > > anything we are 'forced' to do, especially where we see no benefit. > > > > Local companies, targeting locals, should have a local domain - and in > > Kenya KENIC has achieved this purely through successful marketing - > > eg. online stores have .ke domain names. > > > > On the other hand, local companies targetting the international market > > would be best served by a .com or other GTLD. After all, that's why we > > have GTLDs in the first place! > > > > The main issue here is *choice* - and yes, it would be a good idea to > > include an *option* on new company registrations to simultaneously > > register a .ke domain - and as company registrations are moving > > online, this will be a relatively easy thing to accomplish - KENIC > > take note ;) > > > > Have a good weekend, everybody, > > Tony > > > > > > On 04/06/2016, Wangari Kabiru via kictanet > > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Blessed Saturday! > >> > >> I would appreciate insights here in light of this TZ position. > >> > >> Such a requirement, might; > >> > >> a. It be aligned to nationalism; buy Kenya, build Kenya (herein TZ) > >> Brand Kenya promotion too > >> b. Does a .KE give greater control to law enforcement e.g incase of email > >> trail investigations, money trail or such. Or it doesn't matter whether > >> .COM, .NZ > >> c. Would this possibly make the .KE at some point to become a freebie when > >> you register a business in Kenya - incentive > >> d. The global space and business is now virtual. In attempting to quantify > >> the import-export values virtually, what is the revenue paid out for the > >> non > >> .KE domains annually. What would be retained if they were .KE? > >> > >> > >> Thank you for the enlightenment. > >> > >> Blessed weekend. > >> > >> Regards/WangariOn Jun 3, 2016 10:40, Ali Hussein via kictanet > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >>> > >>> Listers > >>> > >>> Interesting developments from our neighbors. Something to emulate or > >>> should we leave the choice to enterprise and individuals? > >>> > >>> Ali Hussein > >>> Principal > >>> Hussein & Associates > >>> +254 0713 601113 > >>> > >>> Twitter: @AliHKassim > >>> > >>> Skype: abu-jomo > >>> > >>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > >>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPad > >>> > >>> Begin forwarded message: > >>> > >>>> From: "Mohsin from Extreme Web Technologies Ltd" > >>>> <support(a)extremewebtechnologies.com> > >>>> Date: 3 June 2016 at 10:12:00 AM EAT > >>>> To: "Ali Hussein" <Ali.Hussein(a)Campusciti.com> > >>>> Subject: TCRA to enforce use of .tz domain names > >>>> Reply-To: "Mohsin from Extreme Web Technologies Ltd" > >>>> <support(a)extremewebtechnologies.c

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Snippets from the BlockChain Conference happening now at Strathmore
by Ali Hussein 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Listers Snippets:- 1. Government in partnership with IBM implementing a BlockChain Education Platform to ensure efficacy of Educational Certificates. (Do I hear Matian'gi in the background?) :-) 2. Other uses for BlockChain being considered by Government. Great stuff! We are cheering you on!! Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Snippets from the BlockChain Conference happeningnow at Strathmore
by Stellar Murumba 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Stuart, Blockchain in healthcare sounds like an interesting thing. Tell me more... I report on health and am thinking of a digital-business angle for a health feature. Regards, Stellar Murumba *"Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking."Wangari MaathaiFounder, Greenbelt Movement and Nobel Laureate P** THINK GREEN. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to!* On 16 December 2016 at 10:27, Stuart Houston via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > [image: Boxbe] <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> This message is eligible > for Automatic Cleanup! (kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke) Add cleanup rule > <https://www.boxbe.com/popup?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxbe.com%2Fcleanup%3Fkey…> > | More info > <http://blog.boxbe.com/general/boxbe-automatic-cleanup?tc_serial=28024907984…> > > Hi Erick, > > I believe blockchain can be applied to medical records. We are currently > programme managers for MoH and WHO in deploying a county-wide, and possibly > later a nationwide, electronic health management system for public health > facilities. One of the challenges comes with trying to ensure security and > authenticity while the patient visits multiple health centres and hospitals > in the county. > > BC could be used to > 1) Ensure their medical records can't be interfered with, guaranteeing > their authenticity (important for insurance, legal cases and the person > themselves). > 2) Help confirming the patient's identity so as to link new records to > existing ones, no matter the facility they are being treated at. > > Maybe BC could be the answer, maybe not, but certainly worth investigating! > If there's someone interested in working with us on this let us know. > > Regards > Stuart Houston > Vimak Company > > > Studio House, 5th Floor, Marcus Garvey Rd off Argwings Kodhek Rd > +254 711 231726 | +254 731 993931 | info(a)vimak.co.ke > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Erick Mwangi via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> While this is certainly huge - it's important to note Blockchain is not >> applicable to everything - it's a Time stamp distributed ledger. The key >> word is Time stamp where an existing authority is not "trusted". I can >> definitely see the land registry angle however am not too sure re medical >> records, the question would be what/why is being solved. >> >> Wish someone from the CSs team would give us the reasoning behind this. >> >> Eric >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 16 Dec 2016, at 02:17, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> >> On 15 December 2016 at 10:37, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> 2. Other uses for BlockChain being considered by Government. >>> >> >> Land registry, education records, and medical records. >> >> According to CS Joe Mucheru. >> >> ______________________ >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >> twitter.com/lordmwesh >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/erick.mwangi%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 >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/shouston%40vimak.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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/nstellarnelly%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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IBM eyes Blockchain technology deal for Kenya’s public records
by Ali Hussein 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Listers Global Tech Giant, IBM is in talks to use BlockChain Technology in management of records in the Health, Education and Real Estate Sectors. Read on:- IBM eyes BlockChain deals <http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/IBM-eyes-Blockchain-techn…> Definitely a welcome development. The community will be watching keenly on how this develops. This technology is certainly game changing and its super commendable that the Government has taken the first step towards this. We do hope that this will also soon include the favorable adaption of this technology towards addressing the systemic risks in the Financial Sector. Yesterday, at the BlockChain Conference at Strathmore, we had the good fortune to be addressed by a Mr. Nyimbi Odero, an Advisor, Innovation & Digitization Ecosystem at the MOICT. We were impressed by the address on how the Ministry is collaborating within the Government to ensure that Innovation and Digitization permeates the whole government ecosystem. As a player in the Fintech space in this country I would humbly request the Ministry to look at what the Central Bank of the Netherlands is doing to nurture innovation in the Dutch Financial Sector. These guys have gone beyond the Regulatory Mandate to further the needs of the country in the New Normal. The white paper below (click the link) summarizes what they are doing but the title of it speaks volumes:- *Technology Innovation and the Dutch Financial Sector: * Opportunities and risks for financial institutions, new market participants and supervision Technology Innovation and the Dutch Financial Sector <https://www.dnb.nl/en/binaries/Themaonderzoek%20%20uk_tcm47-336322.PDF> Happy reading! *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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Cracking down on paid social media endorsement
by Mildred Achoch 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Dear Listers, This may be of interest: "Endorsement or testimonials must disclose any material connection between the endorser, reviewer or influencer and the entity that makes a product or service available,” says Janet Feasby, vice-president of standards at ASC. “If there is a connection, it must be clearly and properly disclosed in proximity to the representation of the product.” http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/advertising-standards-canada-soc… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Countries Do Not Control The Internet Companies Do
by WANGARI KABIRU 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/11/countries_do_… "...or instance: Have you ever read your favorite providers’ terms of service? When we click “I agree,” we hand over the right to track us, to profile us, to scan our email and chat content; to remove, edit, or share and sell our content without giving us a cut of the revenues. Facebook “likes” alone can reveal an individual’s gender, age, race, sexuality, political, and religious views. Target correctly inferred that a teenage girl was pregnant based on big data profiling—as her father found out when he phoned to complain that she’d been sent coupons for baby products.... One of the queries during the ICT review related to dominance to which this article delves into. 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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Fwd: Digital Kenya Press Pack - final sign off
by Bitange Ndemo 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Listers Please find attached a PDF of the final release - Digital Kenya. > > > > -- > > > > [image: wimbart_icon.jpg] > > *Jessica Hope* > > Managing Director > > jessica(a)wimbart.com > > [0044] 7814 714992 > > > -- [image: wimbart_icon.jpg] Jessica Hope Managing Director *jessica(a)wimbart.com <jessica(a)wimbart.com>* [0044] 7814 714992

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The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S. - The New York Times
by Ali Hussein 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk. His message was brief, if alarming. At least one computer system belonging to the D.N.C. had been compromised by hackers federal investigators had named “the Dukes,” a cyberespionage team linked to the Russian government. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/russia-hack-election-dnc.html… If this can happen to Americans how prepared are we? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Bitcoin & Blockchain Meetup tomorrow Thursday 15th December 6-8PM.
by John Karanja 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Listers, I would like to invite you to our Bitcoin and Blockchain meetup happening this Thursday from 6pm. Our guest speaker is Alakanani from Botswana, who is probably Africa's most prominent Bitcoin personality. The goal of the meetup is discuss Bitcoin & Blockchain Opportunities and ways we can all work together to address challenges in the African Bitcoin ecosystem. *Tickets are Free & Limited.* *Book here, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-meetup-guest-speakers-alakananisatoshi… <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-meetup-guest-speakers-alakananisatoshi…>.* Best, John K.

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Re: [kictanet] 7th Edition of Diplo Internet Governance Book
by Bonface Witaba 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Hi Listers, For those interested in the latest edition of Diplo IG book, kindly follow the link: https://www.diplomacy.edu/sites/default/files/AnIntroductiontoIG_7th%20edit… Kind regardsBonface Witaba Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, 10 Dec, 2016 at 13:14, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<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: Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right (JImmy Gitonga) 2. Re: Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right (JImmy Gitonga) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 13:04:03 +0300 From: JImmy Gitonga <jimmygitts(a)gmail.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right Message-ID: <CACV-FdHR2bULDGY_4FJG-SD2FsGkQ6V7FamjeL0MwmG6wxUukQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Mr. Kamotho wa Njenga, Here are my concerns. It is clear we all agree on that quacks should not be present in the industry. The word 'quack' is largely used the medical fraternity for people who look like doctors, act like doctors and talk like doctors. We have had of a few of these cases in this country. And the medical field does have the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board. So we can also agree that quacks are not done away with boards or bills that are set up to make sure only certified practitioners were in the field. Quacks appear do to a different problem. then there is the matter of PART III - REGISTRATION OF ICT PRACTITIONERS in the proposed bill. 15. A person shall be eligible for registration under this Act as an ICT practitioner if the person - ... (d) satisfies the Council that he or she is a person of good moral character and a fit and proper person to be registered under this Act. On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 7:25 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. Re: Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts > Right (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:23:23 +0300 > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the > Facts Right > Message-ID: <8AEC01A2-6299-42D5-8E15-001028BAD0EE(a)hussein.me.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Kamotho > > Personal attacks will not deter me or others from saying it as it is:- > > That the very idea of this bill is flawed - Democracy followed or not. > > I would like to address your claims/comments one by one:- > > 1. I didn't attend meetings hence I have given my 'representatives' a raw > deal. Firstly I do not claim that I was anointed. When we first attended > (Grace Bomu, Walubengo and Myself) the meeting at KEPSA to discuss this > bill and it's implications we simply said we were Kictaneters and were > there as such. Anyone else on this list was free to attend as this meeting > was discussed on the list. I or Grace Bomu attended several meetings > including the one which was chaired by John Omo at CCK and the > Parliamentary Committee meeting where you also attended. Subsequently I > contributed substantially to online discussions between the then 'Coalition > of the willing' which comprised of KICTANet members, Bake, KEPSA, MOICT and > iHub. The fact that I didn't attend some physical meetings doesn't at all > negate my participation and contribution. However, that I do not need to > justify to you. I'm merely putting forward my thoughts. > > Who do you represent Kamotho? Since this issue of representation is a door > you have opened. Who is ICTAK? A quick look at the website doesn't tell me > much as to who are the bona fide members and officials of the Association, > when were they elected/appointed, how long is their term and when is the > next election or appointments? How about the management? > > http://www.ictak.or.ke/ > > The reason I ask this is since you or ICTAK to be specific purport to > represent the ICT Community in this country then proof of mandate is > important don't you think? > > A quick cursory search online to look at how such associations operate > took me to this site:- > > http://www.aiita.org/ of the All India IT Association. The information > there in is instructive. From the Board of Directors to Management, this > information is missing on the ICTAK site, > > Or ISACA (https://www.isaca.org/) whose local chapter holds regular > elections. > > Or the U.K IT Association (http://members.ukita.co.uk/ > index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=48&key= > d804decf5d06e74e2b30819cd84db9e8&Itemid=66) which holds annual AGMs. > > 2. On point 2 I begin by quoting you on your email:- > > 'Deliberations proceeded in good faith. Needless to state, this Bill like > any other is not a matter of life and death.' > > My brother, for some of us IT IS a matter of life and death. Imagine > waking up one morning and you have been legislated out of your profession > or business because of an organization that purports to represent you and a > government that is supposed to be a 'Digital Government' sitting by as a > bystander and seemingly powerless to defend the very people they have been > purporting to protect, defend and promote. > > You like any other Kenyan has a right to promote any bill whatsoever. In > the same breath, I and any other Kenyan has a right to oppose it if we feel > it will curb our ability to earn a decent living and protect our families. > Make no mistake about it this bill is a matter of life and death for some > of us. > > 3. Another quote from you to emphasize my point on my hardline stand. > > 'Parliament would be within its mandate to pass the Bill intact, to amend > it or to reject it altogether.' > > So why then are we wasting time in deliberations? Why legitimize a process > so that you guys can go back and say 'We consulted and hence this bill is a > good place to start and has the blessings of the community.' I'm sure I'm > speaking to the majority listers when I say this is unfair and flawed. > > This country has a habit of using certain clauses of our new constitution > to justify nefarious actions, we will simply not stand for it and be seen > to be powerless or do anything about it. One that is used to devastating > effect is this issue of public participation. WCIT12, Dubai, is still fresh > in my mind where the previous ICT Ministry officials led by Dr. Ndemo was > instrumental in engaging all stakeholders in crafting a Multi-Stakeholder > Position on ITRs. This position was then changed by the new regime that > replaced Dr. Ndemo. They did not even have the decency to inform the > community. This impunity must stop. Government is supposed to represent the > people and when this is abused it is a serious matter indeed. Some history > here is important:- > > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2012-December/018900.html > > And if I speak alone on this so be it because Tyranny is Tyranny whether > it is executed by a minority or a majority. > > 4. To quote you..again:- > > My humble understanding is that KICTANet is a serious platform where > listers are at liberty to exchange ideas that are supportive of ICT > sectoral progress. To this end wisdom should flow unfettered. This imposes > a responsibility to ensure that information supplied is factual, evidence > based and not merely driven by a passion for online flamboyance. In the > alternative, this forum could easily degenerate to mediocrity of > proportions only comparable to that of third rate blogs. God forbid! > > Indeed Ndugu Kamotho. The fact that we disagree and can express ourselves > in the very list where the majority who have contributed to this discussion > have opposed this bill is in itself a testament to the maturity that > listers have demonstrated. If at any time I have come across as opinionated > it is because sometimes I am. :-) It is a flaw that I work hard every day > to tamper. I am after all human. :-) and I do apologize to anyone that I > might have rubbed the wrong way. Including you my brother. I believe that > we are mature enough to enjoy a mug of Malindi Macchiato (my favorite drink > at Java) and are free to disagree over it? :-) > > 5. Lastly the ICT CS, Government Spokesperson have been categorical > publicly in rejecting this bill. > > http://cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/government-of-kenya- > rejects-ict-practitioners-bill# > > Positions may have changed since then and it is the onus of this > government to tell us if in fact their position has changed, what > precipitated it and what is the new position. > > Ali Hussein > Principal > Hussein & Associates > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > Skype: abu-jomo > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi > > Sent from my iPad > > ****************************************** >

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Internet shutdowns cost countries $2.4 billion last year
by Matunda Nyanchama 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

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Blockchain Technology Tickets
by Mose Karanja 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

Hello listers. COALA, a collaboration between academics, lawyers, technologists and entrepreneurs on blockchain ecosystem have brought their signature workshops to Nairobi this week. On Dec 15/16 (Thursday and Friday), there will be a public workshop at Strathmore with some of the leading minds on blockchain technologies like Vitalik Buterin (Founder, Ethereum), Nii Quaynor (Internet Pioneer) and Bruce Schneier (Security expert) among others. More details and tickets are here: http://blockchainworkshops.org/kenya/ <http://blockchainworkshops.org/kenya/> If for any reason you or the organization you represent is not in a position to pay for the tickets, please fill this short form as soon as possible for consideration for libre premium tickets: https://goo.gl/8p3RJF <https://goo.gl/8p3RJF> If you are not around to attend but know someone who may benefit from this valuable workshop, kindly spread the word. —— — Moses

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Bitcoin hits highest levels in almost three years
by Timothy- Coach- Oriedo 12 Dec '16

12 Dec '16

As we gear up to the blockchain conference..... http://citizentv.co.ke/news/bitcoin-hits-highest-levels-in-almost-three-yea… Happy Jamhuri Day!!! Timothy Oriedo Certified Data Scientist (MIT) about.me/Timoriedo Timothy Oriedo about.me/Timoriedo

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Re: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right
by JImmy Gitonga 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

Mr. Kamotho wa Njenga, Here are my concerns. It is clear we all agree on that quacks should not be present in the industry. The word 'quack' is largely used the medical fraternity for people who look like doctors, act like doctors and talk like doctors. We have had of a few of these cases in this country. And the medical field does have the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board. So we can also agree that quacks are not done away with boards or bills that are set up to make sure only certified practitioners were in the field. Quacks appear do to a different problem. then there is the matter of PART III - REGISTRATION OF ICT PRACTITIONERS in the proposed bill. 15. A person shall be eligible for registration under this Act as an ICT practitioner if the person - ... (d) satisfies the Council that he or she is a person of good moral character and a fit and proper person to be registered under this Act. On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 7:25 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. Re: Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts > Right (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:23:23 +0300 > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the > Facts Right > Message-ID: <8AEC01A2-6299-42D5-8E15-001028BAD0EE(a)hussein.me.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Kamotho > > Personal attacks will not deter me or others from saying it as it is:- > > That the very idea of this bill is flawed - Democracy followed or not. > > I would like to address your claims/comments one by one:- > > 1. I didn't attend meetings hence I have given my 'representatives' a raw > deal. Firstly I do not claim that I was anointed. When we first attended > (Grace Bomu, Walubengo and Myself) the meeting at KEPSA to discuss this > bill and it's implications we simply said we were Kictaneters and were > there as such. Anyone else on this list was free to attend as this meeting > was discussed on the list. I or Grace Bomu attended several meetings > including the one which was chaired by John Omo at CCK and the > Parliamentary Committee meeting where you also attended. Subsequently I > contributed substantially to online discussions between the then 'Coalition > of the willing' which comprised of KICTANet members, Bake, KEPSA, MOICT and > iHub. The fact that I didn't attend some physical meetings doesn't at all > negate my participation and contribution. However, that I do not need to > justify to you. I'm merely putting forward my thoughts. > > Who do you represent Kamotho? Since this issue of representation is a door > you have opened. Who is ICTAK? A quick look at the website doesn't tell me > much as to who are the bona fide members and officials of the Association, > when were they elected/appointed, how long is their term and when is the > next election or appointments? How about the management? > > http://www.ictak.or.ke/ > > The reason I ask this is since you or ICTAK to be specific purport to > represent the ICT Community in this country then proof of mandate is > important don't you think? > > A quick cursory search online to look at how such associations operate > took me to this site:- > > http://www.aiita.org/ of the All India IT Association. The information > there in is instructive. From the Board of Directors to Management, this > information is missing on the ICTAK site, > > Or ISACA (https://www.isaca.org/) whose local chapter holds regular > elections. > > Or the U.K IT Association (http://members.ukita.co.uk/ > index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=48&key= > d804decf5d06e74e2b30819cd84db9e8&Itemid=66) which holds annual AGMs. > > 2. On point 2 I begin by quoting you on your email:- > > 'Deliberations proceeded in good faith. Needless to state, this Bill like > any other is not a matter of life and death.' > > My brother, for some of us IT IS a matter of life and death. Imagine > waking up one morning and you have been legislated out of your profession > or business because of an organization that purports to represent you and a > government that is supposed to be a 'Digital Government' sitting by as a > bystander and seemingly powerless to defend the very people they have been > purporting to protect, defend and promote. > > You like any other Kenyan has a right to promote any bill whatsoever. In > the same breath, I and any other Kenyan has a right to oppose it if we feel > it will curb our ability to earn a decent living and protect our families. > Make no mistake about it this bill is a matter of life and death for some > of us. > > 3. Another quote from you to emphasize my point on my hardline stand. > > 'Parliament would be within its mandate to pass the Bill intact, to amend > it or to reject it altogether.' > > So why then are we wasting time in deliberations? Why legitimize a process > so that you guys can go back and say 'We consulted and hence this bill is a > good place to start and has the blessings of the community.' I'm sure I'm > speaking to the majority listers when I say this is unfair and flawed. > > This country has a habit of using certain clauses of our new constitution > to justify nefarious actions, we will simply not stand for it and be seen > to be powerless or do anything about it. One that is used to devastating > effect is this issue of public participation. WCIT12, Dubai, is still fresh > in my mind where the previous ICT Ministry officials led by Dr. Ndemo was > instrumental in engaging all stakeholders in crafting a Multi-Stakeholder > Position on ITRs. This position was then changed by the new regime that > replaced Dr. Ndemo. They did not even have the decency to inform the > community. This impunity must stop. Government is supposed to represent the > people and when this is abused it is a serious matter indeed. Some history > here is important:- > > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2012-December/018900.html > > And if I speak alone on this so be it because Tyranny is Tyranny whether > it is executed by a minority or a majority. > > 4. To quote you..again:- > > My humble understanding is that KICTANet is a serious platform where > listers are at liberty to exchange ideas that are supportive of ICT > sectoral progress. To this end wisdom should flow unfettered. This imposes > a responsibility to ensure that information supplied is factual, evidence > based and not merely driven by a passion for online flamboyance. In the > alternative, this forum could easily degenerate to mediocrity of > proportions only comparable to that of third rate blogs. God forbid! > > Indeed Ndugu Kamotho. The fact that we disagree and can express ourselves > in the very list where the majority who have contributed to this discussion > have opposed this bill is in itself a testament to the maturity that > listers have demonstrated. If at any time I have come across as opinionated > it is because sometimes I am. :-) It is a flaw that I work hard every day > to tamper. I am after all human. :-) and I do apologize to anyone that I > might have rubbed the wrong way. Including you my brother. I believe that > we are mature enough to enjoy a mug of Malindi Macchiato (my favorite drink > at Java) and are free to disagree over it? :-) > > 5. Lastly the ICT CS, Government Spokesperson have been categorical > publicly in rejecting this bill. > > http://cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/government-of-kenya- > rejects-ict-practitioners-bill# > > Positions may have changed since then and it is the onus of this > government to tell us if in fact their position has changed, what > precipitated it and what is the new position. > > Ali Hussein > Principal > Hussein & Associates > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > Skype: abu-jomo > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi > > Sent from my iPad > > ****************************************** >

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Re: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right
by JImmy Gitonga 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

Question: What mechanisms are going to be used to ascertain that a person meets the requirements of 15(d)? My question is based on the possibility is that the Council could decide to arbitrarily choose any one to be a practitioner based on any criteria chosen by the Council. We would be led to believe that the people sitting in the council are of "good moral character and a fit and proper" to pass fair judgement. In Kenya, what does that statement mean? On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 1:04 PM, JImmy Gitonga <jimmygitts(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mr. Kamotho wa Njenga, > > Here are my concerns. > > It is clear we all agree on that quacks should not be present in the > industry. The word 'quack' is largely used the medical fraternity for > people who look like doctors, act like doctors and talk like doctors. We > have had of a few of these cases in this country. And the medical field > does have the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board. So we can > also agree that quacks are not done away with boards or bills that are set > up to make sure only certified practitioners were in the field. Quacks > appear do to a different problem. > > then there is the matter of PART III - REGISTRATION OF ICT PRACTITIONERS > in the proposed bill. > > 15. A person shall be eligible for registration under this Act as an ICT > practitioner if the person - > ... > (d) satisfies the Council that he or she is a person of good moral > character and a fit and proper person to be registered under this Act. > > > > > On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 7:25 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. Re: Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts >> Right (Ali Hussein) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:23:23 +0300 >> From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> >> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the >> Facts Right >> Message-ID: <8AEC01A2-6299-42D5-8E15-001028BAD0EE(a)hussein.me.ke> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Kamotho >> >> Personal attacks will not deter me or others from saying it as it is:- >> >> That the very idea of this bill is flawed - Democracy followed or not. >> >> I would like to address your claims/comments one by one:- >> >> 1. I didn't attend meetings hence I have given my 'representatives' a raw >> deal. Firstly I do not claim that I was anointed. When we first attended >> (Grace Bomu, Walubengo and Myself) the meeting at KEPSA to discuss this >> bill and it's implications we simply said we were Kictaneters and were >> there as such. Anyone else on this list was free to attend as this meeting >> was discussed on the list. I or Grace Bomu attended several meetings >> including the one which was chaired by John Omo at CCK and the >> Parliamentary Committee meeting where you also attended. Subsequently I >> contributed substantially to online discussions between the then 'Coalition >> of the willing' which comprised of KICTANet members, Bake, KEPSA, MOICT and >> iHub. The fact that I didn't attend some physical meetings doesn't at all >> negate my participation and contribution. However, that I do not need to >> justify to you. I'm merely putting forward my thoughts. >> >> Who do you represent Kamotho? Since this issue of representation is a >> door you have opened. Who is ICTAK? A quick look at the website doesn't >> tell me much as to who are the bona fide members and officials of the >> Association, when were they elected/appointed, how long is their term and >> when is the next election or appointments? How about the management? >> >> http://www.ictak.or.ke/ >> >> The reason I ask this is since you or ICTAK to be specific purport to >> represent the ICT Community in this country then proof of mandate is >> important don't you think? >> >> A quick cursory search online to look at how such associations operate >> took me to this site:- >> >> http://www.aiita.org/ of the All India IT Association. The information >> there in is instructive. From the Board of Directors to Management, this >> information is missing on the ICTAK site, >> >> Or ISACA (https://www.isaca.org/) whose local chapter holds regular >> elections. >> >> Or the U.K IT Association (http://members.ukita.co.uk/in >> dex.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid= >> 48&key=d804decf5d06e74e2b30819cd84db9e8&Itemid=66) which holds annual >> AGMs. >> >> 2. On point 2 I begin by quoting you on your email:- >> >> 'Deliberations proceeded in good faith. Needless to state, this Bill like >> any other is not a matter of life and death.' >> >> My brother, for some of us IT IS a matter of life and death. Imagine >> waking up one morning and you have been legislated out of your profession >> or business because of an organization that purports to represent you and a >> government that is supposed to be a 'Digital Government' sitting by as a >> bystander and seemingly powerless to defend the very people they have been >> purporting to protect, defend and promote. >> >> You like any other Kenyan has a right to promote any bill whatsoever. In >> the same breath, I and any other Kenyan has a right to oppose it if we feel >> it will curb our ability to earn a decent living and protect our families. >> Make no mistake about it this bill is a matter of life and death for some >> of us. >> >> 3. Another quote from you to emphasize my point on my hardline stand. >> >> 'Parliament would be within its mandate to pass the Bill intact, to amend >> it or to reject it altogether.' >> >> So why then are we wasting time in deliberations? Why legitimize a >> process so that you guys can go back and say 'We consulted and hence this >> bill is a good place to start and has the blessings of the community.' I'm >> sure I'm speaking to the majority listers when I say this is unfair and >> flawed. >> >> This country has a habit of using certain clauses of our new constitution >> to justify nefarious actions, we will simply not stand for it and be seen >> to be powerless or do anything about it. One that is used to devastating >> effect is this issue of public participation. WCIT12, Dubai, is still fresh >> in my mind where the previous ICT Ministry officials led by Dr. Ndemo was >> instrumental in engaging all stakeholders in crafting a Multi-Stakeholder >> Position on ITRs. This position was then changed by the new regime that >> replaced Dr. Ndemo. They did not even have the decency to inform the >> community. This impunity must stop. Government is supposed to represent the >> people and when this is abused it is a serious matter indeed. Some history >> here is important:- >> >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2012-December/018900.html >> >> And if I speak alone on this so be it because Tyranny is Tyranny whether >> it is executed by a minority or a majority. >> >> 4. To quote you..again:- >> >> My humble understanding is that KICTANet is a serious platform where >> listers are at liberty to exchange ideas that are supportive of ICT >> sectoral progress. To this end wisdom should flow unfettered. This imposes >> a responsibility to ensure that information supplied is factual, evidence >> based and not merely driven by a passion for online flamboyance. In the >> alternative, this forum could easily degenerate to mediocrity of >> proportions only comparable to that of third rate blogs. God forbid! >> >> Indeed Ndugu Kamotho. The fact that we disagree and can express ourselves >> in the very list where the majority who have contributed to this discussion >> have opposed this bill is in itself a testament to the maturity that >> listers have demonstrated. If at any time I have come across as opinionated >> it is because sometimes I am. :-) It is a flaw that I work hard every day >> to tamper. I am after all human. :-) and I do apologize to anyone that I >> might have rubbed the wrong way. Including you my brother. I believe that >> we are mature enough to enjoy a mug of Malindi Macchiato (my favorite drink >> at Java) and are free to disagree over it? :-) >> >> 5. Lastly the ICT CS, Government Spokesperson have been categorical >> publicly in rejecting this bill. >> >> http://cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/government-of-kenya-rejec >> ts-ict-practitioners-bill# >> >> Positions may have changed since then and it is the onus of this >> government to tell us if in fact their position has changed, what >> precipitated it and what is the new position. >> >> Ali Hussein >> Principal >> Hussein & Associates >> +254 0713 601113 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> Skype: abu-jomo >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> ****************************************** >> > >

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Re: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right
by wamuma 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

Following keenly these new developments of UPDATES and COUNTER UPDATES as a silent follower and player . Thanks Anthony Weru Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message --------From: Kamotho Njenga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: 09/12/2016 11:49 (GMT+03:00) To: wamuma(a)gmail.com Cc: Kamotho Njenga <kamothonjenga(a)gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right Fellow Listers, The purported updates regarding the ICT Practioners Bill that have been intermittently flying in this forum are fallacious and misleading. If indeed the author of the updates was anointed to represent KICTANet on the Multi stakeholder consultations on the Bill as claimed, then listers obtained a raw deal. The self styled supplier of "updates" was not present at the various stages of consultations including forums held at the Communications Authority premises, stakeholder position's harmonization at MOIC Teleposta, the stakeholders Retreat with the Energy Committee that included representatives of the MOIC, Communications Authority, ICTAK, KEPSA, KITOs among others. As much as there is zeal to share "updates", the good citizen is severely limited in terms of subsequent developments, having participated very tangentially in the process of deliberating on the Bill. Contrary to the antagonistic impression painted through and through, the stakeholders were able to reason together and by the time the Retreat with the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and ICT concluded, consensus had largely been reached on all the issues. The deliberations largely succeeded because parties adopted an open minded approach and applied themselves to intellectual focus to justify their positions on the Bill. On point was the Cabinet Secretary for ICT, Joe Mucheru who was able to justify his reservations against the Bill, not by displaying "power and might" but through a meticulously reasoned and deeply analytical presentation. Hard-line positions were melted down not by online braggadocio but by cogent arguments wrapped in sound logic. People persuaded others and got persuaded by others. Deliberations proceeded in good faith. Needless to state, this Bill like any other is not a matter of life and death. Parliament would be within its mandate to pass the Bill intact, to amend it or to reject it altogether. All the same, I have full confidence that the Energy and ICT Committee will sift the issues as requested jointly by stakeholders and make drastic recommendations on the Bill to eliminate any possibility of negative disruption to the Kenyan ICT growth trajectory. Thus, personal obsession should not form a basis for castigating the views or initiatives of others regardless of how unsound one perceives them to be from their own perspective. Listers must also be wary of people who will never approve anything as long as it has not passed through their own hands. As long as we are in a constitutional democracy, individual citizens wield a right to lawfully pursue any agenda of choice. Nothing for instance would prevent anyone from forwarding a "Nyama Choma Practitioners Bill" to Parliament for Consideration. My humble understanding is that KICTANet is a serious platform where listers are at liberty to exchange ideas that are supportive of ICT sectoral progress. To this end wisdom should flow unfettered. This imposes a responsibility to ensure that information supplied is factual, evidence based and not merely driven by a passion for online flamboyance. In the alternative, this forum could easily degenerate to mediocrity of proportions only comparable to that of third rate blogs. God forbid! Kamotho

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Update on the ICT Practitioners Bill - Get the Facts Right
by Kamotho Njenga 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

Fellow Listers, The purported updates regarding the ICT Practioners Bill that have been intermittently flying in this forum are fallacious and misleading. If indeed the author of the updates was anointed to represent KICTANet on the Multi stakeholder consultations on the Bill as claimed, then listers obtained a raw deal. The self styled supplier of "updates" was not present at the various stages of consultations including forums held at the Communications Authority premises, stakeholder position's harmonization at MOIC Teleposta, the stakeholders Retreat with the Energy Committee that included representatives of the MOIC, Communications Authority, ICTAK, KEPSA, KITOs among others. As much as there is zeal to share "updates", the good citizen is severely limited in terms of subsequent developments, having participated very tangentially in the process of deliberating on the Bill. Contrary to the antagonistic impression painted through and through, the stakeholders were able to reason together and by the time the Retreat with the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and ICT concluded, consensus had largely been reached on all the issues. The deliberations largely succeeded because parties adopted an open minded approach and applied themselves to intellectual focus to justify their positions on the Bill. On point was the Cabinet Secretary for ICT, Joe Mucheru who was able to justify his reservations against the Bill, not by displaying "power and might" but through a meticulously reasoned and deeply analytical presentation. Hard-line positions were melted down not by online braggadocio but by cogent arguments wrapped in sound logic. People persuaded others and got persuaded by others. Deliberations proceeded in good faith. Needless to state, this Bill like any other is not a matter of life and death. Parliament would be within its mandate to pass the Bill intact, to amend it or to reject it altogether. All the same, I have full confidence that the Energy and ICT Committee will sift the issues as requested jointly by stakeholders and make drastic recommendations on the Bill to eliminate any possibility of negative disruption to the Kenyan ICT growth trajectory. Thus, personal obsession should not form a basis for castigating the views or initiatives of others regardless of how unsound one perceives them to be from their own perspective. Listers must also be wary of people who will never approve anything as long as it has not passed through their own hands. As long as we are in a constitutional democracy, individual citizens wield a right to lawfully pursue any agenda of choice. Nothing for instance would prevent anyone from forwarding a "Nyama Choma Practitioners Bill" to Parliament for Consideration. My humble understanding is that KICTANet is a serious platform where listers are at liberty to exchange ideas that are supportive of ICT sectoral progress. To this end wisdom should flow unfettered. This imposes a responsibility to ensure that information supplied is factual, evidence based and not merely driven by a passion for online flamboyance. In the alternative, this forum could easily degenerate to mediocrity of proportions only comparable to that of third rate blogs. God forbid! Kamotho

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Revised/Updated Draft ICT Policy for discussion at Laico tomorrow, Wed 16th Aug 2016
by Walubengo J 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

Listers, I have not cleared with the Ministry but I believe the attached is a public document since it will be discussed tomorrow by the public. Find attached the revised Draft ICT Policy for your review. If you have any final comments, I know they will be welcome during the deliberation tomorrow at Laico. rgds. walu.

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Re: [kictanet] Promotion of Digital and Cashless Economy
by Ali Hussein 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Mildred True that. With the right policies, willingness and political will everything is possible. *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 Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Hi Ali and Mwendwa, > > If India can do it then hopefully Kenya can also do it :-) > > Regards, > Mildred Achoch. > > Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! > http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> I did too think it was Kenya. Why burst the bubble of an optimistic >> Kenyan? >> >> >> On Thursday, 8 December 2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> For a moment I thought that was Kenya... >>> >>> Oh well... :-) >>> >>> *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 Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This may be of interest: >>>> >>>> "Govt introduces a package of incentives for promotion of digital and >>>> cashless economy" >>>> >>>> "0.75% discount on purchase of petrol/diesel through digital means" >>>> >>>> "All railway passengers buying online ticket shall be given free >>>> accidental insurance cover of upto Rs. 10 lakh" >>>> >>>> http://www.narendramodi.in/package-for-promotion-of-digital >>>> -and-cashless-economy--533456 >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Mildred Achoch. >>>> >>>> >>>> Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! >>>> http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.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/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. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ______________________ >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >> twitter.com/lordmwesh >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/mildandred%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 > > 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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Promotion of Digital and Cashless Economy
by Mildred Achoch 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Hi all, This may be of interest: "Govt introduces a package of incentives for promotion of digital and cashless economy" "0.75% discount on purchase of petrol/diesel through digital means" "All railway passengers buying online ticket shall be given free accidental insurance cover of upto Rs. 10 lakh" http://www.narendramodi.in/package-for-promotion-of-digital-and-cashless-ec… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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UPDATE ON KICTANET ENGAGEMENT WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS ON THE ICT PRACTITIONERS BILL
by Ali Hussein 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Dear all Further to our formal update on this matter on 17th August 2016. As we had earlier informed you, KICTANet is working in a consortium comprising of ourselves, the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), the Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK), Kenya Information Technology and Outsourcing Services (KITOS), Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) and the iHub. The consortium after presenting a memorandum opposing the Bill was told that this was not among the options available to the National Assembly Energy and ICT Committee as the role of the committee was to consider the Bill and report back to the House. The Committee advised that we single out clauses that we would like amended and propose amendments. In considering amendments, the consortium was guided by the following: a) ICTs are novel and cross-cutting and therefore, many people in various professions may be defined as ICT practitioners if the term was to be broadly interpreted. The law should not target people whose primary occupation is not ICT or people who use ICT as an enabler to their primary occupation. b) There are many especially young people using ICTs to develop solutions to everyday challenges through experimental approaches. The law should not be crafted as a hindrance to innovation. c) After listening to the concerns of the sponsor of the Bill, where he cited quacks as a problem in the ICT sector, the consortium proposed that there could be a database of ICT practitioners but without accompanying encumbrances such as annual licensing, tests and mandatory training. d) Other issues were the need for a governing organ that was representative of the sector and the overarching principle that government/governance should be more of facilitative than a hindrance to people's freedom to achieve their destiny. We would just like to assure the network that we participated in proposing amendments as this was the only avenue provided by the Committee to receive our memorandum. We have always reiterated our position that we are opposed to this Bill in toto. We are awaiting the report of the Committee which will then be tabled in Parliament for subsequent parliamentary procedures. We are cognisant of the fact that the Bill is sponsored by the Member for Garissa Town who is also the Leader of Majority in the National Assembly. We had written to him expressing our opposition to the Bill and praying that Parliament help this sector by prioritising other crucial Bills such as the Data Protection Act. We call upon members of this network to join us in sensitizing Members of Parliament on our rationale for opposing this law. It is only through concerted efforts that we can kill this Bill. #KillTheICTBill Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Introducing ForceCoin
by Erick Mwangi 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Afternoon Everyone, A couple of mates from MIT have been involved in starting a new global currency called ForceCoin. This will run on top of SalesForce and will be VF developed by the global community like Ethereum. Current members are Deloitte, Accenture, IBM, Cannon, KLM etc They have been working with SalesForce the second largest enterprise cloud providers of CRM in the world, this will be built on top of their platform - this will solve identity problems and ownership of platforms as this will be a completely private blockchain that works as a public one. SalesForce is a pure cloud company unlike Amazon with literary every institutional investor having a stake in it - Hoping banks will come on-board.. On Monday 12th December 2016 ForceCoin plans to replace Bitcoin as a new virtual global currency! What a time to be alive.. https://www.ethereum.org/ http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/crm/institutional-holdings With Regards, E Njoroge Mwangi Technology| FINTECH | Big Data Cell +44 7539372742 <+44%207539%20372742> Skype: Erick.mwangi

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TechWomen Emerging Leaders program 2017 (Fully Funded): Deadline 17 January 2017
by Du Toit, Jaco 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Dear Members of the Network, I am sharing the information below in case you are interested. Regards, Maribel Source: https://www.empowerwomen.org/en/community/events-opportunities/2016/11/tech… *** TechWomen Emerging Leaders program 2017 (Fully Funded) • 23 November 2016 - 17 January 2017 09:00 GMT+8 • United States • Techwomen- an initiative of th U.S Department od State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs TechWomen brings emerging women leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) from Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East together with their professional counterparts in the United States for a mentorship and exchange program. TechWomen provides participants access to networks, resources, and knowledge to empower them to reach their full potential. During the five-week program, participants engage in project-based mentorships at leading companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, participate in professional development<https://www.techwomen.org/program/professional-development> workshops and networking events, and travel to Washington, DC. for targeted meetings and special events to conclude the program. Selection Process TechWomen participants are selected based on the eligibility requirements below. Applications are reviewed by independent selection committees composed of industry leaders and regional experts. Semifinalists may be interviewed by United States Embassy personnel in their country of permanent residence. 2017 TechWomen Eligibility Requirements Applicants must * Be women with, at minimum, two years full-time professional experience in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. Please note that internships and other unpaid work experience does not count toward the two-year professional experience requirement. * Have, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree/four-year university degree or equivalent. * Be proficient in written and spoken English. * Be citizens and permanent residents of Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan or Zimbabwe at the time of application and while participating in the program. * Be eligible to obtain a U.S. J-1 exchange visitor visa. * Not have applied for an immigrant visa to the United States or participated in a visa lottery in the past five years. * Not hold U.S. citizenship or be a U.S. legal permanent resident. Preference will be given to applicants who * Demonstrate themselves as emerging leaders in their chosen professional track through their work experience, volunteer experience, community activities and education. * Are committed to return to their home countries to share what they have learned and mentor women and girls. * Have limited or no prior experience in the United States. * Have a proven record of voluntary or public service in their communities. * Have a demonstrated track record of entrepreneurialism and commitment to innovation. * Demonstrate a willingness to participate in exchange programs, welcome opportunities for mentoring and new partnership development, and exhibit confidence and maturity. TechWomen encourages people with diverse backgrounds and skills to apply, including individuals with disabilities. Women committed to addressing concerns of global climate change and environmental issues are particularly encouraged to apply. Selection Timeline The 2017 TechWomen application will be open November 15, 2016, through January 17, 2017. Semifinalists will be contacted via email in/around March 2017. Final decisions will be made no later than early May 2017. All applicants will be notified of the results of their application. To apply click here<https://app.techwomen.org/application/>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Network of Women with Disabilities going to AWID" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to WWDAWIDgroup+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:WWDAWIDgroup+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/WWDAWIDgroup/DM2PR07MB15294D8D123BF1D0742…<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/WWDAWIDgroup/DM2PR07MB15294D8D123BF1D0742…>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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What It Will Take for Us to Trust Artificial Intelligence
by Ali Hussein 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Listers The early days of artificial intelligence have been met with some very public hand wringing. Well-respected technologists and business leaders have voiced their concerns over the (responsible) development of AI. And Hollywood’s appetite for dystopian AI narratives appears to be bottomless. This is not unusual, nor is it unreasonable. Change, technological or otherwise, always excites the imagination. And it often makes us a little uncomfortable. Read on:- https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-it-will-take-for-us-to-trust-ai?gig_events=soc… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER No. 4
by Ali Hussein 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Bwana PS Kyalo The above refers. Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT Policy? We would like to know how the community can help further and when the Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it and extract the gems that lie therein. We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final document. Thank you and looking forward to your response. Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Fw: [bestbits] IGF2016: Technological solutions for countering gender based harrasment
by WANGARI KABIRU 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

Pray you are well. Your ideas are welcome to engage Sadaf Khan (copied) and team from the Kenyan perspective. How might the online be a safer, equitable space for women? Women online (and child safety) have formed key discussions in the overall Internet Governance discussions. “online abuse and gender based violence can, among other things, limit women’s ability to take advantage of the opportunities that ICTs provide for the full realisation of women's human rights, act as a barrier to access that can exacerbate the gender digital gap, often violate women’s human rights, and reaffirm and reproduce gender stereotypes”. Thus, countering online abuse and gender-based violence is essential for both inclusivity and sustainability. With the Kenyan elections 2017 around the corner, women aspirants online is one area where we experience the lifting of physical abuse into the online space with no recourse (or just brushed off). I recall Fadzai Madzingira of Facebook mentions that this is an area of FB focus. Fadzai may also kindly add to the discussion shedding light on what we expect to see (or is happening) specifically for "protection" of women aspirants online (and female voters) or safeguarding their online rights and equity or good practices elsewhere. With thanks! 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, 6 December 2016, 23:22, Sadaf Khan <sadaf.baig03(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear all, We are hosting a design thinking workshop on finding technological solutions to counter gender based harrasment online. The session is scheduled tomorrow (8-12-16) at 12:00pm in Workshop Room 16. People interested in brainstorming on technology based solutions are invited to join. Details of the session below:Countering gender based abuse online has been one of the key challenges that hinder optimal use of the Internet and other digital technologies. In the report of best practice forum on online abuse and gender based violence against women found that “abuse and gender-based violence against women, whether perpetrated online or offline, is difficult to address because of the attitudes, stereotypes and beliefs that underpin the issue. In an online context, such efforts are further complicated because responses need to be implemented within the global context of the Internet and with the cooperation of a multitude of stakeholders”. As the BFP’s report highlights the abuse against women remains disproportionate and technology at times becomes a tool, being used to commit, abet or aggravate different forms of violence against women.As noted in BFP on Countering Abuse report, “online abuse and gender based violence can, among other things, limit women’s ability to take advantage of the opportunities that ICTs provide for the full realisation of women's human rights, act as a barrier to access that can exacerbate the gender digital gap, often violate women’s human rights, and reaffirm and reproduce gender stereotypes”. Thus, countering online abuse and gender-based violence is essential for both inclusivity and sustainability. Enabling women to participate equally online would help create an environment which allows for the optimal use of the Internet and also help women access equal opportunities for growth and development in today’s digital, networked society.The session takes the design thinking approach to understand, analyse and find solutions for gender based abuse and harrasment online. Regards,Sadaf KhanDirector ProgramsMedia Matters for Democracy ____________________________________________________________

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A "light" hearted look at how ICT permeates all sectors
by Mildred Achoch 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

"Surgeon used a 'Mulika Mwizi" for a caesarean section" http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/10/10/surgeon-used-a-mulika-mwizi-for-a… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Kenya BlockChain Workshops
by Ali Hussein 06 Dec '16

06 Dec '16

Listers The above refers. The COALA <http://coala.global/> organisation in partnership with KICTANet and other organisations are planning a series of workshops over several days to sensitive stakeholders on the disruptive technology that is BlockChain. The BlockChain Workshops investigate the upcoming challenges and opportunities provided by blockchain technologies, and their impact on the current social, economic and political order. Conference details and registration are available here <http://blockchainworkshops.org/kenya/>. We've created a special 30% discount code for KICTAnet members (discount code "KICTANET16"). Admission includes breakfast, morning/afternoon refreshments, and lunch each day. We will also hold a closing cocktail reception immediately following the end of the conference on Friday. This is a great opportunity to mix it up with a global and local audience on BlockChain Technology. 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.

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Local Hosts for 2017 AFRINIC Training Workshops is Open
by Mwendwa Kivuva 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

FYI [Version française ci-dessous] Dear Colleagues, In 2016, with the support of various stakeholders in the community, we were able to train 638 engineers and managers during eighteen (18) training workshops held in sixteen (16) different countries. These trainings covered the knowledge and skills of Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) and IPv6 planning and deployment. We are currently searching for partners/Local Hosts to collaborate with us for the 2017 Training Workshop series. If you are interested in hosting an AFRINIC Training workshop, please go through the hosting details, benefits and requirements here: http://learn.afrinic.net/en/events/request-training#details To submit your proposal please fill the form found here: http://learn.afrinic.net/trp1/node/47 The deadline for proposal submission is 31 January 2017 at 23 59 GMT. - Publication of selected countries: 10 February 2017 - Publication of 2017 workshops calendar: 28 February 2017 Regards, The AFRINIC Training Unit (Follow us on Twitter: @AFRINICTraining) ----------------------------------------------- Chers Collègues, En 2016, grâce à la collaboration de nombreux partenaires, nous avons été capables de former 638 ingénieurs et décideurs de seize (16) pays africains, à travers dix huit (18) sessions de formations sur Ia gestion des ressources Internet (INRM) et le protocole Internet version 6 (IPv6). Pour l'année 2017, nous lançons donc l’appel à collaborer pour les sessions de formations d’AFRINIC 2017. Si vous souhaitez accueillir une session de formation AFRINIC, nous vous invitons à lire les détails d'hôtes, les avantages et critères de sélection ici : http://learn.afrinic.net/en/events/request-training#details Pour soumettre votre proposition veuillez remplir la fiche à l’adresse suivante : http://learn.afrinic.net/trp1/node/47 La date limite de soumission de proposition est le 31 janvier 2017, 23 59 GMT - La liste des pays sélectionnés sera publiée le 10 février 2017 - Le calendrier pour les formations sera publié le 28 février 2017 Cordialement, L'Equipe de Formation d'AFRINIC (Suivez nous sur Twitter: @AFRINICTraining) _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Fwd: Short-Term Research Associate Vacancy on Digital Economies and Development: University of Manchester
by Alice Munyua 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

This might be if interest. Best Alice Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk> > Date: 5 December 2016 at 17:51:31 EAT > To: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks(a)manchester.ac.uk> > Subject: Short-Term Research Associate Vacancy on Digital Economies and Development: University of Manchester > > **Please forward to relevant potential applicants** > > We are currently advertising a short-term Research Associate post relating to digital economies and developing countries, with an application deadline of 2 Jan 2017: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=12606 > > The post involves support for a research network including research dissemination, organisation of workshops and writing research reviews, plus opportunities to undertake pilot research and/or write up existing research, and prepare bids for future research. > > Salary in the range £31,076 to £38,183 per annum. > > We welcome applications from those who meet the essential person specification criteria, and who would like to join our Centre for Development Informatics research team for this exciting new initiative. > > Richard Heeks, Director, Centre for Development Informatics, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK > > >

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Re: [kictanet] Gambia Shuts Down the Internet
by Mose Karanja 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

With all due respect to declarations and statements, I think non-binding norms and principles are very limited in preventing technical decisions in domestic places. Much more needs to be done on the technical front to make Internet shutdowns as expensive as possible to governments. If a significant number of people are able to circumvent a partial shutdown, governments would reconsider their decisions since they lose economically with no political ends attained - in this case preventing people to assemble and organize online. Declarations help immensely to shape the long term debate but I don’t ever remember any government that failed to act on a shutdown directive because International law says so. --- Moses. > On 5 Dec 2016, at 06:38, 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: Gambia Shuts Down the Internet (Joash Moitui) > > From: Joash Moitui <joash.moitui(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Gambia Shuts Down the Internet > Date: 5 December 2016 at 06:36:17 EAT > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > > Dear all, > > As part of the civil society practicum participants in the Afrisig 2016, our first statement called for a complete denunciation of the internet shutdowns. But as we progressed on the final statement, we realized that hardline positions taken by every multi-stakeholder groups only meant that discussions couldn't proceed further. Concessions had to be made to make this joint statement a reality and this is the situation in actual 'real life' situations and negotiations that involve multi-stakeholder groups, be it in IG, climate change talks and even international trade negotiations. > > Please see attached the civil society 'hardline' statement before concessions were made. > > warm regards, > > > > --- > > Joash Ntenga Moitui > Research Fellow > Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies > Daphton Court, A2 > Riverside Drive > P O Box 23748 00100 > Nairobi > Office: +254.20.5270577 > Cell: +254.728.688726 > Email: jmoitui(a)chrips.or.ke <mailto:emayiera@chrips.or.ke> > Skype: joash.norman > www.chrips.or.ke <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/e06567813c1704f38943fbc3703d45b891020a34?ur…> > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:09 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: > Hi Ali, > > Easy :-). > > It was a consensus document by students learning Internet Governance. And the consensus was reached because participants were made to stay up until 1am (It happens in real life anyway). So some gave up so that they can catch up with their sleep. Just that you know, those who played the role of government and put that clause allowing "some shutdowns" were actually civil society practitioners in real life :) > > Have you ever noticed how people change when they get into government? They literally wear a different cap. Like the reminders being sent on the list requesting some information from government. It's like asking for blood donation from a housefly. > > Regards > > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > twitter.com/lordmwesh <http://twitter.com/lordmwesh> > > > > On 5 December 2016 at 05:44, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke <mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke>> wrote: > Mwendwa > > Thanks for sharing this. I'm of the hardline stance. No Internet Shutdowns. Period. Let me share some excerpts:- > > > We also recognize that there are cases when Internet shutdowns are a means to ensuring the wellbeing of citizens, such as during cyber attacks from outside the country, military attacks and terrorist activity. > We recommend that the independent national multistakeholder commissions on Internet Shutdowns be guided by the following: > National security and public order > Transparency & accountability > Freedom of Expression and Access to Information > Necessity & proportionality > > We are just opening the door to a slippery slop of legitimizing such actions. Can you imagine a Government in Africa calling 'Mulit-Stakeholders' together to determine a shutdown? You will just have a bunch of rubber stumpers trooping to 'Government House' to lend their hand. > > We stand a snowball's chance in hell before that happens. Having said that I do appreciate the efforts that have gone into this and commend all the players who were involved in drafting this. If nothing else it will continue to highlight the risks we continue to face. > > Ali Hussein > Principal > Hussein & Associates > +254 0713 601113 <tel:+254%20713%20601113> > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > Skype: abu-jomo > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> > > "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 4 Dec 2016, at 10:00 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: > >> Speaking of declarations Grace Mutung'u, >> >> The African School on Internet Governance (AFRISIG) class of 2016, in their practicum came up with a statement on Internet shutdown. All stakeholder groups, including Government, Civil Society, Academia, Business, and Technical community agreed that the statement was balanced http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/statement-on-an-intentional-internet-shutdo… <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/statement-on-an-intentional-internet-shutdo…> >> >> It took 4 days to produce the statement through wider consultations and consensus building. Probably this is a statement that can be expounded upon. >> >> Regards >> >> ______________________ >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >> twitter.com/lordmwesh <http://twitter.com/lordmwesh> >> >> >> >> On 3 December 2016 at 21:39, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: >> Poncelet, >> Thank you for sharing. I cannot imagine the effect of a 52 hour complete and deliberate shutdown. We are glad to have you back online. Welcome back! >> I agree with you that we must continue to promote the African Declaration, now more than ever. Incidentally, I have not come across any pronouncements by the African Union on this matter of Internet shutdowns. Have you? >> Regards, >> >> PS: The African Declaration is here: http://africaninternetrights.org/ <http://africaninternetrights.org/> >> >> 2016-12-03 17:24 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>: >> Poncelet >> >> Congratulations to all in The Gambia. And to the incumbent for accepting the defeat even with the shut down he initiated. >> >> One other thing..We can actually calculate the cost of Internet Shutdowns. Last year countries lost $2.4 billion. See link:- >> >> https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.… <https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.…> >> >> 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> <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 Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Poncelet Ileleji via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: >> Hi Grace, >> >> It was 52 Hours complete shutdown starting 8"08pm on election eve on the 30th of Nov and it was officially announced on TV that it was going to be down no secret about it,International Lines cut off too later local SMS weas also cut off, we came back online 12:30pm yesterday coincidentally after the incumbent had conceded defeat to the Coalition flag bearer ending 22 years of his rule. >> >> We need to promote more and more the African Declaration of Internet rights so our leaders know it matters in the true sense of the word the economic loss alone, we cant quantify, the joy here in the Gambia its basically the digital natives those born after the outgoing leader came to power 1994 that basically voted him out, >> >> Well enjoy the weekend, have loads to say, but will talk later on this. >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Poncelet >> >> On 2 December 2016 at 01:06, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: >> Listers, >> Internet shutdowns are almost becoming a part of African elections and reports indicate that Gambia has taken this step ahead of elections tomorrow. With an added twist- calls also seem to be blocked. >> >> A few months ago we discussed the Ugandan shutdown where we went at length into the techniques employed, including electricity blackouts. With our own elections round the corner, a few questions: >> >> Is anyone concerned that Kenya may also have a shutdown come elections? >> In the (hopefully hypothetical) case that we had a shutdown, who would effect it? ISPs? MNOs? Kenya Power? >> And who would give the orders? The Government? The Regulator? >> >> Hoping that these are just hypothetical musings. >> >> Grace >> >> -- >> Grace L.N. Mutung'u >> Nairobi Kenya >> Skype: gracebomu >> Twitter: @Bomu >> >> <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu>> >> >> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pileleji%40ymca.gm <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pileleji%40ymca.gm> >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS >> Coordinator >> The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio >> MDI Road Kanifing South >> P. O. Box 421 Banjul >> The Gambia, West Africa >> Tel: (220) 4370240 <tel:(220)%20437-0240> >> Fax:(220) 4390793 <tel:(220)%20439-0793> >> Cell:(220) 9912508 <tel:(220)%20991-2508> >> Skype: pons_utd >> www.ymca.gm <http://www.ymca.gm/> >> http://jokkolabs.net/en/ <http://jokkolabs.net/en/> >> www.waigf.org <http://www.waigf.org/> >> www,insistglobal.com <http://www.itag.gm/> >> www.npoc.org <http://www.npoc.org/> >> http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753 <http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753> >> www.diplointernetgovernance.org <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet <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 <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 <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nmutungu%40gmail.com <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. >> >> >> >> -- >> Grace L.N. Mutung'u >> Nairobi Kenya >> Skype: gracebomu >> Twitter: @Bomu >> >> <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu>> >> >> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/lordmwesh%40gmail.com <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/lordmwesh%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 <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet <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 <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 <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/joash.moitui%40gmail.… <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/joash.moitui%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. > > <Civil Society Statement on Internet Shutdown.docx> > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet www.moseskaranja.com

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Re: [kictanet] Gambia Shuts Down the Internet
by Ali Hussein 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

Poncelet Congratulations to all in The Gambia. And to the incumbent for accepting the defeat even with the shut down he initiated. One other thing..We can actually calculate the cost of Internet Shutdowns. Last year countries lost $2.4 billion. See link:- https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/intenet-shutdowns-v-3.… *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 Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Poncelet Ileleji via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Hi Grace, > > It was 52 Hours complete shutdown starting 8"08pm on election eve on the > 30th of Nov and it was officially announced on TV that it was going to be > down no secret about it,International Lines cut off too later local SMS > weas also cut off, we came back online 12:30pm yesterday coincidentally > after the incumbent had conceded defeat to the Coalition flag bearer ending > 22 years of his rule. > > We need to promote more and more the African Declaration of Internet > rights so our leaders know it matters in the true sense of the word the > economic loss alone, we cant quantify, the joy here in the Gambia its > basically the digital natives those born after the outgoing leader came to > power 1994 that basically voted him out, > > Well enjoy the weekend, have loads to say, but will talk later on this. > > Kind Regards > > Poncelet > > On 2 December 2016 at 01:06, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Listers, >> Internet shutdowns are almost becoming a part of African elections and >> reports indicate that Gambia has taken this step ahead of elections >> tomorrow. With an added twist- calls also seem to be blocked. >> >> A few months ago we discussed the Ugandan shutdown where we went at >> length into the techniques employed, including electricity blackouts. With >> our own elections round the corner, a few questions: >> >> Is anyone concerned that Kenya may also have a shutdown come elections? >> In the (hopefully hypothetical) case that we had a shutdown, who would >> effect it? ISPs? MNOs? Kenya Power? >> And who would give the orders? The Government? The Regulator? >> >> Hoping that these are just hypothetical musings. >> >> Grace >> >> -- >> Grace L.N. Mutung'u >> Nairobi Kenya >> Skype: gracebomu >> Twitter: @Bomu >> >> <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu> >> >> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/pileleji%40ymca.gm >> >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Poncelet O. Ileleji MBCS > Coordinator > The Gambia YMCAs Computer Training Centre & Digital Studio > MDI Road Kanifing South > P. O. Box 421 Banjul > The Gambia, West Africa > Tel: (220) 4370240 > Fax:(220) 4390793 > Cell:(220) 9912508 > Skype: pons_utd > > > > > > > *www.ymca.gm <http://www.ymca.gm>http://jokkolabs.net/en/ > <http://jokkolabs.net/en/>www.waigf.org > <http://www.waigf.org>www,insistglobal.com <http://www.itag.gm>www.npoc.org > <http://www.npoc.org>http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753 > <http://www.wsa-mobile.org/node/753>*www.diplointernetgovernance.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >

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Fw: [governance] 3 Books to be Presented at IGF
by WANGARI KABIRU 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

Pray you are well! This is the manual we need to explore on our community networks!Keen to see the application in our local context. <<<Community Connectivity. Building the Internet from Scratch. The book explores alternative models to expand connectivity in a sustainable fashion. The first part focus on community networks' governance while the second one analyses a series of case studies. Together with the Declaration on Community Connectivity, the book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity.>>> http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3737… Blessed day. Regards/Wangari PreambleOver four billion people may remain unconnected to the Internet, including around a billionwho do not have access to basic telephony services. Most people in rural and economically disadvantaged areas are unlikely to realise the benefits of connectivity in the near term. Rural communities and slums dwellers represent almost 60% of the worldwide population and, to date, traditional Internet access models have failed to provide coverage to such populations. While Internet access has improved in several countries, concerns about vertical integration,breach of privacy and net neutrality have become increasingly concrete. Policy and regulation have been adopted to avoid abuses but regulatory environments may be cumbersome and ineffective in fostering connectivity.To reverse these trends and reclaim the role of the commons in networks, it is necessary to create appropriate frameworks that empower communities and local entrepreneurs to solve their own connectivity challenges, thus creating new opportunities in a sustainable fashion. Bottom-up strategies that embrace non-discriminatory treatment of Internet traffic and diversity in the first square mile can truly empower individuals and communities, allowing everyone to play an active role in making connectivity affordable and easily accessible. --- 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 Friday, 2 December 2016, 20:53, "LB(a)lucabelli.net" <LB(a)lucabelli.net> wrote: And here is the content of the book on Net Neutrality that was missing in the previous email (apologies :) #yiv6974423755 #yiv6974423755wmQuoteWrapper P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} Dear all, (apologies for crossposting) The UN Internet Governance Forum is starting next week and CTS/FGV will be promoting 3 books that might be of your interest: - Terms of Service and Human Rights. The book has been developed in partnership with the Council of Europe. It analyses the compatibility of the terms of service of 50 of the most popular online platforms with international human rights standards. It also includes the Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights, one of the IGF 2015 outcomes, developed by the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, last year. - Net Neutrality Reloaded. Zero Rating, Specialised Services, Ad Bloking and Traffic Management. The book explores the most recent net neutrality trands. 7 out of 10 chapters are dedicated to the various aspects of zero rating practices, a very prominent issue, particularly in developing counties. The book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Net Neutrality. - Community Connectivity. Building the Internet from Scratch. The book explores alternative models to expand connectivity in a sustainable fashion. The first part focus on community networks' governance while the second one analyses a series of case studies. Together with the Declaration on Community Connectivity, the book is the annual outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Below, you can find the book contents. Free hard copies of the books will be distributed at the IGF. Here is CTS/FGV schedule, should you be interested in joining us and have your copy of the books. The Open Access versions will be released right after the IGF, under Creative Commons Licenses. I would like to thank all those who participated in the development of the books (notably those who are in this mailing list) for their great contributions. Please do not hesitate to circulate this email to any interested person. Best regards, Luca -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher, Center for Technology & Society, FGV Rio de Janeiro Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2 Head of Internet Governance @ FGV internet-governance.fgv.br----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t

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Gambia Shuts Down the Internet
by Grace Mutung'u 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

Listers, Internet shutdowns are almost becoming a part of African elections and reports indicate that Gambia has taken this step ahead of elections tomorrow. With an added twist- calls also seem to be blocked. A few months ago we discussed the Ugandan shutdown where we went at length into the techniques employed, including electricity blackouts. With our own elections round the corner, a few questions: Is anyone concerned that Kenya may also have a shutdown come elections? In the (hopefully hypothetical) case that we had a shutdown, who would effect it? ISPs? MNOs? Kenya Power? And who would give the orders? The Government? The Regulator? Hoping that these are just hypothetical musings. Grace -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Nairobi Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Diplo/GIP @ IGF 2016
by Barrack Otieno 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 14:50:24 +0100 Subject: [Internet Policy] Diplo/GIP @ IGF 2016 To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Dear colleagues, Please find below the key activities of DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform at the IGF 2016. They include a just-in-time reporting from IGF sessions, an activity supported by ICANN and the Internet Society. Best wishes and safe travels. Marilia Is this email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser <http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3d&id=fda063e1c6…> *DiploFoundation and Geneva Internet Platform at 11th Internet Governance Forum in Mexico* Dear Colleagues, DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform will be actively engaged <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf…> at the 11th Internet Governance Forum <http://diplomacy.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=89e7299f9fe54eed66d45cf3…>, in Mexico and online. 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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Civil society opposes bringing TPP clauses into alternative regional agreement
by Barrack Otieno 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

Listers, This might be of interest. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 19:20:26 +0100 Subject: [Internet Policy] Civil society opposes bringing TPP clauses into alternative regional agreement To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org A large number of civil society organizations oppose attempts to inject clauses from TPP (which is dead) into an alternative regional trade agreement, see: http://www.ip-watch.org/2016/11/30/hundreds-civil-society-groups-urge-rcep-n egotiators-reject-imported-tpp-clauses/ Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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cyber security bill withdrawn
by Watila Alex 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

The Cyber Security and Protection Bill 2016 withdrawn by Senate committee https://t.co/eVM8ATcSBE https://t.co/0b0m0KWW4X https://twitter.com/iFreeKE/status/804334290716725248 Share this post with more networks: http://ow.ly/GF3g100r5ri Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Ali Hussein 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Listers All Information Communication and Technology (ICT) professionals will now be vetted to weed out quacks and sanitise the industry, ICT Authority chief executive officer Robert Mugo said yesterday. He said the authority is alarmed by the rising of cases of individuals and groups masquerading as ICT experts seeking to tender for services in the counties. Read on:- http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/people-daily/277875/ict-authority-weed-qua… Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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ICT Authority Proposal to act on Quacks proper and within Legal Mandate
by Paul Korir 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Where may I get a copy of the revised document? Paul > On 2 Dec 2016, at 18:25, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > 5. In the end, only about 40% of the content of the earlier version was > retained in the final version

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority Proposal to act on Quacks proper and within Legal Mandate
by Ali Hussein 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Kamotho For arguments. Say what you are saying is in order why then are you sponsoring an ICT Practitioners' Bill? Are you then not abrogating the role of ICTA? *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, Dec 2, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Kamotho Njenga via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Fellow Listers, > > The proposal by the ICT Authority to rein on quacks is actually overdue if > ICTA's legal mandate is anything to go by. On the basis of Legal Notice 183 > of 2013 and Legal Notice 198 of 2013, the functions of ICTA are as set out > below: I have listed all and boldly highlighted the ones that are most > significant in light of the current conversation. > > (a) *set and enforce ICT standards & guidelines for human resource, > infrastructure, processes, systems and technology for the public office and > public service* and; > > (b) deploy and manage all ICT staff in the public service; > > (c) *facilitate and regulate the design, implementation and use of ICTs > in the public service;* > > (d) promote ICT literacy and capacity; > > (e) promote e-Government services; > > (f) facilitate optimal electronic, electronic form, electronic record and > equipment use in the public service; promote ICT innovation and enterprise; > > (h) *establish, develop and maintain secure ICT infrastructure and > systems* > > (i) *supervise the design, development and implementation of critical ICT > Projects across the public service.* > > (j) implement and manage the Kenya National Spatial Data Initiative > > As long as the ICT Authority operates within its lawful mandate and adopts > a consultative approach, we owe them some measure of support rather than > castigation. > > Kamotho > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >

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Proposal: an ICT practitioners registry.
by Collins Areba 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Dear all, First, apologies for cross posting. I needed this to go through to both lists (and if you can, share it widely). As a pre emptive attempt to keep rent seekers at bay in the name of regulation, I propose a portal, named "ICT practitioners registry", a free to join, free to leave online registry. It shall be a self regulating Web portal where anyone who considers themselves a practitioner shall fill a Web form (to meet the "registration" bit) and shall be assigned a registration number. We can even have the system generate pdf membership cards for those that wish to have them printed and certificates generated for printing for those that wish to print them. We shall then have a separate list where quacks (not alleged quacks) who have gone through the judicial process and found guilty of being quacks can either be listed separately as quacks, or temporarily or permanently suspended. In doing this we will have left the burden of proof on to the "prosecution" and not the "defence" to prove who is and who is not a ICT professional.

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Re: [kictanet] Regulation of ICT Industry or Practice?
by JImmy Gitonga 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Dear Grace, Thank you for working with my rope analogy and by qualifying that what I was talking about is the “knowledge of machines”. As you can see, we now have two ropes to weave and untangle here. The rope I alluded to, the ‘Knowledge of machines’,starts somewhere in the 19th century with analogue computers, through the silicon revolution, the Mainframe, the Minicomputer, the PC, the mobile phone and the tablet. As for the networks, we have come from wired electrical networks to digital signals of Ethernet, wired as well as wireless communications all combining into an amorphous “Cloud” where everything is defined in software and can be offered as a service. This rope is ever so quickly building on what came before that the “software engineer” has to continuously update his/her skills or else … The rope you are alluding to is where ICT meets established structures, especially in education. The Internet in particular has unlocked learning in such a grand scale that ivy league universities can only sell their brand and the alumni network to attract top minds. A lot of that knowledge is in ICT, both software and hardware. Anyone can now challenge an industry by unleashing ICT on it. Finance especially banking and payments, transportation, hospitality, medical diagnosis and practice, law; all these “industries” are suffering since the scarcity, a lot of it artificial, is being done away with, lowering the cost of doing that particular business. It is interesting that my rope, “practice” is extremely hard if not impossible at the moment to regulate with examination and certification. Cloud computing courses are barely 2 years old at Masters level and they are building on Distributed Systems knowledge. These have yet to trickle down to Undergrad, though I see PaaS, IaaS and SaaS are being introduced at this level. However I stand to be corrected on this. And all these are behind the cutting edge that revolves around passion and self-learning. No one can regulate that. Your rope, “industry” is completely in flux especially as you noted, with the rise of Artificial Intelligence. The innovation is in bringing ICT in most part, to disrupt established modes of business by bringing speed, accuracy and efficiency to bear. And there is iteration on the disruption as the ICT practice itself evolves and is replaced by newer technology. the “home” as well as the “shared economy” are changing lifestyles as we watch, with the collapse of malls begins in the US of A and is bound to spread across the world as online consumerism takes over. Who can regulate that? Whew! With the best regards, *Jimmy Gitonga* On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Grace Mutung'u <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear James, > A few responses inline > > > > There is no contention on the need for hard working, innovative "ICT > practitioners" passionate about their craft. > > > > What is in contention is whether this is the right time to bring in > regulation to the industry, not regulation of the practice. What we don't > have, because the ingredients forming the industry are still changing > rapidly is an ICT profession. Will there ever be an all-round ICT > "professional"? > > > > This is not the premise. There is a whole new world where we do not even > have questions about " the profession ". Because these barriers are being > eliminated everyday by alternative thinking. > > > Looking at human medicine, the human body is not changing, so one can > standardise the medical profession, with known practices and various > specialisations once the basic learning is done. > > > > It that it? > > > > But even old professions are being affected by disruption. Let me give an > example of the law. The protectionism around it is decaying. Because people > have realized that you do not need seven years to "know" the law. The long > study is about prestige, rites etc. You can learn it by yourself and use > it, case in point, Omtatah. > And Kenyans are now questioning these things, what is the intent, who > will benefit most? > And it is the thing about children born in the digital period. They > question tradition and form their own supercultures. > > > We need to accept that ICT is in everything now. And it is entering > mission-critical, life dependant places. And for a doctor who wants to > carry out a remote surgical operation, the ICT professional helping him set > up the equipment on local and remote site better be qualified in something > beyond passion and innovation. Those don’t cut it at that point. > > > > And the important qualifications in your example is knowledge of machines. > Never mind whether someone stepped into a tertiary class and obtained > papers. They could be self taught with a bit of apprenticeship etc > But leave alone ICT, AI is coming.....who will need regulation then... > Man or machine? > > > The Wright brothers had no flying license. The pilots today do. > > > > And today, planes can fly without pilots. > > > I liken it to weaving a rope. At some points all the strands have to > come together and form the rope. Are we looking at the quality of the > strand or the strength of the rope? If it is both, then there are two > different mechanisms at play. > > > > We could be in the era of unweaving the rope. Deconstruction of ideas that > have protected certain quarters in society. At some point strands have to > separate. > Depends on how well woven the rope was. > > Regards, >

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Online participation, 2016 ICT Review - Use the Following details . Please send your remote comments or questions through this link.
by Barrack Otieno 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Topic: Kenya 2016 ICT Year in Review Time: Dec 2, 2016 7:05 PM (GMT+3:00) Nairobi Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://isoc.zoom.us/j/196595872 Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968,196595872# or +16465588656,196595872# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 196 595 872 International numbers available: https://isoc.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=hE1p1MRreEMxIDAhZ0UMYhhefPm9zgZJ Attachments area -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Program for tomorrow's Kenya ICT year in review cocktail - 2nd December 2016 from 6pm to 9pm Remote Participation Details
by Barrack Otieno 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Listers, Below please find the remote participation details Topic: Kenya 2016 ICT Year in Review Time: Dec 2, 2016 7:00 PM (GMT+3:00) Nairobi Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://isoc.zoom.us/j/104139686 Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +14086380968,104139686# or +16465588656,104139686# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 104 139 686 International numbers available: https://isoc.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=7aPHrrdkLtmo2q6sI0RyI9Ol16nYdBy0 On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Listers > > > Please find attached the program for tomorrow's cocktail. > > > Regards > > Grace > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/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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ICT Authority Proposal to act on Quacks proper and within Legal Mandate
by Kamotho Njenga 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Fellow Listers, The proposal by the ICT Authority to rein on quacks is actually overdue if ICTA's legal mandate is anything to go by. On the basis of Legal Notice 183 of 2013 and Legal Notice 198 of 2013, the functions of ICTA are as set out below: I have listed all and boldly highlighted the ones that are most significant in light of the current conversation. (a) *set and enforce ICT standards & guidelines for human resource, infrastructure, processes, systems and technology for the public office and public service* and; (b) deploy and manage all ICT staff in the public service; (c) *facilitate and regulate the design, implementation and use of ICTs in the public service;* (d) promote ICT literacy and capacity; (e) promote e-Government services; (f) facilitate optimal electronic, electronic form, electronic record and equipment use in the public service; promote ICT innovation and enterprise; (h) *establish, develop and maintain secure ICT infrastructure and systems* (i) *supervise the design, development and implementation of critical ICT Projects across the public service.* (j) implement and manage the Kenya National Spatial Data Initiative As long as the ICT Authority operates within its lawful mandate and adopts a consultative approach, we owe them some measure of support rather than castigation. Kamotho

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Paul Korir 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Fellow Listers, (Please read through until the end before reacting.) It is unfortunate that this issue has arisen before the dust from the ICT Practioners Bill has settled. There are a lot of pent up emotions (and rightly so) associated with confronting policy corruption. This has not only affected ICT but other fields (I seem to be the only one angered by some of the sections of the Science, Technology and Innovation Act). It is also unfortunate that that the subject of this thread is misleading or incomplete at best and that the journalist who penned this piece did not take the time to dissect the issues. For example, there is no explicit statement that this applies only to government expenditure and the reference at the end is vague (“…that the government has an interest in.”) Nevertheless, government agencies have a duty to protect the public’s interests in delivering service to the people. In this case, the issue is the use of public funds (not private capital) in procuring government contracts and the ICTA is proposing regulation to this end. Please remember that the mandate of ICTA is to serve the government and not the private sector. “The Authority is tasked with rationalising and streamlining the management of all Government of Kenya ICT functions.” (from http://www.icta.go.ke/ict-authority/ <http://www.icta.go.ke/ict-authority/>). To the best of my understanding (and the functions of the ICTA) the statement by the CEO have no bearing on private procurement and application of ICT to private business. This is not a move to regulate the ICT sector but to secure the procurement of ICT services in government functions. In other words, quacks are those who are stealing public funds by masquerading as ICT professionals. Now, who would be opposed to that? I think paranoia is beginning to get the better of us… Dr. Paul Korir, PhD +44 7780 283 183 Ordnung muß sein > On 2 Dec 2016, at 16:11, 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: ICT Authority to weed out quacks (Ahmed Mohamed Maawy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 16:09:25 +0300 > From: Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <ultimateprogramer(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: Collins Areba <arebacollins(a)gmail.com>, JImmy Gitonga > <jimmygitts(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks > Message-ID: > <CAPZHszM0wX=0mx3asX1sP8vq3Dp0sify4yFNCxr0kK_FuqDBFQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Fellows, > > We will be the 1st market in the history of the world to kill innovation by > regulating it. > > According to Wikipedia *Innovation* is defined simply as a "*new idea, > device, or method*". However, innovation is often also viewed as the > *application > of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs*, or > existing market needs. This is accomplished through more-effective > products, processes, services, technologies, or business models that are > readily available to markets, governments and society. The term > "innovation" can be defined as something original and more effective and, > as a consequence, new, that "breaks into" the market or society. It is > related to, but not the same as, invention. > > If Innovation is related to invention. Who in the world ever invented > anything under a very strict regulatory framework ?? Isn't it that we > constantly talk about people who invented new things to break the norm? > (including status quo in a society hell bent to set norms and standards to > tell people like Thomas Edisson that he can't do a lightbulb and the Wright > Brothers that they can't fly?) > > Again, And what school ever taught an inventor to invent anything? > > The kid in Maasai Mara who invented a technology to scare away lions (and > got TV airtime just because someone discovered him with a mindset outside > the education system) - did he ever go to school? > > Can we go on giving countless statements on this? > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Thank you Andrew: a true geriatric in this world. (I did my fair share of >> fortran 77 btw) >> >> I think the problem is clear: irregular tendering, leading in quacks being >> awarded tenders for one reason or another at the expense of legitimately >> qualified suppliers. Now, if you ask me, Thats the domain of Public >> Procurements Oversight Authority. >> >> Maybe the said parties should seek representation in the said authority, >> or maybe we should seek a common "ICT practitioners" position or checklist >> for the PPPOA to consider when setting rules. >> >> My 2 cents. >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Kevin Kamonye via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> My ideal scenario as regards to post secondary school; >>> >>> 1. Enroll for a program like NYS/ Police/ Military for at least 1 year to >>> learn essential life skills. >>> 2. Continue serving or get into the job market for at least 2 years doing >>> some paid internship/apprenticeship (savings scheme for school fees ) >>> 3. Go for Undergraduate studies - Dip/Bachelor (part-time/ distance >>> learning for non-eng. courses) >>> 4. Back to work - start of specialisation for at least 5 years >>> 5. Masters etc. but after a very thorough interviewing/ career review >>> process before being enrolled to any program >>> >>> These certifications are in some ways hurting the industry. But I guess >>> they are a necessary evil as the job market is flooded with people who can >>> get the job done. >>> >>> Perhaps we should have a common framework that acts as a lifetime >>> Continuous Assesment Test (CAT) for every sector of the industry that is >>> publicly and commonly administered by selected panels for every region. >>> Like a LinkedIN where endorsements for skills actually mean something. >>> >>> As for me, the industry I have been trying to break into to start my >>> specialisation (Cyber Security OPs) seems to have a thing for seeing the >>> entire alphabet on your CV :) This quack has thrown in the towel and am >>> back at school (actually started my end of semester exams today). >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> On 2 December 2016 at 14:35, JImmy Gitonga via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Wow Andrew, >>>> >>>> It seems that is everyone's journey here until "recently" when Computer >>>> Science became a course in our universities. I am a "quack" as much as you >>>> are. >>>> >>>> I loved the story and all the best. >>>> >>>> So, Listers, this is my take. The problem is that the government has >>>> allowed tenderpreneurs to flourish in every sector, and the experts in the >>>> government, who ought to supervise, are compromised for various reasons. >>>> >>>> We are just feeling the heat now because we are in the way of the rent >>>> seekers. Look at our mechanical engineering sector and see the chaos caused >>>> by "regulation". >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Jimmy Gitonga >>>> *Web and Motion* >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:12 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: ICT Authority to weed out quacks (Andrew Alston) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> Message: 1 >>>>> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:10:41 +0000 >>>>> From: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> >>>>> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>>> Message-ID: >>>>> <AMSPR03MB534A8D637B9580FA82CDF1AEE8E0(a)AMSPR03MB534.eurprd03 >>>>> .prod.outlook.com> >>>>> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I wade into this debate with a great degree of caution, but at the same >>>>> time I feel it would be amiss not to tell my own story ? and let you judge >>>>> my stance from that. >>>>> >>>>> When I was 12 years old, living in South Africa, I walked door to door >>>>> at every computer shop in the town I lived in, begging for a chance to help >>>>> out in the stores ? I didn?t want money ? I wanted to be near the >>>>> machines. There was a guy, interestingly he shared my first name, and >>>>> decided he?d give me a chance, and so at 12 years old I started showing up >>>>> on Saturdays and installing dos on machines and installing windows 3.1 and >>>>> hanging around their workshop. By the time I was 13, I was putting >>>>> together machines for them. They were even kind enough to give me the >>>>> equivalent of 140 KSH for a Saturday morning. >>>>> >>>>> Somewhere along the way, I got hold of a copy of turbo pascal and >>>>> begged pleaded and borrowed some manuals and taught myself how to program, >>>>> first in pascal, and then in assembler. By the time I was 16, I was then >>>>> faced with a choice. I could stick with high school, finish, leave at the >>>>> same time as everyone else, go to universities, spend years getting a >>>>> degree, and then enter the job market at the same time as all my school >>>>> friends. Or, due to the age of the industry and how new it was where I was >>>>> growing up, I could leave school, get a job, and get a 2 and a half year >>>>> experience head start on everyone I was at school with. I made my choice, >>>>> and in around March, 3 months into grade 10, I clearly remember getting up >>>>> in the middle of science class, and walking out. I never went back. >>>>> >>>>> By the time I left though, I had already organized myself a job, >>>>> relying on the experience I had working in computer stores for the previous >>>>> 3 and a half odd years, and relying on the fact that I could already >>>>> program. So, I got on a bus, at age 16, travelled a thousand kilometres >>>>> down to Cape Town and started my working life. Over the next few years, I >>>>> worked my ass off, earned just enough money to keep me afloat, and >>>>> eventually started my own IT security company, got defrauded, went broke as >>>>> a result, got up, and started again. Eventually ending up working for the >>>>> University of Cape Town in their IT department. While there I started >>>>> moonlighting for TENET (the South African academic network), and eventually >>>>> ended up as their CTO where I was for 6 years. After leaving there and >>>>> doing a whole bunch of contracting (primarily for various universities), I >>>>> took a contract with Liquid which eventually ended up becoming permanent >>>>> and I ended up where I am today, in a senior position building networks >>>>> across the continent. >>>>> >>>>> The point of this story is ? there are individuals out there who have >>>>> chosen a different route ? I am not alone in the path I took, and I am not >>>>> special, I was not born to wealth and honestly I don?t think I could have >>>>> afforded to go to University anyway ? my parents certainly didn?t have the >>>>> money to pay for it, nor was I born with insane brain power, I merely chose >>>>> to find my own path and work hard to reach the heights I have. And in all >>>>> of this ? I fail to see why any system should penalize people such as >>>>> myself, and indirectly penalize the people who I could share my knowledge >>>>> and experience with. I fail to see why a qualification actually matters if >>>>> someone can *prove* they can do the job ? and do it well, with an equal >>>>> amount of passion, drive and skill, however it was acquired. >>>>> >>>>> Obviously, this post is written from an intensely personal perspective, >>>>> but I argue that there are many who shared the path I chose to walk, and I >>>>> believe that anything that removes the ability of these people to >>>>> contribute to society and to our industry, is unfair, dangerous and against >>>>> the interests of the industry as a whole. >>>>> >>>>> I know that I am PROUD to work in this industry, it is with pride that >>>>> I stand among my colleagues, both Kenyan and otherwise, both certified and >>>>> non-certified, and I just want the opportunity to continue the work I have >>>>> dedicated the last 21 years of my life to and continue to build this >>>>> industry and be able to contribute. >>>>> >>>>> Just my thoughts >>>>> >>>>> Andrew >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+andrew.alston= >>>>> liquidtelecom.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Dorcas Muthoni >>>>> via kictanet >>>>> Sent: 02 December 2016 11:53 >>>>> To: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> >>>>> Cc: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, judging from my experience, both in public and private >>>>> sector, HR and top IT management do indeed either get it wrong, lack >>>>> ability or sometimes objectivity while onboarding vendors or staff. >>>>> >>>>> In which case, industry professionals can help in defining a criteria >>>>> for all. This of course should also be shared with tertiary institutions >>>>> and universities. >>>>> >>>>> As we know, new professions are being defined daily. Some core >>>>> fundamentals remain the same. >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 2, 2016 11:27 AM, "Francis Nderitu via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> In my own view this kind of vetting they are asking for should be >>>>> institutional but not individual - which is already happening naturally. >>>>> Does Company A have the capacity to offer service XYZ? That kind of >>>>> approach could be helpful, just like in the construction industry, diffrent >>>>> companies have diffrent clearance level. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> @James, >>>>> >>>>> I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay >>>>> to be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have >>>>> passion and be good at what you do. >>>>> >>>>> Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, >>>>> few standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives >>>>> depends on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. >>>>> >>>>> The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are >>>>> starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it >>>>> demands some yardstick to know who is who. >>>>> >>>>> Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? >>>>> >>>>> Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed >>>>> doctor but no certificate ? >>>>> >>>>> Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, >>>>> hospital, airport and even national security. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> >>>>> Nelson >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 02/12/2016 10:42 WD, James Muendo wrote: >>>>> Nelson, >>>>> >>>>> "we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name >>>>> of innovation and disruption." >>>>> >>>>> I think what you have quoted there is what drives the profession and >>>>> the industry at large. What you are suggesting is we curb creativity of >>>>> people who seek to curb a niche out of the huge industry. As Ahmed said, >>>>> this is not like professions, like, being a doctor or a lawyer that have a >>>>> pre-set set of standards. If anything, the industry thrives on its dynamic >>>>> nature, which leads to disruption and innovation. >>>>> >>>>> On that I beg to disagree with you. Also, in terms of standards, if we >>>>> look outside .KE, what other country/town has ICT standards? >>>>> >>>>> Am with Ngigi in this one, we need to separate business from >>>>> profession. The tricky bit, would be, what criteria will you use to do so. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> On 2 December 2016 at 10:28, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Let us face it, the ICT Industry has a problem with standards, >>>>> ambiguity rules the ICT Industry in Kenya. the words below can have as >>>>> many meanings as the are ICT professionals >>>>> >>>>> * Cloud Solution >>>>> * Software Architect >>>>> * Software Developer >>>>> * IoT >>>>> * Web APP >>>>> * and many other >>>>> >>>>> we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name >>>>> of innovation and disruption. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 02/12/2016 10:12 WD, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My point is, chaos are eminent in the industry. Is it what we want.. >>>>> NO. >>>>> >>>>> Then, let's agree on the criteria. ICT Authority is part of the >>>>> KICTANET community, let's engage them, instead of shooting in your defense. >>>>> Let's get a constructive multi-stakeholder engagement. >>>>> >>>>> I am afraid that having a few highly opinionated people rule mailing >>>>> lists stalls multi-stakeholder participation. >>>>> >>>>> I hope that the ICT Authority is listening somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 2, 2016 10:00 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Its not really about why people feel insecure. Its about what policy is >>>>> meant to do. Why? Technologists are not doctors or lawyers. >>>>> With all due respect. What does the education system offer as a >>>>> yardstick for competence? Most of us got jobs before we even graduated >>>>> school. And we went on to work for projects and institutions that went on >>>>> to win Awards in the international arena. >>>>> >>>>> You see, IT is not about being a Doctor or being a Lawyer (where theory >>>>> is a factor). IT is an operational field. IT, more than any other field - >>>>> is based on Talent. Not much on Knowledge. This is why we have so many >>>>> people out of Uni looking for Internships that they can not find. In a >>>>> market where the dynamics are governed by people who did not even do that >>>>> degree - to drive technical jobs. >>>>> >>>>> And yes, we have several CEOs in several companies who (and some of >>>>> them entrepreneur their own way through) did not even do a BCom at the >>>>> least. Some of them did not even see an higher learning institution. >>>>> We need to understand that the market dynamics are shifting. Schools in >>>>> developing are evolving. Why? Because Technology has changed the education >>>>> field. The education field is not changing technology. Apologies if we >>>>> believe so. >>>>> Just my two cents. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Collins Areba via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> @Dorcas. >>>>> Before we even get to answering why many people are insecure about the >>>>> discussion, I would point to the more obvious question. What are the >>>>> protagonists trying to do? what are they trying to solve? Unfortunately >>>>> thus far, It is not clear. What is in need of regulation? and why does it >>>>> need to be regulated? is this regulation for regulation's sake? >>>>> >>>>> I did mention yesterday that from my point of view, Regulation makes >>>>> sense only where there is a limited resource, shared by many, which left >>>>> without regulation would result in disorder and "law of the jungle". Which >>>>> ICT component is this that needs to be streamlined to prevent it from >>>>> spiralling out of control? >>>>> >>>>> From where I sit, It feels like a bunch of individuals feel >>>>> shortchanged about the time, effort and money they spent in learning "the >>>>> science" only to come out here and find the arena flattened by the same >>>>> technology. It feels like "the bill" which seeks to assign non existent >>>>> value to those that feel some level of entitlement to that "ict >>>>> professional" title purely on the basis of having done ICT formally. >>>>> >>>>> I stand corrected. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Why are so many people insecure about this topic. >>>>> >>>>> Can a bank CEO act as the principal legal officer of a bank? Why not? >>>>> >>>>> Which Innovators are these people are referring to? As far as I know, >>>>> most of the referenced global innovators dropped out of some computer >>>>> science programs and employ thousands of highly qualified CS and >>>>> engineering graduates. >>>>> >>>>> I don't think starting a box-pushing or software license reselling >>>>> entity coupled with hiring a few technicians can turn anyone into a domain >>>>> professional. Let's get this straight and boldly address the true issues >>>>> at hand. >>>>> >>>>> Obviously, this loose arrangement is leading to the proliferation of >>>>> extreme tender-prenuership. >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone point me to potential local Bill Gates, Larry Page or Mark >>>>> Mark Zuckerberg. We can't use such example to complicate this discussion. >>>>> >>>>> If anything, we should be providing a friendly environment those with >>>>> money and great experience invest in highly scalable startups. >>>>> >>>>> Nothing bars anyone who falls short of an agreed criteria from working >>>>> on it. >>>>> >>>>> Obviously, we cannot water down such an important topic. >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 10:28 PM, "Alfred Kinyua via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Two things stand out, concerning ICT Authority. >>>>> 1. Conformance of set standards (raising the bar). >>>>> 2. locking out unqualified personnel, where government has interests . >>>>> This is not a trivial issue, because one might be qualified but >>>>> incompetent (theorists) / unsitable, while the opposite might be true, >>>>> unqualufied but competent/suitable, this is true for ICT realtad mattets. >>>>> Personally I thing further probing is required. >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 22:01, "Beryl Aidi via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> Law and policy seldom exist in a vacuum. Does anyone know anywhere in >>>>> the world where the kind of regulation or ICT standards being anticipated >>>>> to be used to weed out quacks have been used successfully? Successfully >>>>> here being key, which means no victimization of those without any >>>>> certifications that may exist; startups; or those just playing around and >>>>> happen to stumble on something that may end up taking the world by storm; >>>>> and by no means a way to stifle internet freedoms. Anyone knows where such >>>>> a model exists? My two cents. >>>>> >>>>> Beryl Aidi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> In summary... ICT is "...A coalition of The Willing..." >>>>> >>>>> Waithaka Ngigi >>>>> >>>>> Alliance Technologies >>>>> www.at.co.ke<http://www.at.co.ke> >>>>> From: Collins Areba via kictanet >>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:30 PM >>>>> To: Ngigi Waithaka >>>>> Reply To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>> Cc: Collins Areba; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Exactly! >>>>> ICT is a disruptive sector. It is unfortunate when we attempt to define >>>>> it as one would engineering, or architecture, or survey. The action - >>>>> reaction - feedback - correction continum time wise is soo tiny. A decision >>>>> for instance in some of these association, say which colour to paint a wall >>>>> might take four months. >>>>> >>>>> I would still ask, what is the problem we are trying to solve? If this >>>>> can be defined we should be in a position to find solutions collectively. >>>>> >>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 21:12, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com<m >>>>> ailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The said procurement quacks are like Josephine Kabura. But they are not >>>>> really quacks because they work as conduits for their masters in high >>>>> places. >>>>> >>>>> If it was possible to weed out "quacks" from the industry, the said >>>>> masters would still use the "professionals" to commit heinous crimes. >>>>> >>>>> Show me major scandals in Kenya conducted by quacks and I will show you >>>>> a liar. Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, euro bond... >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 7:36 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I believe regulation should only be present where there is a limited, >>>>> shared resource that might be subject to abuse. Short of having a set of >>>>> rules: don't test an EMP in a built up area, don't access government >>>>> servers even if their passwords are admin, admin. Don't give the >>>>> president's number on twitter, etc etc etc. That is progressive legislation. >>>>> >>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:24, "Collins Areba" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com<mailto: >>>>> arebacollins(a)gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dorcas: show me the chaos. Then we discuss order. >>>>> >>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:17, "James Muendo" <james(a)muendo.co.ke<mailto:jam >>>>> es(a)muendo.co.ke>> wrote: >>>>> Collins, >>>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> James Muendo >>>>> >>>>> Chief Executive Officer (CEO), >>>>> >>>>> Logic Craft Ltd, >>>>> >>>>> Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road >>>>> >>>>> P.O Box 28016 ? 00200, >>>>> >>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | @MmuendoW:| >>>>> http://about.me/muendo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Too Brief? Here's Why >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM +0300, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Personally I seek examples of the damage done by the said quacks that >>>>> professional institutions haven't done. The distinct point of departure >>>>> which will show the distinct difference so as to justify regulation. >>>>> >>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 17:32, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Kivuva, you forgot Zuckerberg. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet wrote: >>>>> College drop outs who rule the world. >>>>> >>>>> Michael Saul Dell, William Henry ?Bill? Gates iii, Paul Gardner Allen, >>>>> Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Stephen ?Woz? Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, Robert >>>>> Edward ?Ted? Turner iii >>>>> http://lord.me.ke/college-dropouts-who-rule-the-world/ >>>>> >>>>> I wonder who among those would be considered an ICT pro in Kenya. >>>>> >>>>> ______________________ >>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh<http://twitter.com/lordmwesh> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1 December 2016 at 12:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> The real important question has not been answered. Not since the term >>>>> ICT started being used. >>>>> >>>>> WHO IS AN ICT PRACTITIONER? >>>>> >>>>> And who is this WATCHDOG who will abrogate himself/herself the role of >>>>> GateKeeper and RentSeeker? >>>>> >>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>> Principal >>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113><tel:+254%20713%20601113> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>> >>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>> >>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>> >>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >>>>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> On 1 Dec 2016, at 10:51 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Brian they will implant a chip in your brain and track your IQ to see >>>>> whether you are fit for IT. Whereas the millennial generation will lose >>>>> most as they are hands on. >>>>> >>>>> Athar Ahmad Bhatti >>>>> +254726488311 <+254%20726%20488311><tel:+254%20726%20488311> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:43 AM +0300, "Brian Muhia via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This is only to be applied to people trying to do contract jobs for the >>>>> government, right? >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Blessed Thursday! >>>>> >>>>> Might the sector be getting its shape? >>>>> >>>>> Private schooling started as an innovative approach to education - now >>>>> we even have more innovative home schooling and best practice approaches. >>>>> Healthcare etc >>>>> >>>>> Who has helped to weed out quacks proactively in most instances - it is >>>>> the industry associations working with the governments. An angle to borrow >>>>> from. >>>>> >>>>> "....He said the authority will in the next couple of weeks launch ICT >>>>> standards where every professional in the field seeking to serve public >>>>> service must comply. >>>>> ?One of the things which we are doing very soon in the next couple of >>>>> weeks, is that we shall be launching ICT standard, these are ICT national >>>>> standards and we plan on having them effective from first of January and >>>>> based on that vendors will have to comply with the standards,? said the >>>>> CEO, adding that those who will not comply to the standards will be >>>>> blacklisted..." >>>>> >>>>> How might the players engage in the discourse to give it shape while >>>>> keep its jelly-nature? >>>>> >>>>> 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 Thursday, 1 December 2016, 8:43, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/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. >>>>> ... >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> --------------------------- >>>>> This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered >>>>> safely by Mimecast. >>>>> For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> --------------------------- >>>>>

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Re: [kictanet] Regulation of ICT Industry or Practice?
by Grace Mutung'u 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Dear James, A few responses inline > > There is no contention on the need for hard working, innovative "ICT practitioners" passionate about their craft. > > What is in contention is whether this is the right time to bring in regulation to the industry, not regulation of the practice. What we don't have, because the ingredients forming the industry are still changing rapidly is an ICT profession. Will there ever be an all-round ICT "professional"? > This is not the premise. There is a whole new world where we do not even have questions about " the profession ". Because these barriers are being eliminated everyday by alternative thinking. > Looking at human medicine, the human body is not changing, so one can standardise the medical profession, with known practices and various specialisations once the basic learning is done. > > It that it? > But even old professions are being affected by disruption. Let me give an example of the law. The protectionism around it is decaying. Because people have realized that you do not need seven years to "know" the law. The long study is about prestige, rites etc. You can learn it by yourself and use it, case in point, Omtatah. And Kenyans are now questioning these things, what is the intent, who will benefit most? And it is the thing about children born in the digital period. They question tradition and form their own supercultures. > We need to accept that ICT is in everything now. And it is entering mission-critical, life dependant places. And for a doctor who wants to carry out a remote surgical operation, the ICT professional helping him set up the equipment on local and remote site better be qualified in something beyond passion and innovation. Those don’t cut it at that point. > And the important qualifications in your example is knowledge of machines. Never mind whether someone stepped into a tertiary class and obtained papers. They could be self taught with a bit of apprenticeship etc But leave alone ICT, AI is coming.....who will need regulation then... Man or machine? > The Wright brothers had no flying license. The pilots today do. > And today, planes can fly without pilots. > I liken it to weaving a rope. At some points all the strands have to come together and form the rope. Are we looking at the quality of the strand or the strength of the rope? If it is both, then there are two different mechanisms at play. > We could be in the era of unweaving the rope. Deconstruction of ideas that have protected certain quarters in society. At some point strands have to separate. Depends on how well woven the rope was. Regards,

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by Eric Mwangi 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

This has surprised me - side note that says KE's data is not available? Regards, Eric Sent from my iPhone > On 2 Dec 2016, at 10:13, JImmy Gitonga via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Hmmm, > > There is no contention on the need for hard working, innovative "ICT practitioners" passionate about their craft. > > What is in contention is whether this is the right time to bring in regulation to the industry, not regulation of the practice. What we don't have, because the ingredients forming the industry are still changing rapidly is an ICT profession. Will there ever be an all-round ICT "professional"? > > Looking at human medicine, the human body is not changing, so one can standardise the medical profession, with known practices and various specialisations once the basic learning is done. > > It that it? > > We need to accept that ICT is in everything now. And it is entering mission-critical, life dependant places. And for a doctor who wants to carry out a remote surgical operation, the ICT professional helping him set up the equipment on local and remote site better be qualified in something beyond passion and innovation. Those don’t cut it at that point. > > > The Wright brothers had no flying license. The pilots today do. > > I liken it to weaving a rope. At some points all the strands have to come together and form the rope. Are we looking at the quality of the strand or the strength of the rope? If it is both, then there are two different mechanisms at play. > > We need to separate those. > > > > Jimmy Gitonga > Web and Motion > > > > On 2 Dec 2016, at 11:05 AM, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:03:56 +0300 > > From: Nelson J kwaje <nelson(a)web4all.co.ke> > > To: James Muendo <james(a)muendo.co.ke>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks > > Message-ID: <c3e04afb-f032-61ab-2e5d-f8698218653d(a)web4all.co.ke> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > > > @James, > > > > I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay to > > be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have > > passion and be good at what you do. > > > > Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, few > > standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives > > depends on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. > > > > The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are > > starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it > > demands some yardstick to know who is who. > > > > Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? > > > > Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed > > doctor but no certificate ? > > > > Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, hospital, > > airport and even national security. > > > > Cheers > > > > Nelson > > > > > > > > With the best regards, > > Jimmy Gitonga > > >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:55 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. Re: ICT Authority to weed out quacks (Dorcas Muthoni) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:53:11 +0300 >> From: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> >> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >> Message-ID: >> <CACFhaS7+pQ4XqNOtGPB2Td60qxLRMA0FyCpuLthox2PbnEamxg(a)mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Unfortunately, judging from my experience, both in public and private >> sector, HR and top IT management do indeed either get it wrong, lack >> ability or sometimes objectivity while onboarding vendors or staff. >> >> In which case, industry professionals can help in defining a criteria for >> all. This of course should also be shared with tertiary institutions and >> universities. >> >> As we know, new professions are being defined daily. Some core >> fundamentals remain the same. >> >> On Dec 2, 2016 11:27 AM, "Francis Nderitu via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> > In my own view this kind of vetting they are asking for should be >> > institutional but not individual - which is already happening naturally. >> > Does Company A have the capacity to offer service XYZ? That kind of >> > approach could be helpful, just like in the construction industry, diffrent >> > companies have diffrent clearance level. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < >> > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> > >> >> @James, >> >> >> >> I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay to >> >> be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have passion >> >> and be good at what you do. >> >> >> >> Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, few >> >> standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives depends >> >> on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. >> >> >> >> The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are >> >> starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it >> >> demands some yardstick to know who is who. >> >> >> >> Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? >> >> >> >> Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed >> >> doctor but no certificate ? >> >> >> >> Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, hospital, >> >> airport and even national security. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Nelson > _______________________________________________ > 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/erick.mwangi%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.

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by JImmy Gitonga 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Wow Andrew, It seems that is everyone's journey here until "recently" when Computer Science became a course in our universities. I am a "quack" as much as you are. I loved the story and all the best. So, Listers, this is my take. The problem is that the government has allowed tenderpreneurs to flourish in every sector, and the experts in the government, who ought to supervise, are compromised for various reasons. We are just feeling the heat now because we are in the way of the rent seekers. Look at our mechanical engineering sector and see the chaos caused by "regulation". Regards Jimmy Gitonga *Web and Motion* On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:12 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: ICT Authority to weed out quacks (Andrew Alston) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:10:41 +0000 > From: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks > Message-ID: > <AMSPR03MB534A8D637B9580FA82CDF1AEE8E0@AMSPR03MB534. > eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi All, > > I wade into this debate with a great degree of caution, but at the same > time I feel it would be amiss not to tell my own story ? and let you judge > my stance from that. > > When I was 12 years old, living in South Africa, I walked door to door at > every computer shop in the town I lived in, begging for a chance to help > out in the stores ? I didn?t want money ? I wanted to be near the > machines. There was a guy, interestingly he shared my first name, and > decided he?d give me a chance, and so at 12 years old I started showing up > on Saturdays and installing dos on machines and installing windows 3.1 and > hanging around their workshop. By the time I was 13, I was putting > together machines for them. They were even kind enough to give me the > equivalent of 140 KSH for a Saturday morning. > > Somewhere along the way, I got hold of a copy of turbo pascal and begged > pleaded and borrowed some manuals and taught myself how to program, first > in pascal, and then in assembler. By the time I was 16, I was then faced > with a choice. I could stick with high school, finish, leave at the same > time as everyone else, go to universities, spend years getting a degree, > and then enter the job market at the same time as all my school friends. > Or, due to the age of the industry and how new it was where I was growing > up, I could leave school, get a job, and get a 2 and a half year experience > head start on everyone I was at school with. I made my choice, and in > around March, 3 months into grade 10, I clearly remember getting up in the > middle of science class, and walking out. I never went back. > > By the time I left though, I had already organized myself a job, relying > on the experience I had working in computer stores for the previous 3 and a > half odd years, and relying on the fact that I could already program. So, > I got on a bus, at age 16, travelled a thousand kilometres down to Cape > Town and started my working life. Over the next few years, I worked my ass > off, earned just enough money to keep me afloat, and eventually started my > own IT security company, got defrauded, went broke as a result, got up, and > started again. Eventually ending up working for the University of Cape > Town in their IT department. While there I started moonlighting for TENET > (the South African academic network), and eventually ended up as their CTO > where I was for 6 years. After leaving there and doing a whole bunch of > contracting (primarily for various universities), I took a contract with > Liquid which eventually ended up becoming permanent and I ended up where I > am today, in a senior position building networks across the continent. > > The point of this story is ? there are individuals out there who have > chosen a different route ? I am not alone in the path I took, and I am not > special, I was not born to wealth and honestly I don?t think I could have > afforded to go to University anyway ? my parents certainly didn?t have the > money to pay for it, nor was I born with insane brain power, I merely chose > to find my own path and work hard to reach the heights I have. And in all > of this ? I fail to see why any system should penalize people such as > myself, and indirectly penalize the people who I could share my knowledge > and experience with. I fail to see why a qualification actually matters if > someone can *prove* they can do the job ? and do it well, with an equal > amount of passion, drive and skill, however it was acquired. > > Obviously, this post is written from an intensely personal perspective, > but I argue that there are many who shared the path I chose to walk, and I > believe that anything that removes the ability of these people to > contribute to society and to our industry, is unfair, dangerous and against > the interests of the industry as a whole. > > I know that I am PROUD to work in this industry, it is with pride that I > stand among my colleagues, both Kenyan and otherwise, both certified and > non-certified, and I just want the opportunity to continue the work I have > dedicated the last 21 years of my life to and continue to build this > industry and be able to contribute. > > Just my thoughts > > Andrew > > > From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+andrew.alston=liquidtelecom. > com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet > Sent: 02 December 2016 11:53 > To: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> > Cc: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks > > > Unfortunately, judging from my experience, both in public and private > sector, HR and top IT management do indeed either get it wrong, lack > ability or sometimes objectivity while onboarding vendors or staff. > > In which case, industry professionals can help in defining a criteria for > all. This of course should also be shared with tertiary institutions and > universities. > > As we know, new professions are being defined daily. Some core > fundamentals remain the same. > > On Dec 2, 2016 11:27 AM, "Francis Nderitu via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > In my own view this kind of vetting they are asking for should be > institutional but not individual - which is already happening naturally. > Does Company A have the capacity to offer service XYZ? That kind of > approach could be helpful, just like in the construction industry, diffrent > companies have diffrent clearance level. > > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > @James, > > I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay to > be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have passion > and be good at what you do. > > Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, few > standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives depends > on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. > > The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are > starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it > demands some yardstick to know who is who. > > Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? > > Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed > doctor but no certificate ? > > Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, hospital, > airport and even national security. > > Cheers > > Nelson > > > On 02/12/2016 10:42 WD, James Muendo wrote: > Nelson, > > "we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name of > innovation and disruption." > > I think what you have quoted there is what drives the profession and the > industry at large. What you are suggesting is we curb creativity of people > who seek to curb a niche out of the huge industry. As Ahmed said, this is > not like professions, like, being a doctor or a lawyer that have a pre-set > set of standards. If anything, the industry thrives on its dynamic nature, > which leads to disruption and innovation. > > On that I beg to disagree with you. Also, in terms of standards, if we > look outside .KE, what other country/town has ICT standards? > > Am with Ngigi in this one, we need to separate business from profession. > The tricky bit, would be, what criteria will you use to do so. > > Regards, > > On 2 December 2016 at 10:28, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > Let us face it, the ICT Industry has a problem with standards, > ambiguity rules the ICT Industry in Kenya. the words below can have as > many meanings as the are ICT professionals > > * Cloud Solution > * Software Architect > * Software Developer > * IoT > * Web APP > * and many other > > we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name of > innovation and disruption. > > > On 02/12/2016 10:12 WD, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet wrote: > > My point is, chaos are eminent in the industry. Is it what we want.. NO. > > Then, let's agree on the criteria. ICT Authority is part of the KICTANET > community, let's engage them, instead of shooting in your defense. Let's > get a constructive multi-stakeholder engagement. > > I am afraid that having a few highly opinionated people rule mailing lists > stalls multi-stakeholder participation. > > I hope that the ICT Authority is listening somewhere. > > On Dec 2, 2016 10:00 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > Its not really about why people feel insecure. Its about what policy is > meant to do. Why? Technologists are not doctors or lawyers. > With all due respect. What does the education system offer as a yardstick > for competence? Most of us got jobs before we even graduated school. And we > went on to work for projects and institutions that went on to win Awards in > the international arena. > > You see, IT is not about being a Doctor or being a Lawyer (where theory is > a factor). IT is an operational field. IT, more than any other field - is > based on Talent. Not much on Knowledge. This is why we have so many people > out of Uni looking for Internships that they can not find. In a market > where the dynamics are governed by people who did not even do that degree - > to drive technical jobs. > > And yes, we have several CEOs in several companies who (and some of them > entrepreneur their own way through) did not even do a BCom at the least. > Some of them did not even see an higher learning institution. > We need to understand that the market dynamics are shifting. Schools in > developing are evolving. Why? Because Technology has changed the education > field. The education field is not changing technology. Apologies if we > believe so. > Just my two cents. > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Collins Areba via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > @Dorcas. > Before we even get to answering why many people are insecure about the > discussion, I would point to the more obvious question. What are the > protagonists trying to do? what are they trying to solve? Unfortunately > thus far, It is not clear. What is in need of regulation? and why does it > need to be regulated? is this regulation for regulation's sake? > > I did mention yesterday that from my point of view, Regulation makes sense > only where there is a limited resource, shared by many, which left without > regulation would result in disorder and "law of the jungle". Which ICT > component is this that needs to be streamlined to prevent it from > spiralling out of control? > > From where I sit, It feels like a bunch of individuals feel shortchanged > about the time, effort and money they spent in learning "the science" only > to come out here and find the arena flattened by the same technology. It > feels like "the bill" which seeks to assign non existent value to those > that feel some level of entitlement to that "ict professional" title purely > on the basis of having done ICT formally. > > I stand corrected. > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > Why are so many people insecure about this topic. > > Can a bank CEO act as the principal legal officer of a bank? Why not? > > Which Innovators are these people are referring to? As far as I know, > most of the referenced global innovators dropped out of some computer > science programs and employ thousands of highly qualified CS and > engineering graduates. > > I don't think starting a box-pushing or software license reselling entity > coupled with hiring a few technicians can turn anyone into a domain > professional. Let's get this straight and boldly address the true issues > at hand. > > Obviously, this loose arrangement is leading to the proliferation of > extreme tender-prenuership. > > Can anyone point me to potential local Bill Gates, Larry Page or Mark Mark > Zuckerberg. We can't use such example to complicate this discussion. > > If anything, we should be providing a friendly environment those with > money and great experience invest in highly scalable startups. > > Nothing bars anyone who falls short of an agreed criteria from working on > it. > > Obviously, we cannot water down such an important topic. > > On Dec 1, 2016 10:28 PM, "Alfred Kinyua via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > Two things stand out, concerning ICT Authority. > 1. Conformance of set standards (raising the bar). > 2. locking out unqualified personnel, where government has interests . > This is not a trivial issue, because one might be qualified but > incompetent (theorists) / unsitable, while the opposite might be true, > unqualufied but competent/suitable, this is true for ICT realtad mattets. > Personally I thing further probing is required. > > On Dec 1, 2016 22:01, "Beryl Aidi via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > Hi All, > Law and policy seldom exist in a vacuum. Does anyone know anywhere in the > world where the kind of regulation or ICT standards being anticipated to be > used to weed out quacks have been used successfully? Successfully here > being key, which means no victimization of those without any certifications > that may exist; startups; or those just playing around and happen to > stumble on something that may end up taking the world by storm; and by no > means a way to stifle internet freedoms. Anyone knows where such a model > exists? My two cents. > > Beryl Aidi > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > In summary... ICT is "...A coalition of The Willing..." > > Waithaka Ngigi > > Alliance Technologies > www.at.co.ke<http://www.at.co.ke> > From: Collins Areba via kictanet > Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:30 PM > To: Ngigi Waithaka > Reply To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Cc: Collins Areba; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks > > > > Exactly! > ICT is a disruptive sector. It is unfortunate when we attempt to define it > as one would engineering, or architecture, or survey. The action - reaction > - feedback - correction continum time wise is soo tiny. A decision for > instance in some of these association, say which colour to paint a wall > might take four months. > > I would still ask, what is the problem we are trying to solve? If this can > be defined we should be in a position to find solutions collectively. > > On 1 Dec 2016 21:12, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com<mailto: > Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com>> wrote: > > The said procurement quacks are like Josephine Kabura. But they are not > really quacks because they work as conduits for their masters in high > places. > > If it was possible to weed out "quacks" from the industry, the said > masters would still use the "professionals" to commit heinous crimes. > > Show me major scandals in Kenya conducted by quacks and I will show you a > liar. Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, euro bond... > > On Dec 1, 2016 7:36 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > I believe regulation should only be present where there is a limited, > shared resource that might be subject to abuse. Short of having a set of > rules: don't test an EMP in a built up area, don't access government > servers even if their passwords are admin, admin. Don't give the > president's number on twitter, etc etc etc. That is progressive legislation. > > On 1 Dec 2016 18:24, "Collins Areba" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com<mailto: > arebacollins(a)gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dorcas: show me the chaos. Then we discuss order. > > On 1 Dec 2016 18:17, "James Muendo" <james(a)muendo.co.ke<mailto:jam > es(a)muendo.co.ke>> wrote: > Collins, > > +1 > > > -- > James Muendo > > Chief Executive Officer (CEO), > > Logic Craft Ltd, > > Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road > > P.O Box 28016 ? 00200, > > Nairobi,KE > > > > M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | @MmuendoW:| > http://about.me/muendo > > > > Too Brief? Here's Why > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM +0300, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > Personally I seek examples of the damage done by the said quacks that > professional institutions haven't done. The distinct point of departure > which will show the distinct difference so as to justify regulation. > > On 1 Dec 2016 17:32, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > Kivuva, you forgot Zuckerberg. > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet wrote: > College drop outs who rule the world. > > Michael Saul Dell, William Henry ?Bill? Gates iii, Paul Gardner Allen, > Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Stephen ?Woz? Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, Robert > Edward ?Ted? Turner iii > http://lord.me.ke/college-dropouts-who-rule-the-world/ > > I wonder who among those would be considered an ICT pro in Kenya. > > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > twitter.com/lordmwesh<http://twitter.com/lordmwesh> > > > > On 1 December 2016 at 12:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > The real important question has not been answered. Not since the term ICT > started being used. > > WHO IS AN ICT PRACTITIONER? > > And who is this WATCHDOG who will abrogate himself/herself the role of > GateKeeper and RentSeeker? > > Ali Hussein > Principal > Hussein & Associates > +254 0713 601113<tel:+254%20713%20601113> > > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi > > Sent from my iPad > > On 1 Dec 2016, at 10:51 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > Brian they will implant a chip in your brain and track your IQ to see > whether you are fit for IT. Whereas the millennial generation will lose > most as they are hands on. > > Athar Ahmad Bhatti > +254726488311<tel:+254%20726%20488311> > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:43 AM +0300, "Brian Muhia via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > This is only to be applied to people trying to do contract jobs for the > government, right? > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > Blessed Thursday! > > Might the sector be getting its shape? > > Private schooling started as an innovative approach to education - now we > even have more innovative home schooling and best practice approaches. > Healthcare etc > > Who has helped to weed out quacks proactively in most instances - it is > the industry associations working with the governments. An angle to borrow > from. > > "....He said the authority will in the next couple of weeks launch ICT > standards where every professional in the field seeking to serve public > service must comply. > ?One of the things which we are doing very soon in the next couple of > weeks, is that we shall be launching ICT standard, these are ICT national > standards and we plan on having them effective from first of January and > based on that vendors will have to comply with the standards,? said the > CEO, adding that those who will not comply to the standards will be > blacklisted..." > > How might the players engage in the discourse to give it shape while keep > its jelly-nature? > > 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 Thursday, 1 December 2016, 8:43, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> > wrote: > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@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/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. 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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 115, Issue 55
by JImmy Gitonga 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Hmmm, There is no contention on the need for hard working, innovative "ICT practitioners" passionate about their craft. What is in contention is whether this is the right time to bring in regulation to the industry, not regulation of the practice. What we don't have, because the ingredients forming the industry are still changing rapidly is an ICT profession. Will there ever be an all-round ICT "professional"? Looking at human medicine, the human body is not changing, so one can standardise the medical profession, with known practices and various specialisations once the basic learning is done. It that it? We need to accept that ICT is in everything now. And it is entering mission-critical, life dependant places. And for a doctor who wants to carry out a remote surgical operation, the ICT professional helping him set up the equipment on local and remote site better be qualified in something beyond passion and innovation. Those don’t cut it at that point. The Wright brothers had no flying license. The pilots today do. I liken it to weaving a rope. At some points all the strands have to come together and form the rope. Are we looking at the quality of the strand or the strength of the rope? If it is both, then there are two different mechanisms at play. We need to separate those. Jimmy Gitonga *Web and Motion* On 2 Dec 2016, at 11:05 AM, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: Message: 1 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:03:56 +0300 From: Nelson J kwaje <nelson(a)web4all.co.ke> To: James Muendo <james(a)muendo.co.ke>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks Message-ID: <c3e04afb-f032-61ab-2e5d-f8698218653d(a)web4all.co.ke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" @James, I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay to be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have passion and be good at what you do. Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, few standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives depends on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it demands some yardstick to know who is who. Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed doctor but no certificate ? Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, hospital, airport and even national security. Cheers Nelson With the best regards, *Jimmy Gitonga* On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:55 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. Re: ICT Authority to weed out quacks (Dorcas Muthoni) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:53:11 +0300 > From: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks > Message-ID: > <CACFhaS7+pQ4XqNOtGPB2Td60qxLRMA0FyCpuLt > hox2PbnEamxg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Unfortunately, judging from my experience, both in public and private > sector, HR and top IT management do indeed either get it wrong, lack > ability or sometimes objectivity while onboarding vendors or staff. > > In which case, industry professionals can help in defining a criteria for > all. This of course should also be shared with tertiary institutions and > universities. > > As we know, new professions are being defined daily. Some core > fundamentals remain the same. > > On Dec 2, 2016 11:27 AM, "Francis Nderitu via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > In my own view this kind of vetting they are asking for should be > > institutional but not individual - which is already happening naturally. > > Does Company A have the capacity to offer service XYZ? That kind of > > approach could be helpful, just like in the construction industry, > diffrent > > companies have diffrent clearance level. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < > > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > > >> @James, > >> > >> I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay to > >> be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have > passion > >> and be good at what you do. > >> > >> Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, > few > >> standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives > depends > >> on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. > >> > >> The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are > >> starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it > >> demands some yardstick to know who is who. > >> > >> Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? > >> > >> Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed > >> doctor but no certificate ? > >> > >> Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, hospital, > >> airport and even national security. > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Nelson >

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Peter Osotsi 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

If one is seeking a job we have enough international standards and certifications that guide ICT. I can own a medical institution and I'm an ICT graduate. Should KMPDB lock me out from their industry because I'm not a medical practitioner? It will not work trust me folks. It will not work. I don't fear laws, I fear people that want to use the laws to steal from me On Dec 2, 2016 11:14 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Bwana Nelson, Can I say its worth noting that you may be on a Windows or Mac machine sending this email. Either way. The technology you are using right now was developed by college drop outs. I would advise you rid that then. Also. These lax regulations on innovation led to some of the revolutionary technology which you - I am afraid are benefiting from massively. Youd not be able to even reply to this email if you practiced what you preach right now. From a beneficiaries perspective. #JustSaying On 2 Dec 2016 11:07 a.m., "Nelson J kwaje via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @James, I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay to be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have passion and be good at what you do. Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, few standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives depends on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it demands some yardstick to know who is who. Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed doctor but no certificate ? Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, hospital, airport and even national security. Cheers Nelson On 02/12/2016 10:42 WD, James Muendo wrote: Nelson, "we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name of innovation and disruption." I think what you have quoted there is what drives the profession and the industry at large. What you are suggesting is we curb creativity of people who seek to curb a niche out of the huge industry. As Ahmed said, this is not like professions, like, being a doctor or a lawyer that have a pre-set set of standards. If anything, the industry thrives on its dynamic nature, which leads to disruption and innovation. On that I beg to disagree with you. Also, in terms of standards, if we look outside .KE, what other country/town has ICT standards? Am with Ngigi in this one, we need to separate business from profession. The tricky bit, would be, what criteria will you use to do so. Regards, On 2 December 2016 at 10:28, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Let us face it, the ICT Industry has a problem with standards, > ambiguity rules the ICT Industry in Kenya. the words below can have as > many meanings as the are ICT professionals > > - Cloud Solution > - Software Architect > - Software Developer > - IoT > - Web APP > - and many other > > we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name of > innovation and disruption. > > > On 02/12/2016 10:12 WD, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet wrote: > > My point is, chaos are eminent in the industry. Is it what we want.. NO. > > Then, let's agree on the criteria. ICT Authority is part of the KICTANET > community, let's engage them, instead of shooting in your defense. Let's > get a constructive multi-stakeholder engagement. > > I am afraid that having a few highly opinionated people rule mailing lists > stalls multi-stakeholder participation. > > I hope that the ICT Authority is listening somewhere. > > On Dec 2, 2016 10:00 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Its not really about why people feel insecure. Its about what policy is >> meant to do. Why? Technologists are not doctors or lawyers. >> >> With all due respect. What does the education system offer as a yardstick >> for competence? Most of us got jobs before we even graduated school. And we >> went on to work for projects and institutions that went on to win Awards in >> the international arena. >> >> You see, IT is not about being a Doctor or being a Lawyer (where theory >> is a factor). IT is an operational field. IT, more than any other field - >> is based on Talent. Not much on Knowledge. This is why we have so many >> people out of Uni looking for Internships that they can not find. In a >> market where the dynamics are governed by people who did not even do that >> degree - to drive technical jobs. >> >> And yes, we have several CEOs in several companies who (and some of them >> entrepreneur their own way through) did not even do a BCom at the least. >> Some of them did not even see an higher learning institution. >> >> We need to understand that the market dynamics are shifting. Schools in >> developing are evolving. Why? *Because Technology has changed the >> education field. The education field is not changing technology.* >> Apologies if we believe so. >> >> Just my two cents. >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Collins Areba via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> @Dorcas. >>> Before we even get to answering why many people are insecure about the >>> discussion, I would point to the more obvious question. What are the >>> protagonists trying to do? what are they trying to solve? Unfortunately >>> thus far, It is not clear. What is in need of regulation? and why does it >>> need to be regulated? is this regulation for regulation's sake? >>> >>> I did mention yesterday that from my point of view, Regulation makes >>> sense only where there is a limited resource, shared by many, which left >>> without regulation would result in disorder and "law of the jungle". Which >>> ICT component is this that needs to be streamlined to prevent it from >>> spiralling out of control? >>> >>> From where I sit, It feels like a bunch of individuals feel shortchanged >>> about the time, effort and money they spent in learning "the science" only >>> to come out here and find the arena flattened by the same technology. It >>> feels like "the bill" which seeks to assign non existent value to those >>> that feel some level of entitlement to that "ict professional" title purely >>> on the basis of having done ICT formally. >>> >>> I stand corrected. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Why are so many people insecure about this topic. >>>> >>>> Can a bank CEO act as the principal legal officer of a bank? Why not? >>>> >>>> Which Innovators are these people are referring to? As far as I know, >>>> most of the referenced global innovators dropped out of some computer >>>> science programs and employ thousands of highly qualified CS and >>>> engineering graduates. >>>> >>>> I don't think starting a box-pushing or software license reselling >>>> entity coupled with hiring a few technicians can turn anyone into a domain >>>> professional. Let's get this straight and boldly address the true issues >>>> at hand. >>>> >>>> Obviously, this loose arrangement is leading to the proliferation of >>>> extreme tender-prenuership. >>>> >>>> Can anyone point me to potential local Bill Gates, Larry Page or Mark >>>> Mark Zuckerberg. We can't use such example to complicate this discussion. >>>> >>>> If anything, we should be providing a friendly environment those with >>>> money and great experience invest in highly scalable startups. >>>> >>>> Nothing bars anyone who falls short of an agreed criteria from working >>>> on it. >>>> >>>> Obviously, we cannot water down such an important topic. >>>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2016 10:28 PM, "Alfred Kinyua via kictanet" < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Two things stand out, concerning ICT Authority. >>>>> 1. Conformance of set standards (raising the bar). >>>>> 2. locking out unqualified personnel, where government has interests . >>>>> This is not a trivial issue, because one might be qualified but >>>>> incompetent (theorists) / unsitable, while the opposite might be true, >>>>> unqualufied but competent/suitable, this is true for ICT realtad mattets. >>>>> Personally I thing further probing is required. >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 22:01, "Beryl Aidi via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> Law and policy seldom exist in a vacuum. Does anyone know anywhere in >>>>>> the world where the kind of regulation or ICT standards being anticipated >>>>>> to be used to weed out quacks have been used successfully? Successfully >>>>>> here being key, which means no victimization of those without any >>>>>> certifications that may exist; startups; or those just playing around and >>>>>> happen to stumble on something that may end up taking the world by storm; >>>>>> and by no means a way to stifle internet freedoms. Anyone knows where such >>>>>> a model exists? My two cents. >>>>>> >>>>>> Beryl Aidi >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In summary... ICT is "...A coalition of The Willing..." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Waithaka Ngigi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Alliance Technologies >>>>>>> www.at.co.ke >>>>>>> *From: *Collins Areba via kictanet >>>>>>> *Sent: *Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:30 PM >>>>>>> *To: *Ngigi Waithaka >>>>>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>>> *Cc: *Collins Areba; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Exactly! >>>>>>> ICT is a disruptive sector. It is unfortunate when we attempt to >>>>>>> define it as one would engineering, or architecture, or survey. The action >>>>>>> - reaction - feedback - correction continum time wise is soo tiny. A >>>>>>> decision for instance in some of these association, say which colour to >>>>>>> paint a wall might take four months. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would still ask, what is the problem we are trying to solve? If >>>>>>> this can be defined we should be in a position to find solutions >>>>>>> collectively. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 21:12, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The said procurement quacks are like Josephine Kabura. But they are >>>>>>>> not really quacks because they work as conduits for their masters in high >>>>>>>> places. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If it was possible to weed out "quacks" from the industry, the said >>>>>>>> masters would still use the "professionals" to commit heinous crimes. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Show me major scandals in Kenya conducted by quacks and I will show >>>>>>>> you a liar. Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, euro bond... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 7:36 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < >>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I believe regulation should only be present where there is a >>>>>>>>> limited, shared resource that might be subject to abuse. Short of having a >>>>>>>>> set of rules: don't test an EMP in a built up area, don't access government >>>>>>>>> servers even if their passwords are admin, admin. Don't give the >>>>>>>>> president's number on twitter, etc etc etc. That is progressive >>>>>>>>> legislation. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:24, "Collins Areba" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Dorcas: show me the chaos. Then we discuss order. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:17, "James Muendo" <james(a)muendo.co.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Collins, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> James Muendo >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Chief Executive Officer (CEO), >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Logic Craft Ltd, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> P.O Box 28016 – 00200, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | >>>>>>>>>>> @MmuendoW:|http://about.me/muendo >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Too Brief? Here's Why >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM +0300, "Collins Areba via >>>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Personally I seek examples of the damage done by the said quacks >>>>>>>>>>>> that professional institutions haven't done. The distinct point of >>>>>>>>>>>> departure which will show the distinct difference so as to justify >>>>>>>>>>>> regulation. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 17:32, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kivuva, you forgot Zuckerberg. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> College drop outs who rule the world. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Saul Dell, William Henry “Bill” Gates iii, Paul >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gardner Allen, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Stephen “Woz” Wozniak, Steven Paul >>>>>>>>>>>>> Jobs, Robert Edward “Ted” Turner iii >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://lord.me.ke/college-dropouts-who-rule-the-world/ >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder who among those would be considered an ICT pro in >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kenya. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________ >>>>>>>>>>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >>>>>>>>>>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 December 2016 at 12:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> The real important question has not been answered. Not since >>>>>>>>>>>>> the term ICT started being used. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> WHO IS AN ICT PRACTITIONER? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> And who is this WATCHDOG who will abrogate himself/herself the >>>>>>>>>>>>> role of GateKeeper and RentSeeker? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "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 1 Dec 2016, at 10:51 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Brian they will implant a chip in your brain and track your IQ >>>>>>>>>>>>> to see whether you are fit for IT. Whereas the millennial generation will >>>>>>>>>>>>> lose most as they are hands on. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Athar Ahmad Bhatti >>>>>>>>>>>>> +254726488311 <+254%20726%20488311> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:43 AM +0300, "Brian Muhia via >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> This is only to be applied to people trying to do contract >>>>>>>>>>>>> jobs for the government, right? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Blessed Thursday! >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Might the sector be getting its shape? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Private schooling started as an innovative approach to >>>>>>>>>>>>> education - now we even have more innovative home schooling and best >>>>>>>>>>>>> practice approaches. Healthcare etc >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Who has helped to weed out quacks proactively in most >>>>>>>>>>>>> instances - it is the industry associations working with the governments. >>>>>>>>>>>>> An angle to borrow from. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "....He said the authority will in the next couple of weeks >>>>>>>>>>>>> launch ICT standards where every professional in the field seeking to serve >>>>>>>>>>>>> public service must comply. >>>>>>>>>>>>> “One of the things which we are doing very soon in the next >>>>>>>>>>>>> couple of weeks, is that we shall be launching ICT standard, these are ICT >>>>>>>>>>>>> national standards and we plan on having them effective from first of >>>>>>>>>>>>> January and based on that vendors will have to comply with the standards,” >>>>>>>>>>>>> said the CEO, adding that those who will not comply to the standards will >>>>>>>>>>>>> be blacklisted..." >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> How might the players engage in the discourse to give it shape >>>>>>>>>>>>> while keep its jelly-nature? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 Thursday, 1 December 2016, 8:43, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ 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/m ailman/options/kictanet/ultimateprogramer%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] ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Ahmed Mohamed Maawy 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Bwana Nelson, Can I say its worth noting that you may be on a Windows or Mac machine sending this email. Either way. The technology you are using right now was developed by college drop outs. I would advise you rid that then. Also. These lax regulations on innovation led to some of the revolutionary technology which you - I am afraid are benefiting from massively. Youd not be able to even reply to this email if you practiced what you preach right now. From a beneficiaries perspective. #JustSaying On 2 Dec 2016 11:07 a.m., "Nelson J kwaje via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: @James, I like how people are open minded about ICT professional. it is okay to be a drop out, it is okay to not have any qualifications, just have passion and be good at what you do. Doctors and Pilots used to be treated the same way. few regulations, few standards and no regularity body until we realized that our lives depends on these people and their mistakes can be catastrophic. The ICT Industry is heading in the same direction. our errors are starting to cause some serious damages and the society is right when it demands some yardstick to know who is who. Will you fly with an uncertified pilot ? Can you go to the operating theater with a passionate and committed doctor but no certificate ? Why will you accept anyone to mange the system for your bank, hospital, airport and even national security. Cheers Nelson On 02/12/2016 10:42 WD, James Muendo wrote: Nelson, "we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name of innovation and disruption." I think what you have quoted there is what drives the profession and the industry at large. What you are suggesting is we curb creativity of people who seek to curb a niche out of the huge industry. As Ahmed said, this is not like professions, like, being a doctor or a lawyer that have a pre-set set of standards. If anything, the industry thrives on its dynamic nature, which leads to disruption and innovation. On that I beg to disagree with you. Also, in terms of standards, if we look outside .KE, what other country/town has ICT standards? Am with Ngigi in this one, we need to separate business from profession. The tricky bit, would be, what criteria will you use to do so. Regards, On 2 December 2016 at 10:28, Nelson J kwaje via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Let us face it, the ICT Industry has a problem with standards, > ambiguity rules the ICT Industry in Kenya. the words below can have as > many meanings as the are ICT professionals > > - Cloud Solution > - Software Architect > - Software Developer > - IoT > - Web APP > - and many other > > we can not sit and and watch as the industry gets diluted in the name of > innovation and disruption. > > > On 02/12/2016 10:12 WD, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet wrote: > > My point is, chaos are eminent in the industry. Is it what we want.. NO. > > Then, let's agree on the criteria. ICT Authority is part of the KICTANET > community, let's engage them, instead of shooting in your defense. Let's > get a constructive multi-stakeholder engagement. > > I am afraid that having a few highly opinionated people rule mailing lists > stalls multi-stakeholder participation. > > I hope that the ICT Authority is listening somewhere. > > On Dec 2, 2016 10:00 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Its not really about why people feel insecure. Its about what policy is >> meant to do. Why? Technologists are not doctors or lawyers. >> >> With all due respect. What does the education system offer as a yardstick >> for competence? Most of us got jobs before we even graduated school. And we >> went on to work for projects and institutions that went on to win Awards in >> the international arena. >> >> You see, IT is not about being a Doctor or being a Lawyer (where theory >> is a factor). IT is an operational field. IT, more than any other field - >> is based on Talent. Not much on Knowledge. This is why we have so many >> people out of Uni looking for Internships that they can not find. In a >> market where the dynamics are governed by people who did not even do that >> degree - to drive technical jobs. >> >> And yes, we have several CEOs in several companies who (and some of them >> entrepreneur their own way through) did not even do a BCom at the least. >> Some of them did not even see an higher learning institution. >> >> We need to understand that the market dynamics are shifting. Schools in >> developing are evolving. Why? *Because Technology has changed the >> education field. The education field is not changing technology.* >> Apologies if we believe so. >> >> Just my two cents. >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Collins Areba via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> @Dorcas. >>> Before we even get to answering why many people are insecure about the >>> discussion, I would point to the more obvious question. What are the >>> protagonists trying to do? what are they trying to solve? Unfortunately >>> thus far, It is not clear. What is in need of regulation? and why does it >>> need to be regulated? is this regulation for regulation's sake? >>> >>> I did mention yesterday that from my point of view, Regulation makes >>> sense only where there is a limited resource, shared by many, which left >>> without regulation would result in disorder and "law of the jungle". Which >>> ICT component is this that needs to be streamlined to prevent it from >>> spiralling out of control? >>> >>> From where I sit, It feels like a bunch of individuals feel shortchanged >>> about the time, effort and money they spent in learning "the science" only >>> to come out here and find the arena flattened by the same technology. It >>> feels like "the bill" which seeks to assign non existent value to those >>> that feel some level of entitlement to that "ict professional" title purely >>> on the basis of having done ICT formally. >>> >>> I stand corrected. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Why are so many people insecure about this topic. >>>> >>>> Can a bank CEO act as the principal legal officer of a bank? Why not? >>>> >>>> Which Innovators are these people are referring to? As far as I know, >>>> most of the referenced global innovators dropped out of some computer >>>> science programs and employ thousands of highly qualified CS and >>>> engineering graduates. >>>> >>>> I don't think starting a box-pushing or software license reselling >>>> entity coupled with hiring a few technicians can turn anyone into a domain >>>> professional. Let's get this straight and boldly address the true issues >>>> at hand. >>>> >>>> Obviously, this loose arrangement is leading to the proliferation of >>>> extreme tender-prenuership. >>>> >>>> Can anyone point me to potential local Bill Gates, Larry Page or Mark >>>> Mark Zuckerberg. We can't use such example to complicate this discussion. >>>> >>>> If anything, we should be providing a friendly environment those with >>>> money and great experience invest in highly scalable startups. >>>> >>>> Nothing bars anyone who falls short of an agreed criteria from working >>>> on it. >>>> >>>> Obviously, we cannot water down such an important topic. >>>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2016 10:28 PM, "Alfred Kinyua via kictanet" < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Two things stand out, concerning ICT Authority. >>>>> 1. Conformance of set standards (raising the bar). >>>>> 2. locking out unqualified personnel, where government has interests . >>>>> This is not a trivial issue, because one might be qualified but >>>>> incompetent (theorists) / unsitable, while the opposite might be true, >>>>> unqualufied but competent/suitable, this is true for ICT realtad mattets. >>>>> Personally I thing further probing is required. >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 22:01, "Beryl Aidi via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> Law and policy seldom exist in a vacuum. Does anyone know anywhere in >>>>>> the world where the kind of regulation or ICT standards being anticipated >>>>>> to be used to weed out quacks have been used successfully? Successfully >>>>>> here being key, which means no victimization of those without any >>>>>> certifications that may exist; startups; or those just playing around and >>>>>> happen to stumble on something that may end up taking the world by storm; >>>>>> and by no means a way to stifle internet freedoms. Anyone knows where such >>>>>> a model exists? My two cents. >>>>>> >>>>>> Beryl Aidi >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet < >>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In summary... ICT is "...A coalition of The Willing..." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Waithaka Ngigi >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Alliance Technologies >>>>>>> www.at.co.ke >>>>>>> *From: *Collins Areba via kictanet >>>>>>> *Sent: *Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:30 PM >>>>>>> *To: *Ngigi Waithaka >>>>>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>>> *Cc: *Collins Areba; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Exactly! >>>>>>> ICT is a disruptive sector. It is unfortunate when we attempt to >>>>>>> define it as one would engineering, or architecture, or survey. The action >>>>>>> - reaction - feedback - correction continum time wise is soo tiny. A >>>>>>> decision for instance in some of these association, say which colour to >>>>>>> paint a wall might take four months. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would still ask, what is the problem we are trying to solve? If >>>>>>> this can be defined we should be in a position to find solutions >>>>>>> collectively. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 21:12, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The said procurement quacks are like Josephine Kabura. But they are >>>>>>>> not really quacks because they work as conduits for their masters in high >>>>>>>> places. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If it was possible to weed out "quacks" from the industry, the said >>>>>>>> masters would still use the "professionals" to commit heinous crimes. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Show me major scandals in Kenya conducted by quacks and I will show >>>>>>>> you a liar. Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, euro bond... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 7:36 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < >>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I believe regulation should only be present where there is a >>>>>>>>> limited, shared resource that might be subject to abuse. Short of having a >>>>>>>>> set of rules: don't test an EMP in a built up area, don't access government >>>>>>>>> servers even if their passwords are admin, admin. Don't give the >>>>>>>>> president's number on twitter, etc etc etc. That is progressive >>>>>>>>> legislation. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:24, "Collins Areba" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Dorcas: show me the chaos. Then we discuss order. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:17, "James Muendo" <james(a)muendo.co.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Collins, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> James Muendo >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Chief Executive Officer (CEO), >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Logic Craft Ltd, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> P.O Box 28016 – 00200, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | >>>>>>>>>>> @MmuendoW:|http://about.me/muendo >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Too Brief? Here's Why >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM +0300, "Collins Areba via >>>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Personally I seek examples of the damage done by the said quacks >>>>>>>>>>>> that professional institutions haven't done. The distinct point of >>>>>>>>>>>> departure which will show the distinct difference so as to justify >>>>>>>>>>>> regulation. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 17:32, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kivuva, you forgot Zuckerberg. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> College drop outs who rule the world. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Saul Dell, William Henry “Bill” Gates iii, Paul >>>>>>>>>>>>> Gardner Allen, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Stephen “Woz” Wozniak, Steven Paul >>>>>>>>>>>>> Jobs, Robert Edward “Ted” Turner iii >>>>>>>>>>>>> http://lord.me.ke/college-dropouts-who-rule-the-world/ >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder who among those would be considered an ICT pro in >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kenya. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________ >>>>>>>>>>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >>>>>>>>>>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 December 2016 at 12:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> The real important question has not been answered. Not since >>>>>>>>>>>>> the term ICT started being used. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> WHO IS AN ICT PRACTITIONER? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> And who is this WATCHDOG who will abrogate himself/herself the >>>>>>>>>>>>> role of GateKeeper and RentSeeker? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "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 1 Dec 2016, at 10:51 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Brian they will implant a chip in your brain and track your IQ >>>>>>>>>>>>> to see whether you are fit for IT. Whereas the millennial generation will >>>>>>>>>>>>> lose most as they are hands on. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Athar Ahmad Bhatti >>>>>>>>>>>>> +254726488311 <+254%20726%20488311> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:43 AM +0300, "Brian Muhia via >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> This is only to be applied to people trying to do contract >>>>>>>>>>>>> jobs for the government, right? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Blessed Thursday! >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Might the sector be getting its shape? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Private schooling started as an innovative approach to >>>>>>>>>>>>> education - now we even have more innovative home schooling and best >>>>>>>>>>>>> practice approaches. Healthcare etc >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Who has helped to weed out quacks proactively in most >>>>>>>>>>>>> instances - it is the industry associations working with the governments. >>>>>>>>>>>>> An angle to borrow from. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "....He said the authority will in the next couple of weeks >>>>>>>>>>>>> launch ICT standards where every professional in the field seeking to serve >>>>>>>>>>>>> public service must comply. >>>>>>>>>>>>> “One of the things which we are doing very soon in the next >>>>>>>>>>>>> couple of weeks, is that we shall be launching ICT standard, these are ICT >>>>>>>>>>>>> national standards and we plan on having them effective from first of >>>>>>>>>>>>> January and based on that vendors will have to comply with the standards,” >>>>>>>>>>>>> said the CEO, adding that those who will not comply to the standards will >>>>>>>>>>>>> be blacklisted..." >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> How might the players engage in the discourse to give it shape >>>>>>>>>>>>> while keep its jelly-nature? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 Thursday, 1 December 2016, 8:43, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via >>>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ 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/ultimateprogramer%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] ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Dorcas Muthoni 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

I am sure they will be willing to listen too. Let's focus on the issues so that people feel free to engage. Walu, can this be an AOB somewhere during the planned meet-up? On Dec 2, 2016 9:21 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: Dorcas I'm answering you specifically because you raised the issue. And yes the Authority needs to engage all stakeholders. And yes. Definitely beyond this list. We are yet to see evidence of that. *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, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Is this for me? It's for us all. Perhaps what you are saying is the ICT > Authority should should use a multi-stakeholder process. > > I am certain that getting the best criteria would involve more than those > in this list. > > On Dec 2, 2016 9:10 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > >> Dorcas >> >> You miss the point. Infact we are super concerned especially because >> these machinations are specifically targeting tenders. >> >> Why are you not answering the pertinent issues we have asked? >> >> 1. Who is an ICT Practitioner? >> 2. Who decides and what criteria is going to be used to ask and answer >> the above question? >> >> We are all for self-regulation. The majority of the malpractices are >> actually perpetrated by government functionaries who collude with >> TenderPreneurs. How then would you zero in on the so-called 'quacks'. >> >> Lets be honest with ourselves and say it as it is. >> >> This is simply a way to Ring-Fence certain opportunities for certain >> people. >> >> 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, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Why are so many people insecure about this topic. >>> >>> Can a bank CEO act as the principal legal officer of a bank? Why not? >>> >>> Which Innovators are these people are referring to? As far as I know, >>> most of the referenced global innovators dropped out of some computer >>> science programs and employ thousands of highly qualified CS and >>> engineering graduates. >>> >>> I don't think starting a box-pushing or software license reselling >>> entity coupled with hiring a few technicians can turn anyone into a domain >>> professional. Let's get this straight and boldly address the true issues >>> at hand. >>> >>> Obviously, this loose arrangement is leading to the proliferation of >>> extreme tender-prenuership. >>> >>> Can anyone point me to potential local Bill Gates, Larry Page or Mark >>> Mark Zuckerberg. We can't use such example to complicate this discussion. >>> >>> If anything, we should be providing a friendly environment those with >>> money and great experience invest in highly scalable startups. >>> >>> Nothing bars anyone who falls short of an agreed criteria from working >>> on it. >>> >>> Obviously, we cannot water down such an important topic. >>> >>> On Dec 1, 2016 10:28 PM, "Alfred Kinyua via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Two things stand out, concerning ICT Authority. >>>> 1. Conformance of set standards (raising the bar). >>>> 2. locking out unqualified personnel, where government has interests . >>>> This is not a trivial issue, because one might be qualified but >>>> incompetent (theorists) / unsitable, while the opposite might be true, >>>> unqualufied but competent/suitable, this is true for ICT realtad mattets. >>>> Personally I thing further probing is required. >>>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2016 22:01, "Beryl Aidi via kictanet" < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> Law and policy seldom exist in a vacuum. Does anyone know anywhere in >>>>> the world where the kind of regulation or ICT standards being anticipated >>>>> to be used to weed out quacks have been used successfully? Successfully >>>>> here being key, which means no victimization of those without any >>>>> certifications that may exist; startups; or those just playing around and >>>>> happen to stumble on something that may end up taking the world by storm; >>>>> and by no means a way to stifle internet freedoms. Anyone knows where such >>>>> a model exists? My two cents. >>>>> >>>>> Beryl Aidi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> In summary... ICT is "...A coalition of The Willing..." >>>>>> >>>>>> Waithaka Ngigi >>>>>> >>>>>> Alliance Technologies >>>>>> www.at.co.ke >>>>>> *From: *Collins Areba via kictanet >>>>>> *Sent: *Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:30 PM >>>>>> *To: *Ngigi Waithaka >>>>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>> *Cc: *Collins Areba; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>>>> >>>>>> Exactly! >>>>>> ICT is a disruptive sector. It is unfortunate when we attempt to >>>>>> define it as one would engineering, or architecture, or survey. The action >>>>>> - reaction - feedback - correction continum time wise is soo tiny. A >>>>>> decision for instance in some of these association, say which colour to >>>>>> paint a wall might take four months. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would still ask, what is the problem we are trying to solve? If >>>>>> this can be defined we should be in a position to find solutions >>>>>> collectively. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 21:12, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> The said procurement quacks are like Josephine Kabura. But they are >>>>>>> not really quacks because they work as conduits for their masters in high >>>>>>> places. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it was possible to weed out "quacks" from the industry, the said >>>>>>> masters would still use the "professionals" to commit heinous crimes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Show me major scandals in Kenya conducted by quacks and I will show >>>>>>> you a liar. Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, euro bond... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 7:36 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I believe regulation should only be present where there is a >>>>>>>> limited, shared resource that might be subject to abuse. Short of having a >>>>>>>> set of rules: don't test an EMP in a built up area, don't access government >>>>>>>> servers even if their passwords are admin, admin. Don't give the >>>>>>>> president's number on twitter, etc etc etc. That is progressive >>>>>>>> legislation. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:24, "Collins Areba" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dorcas: show me the chaos. Then we discuss order. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:17, "James Muendo" <james(a)muendo.co.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Collins, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> James Muendo >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Chief Executive Officer (CEO), >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Logic Craft Ltd, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> P.O Box 28016 – 00200, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | >>>>>>>>>> @MmuendoW:|http://about.me/muendo >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Too Brief? Here's Why >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM +0300, "Collins Areba via >>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Personally I seek examples of the damage done by the said quacks >>>>>>>>>>> that professional institutions haven't done. The distinct point of >>>>>>>>>>> departure which will show the distinct difference so as to justify >>>>>>>>>>> regulation. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 17:32, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < >>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Kivuva, you forgot Zuckerberg. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> College drop outs who rule the world. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Saul Dell, William Henry “Bill” Gates iii, Paul Gardner >>>>>>>>>>>> Allen, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Stephen “Woz” Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, >>>>>>>>>>>> Robert Edward “Ted” Turner iii >>>>>>>>>>>> http://lord.me.ke/college-dropouts-who-rule-the-world/ >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder who among those would be considered an ICT pro in >>>>>>>>>>>> Kenya. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >>>>>>>>>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 December 2016 at 12:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The real important question has not been answered. Not since >>>>>>>>>>>> the term ICT started being used. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> WHO IS AN ICT PRACTITIONER? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> And who is this WATCHDOG who will abrogate himself/herself the >>>>>>>>>>>> role of GateKeeper and RentSeeker? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "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 1 Dec 2016, at 10:51 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Brian they will implant a chip in your brain and track your IQ >>>>>>>>>>>> to see whether you are fit for IT. Whereas the millennial generation will >>>>>>>>>>>> lose most as they are hands on. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Athar Ahmad Bhatti >>>>>>>>>>>> +254726488311 <+254%20726%20488311> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:43 AM +0300, "Brian Muhia via >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> This is only to be applied to people trying to do contract jobs >>>>>>>>>>>> for the government, right? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Blessed Thursday! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Might the sector be getting its shape? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Private schooling started as an innovative approach to >>>>>>>>>>>> education - now we even have more innovative home schooling and best >>>>>>>>>>>> practice approaches. Healthcare etc >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Who has helped to weed out quacks proactively in most instances >>>>>>>>>>>> - it is the industry associations working with the governments. An angle to >>>>>>>>>>>> borrow from. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "....He said the authority will in the next couple of weeks >>>>>>>>>>>> launch ICT standards where every professional in the field seeking to serve >>>>>>>>>>>> public service must comply. >>>>>>>>>>>> “One of the things which we are doing very soon in the next >>>>>>>>>>>> couple of weeks, is that we shall be launching ICT standard, these are ICT >>>>>>>>>>>> national standards and we plan on having them effective from first of >>>>>>>>>>>> January and based on that vendors will have to comply with the standards,” >>>>>>>>>>>> said the CEO, adding that those who will not comply to the standards will >>>>>>>>>>>> be blacklisted..." >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> How might the players engage in the discourse to give it shape >>>>>>>>>>>> while keep its jelly-nature? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 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 Thursday, 1 December 2016, 8:43, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Well in this case this dog could come biting back at the same >>>>>>>>>>>> people who unleashed it. That is if we take into consideration how our >>>>>>>>>>>> institutions are run. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Listers >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> All Information Communication and Technology (ICT) >>>>>>>>>>>> professionals will now be vetted to weed out quacks and sanitise the >>>>>>>>>>>> industry, ICT Authority chief executive officer Robert Mugo said yesterday. >>>>>>>>>>>> He said the authority is alarmed by the rising of cases of >>>>>>>>>>>> individuals and groups masquerading as ICT experts seeking to tender for >>>>>>>>>>>> services in the counties. >>>>>>>>>>>> Read on:- >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> *FastMail WARNING: URL text and host don't match, possible >>>>>>>>>>>> phishing attempt. URL disabled. Original URL='http://www.mediamaxn >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mediamaxn>etwork.co.ke/people- >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://etwork.co.ke/people->daily/277875/ict-authority-weed-quacks/'. >>>>>>>>>>>> Original text='http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co>. ke/people-daily/277875/ict- >>>>>>>>>>>> authority-weed-quacks/'. For more information on phishing click here >>>>>>>>>>>> <http:///docs/phishing.html>.* >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: *FastMail WARNING: URL text and host don't match, >>>>>>>>>>>> possible phishing attempt. URL disabled. Original URL='http://ke.linkedin.c >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.c>om/in/alihkassim'. Original text='http://ke.linkedin >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin>. com/in/alihkassim'. For more information on phishing >>>>>>>>>>>> click here <http:///docs/phishing.html>.* >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and >>>>>>>>>>>> thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________ _________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ >>>>>>>>>>>> mailman/options/kictanet/ ultimateprogramer%40gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ultimateprogramer%40g…> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Ahmed Maawy >>>>>>>>>>>> Principal Product Management Specialist - Al Jazeera Media >>>>>>>>>>>> Network >>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: ultimateprogramer >>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> 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/wangar >>>>>>>>>>>> ikabiru%40yahoo.co.uk >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ...

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Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Ali Hussein 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Dorcas I'm answering you specifically because you raised the issue. And yes the Authority needs to engage all stakeholders. And yes. Definitely beyond this list. We are yet to see evidence of that. *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, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Is this for me? It's for us all. Perhaps what you are saying is the ICT > Authority should should use a multi-stakeholder process. > > I am certain that getting the best criteria would involve more than those > in this list. > > On Dec 2, 2016 9:10 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > >> Dorcas >> >> You miss the point. Infact we are super concerned especially because >> these machinations are specifically targeting tenders. >> >> Why are you not answering the pertinent issues we have asked? >> >> 1. Who is an ICT Practitioner? >> 2. Who decides and what criteria is going to be used to ask and answer >> the above question? >> >> We are all for self-regulation. The majority of the malpractices are >> actually perpetrated by government functionaries who collude with >> TenderPreneurs. How then would you zero in on the so-called 'quacks'. >> >> Lets be honest with ourselves and say it as it is. >> >> This is simply a way to Ring-Fence certain opportunities for certain >> people. >> >> 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, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Why are so many people insecure about this topic. >>> >>> Can a bank CEO act as the principal legal officer of a bank? Why not? >>> >>> Which Innovators are these people are referring to? As far as I know, >>> most of the referenced global innovators dropped out of some computer >>> science programs and employ thousands of highly qualified CS and >>> engineering graduates. >>> >>> I don't think starting a box-pushing or software license reselling >>> entity coupled with hiring a few technicians can turn anyone into a domain >>> professional. Let's get this straight and boldly address the true issues >>> at hand. >>> >>> Obviously, this loose arrangement is leading to the proliferation of >>> extreme tender-prenuership. >>> >>> Can anyone point me to potential local Bill Gates, Larry Page or Mark >>> Mark Zuckerberg. We can't use such example to complicate this discussion. >>> >>> If anything, we should be providing a friendly environment those with >>> money and great experience invest in highly scalable startups. >>> >>> Nothing bars anyone who falls short of an agreed criteria from working >>> on it. >>> >>> Obviously, we cannot water down such an important topic. >>> >>> On Dec 1, 2016 10:28 PM, "Alfred Kinyua via kictanet" < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Two things stand out, concerning ICT Authority. >>>> 1. Conformance of set standards (raising the bar). >>>> 2. locking out unqualified personnel, where government has interests . >>>> This is not a trivial issue, because one might be qualified but >>>> incompetent (theorists) / unsitable, while the opposite might be true, >>>> unqualufied but competent/suitable, this is true for ICT realtad mattets. >>>> Personally I thing further probing is required. >>>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2016 22:01, "Beryl Aidi via kictanet" < >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> Law and policy seldom exist in a vacuum. Does anyone know anywhere in >>>>> the world where the kind of regulation or ICT standards being anticipated >>>>> to be used to weed out quacks have been used successfully? Successfully >>>>> here being key, which means no victimization of those without any >>>>> certifications that may exist; startups; or those just playing around and >>>>> happen to stumble on something that may end up taking the world by storm; >>>>> and by no means a way to stifle internet freedoms. Anyone knows where such >>>>> a model exists? My two cents. >>>>> >>>>> Beryl Aidi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> In summary... ICT is "...A coalition of The Willing..." >>>>>> >>>>>> Waithaka Ngigi >>>>>> >>>>>> Alliance Technologies >>>>>> www.at.co.ke >>>>>> *From: *Collins Areba via kictanet >>>>>> *Sent: *Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:30 PM >>>>>> *To: *Ngigi Waithaka >>>>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>> *Cc: *Collins Areba; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>>>> >>>>>> Exactly! >>>>>> ICT is a disruptive sector. It is unfortunate when we attempt to >>>>>> define it as one would engineering, or architecture, or survey. The action >>>>>> - reaction - feedback - correction continum time wise is soo tiny. A >>>>>> decision for instance in some of these association, say which colour to >>>>>> paint a wall might take four months. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would still ask, what is the problem we are trying to solve? If >>>>>> this can be defined we should be in a position to find solutions >>>>>> collectively. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 21:12, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> The said procurement quacks are like Josephine Kabura. But they are >>>>>>> not really quacks because they work as conduits for their masters in high >>>>>>> places. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it was possible to weed out "quacks" from the industry, the said >>>>>>> masters would still use the "professionals" to commit heinous crimes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Show me major scandals in Kenya conducted by quacks and I will show >>>>>>> you a liar. Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, euro bond... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 7:36 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < >>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I believe regulation should only be present where there is a >>>>>>>> limited, shared resource that might be subject to abuse. Short of having a >>>>>>>> set of rules: don't test an EMP in a built up area, don't access government >>>>>>>> servers even if their passwords are admin, admin. Don't give the >>>>>>>> president's number on twitter, etc etc etc. That is progressive >>>>>>>> legislation. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:24, "Collins Areba" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dorcas: show me the chaos. Then we discuss order. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:17, "James Muendo" <james(a)muendo.co.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Collins, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> James Muendo >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Chief Executive Officer (CEO), >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Logic Craft Ltd, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> P.O Box 28016 – 00200, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | >>>>>>>>>> @MmuendoW:|http://about.me/muendo >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Too Brief? Here's Why >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM +0300, "Collins Areba via >>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Personally I seek examples of the damage done by the said quacks >>>>>>>>>>> that professional institutions haven't done. The distinct point of >>>>>>>>>>> departure which will show the distinct difference so as to justify >>>>>>>>>>> regulation. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 17:32, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < >>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Kivuva, you forgot Zuckerberg. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> College drop outs who rule the world. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Saul Dell, William Henry “Bill” Gates iii, Paul Gardner >>>>>>>>>>>> Allen, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Stephen “Woz” Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, >>>>>>>>>>>> Robert Edward “Ted” Turner iii >>>>>>>>>>>> http://lord.me.ke/college-dropouts-who-rule-the-world/ >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder who among those would be considered an ICT pro in >>>>>>>>>>>> Kenya. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >>>>>>>>>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 December 2016 at 12:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The real important question has not been answered. Not since >>>>>>>>>>>> the term ICT started being used. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> WHO IS AN ICT PRACTITIONER? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> And who is this WATCHDOG who will abrogate himself/herself the >>>>>>>>>>>> role of GateKeeper and RentSeeker? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "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 1 Dec 2016, at 10:51 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Brian they will implant a chip in your brain and track your IQ >>>>>>>>>>>> to see whether you are fit for IT. Whereas the millennial generation will >>>>>>>>>>>> lose most as they are hands on. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Athar Ahmad Bhatti >>>>>>>>>>>> +254726488311 <+254%20726%20488311> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:43 AM +0300, "Brian Muhia via >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> This is only to be applied to people trying to do contract jobs >>>>>>>>>>>> for the government, right? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Blessed Thursday! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Might the sector be getting its shape? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Private schooling started as an innovative approach to >>>>>>>>>>>> education - now we even have more innovative home schooling and best >>>>>>>>>>>> practice approaches. Healthcare etc >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Who has helped to weed out quacks proactively in most instances >>>>>>>>>>>> - it is the industry associations working with the governments. An angle to >>>>>>>>>>>> borrow from. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "....He said the authority will in the next couple of weeks >>>>>>>>>>>> launch ICT standards where every professional in the field seeking to serve >>>>>>>>>>>> public service must comply. >>>>>>>>>>>> “One of the things which we are doing very soon in the next >>>>>>>>>>>> couple of weeks, is that we shall be launching ICT standard, these are ICT >>>>>>>>>>>> national standards and we plan on having them effective from first of >>>>>>>>>>>> January and based on that vendors will have to comply with the standards,” >>>>>>>>>>>> said the CEO, adding that those who will not comply to the standards will >>>>>>>>>>>> be blacklisted..." >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> How might the players engage in the discourse to give it shape >>>>>>>>>>>> while keep its jelly-nature? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 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 Thursday, 1 December 2016, 8:43, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Well in this case this dog could come biting back at the same >>>>>>>>>>>> people who unleashed it. That is if we take into consideration how our >>>>>>>>>>>> institutions are run. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Listers >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> All Information Communication and Technology (ICT) >>>>>>>>>>>> professionals will now be vetted to weed out quacks and sanitise the >>>>>>>>>>>> industry, ICT Authority chief executive officer Robert Mugo said yesterday. >>>>>>>>>>>> He said the authority is alarmed by the rising of cases of >>>>>>>>>>>> individuals and groups masquerading as ICT experts seeking to tender for >>>>>>>>>>>> services in the counties. >>>>>>>>>>>> Read on:- >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> *FastMail WARNING: URL text and host don't match, possible >>>>>>>>>>>> phishing attempt. URL disabled. Original URL='http://www.mediamaxn >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mediamaxn>etwork.co.ke/people- >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://etwork.co.ke/people->daily/277875/ict-authority-weed-quacks/'. >>>>>>>>>>>> Original text='http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co>. ke/people-daily/277875/ict- >>>>>>>>>>>> authority-weed-quacks/'. For more information on phishing click here >>>>>>>>>>>> <http:///docs/phishing.html>.* >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: *FastMail WARNING: URL text and host don't match, >>>>>>>>>>>> possible phishing attempt. URL disabled. Original URL='http://ke.linkedin.c >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.c>om/in/alihkassim'. Original text='http://ke.linkedin >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin>. com/in/alihkassim'. For more information on phishing >>>>>>>>>>>> click here <http:///docs/phishing.html>.* >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and >>>>>>>>>>>> thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ______________________________ _________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ >>>>>>>>>>>> mailman/options/kictanet/ ultimateprogramer%40gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ultimateprogramer%40g…> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Ahmed Maawy >>>>>>>>>>>> Principal Product Management Specialist - Al Jazeera Media >>>>>>>>>>>> Network >>>>>>>>>>>> Skype: ultimateprogramer >>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> 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/wangar >>>>>>>>>>>> ikabiru%40yahoo.co.uk >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 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/bmn%40 >>>>>>>>>>>> savannahinformatics.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. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Software Engineer - Savannah Informatics Ltd. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> 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%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/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/lordmw >>>>>>>>>>>> esh%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 >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emails >>>>>>>>>>>> ignet%40mailcan.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/arebac >>>>>>>>>>>> ollins%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] ICT Authority to weed out quacks
by Ali Hussein 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Dorcas You miss the point. Infact we are super concerned especially because these machinations are specifically targeting tenders. Why are you not answering the pertinent issues we have asked? 1. Who is an ICT Practitioner? 2. Who decides and what criteria is going to be used to ask and answer the above question? We are all for self-regulation. The majority of the malpractices are actually perpetrated by government functionaries who collude with TenderPreneurs. How then would you zero in on the so-called 'quacks'. Lets be honest with ourselves and say it as it is. This is simply a way to Ring-Fence certain opportunities for certain people. 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, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Why are so many people insecure about this topic. > > Can a bank CEO act as the principal legal officer of a bank? Why not? > > Which Innovators are these people are referring to? As far as I know, > most of the referenced global innovators dropped out of some computer > science programs and employ thousands of highly qualified CS and > engineering graduates. > > I don't think starting a box-pushing or software license reselling entity > coupled with hiring a few technicians can turn anyone into a domain > professional. Let's get this straight and boldly address the true issues > at hand. > > Obviously, this loose arrangement is leading to the proliferation of > extreme tender-prenuership. > > Can anyone point me to potential local Bill Gates, Larry Page or Mark Mark > Zuckerberg. We can't use such example to complicate this discussion. > > If anything, we should be providing a friendly environment those with > money and great experience invest in highly scalable startups. > > Nothing bars anyone who falls short of an agreed criteria from working on > it. > > Obviously, we cannot water down such an important topic. > > On Dec 1, 2016 10:28 PM, "Alfred Kinyua via kictanet" < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Two things stand out, concerning ICT Authority. >> 1. Conformance of set standards (raising the bar). >> 2. locking out unqualified personnel, where government has interests . >> This is not a trivial issue, because one might be qualified but >> incompetent (theorists) / unsitable, while the opposite might be true, >> unqualufied but competent/suitable, this is true for ICT realtad mattets. >> Personally I thing further probing is required. >> >> On Dec 1, 2016 22:01, "Beryl Aidi via kictanet" < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> Law and policy seldom exist in a vacuum. Does anyone know anywhere in >>> the world where the kind of regulation or ICT standards being anticipated >>> to be used to weed out quacks have been used successfully? Successfully >>> here being key, which means no victimization of those without any >>> certifications that may exist; startups; or those just playing around and >>> happen to stumble on something that may end up taking the world by storm; >>> and by no means a way to stifle internet freedoms. Anyone knows where such >>> a model exists? My two cents. >>> >>> Beryl Aidi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Waithaka Ngigi via kictanet < >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> In summary... ICT is "...A coalition of The Willing..." >>>> >>>> Waithaka Ngigi >>>> >>>> Alliance Technologies >>>> www.at.co.ke >>>> *From: *Collins Areba via kictanet >>>> *Sent: *Thursday, December 1, 2016 9:30 PM >>>> *To: *Ngigi Waithaka >>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>> *Cc: *Collins Areba; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] ICT Authority to weed out quacks >>>> >>>> Exactly! >>>> ICT is a disruptive sector. It is unfortunate when we attempt to define >>>> it as one would engineering, or architecture, or survey. The action - >>>> reaction - feedback - correction continum time wise is soo tiny. A decision >>>> for instance in some of these association, say which colour to paint a wall >>>> might take four months. >>>> >>>> I would still ask, what is the problem we are trying to solve? If this >>>> can be defined we should be in a position to find solutions collectively. >>>> >>>> On 1 Dec 2016 21:12, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The said procurement quacks are like Josephine Kabura. But they are >>>>> not really quacks because they work as conduits for their masters in high >>>>> places. >>>>> >>>>> If it was possible to weed out "quacks" from the industry, the said >>>>> masters would still use the "professionals" to commit heinous crimes. >>>>> >>>>> Show me major scandals in Kenya conducted by quacks and I will show >>>>> you a liar. Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, euro bond... >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 1, 2016 7:36 PM, "Collins Areba via kictanet" < >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I believe regulation should only be present where there is a limited, >>>>>> shared resource that might be subject to abuse. Short of having a set of >>>>>> rules: don't test an EMP in a built up area, don't access government >>>>>> servers even if their passwords are admin, admin. Don't give the >>>>>> president's number on twitter, etc etc etc. That is progressive >>>>>> legislation. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:24, "Collins Areba" <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dorcas: show me the chaos. Then we discuss order. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 18:17, "James Muendo" <james(a)muendo.co.ke> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Collins, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> James Muendo >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Chief Executive Officer (CEO), >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Logic Craft Ltd, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Suite 39, 2nd Floor, Visions Plaza, Mombasa Road >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> P.O Box 28016 – 00200, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> M:| +254.725.567.508 S: | tim.rick Gtalk:| james.muendo T: | >>>>>>>> @MmuendoW:|http://about.me/muendo >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Too Brief? Here's Why >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM +0300, "Collins Areba via kictanet" >>>>>>>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Personally I seek examples of the damage done by the said quacks >>>>>>>>> that professional institutions haven't done. The distinct point of >>>>>>>>> departure which will show the distinct difference so as to justify >>>>>>>>> regulation. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2016 17:32, "waudo siganga via kictanet" < >>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Kivuva, you forgot Zuckerberg. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> College drop outs who rule the world. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Michael Saul Dell, William Henry “Bill” Gates iii, Paul Gardner >>>>>>>>>> Allen, Lawrence Joseph Ellison, Stephen “Woz” Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, >>>>>>>>>> Robert Edward “Ted” Turner iii >>>>>>>>>> http://lord.me.ke/college-dropouts-who-rule-the-world/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I wonder who among those would be considered an ICT pro in Kenya. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ______________________ >>>>>>>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >>>>>>>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 1 December 2016 at 12:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The real important question has not been answered. Not since the >>>>>>>>>> term ICT started being used. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> WHO IS AN ICT PRACTITIONER? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> And who is this WATCHDOG who will abrogate himself/herself the >>>>>>>>>> role of GateKeeper and RentSeeker? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> "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 1 Dec 2016, at 10:51 AM, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Brian they will implant a chip in your brain and track your IQ to >>>>>>>>>> see whether you are fit for IT. Whereas the millennial generation will lose >>>>>>>>>> most as they are hands on. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Athar Ahmad Bhatti >>>>>>>>>> +254726488311 <+254%20726%20488311> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:43 AM +0300, "Brian Muhia via kictanet" >>>>>>>>>> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> This is only to be applied to people trying to do contract jobs >>>>>>>>>> for the government, right? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Blessed Thursday! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Might the sector be getting its shape? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Private schooling started as an innovative approach to education >>>>>>>>>> - now we even have more innovative home schooling and best practice >>>>>>>>>> approaches. Healthcare etc >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Who has helped to weed out quacks proactively in most instances - >>>>>>>>>> it is the industry associations working with the governments. An angle to >>>>>>>>>> borrow from. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> "....He said the authority will in the next couple of weeks >>>>>>>>>> launch ICT standards where every professional in the field seeking to serve >>>>>>>>>> public service must comply. >>>>>>>>>> “One of the things which we are doing very soon in the next >>>>>>>>>> couple of weeks, is that we shall be launching ICT standard, these are ICT >>>>>>>>>> national standards and we plan on having them effective from first of >>>>>>>>>> January and based on that vendors will have to comply with the standards,” >>>>>>>>>> said the CEO, adding that those who will not comply to the standards will >>>>>>>>>> be blacklisted..." >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> How might the players engage in the discourse to give it shape >>>>>>>>>> while keep its jelly-nature? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 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 Thursday, 1 December 2016, 8:43, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via >>>>>>>>>> kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Well in this case this dog could come biting back at the same >>>>>>>>>> people who unleashed it. That is if we take into consideration how our >>>>>>>>>> institutions are run. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:36 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < >>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Listers >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> All Information Communication and Technology (ICT) professionals >>>>>>>>>> will now be vetted to weed out quacks and sanitise the industry, ICT >>>>>>>>>> Authority chief executive officer Robert Mugo said yesterday. >>>>>>>>>> He said the authority is alarmed by the rising of cases of >>>>>>>>>> individuals and groups masquerading as ICT experts seeking to tender for >>>>>>>>>> services in the counties. >>>>>>>>>> Read on:- >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> *FastMail WARNING: URL text and host don't match, possible >>>>>>>>>> phishing attempt. URL disabled. Original URL='http://www.mediamaxn >>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mediamaxn>etwork.co.ke/people- >>>>>>>>>> <http://etwork.co.ke/people->daily/277875/ict-authority-weed-quacks/'. >>>>>>>>>> Original text='http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co >>>>>>>>>> <http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co>. ke/people-daily/277875/ict- >>>>>>>>>> authority-weed-quacks/'. For more information on phishing click here >>>>>>>>>> <http:///docs/phishing.html>.* >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Ali Hussein >>>>>>>>>> Principal >>>>>>>>>> Hussein & Associates >>>>>>>>>> +254 0713 601113 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim >>>>>>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo >>>>>>>>>> LinkedIn: *FastMail WARNING: URL text and host don't match, >>>>>>>>>> possible phishing attempt. URL disabled. Original URL='http://ke.linkedin.c >>>>>>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.c>om/in/alihkassim'. Original text='http://ke.linkedin >>>>>>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin>. com/in/alihkassim'. For more information on phishing >>>>>>>>>> click here <http:///docs/phishing.html>.* >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and >>>>>>>>>> thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ______________________________ _________________ >>>>>>>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>>>>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>>>>>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>>>>>>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ >>>>>>>>>> mailman/options/kictanet/ ultimateprogramer%40gmail.com >>>>>>>>>> <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ultimateprogramer%40g…> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/m >>>> ailman/options/kictanet/bee.aidi%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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Beryl >>> *********************************************** >>> Darkness cannot put out the Light. It can only make God brighter. >>> —Author Unknown. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/m >>> ailman/options/kictanet/alfkinyua%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 >> >> 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 > > 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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Program for tomorrow's Kenya ICT year in review cocktail - 2nd December 2016 from 6pm to 9pm
by Grace Githaiga 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Listers Please find attached the program for tomorrow's cocktail. Regards Grace

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Petition against Ajira
by Tony White 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

This is strange - It seems to me that those who are already involved in 'online' work just don't want 1 million Kenyan youth 'invading their space'. Fear? Jealousy? Sijui ;) I have to hope that CS Mucheru knows what he is doing! http://www.techweez.com/2016/11/30/petition-fronted-bring-ajira-digital-web… -- Tony White

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Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues
by WANGARI KABIRU 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Blessed new month December! Kindly find comments, with thanks! Be blessed! Regards/Wangari Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback -Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues Listers,(apologies for cross-posting) Thanksagain for those who spared time to provide feedback - so that the rest of uscan read and interrogate the same :-) Over thenext 3 days I shall share the feedback and basically hope to get furtherreactions from the floor. I attach the feedback document but withsummaries below: 1. Policy& Legal Feedback a) 52% of the respondents felt that the UniversalService Fund(USF) had not met its objective. 40% felt that it had to a moderateextent while 8% felt it had a very large extent. - CSOs tappinginto the fund; for advocacy, lobbying- Innovators - for groundbreaking research and solutions that others may ride on as enterprises a) 61% of therespondents felt that ICT Policies and initiative had not impacted thecounties. 23% of the respondents felt that these had moderately impacted thecounties, while 10% felt they had an impact to a very large extent.- CountyGovernments must take initiative to inbuilt in their services. c) 41% of the respondents felt that the multi-stakeholder approachbetween ICT stakeholders and government was moderately achieved. 31% feltit was not achieved while 25% felt it was, to a very large extent.We have seen public calls to ICT stakeholders by Government agencies- The Tech community contribution can do much better- CSOs are not at the forefront lobbying - perhaps may not have the capacity d) Policy/Legal Issues not yet addressed include: Cyber Crime /CyberSecurity Bill and its position in Senate and National Assembly, Data ProtectionBill, ICT Practitioners Bill, Privacy Issue Linkages between National &County Governments on ICT matters, Quality of Internet, Infrastructure SharingRegulatory FeedbackThe feedback loop can be improved2. Regulatory Feedbacka) 48% of the respondents felt that the question of affordable communications/internetpricing had not been well addressed. 30% felt that the question of affordablepricing has been moderately addressed while 20% felt it has been addressed to avery large extent.- CSOs who are best placed to lobbyfor this seem not to consider ICT as a frontier to venture into. They are stillfocused on the poverty areas where donors pump money of food, health, education- Donor support linked to the ICTs isnew frontier that entities like ISOC Chapter may champion forb) 68% of the respondents felt that the issue of dominance in the sectorwas affecting pricing of communication services to a very large extent. 16%felt it moderately affected pricing while 13% felt it was really not an issue.- Monopoly, oligopoly with a lukewarm regulator hand to players is notgood for the consumer. It is very good for the investor- The fact that the ICT sector is predominantly foreign-owned should be acontributor – with repatriation of profits and foreign versus local interestsc) 48% of the respondents felt that the urban-rural digital divide hadnot been adequately addressed while 34% felt that it had been moderatelyaddressed while only 7% felt it had been addressed to a very large extent. Urban-urban divide requires to get into the conversation. This is also adiscriminatory element.- ISPs cables within urban centres terminate as you enter into a slumarea.- What this means is that the low income pay more, have to find theirown local ways to access servicese.g Kenya Power in the slum electrification has shown that it can bedone.d) 65% of the respondents felt that the regulator had not addressed theissue of inclusivity with regard to persons with disabilities (PWD). 27% feltthis had been moderately addressed while only 5% felt it has been addressed toa large extent.What does legislation say – this becomes the benchmark andall players comply- CSOs take on their role to engage and lobby for e) Areas needing Regulatory Interventions: Operator Dominance Issues,Internet Pricing & Affordability issues, White Spaces, Operationalizationof Universal Service Fund & Access, Failed Number Portability, Dataprotection for Subscriber Data, Conflict between regulatory bodies, Last mileconnectivity and Way-leaves, Net-Neutrality, Support for ICT-startups, Supportfor Digital evidence in courts, Inclusion & Support for Persons With Irrespectiveof whether you participated in the questionnaire or not, you are invitedto comment, support, oppose and/or seek clarifications on the views ofstakeholders.Tommorrow weshall post the feedback on Human Capital & Infrastructure. --- 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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Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Information Infrastructure Issues
by WANGARI KABIRU 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Blessed new month! Kindly find comments, with thanks! Blessed day. Regards/Wangari Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in ReviewFeedback - Information Infrastructure IssuesFrom: Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback- Human Capital Feedback Thanx Bomu, Wangari, Rop, Barrack, Wambui and others for yourreactions...the floor is actually open for belated reactions on previousthematic areas, just keep the subject line in context. Today we share the feedback on the last thematic area :- InformationInfrastructure as given below. a) 86% of the respondents felt that governmentdigitization (Huduma Centers, eCitizen portal, etc) program has been useful toa very large extent. 12% felt it was moderately useful with a very smallminority1.5 thinking it has not been useful.The usefulness isundoubted when you look at access, possibly when you compare with a past whenit was not as efficient.Kenya has won awardsand honourable global recognition for some of the initiatives such as HudumaCenters.Let us move thediscourse forward now. Is this the best there is?- Could we define afuture then gauge from it- What other practicesare there in other countries- How is the businessand technical community riding on this “like over the top services”Areas to interrogate;- Local supply- Local labourWhat are the declared hiddencosts;- The user pays the feefor the service- There is anadministration fee e.g business name search went higher. What are the undeclaredhidden costs;- Buy a phone that iscompliant- The user absorbs theother hidden costs – internet bundles, cybercafé charge – cybers charge Ksh200-500 to assist with PIN registry plus cybercafé per minute charges- Centralised servicesaway from our local chiefs means transport costs - These undeclaredhidden costs are poverty propagators – the well to do seeking for efficiencymay not feel the pinch loudly, what of the hard-pressed?- Who is benefiting – Phonecompanies, ISPs, local cybersb) 48% of the respondents felt that thedigitization of government operations has gone to the other sectors to amoderate extent. 30% felt this cross-sector absorption of ICTs has not reallyhappened while 10% feel it has to a very large extent.A wholesome survey on the national state would aidto respond to this with affirmative- This is where CSOs plug in and conduct a neutralsurveyPR is important- Discussions in public recently were on how IFMISis said to propagate fraud by senior officials – Governors who definemwananchis mindset a lot. Leaders should be held accountable c) 52% of the respondents felt that the localcontent industry has NOT been well supported. 34% felt it has been moderatelysupported while only 8% felt it has been supported to a very large extent.We need a sharedappreciation of local content – and to broaden the scope- This has been takento be for TV, Radio mainly in the arts. - This would elicit heavy emotions versusrationalisation- Universities and higher level institutions can take this one d) 70% of the respondents felt that the issue ofinformation security has not been adequately addressed. 25% thought it had beenmoderately addressed while only 4% felt it had been addressed to a very largeextent.This must get into the Internet Governanceconversations- Lack of security or protection negates and reduces thethrust of ICTs driving the economyGod is merciful to us certainly because the day “saidfraudstar types” descend, Kenyans are in trouble- As a general public, awareness on security evenphysical security is not an every day factor- This makes digital security a farfetched subjectto most- Until money is involved- Data is conceptualPrivate sector as the provider of services must beincreasingly liable to protect its customers. Consumers trust that the produceris in the market and certified because they offer a good product – which includesprotection from all harm- Might this be a factor in increase in cost ofsome services - Consumer education should be reinforced. ByGovernment, CSOs and private sector – the way a product/service is broadcasted,the dangers should be highlighted tood) The following werementioned as key info-infrastructure interventions that have not beenaddressed/misaddressed: Misguided/aggressive e-Content regulation maybecounter-productive to local content industry. Security surveillance withoutData Protection Act is counter-productive. The Government Shared Serviceconcept still not effective, particularly at County levels. Expand eGovServices to be accessible thro USSD, Improve the user-interface on mostGovernment websites, enhance cyber security and offer public awareness programson the same. The detailed report is attached and we have until tomorrow mid-day toclose this up. --- 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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Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Human Capital Feedback
by WANGARI KABIRU 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Blessed new month December! Kindly find comments with thanks! Regards/Wangari [kictanet] Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year inReview Feedback - Human Capital Feedback WalubengoJ via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.ukCC Walubengo J 29 Nov at12:48 PM Thanx Barrack, Looks like Day1 had littlereaction/comments. Feel free to belatedly post on Policy, Legal/ Regulatory mattersbut just keep the correct subject line. Today we to move to Day2a (HumanCapital feedback) and Day 2b (Infrastructure feedback to be sent in next email) Summary feedback on Human Capital wasas follows with detailed document attached. a) 41% of the respondents felt that the government hadprovided sufficient ICT opportunities for the youth to a moderate extent. 30%however felt youth opportunities had not been effectively provided, while 27%felt it had been done to a large extent. How far is this the mandate of the Government? - ICT Labour force projections; then building capacity backwards Some areas that may betapped into;- Private sector in capacity building of their staff- Personal initiatives to advance in ICT skills- Community resource centresb) 58% of therespondents felt that the DLP (Laptop Project) will have a positive impact to avery large extent. 30% felt it would be a moderate impact while 12% think itwill have little or no impact. There is a lot of positiveness - Keeping in mind that the laptop is not the education and that learnershave different abilitiesc) 40% of therespondents felt that tertiary institutions were, to a moderate extentproviding the requisite skill set for the ICT industry. 34% felt they were to alarge extent providing these skills while 24% felt they were not.ICT skills to many is still at the word, excel tutorials – so as to handin typed out assignments- The tertiary institutions should be able to lift the level of learningfor all learners beyond thisd) 40% of therespondents felt that Konza City will have a positive impact to a very largeextent. 21% felt it will be a moderate impact while 25% think it will have noimpact.- Replicationacross the country- Lift one to theremote areas of Kenya; open up- CountyGovernment can take on such as their own long term initiative; investoropportunities, local jobse) Providegeneral ICT literacy programmes to the public, Coding as a skill to allstudents – irrespective of discipline, Continuity in government offices (ratherthan sabotage of previous holder initiatives), Improve Academia-Government-Industry linkages, Cryptography training, Identify and supportTechnology Universities, Promote Incubation Center, Have mechanisms to weed outICT quacks, Provide ICT scholarships, Standardize ICT Trainings, Digitizationof key services - police occurrence books, land registries should be availed tothe youth.Toa maoni (let hear your reactions) walu. --- 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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The Ups and Downs of Social Media
by Mildred Achoch 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Hi all, This may be of interest: http://kenyainsights.com/take-a-loan-youll-need-it-ntvs-larry-madowo-facing… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Re: [kictanet] Day 3 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Information Infrastructure Issues
by Wambui Wambui 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Sorry for the cross-post but figured it will may make life easier for those compiling. Here are some thoughts on information infrastructure: *a) 86% of the respondents felt that government digitization (Huduma Centers, eCitizen portal, etc) program has been useful to a very large extent. 12% felt it was moderately useful with a very small minority1.5 thinking it has not been useful.* Comment: Digitizing operation has been a great idea. But is it widespread and consistently applied? E.g. getting an abstract at a police station means paying a certain fee for the photocopy usually available at the station’s kiosk. Yet if I go to Huduma Centre, I should get it at no fee and it’s a downloadable form. If I need to get the abstract over the weekend, I’ll pay for the photocopy at the station, yet I could have gotten it for free at a Huduma Centre. Government should therefore also invest in awareness programs that inform citizens about the digitizing of services, how to get them, what to expect etc. This can be done to grassroots level, and should include creative people like the Nakuru chief who tweets to residents in his location. Stability of the digitized systems should be guaranteed. ID replacement services recently had been shut down for several weeks at Huduma Centres because the system was down. I was told that that wasn’t the first time, and the system has even gone almost a month without working. *b) 48% of the respondents felt that the digitization of government operations has gone to the other sectors to a moderate extent. 30% felt this cross-sector absorption of ICTs has not really happened while 10% feel it has to a very large extent.* Comment: Same thought as presented in a). *c) 52% of the respondents felt that the local content industry has NOT been well supported. 34% felt it has been moderately supported while only 8% felt it has been supported to a very large extent.* Comment: I agree that the local content industry is not well supported. At my university for example, I have many students bubbling with ideas for online content such as shows, blogs, information hubs, etc. But they’re afraid their ideas will be stolen if they ask for advice, they wonder what resources – financial or other – they will need, and sometimes they don’t know where to start. Content also is often the target of existing and proposed law, and even when it is encouraged (such as the CAK’s call for more local content on TV), it often seems to be most vulnerable to overzealous and sensitive authorities. The proposed Film Bill and pressures on bloggers come to mind. I think support should come from a variety of sources: government can provide a regulatory and policy environment that not only supports, but encourages the development of local content; government can partner with industry, academia and communities to raise awareness about local content, create opportunities for it, and enable creators to protect their intellectual work while getting paid for it. *d) 70% of the respondents felt that the issue of information security has not been adequately addressed. 25% thought it had been moderately addressed while only 4% felt it had been addressed to a very large extent.* Comment: I agree that information security is a weak point. I have questions about whether any of the digital information on our systems is well protected, whether it is sold to the highest bidder, who is watching what, etc. I have no solutions, but regulatory authorities and whoever else is concerned should consider that this is not just a technical issue, but one about trust. People may choose to do certain things on digital platforms, or to keep off, based on how much they trust the systems. d) The following were mentioned as key info-infrastructure interventions that have not been addressed/misaddressed: *Misguided/aggressive e-Content regulation maybe counter-productive to local content industry. Security surveillance without Data Protection Act is counter-productive. The Government Shared Service concept still not effective, particularly at County levels. Expand eGov Services to be accessible thro USSD, Improve the user-interface on most Government websites, enhance cyber security and offer public awareness programs on the same. * Comment: Let more digitization services start from the grassroots up, not from the top down. The tweeting chief in Nakuru offers an example of how a digital tool (Twitter) can be used to reach a large number of people (in his case, via sms) to address local challenges and provide information about local matters. On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:31 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > My bad, > > I had the wrong the subject line - now refreshed. Body message + > attachments remains the same. > > walu. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > *To:* jwalu(a)yahoo.com > *Cc:* Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 30, 2016 7:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback > - Human Capital Feedback > > Thanx Bomu, Wangari, Rop, Barrack, Wambui and others for your > reactions...the floor is actually open for belated reactions on previous > thematic areas, just keep the subject line in context. > > Today we share the feedback on the last thematic area :- Information > Infrastructure as given below. > > > *a) 86% of the respondents felt that government digitization (Huduma > Centers, eCitizen portal, etc) program has been useful to a very large > extent. 12% felt it was moderately useful with a very small minority1.5 > thinking it has not been useful.* > *b) 48% of the respondents felt that the digitization of government > operations has gone to the other sectors to a moderate extent. 30% felt > this cross-sector absorption of ICTs has not really happened while 10% feel > it has to a very large extent.* > *c) 52% of the respondents felt that the local content industry has NOT > been well supported. 34% felt it has been moderately supported while only > 8% felt it has been supported to a very large extent.* > *d) 70% of the respondents felt that the issue of information security has > not been adequately addressed. 25% thought it had been moderately addressed > while only 4% felt it had been addressed to a very large extent.* > d) The following were mentioned as key info-infrastructure interventions > that have not been addressed/misaddressed: > > *Misguided/aggressive e-Content regulation maybe counter-productive to > local content industry. Security surveillance without Data Protection Act > is counter-productive. The Government Shared Service concept still not > effective, particularly at County levels. Expand eGov Services to be > accessible thro USSD, Improve the user-interface on most Government > websites, enhance cyber security and offer public awareness programs on the > same. * > The detailed report is attached and we have until tomorrow mid-day to > close this up. > > best regards. > > walu. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/jwalu%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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/wwamunyu2009%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 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues
by Walubengo J 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Listers, (apologies for cross-posting) Thanks again for those who spared time to provide feedback - so that the rest of us can read and interrogate the same :-) Over the next 3 days I shall share the feedback and basically hope to get further reactions from the floor. I attach the feedback document but with summaries below: 1. Policy & Legal Feedback a) 52% of the respondentsfelt that the Universal Service Fund(USF) had not met its objective. 40% feltthat it had to a moderate extent while 8% felt it had a very large extent. b) 61% of the respondents felt that ICT Policies and initiativehad not impacted the counties. 23% of the respondents felt that these hadmoderately impacted the counties, while 10% felt they had an impact to a verylarge extent. c) 41% of the respondents felt that the multi-stakeholder approachbetween ICT stakeholders and government was moderately achieved. 31% feltit was not achieved while 25% felt it was, to a very large extent. d) Policy/Legal Issues not yet addressed include: Cyber Crime/Cyber Security Bill and its position in Senate and National Assembly, DataProtection Bill, ICT Practitioners Bill, Privacy Issue Linkages betweenNational & County Governments on ICT matters, Quality of Internet,Infrastructure Sharing Regulatory Feedback2. Regulatory Feedback a) 48% of the respondents felt that the question of affordablecommunications/internet pricing had not been well addressed. 30% felt that thequestion of affordable pricing has been moderately addressed while 20% felt ithas been addressed to a very large extent. b) 68% of the respondents felt that the issue of dominance inthe sector was affecting pricing of communication services to a very largeextent. 16% felt it moderately affected pricing while 13% felt it was reallynot an issue. c) 48% of the respondents felt that the urban-rural digitaldivide had not been adequately addressed while 34% felt that it had beenmoderately addressed while only 7% felt it had been addressed to a very largeextent. d) 65% of the respondents felt that the regulator had notaddressed the issue of inclusivity with regard to persons with disabilities(PWD). 27% felt this had been moderately addressed while only 5% felt it hasbeen addressed to a large extent. e) Areas needing RegulatoryInterventions: Operator Dominance Issues, Internet Pricing & Affordabilityissues, White Spaces, Operationalization of Universal Service Fund &Access, Failed Number Portability, Data protection for Subscriber Data,Conflict between regulatory bodies, Last mile connectivity and Way-leaves,Net-Neutrality, Support for ICT-startups, Support for Digital evidence incourts, Inclusion & Support for Persons With Irrespective of whether you participated in the questionnaire or not, you are invited to comment, support, oppose and/or seek clarifications on the views of stakeholders.Tommorrow we shall post the feedback on Human Capital & Infrastructure.

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Fwd: [i-network] BREAKING: MTN Mobile Money customers can now send money to Kenya and Rwanda
by Barrack Otieno 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Might be of interest, i suppose i can now order for ground nut sauce from the very source online. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Margaret Sevume <sevume(a)i-network.or.ug> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:04:36 GMT Subject: [i-network] BREAKING: MTN Mobile Money customers can now send money to Kenya and Rwanda To: I-Network Uganda <i-network(a)dgroups.org> Hello all, MTN Mobile Money customers in Uganda will now also be able to send money to MPesa and MTN Mobile Money customers in Kenya and Rwanda respectively. <http://pctechmag.com/2016/11/breaking-mtn-mobile-money-customers-can-now-se…> Full story here. Regards. -- Jeddy Genrwot Gerald Sub Editor <http://pctechmag.com/> PC Tech Magazine Kampala, Uganda Mobile/WhatsApp +256 773 202 182 Skype: jeddygen Twitter: @jgenrwot Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/jgenrwot> /jgenrwot You are receiving this message because you are a leader of the community <https://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network> I-Network Uganda. All community leaders receive these notifications immediately regardless of their email settings for this community. __________ MAILING LIST RULES - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189… WEEKLY DISCUSSION ROUNDUPS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=19… QUARTERLY eNEWSLETTERS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=34&… WEBSITE - www.i-network.or.ug TWITTER - http://twitter.com/inetwork FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/inetwork.ug The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:leave.i-network@dgroups.org ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Call for Nominations for Internet Technical Community Representation in the Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group 2017 (MAG)
by Barrack Otieno 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Listers, For your attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carl Gahnberg <gahnberg(a)isoc.org> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:11:06 +0000 Subject: [Internet Policy] Call for Nominations for Internet Technical Community Representation in the Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group 2017 (MAG) To: Internet Policy External <InternetPolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Call for Nominations: 2017 MAG Renewal The Internet Society (ISOC) is facilitating a process leading to recommendations from the Internet Technical Collaboration Group<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/> for participation in the 2017 Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/magabout>). This process is for the technical community candidates only and candidate evaluations will include their relationship to that community. Other communities have their own processes. The purpose of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) is to advise the U.N. Secretary General on the programme and schedule of the Internet Governance Forum meetings. The MAG comprises of 55 Members from governments, the private sector and civil society, including representatives from the academic and technical communities. Those nominated should expect to attend two virtual MAG meetings per month as well as typically three face to face meetings per year. Individuals interested in being suggested by the Nominating Committee are invited to complete the Nomination Form<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/20…> in full and return it to information.itcg(a)gmail.com<mailto:information.itcg@gmail.com> by 2359 UTC on Tuesday, December 6th. In addition, applicants are asked to provide responses to a set of Questions<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/Su…> that are specific to the Internet technical community. Applications with incomplete responses to either set of questions will not be considered. Preferred formats for document submissions are .pdf and .txt. ISOC will transmit the names of nominees to the United Nations no later than December 16th 2016. Both sets of questions should be answered completely. Responses need not necessarily be lengthy, but they must be sufficiently content-full that the Nominating Committee can accurately judge from them the extent and specifics of your background. If the applicant believes that an existing CV or biographical sketch would contribute to the Nominating Committee's understanding of the candidacy, such a document may be provided in either PDF form or in the form of a link. In terms of attendance at physical meetings, potential funding for MAG members (selected applicants) is available through the IGF "Participant funding" program outlined at http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/participant-funding. Note that this program is targeted only toward participants from Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries or Transitional Economies. 2017 MAG NomCom Members: * Michael Nelson * Scott Mansfield * Nigel Hickson * Chris Disspain * Adiel Akplogan * Pablo Hinojosa * Alejandro Pisanty Quick Links: * Nomination Form<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/20…> (2017) * Supplementary Questions Form<http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/Su…> (2017) * Submit both forms to: information.itcg(a)gmail.com * Potential UN funding for applicants<http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/participant-funding> for attendance at physical meetings * UN Call for Nominations<http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/announcement-from-mr-wu-hon…> Privacy Statement The nominating committee is required to forward information provided by nominees on the MAG Nomination Form to the United Nations for purposes of the nomination. With the exception of candidates naming themselves, information provided to the NOMCOM for its consideration shall be treated in the strictest confidence. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] South School of Internet Governance (SSIG)
by Bonface Witaba 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Hello Listers, I am hereby sharing the link to SSIG call for applications (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil): http://www.gobernanzainternet.org/ssig2017/ Kind regards Bonface Witaba Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, 30 Nov, 2016 at 8:28, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<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. Fw: [governance] Survey Request on Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance (WANGARI KABIRU) 2. Re: #GivingTuesday (Magdalene Kariuki) 3. Re: Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Human Capital Feedback (Walubengo J) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:57:40 +0000 (UTC) From: WANGARI KABIRU <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke>, "internetsociety-kenyachapter(a)connectedcommunity.org" <internetsociety-kenyachapter(a)connectedcommunity.org>, "mail(a)connectedcommunity.org" <mail(a)connectedcommunity.org> Cc: Dmitry Epstein <dmitry.epstein(a)gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Fw: [governance] Survey Request on Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance Message-ID: <1035937458.5081215.1480445860784(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" We would appreciate you completing the following survey:?http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016 The survey should take up to 20-30 minutes to complete. Participants who complete the survey will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon.com gift card. Blessed Tuesday! Kenyan community share in research on multistakeholderism for IG. 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 Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 22:12, Dmitry Epstein <dmitry.epstein(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear IGC Community: We are researchers at UC Berkeley and University of Illinois at Chicago. We are conducting a research study about perceptions of multistakeholderism and the use of online tools for participation in internet governance processes. Our goal is to inform multistakeholder processes and help develop new online tools for inclusive participation in internet governance. We would appreciate you completing the following survey:?http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016 The survey should take up to 20-30 minutes to complete. Participants who complete the survey will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon.com gift card. Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns. This research protocol has been approved by the UC Berkeley Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS Protocol: 2016-08-9071). If you have any questions or concerns about your rights and treatment as a research subject, you may contact the office of UC Berkeley's Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, at?510-642-7461?or?subjects(a)berkeley.edu. Thank you, Brandie Nonnecke and Dmitry Epstein Brandie M. Nonnecke, PhD Research and Development Manager, UC Berkeley Program Director, UC Davis CITRIS and the Banatao Institute nonnecke(a)citris-uc.org citris-uc.org?|?(a)BNonnecke?|?nonnecke.com Dmitry Epstein Assistant Professor of Digital Policy Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago www.thinkmacro.org comm.uic.edu?? ____________________________________________________________

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#GivingTuesday
by Magdalene Kariuki 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

Dear fellow listers, I hope that this email finds you well! Did you know that today is #GivingTuesday? This is a follow up to #BlackFriday which was started to get people into the Christmas spirit of supporting the less fortunate in our communities. Why do I bring this up? I am a lister that is particularly passionate about leveraging ICT for Development (ICT4D). In relation to this I'm a member of the Rotary Club of Muthaiga and we are currently running a campaign to collect 20 tonnes of food estimated at Kes. 3.5M by 12th December to take to Turkana. We have been running a water and community livelihoods programme in Turkana for the last 4 years with great success. Unfortunately due to delayed minimal rainfall people living in Liwan and Lobur especially are the most affected and are facing death by starvation. We have therefore started a mitigation campaign to collect and transport food to the people of Turkana on/ thereabout 12th December 2016. I am therefore appealing to all of us/ our companies to please help us get to our target by either donating food or cash; tweeting/ using our social media platforms to generate awareness or linking us to any individuals or companies interested in partnering with us. For food donations, dry food stuffs are preferred eg unga; rice; lentils etc. Transport to collect the food can be organised for free at your convenience. If possible you please drop it at Mayfair hotel/ Southern Sun westlands on Mondays at 6-7:30 pm which is when we meet and you'll get to meet us and hear more about the campaign. For social media engagement we are using the hash tags #skipamealforTurkana #dontwaittocountthebodies Your consideration on the matter is highly appreciated! Best, Magdalene Kariuki.

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Fw: [governance] Survey Request on Multistakeholderism in Internet Governance
by WANGARI KABIRU 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

We would appreciate you completing the following survey: http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016 The survey should take up to 20-30 minutes to complete. Participants who complete the survey will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon.com gift card. Blessed Tuesday! Kenyan community share in research on multistakeholderism for IG. 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 Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 22:12, Dmitry Epstein <dmitry.epstein(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear IGC Community: We are researchers at UC Berkeley and University of Illinois at Chicago. We are conducting a research study about perceptions of multistakeholderism and the use of online tools for participation in internet governance processes. Our goal is to inform multistakeholder processes and help develop new online tools for inclusive participation in internet governance. We would appreciate you completing the following survey: http://tinyurl.com/IGF2016 The survey should take up to 20-30 minutes to complete. Participants who complete the survey will have the opportunity to be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon.com gift card. Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns. This research protocol has been approved by the UC Berkeley Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS Protocol: 2016-08-9071). If you have any questions or concerns about your rights and treatment as a research subject, you may contact the office of UC Berkeley's Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, at 510-642-7461 or subjects(a)berkeley.edu. Thank you, Brandie Nonnecke and Dmitry Epstein Brandie M. Nonnecke, PhD Research and Development Manager, UC Berkeley Program Director, UC Davis CITRIS and the Banatao Institute nonnecke(a)citris-uc.org citris-uc.org | @BNonnecke | nonnecke.com Dmitry Epstein Assistant Professor of Digital Policy Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago www.thinkmacro.org comm.uic.edu ____________________________________________________________

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Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Human Capital Feedback
by Gideon 29 Nov '16

29 Nov '16

>From the findings, my few comments on c) 40% of the respondents felt that tertiary institutions were,to a moderate extent providing the requisite skill set for the ICT industry.34% felt they were to a large extent providing these skills while 24% felt they were not. Comment: Tech and specifically the ICT world is an ever evolving realm, and while therre are basics that remain constant, the institutions have the responsibility to introduce these basics and as a plus, engage the industry directly so that there is synergy and so that somehow the students come out of the labs co-established and supported by the industry such as the specialty labs with coding/startup ecosystems with skills hat can be arbsored directly. Does the millennial factor play a lot in this agile system, i think yes and is it time to consider the millennial factor? e) Provide general ICT literacy programmes to the public, Codingas a skill to all students ? irrespective of discipline, Continuity ingovernment offices (rather than sabotage of previous holder initiatives),Improve Academia- Government-Industry linkages, Cryptography training, Identifyand support Technology Universities, Promote Incubation Center, Have mechanismsto weed out ICT quacks, Provide ICT scholarships, Standardize ICT Trainings,Digitization of key services - police occurrence books, land registries shouldbe availed to the youth. Comment: Digitization of all these legacy systems is a goo start, utilizing the digitized systems should be improved so that efficiency is achieved. Incubation centers are great to the extent that actual output can be measured. Regards Rop On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 12:36 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. > > Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - Human > Capital Feedback (Walubengo J) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:26:24 +0000 (UTC) > From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> > To: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com>, KICTAnet ICT Policy > Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Day 2(a) of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - > Human Capital Feedback > Message-ID: <2039769444.2418071.1480411584604(a)mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanx Barrack, > Looks like Day1 had little reaction/comments. Feel free to belatedly post > on Policy, Legal/ Regulatory matters but just keep the correct subject line. > Today we to move to Day2a (Human Capital feedback) and Day 2b > (Infrastructure feedback to be sent in next email) > Summary feedback on Human Capital was as follows with detailed document > attached. > a) 41% of the respondents felt that the government had providedsufficient > ICT opportunities for the youth to a moderate extent. 30% howeverfelt youth > opportunities had not been effectively provided, while 27% felt ithad been > done to a large extent. > > b) 58% of the respondents felt that the DLP (Laptop Project)will have a > positive impact to a very large extent. 30% felt it would be amoderate > impact while 12% think it will have little or no impact. > > > c) 40% of the respondents felt that tertiary institutions were,to a > moderate extent providing the requisite skill set for the ICT industry.34% > felt they were to a large extent providing these skills while 24% felt > theywere not. > > d) 40% of the respondents felt that Konza City will have apositive impact > to a very large extent. 21% felt it will be a moderate impactwhile 25% > think it will have no impact. > > e) Provide general ICT literacy programmes to the public, Codingas a skill > to all students ? irrespective of discipline, Continuity ingovernment > offices (rather than sabotage of previous holder initiatives),Improve > Academia- Government-Industry linkages, Cryptography training, Identifyand > support Technology Universities, Promote Incubation Center, Have > mechanismsto weed out ICT quacks, Provide ICT scholarships, Standardize ICT > Trainings,Digitization of key services - police occurrence books, land > registries shouldbe availed to the youth. > > Toa maoni (let hear your reactions) > walu. > > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > To: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:47 AM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 1 of 3: 2016 ICT Year in Review Feedback - > Policy, Legal & Regulatory Issues > > Listers, > > We welcome? more feedback? on day 1 discussions on how we have > performed as an industry in 2016 . We will start day two this > afternoon after providing a summary of day ones discussion should we > receive feedback by then. > > Best Regards > > On 11/28/16, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Walu, > > > > Many thanks for the email. My humble opinion is that generally the > > government and related agencies have made great efforts in investing > > in ICT's. However it is worth noting that government is never good at > > marketing itself or communicating and i guess this is where the > > Ministry and related agencies need to pay attention. For example the > > issue of IFMIS has really been misunderstood. Software should never be > > blamed for fraud , people commit Fraud. We should always remember that > > ICT's are a means to an end and not an end in themselves. > > > > Regards > > >

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Ajira Digital Program
by Peter Wakaba 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Dear All, My apologies for cross posting. I am looking for someone who can give independent analysis of the recently launched Ajira Digital Program, which was rolled out by the ICT ministry yesterday, and which aims to introduce Kenyans to online work, and provide the tools, training and mentorship needed to work and earn an income. This would be a quick live television interview today at about 2.10pm about five minutes from I and M building in the city centre? It would dwell around what this means for youth and just how this will jell across teh entire country with the proposed digital hubs.

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Threats to our Internet freedom remain plentiful
by Liz Orembo 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Listers, This article is worth reading as we head towards the elections. To Quote: "...Kenya, having a more sophisticated leadership, can encroach on Internet freedoms in more subtle ways than many other African countries can. In other words, Kenyan authorities are unlikely to orchestrate a countrywide Internet shutdown like what typically happens in Uganda or Zimbabwe. However, they can achieve the same effect by shutting down selected zones of the country as and when they deem it necessary" Full article here <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/2274560-3461054-52e4id/in…> -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF

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Invitation to the Kenya ICT year in review cocktail - 2nd December 2016 from 6pm to 9pm
by Mwendwa Kivuva 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Greetings, As we approach the end of the year, KICTANET has organised a cocktail to evaluate the progress of the ICT sector in Kenya. The cocktail will be held on 2nd Dec 2016 at the Laico Hotel, Nairobi Kenya from 6pm to 9pm. Findings of the "Kenya 2016 ICT sector Year in Review survey" will be shared and deliberate with the community. Please register for the event at this eventbrite page to enable logistics and planning: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kenya-ict-sector-2016-end-year-shindig-tickets… If you have any questions, you can direct them to info(a)kictanet.or.ke Sincerely ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh

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Re: [kictanet] ICT 2016 Year in Review Questions (Open from Monday 21st-Thursday 24th) - Polite Reminder
by Barrack Otieno 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Listers, Many thanks to those who have taken time to respond to the survey, a few more slots are remaining for the end year cocktail grab your opportunity now. Please note the survey closes tomorrow. Best Regards On 11/21/16, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > I've invited you to fill out the following form: > Kenya 2016 ICT sector Year in Review > > To fill it out, visit: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_KNiIAYl4jfGWw1o-W5ocfhENPoTIxa7… > > Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys. > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Google Digitises Kenya National Archives
by Mildred Achoch 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

A welcomed move: "The institute will hold 1,000 archives and artworks as well as 15 exhibits, giving access to the cultural treasures housed by KNA. Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000179442/google-digitises-kenya-na… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Economics of data breaches
by Barrack Otieno 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Listers, This might be of interest to some of us. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:37:43 +0100 Subject: [Internet Policy] Economics of data breaches To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org I don't think that the ISOC 2016 Global Internet Report was yet posted to this list, so here it is: https://www.internetsociety.org/globalinternetreport/2016/ The report focuses on security issues, in particular the economic issues that engender the lack of security that we all know about. I think that it is an excellent report (full disclosure: I contributed to the report). I'd like to highlight here what I consider to be two of the key points in the report. The first point is that Internet growth rates are slowing down (see p. 33 of the Report). While this is not necessarily an issue in parts of the world where most of the population is already connected, it is a serious issue for developing countries, where significant proportions of the population are not connected. Lack of trust may be a factor in discouraging access to the Internet. As the Report says on p. 34: "The slowdown in Internet growth rates, particularly in regions that were already falling behind the global average, lends urgency to the Internet Society's objective to connect the unconnected. There is evidence that existing users are increasingly concerned about privacy and security issues worldwide, and this may start to spill over to new users, who might become more reluctant to go online. If people trust the Internet, they are more likely to use it. Trust is at the heart of the Internet economy, and more and more at the heart of economic growth. This lends urgency to our objective to promote and restore trust in the Internet." The other point is the clear identification of the economic issues that lead to inadequate security, in particular externalities. Security experts have long recognized that lack of ICT security creates a negative externality[1]. For example, if an electronic commerce service is hacked and credit card information is disclosed, the users of the service users will have to change their credit cards. This is a cost both for the user and for the credit card company. But that cost is not visible to the electronic commerce service. Consequently, the electronic commerce service does not have an incentive to invest in greater security measures. A comprehensive discussion is given in pages 103-107 of the Report, see in particular the examples on p. 101. A summary is presented on p. 18 of the Report: "There is a market failure that governs investment in cybersecurity. First, data breaches have externalities; costs that are not accounted for by organisations. Second, even where investments are made, as a result of asymmetric information, it is difficult for organizations to convey the resulting level of cybersecurity to the rest of the ecosystem. As a result, the incentive to invest in cybersecurity is limited; organisations do not bear all the cost of failing to invest, and cannot fully benefit from having invested." Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Policy Guidelines for the Regulation of Zero-Rated Services
by Nanjira Sambuli 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Hello all, The Alliance for Affordable Internet (www.a4ai.org) has just published the third (and final) brief in the A4AI series on the Impacts of Emerging Mobile Data Services in Developing Countries. Be sure to check out the full report, which outlines recommended policy and regulatory guidelines for the provision of zero-rated and other mobile data services in the countries studied, as well as this brief blog post about the report. Links to all 3 references: 1. http://a4ai.org/the-impacts-of-emerging-mobile-data-services-in-developing-… 2. http://a4ai.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MeasuringImpactsOfMobileDataServ… 3. http://a4ai.org/policy-guidelines-for-the-regulation-of-zero-rated-services/ Regards, Nanjira. Sent on the move.

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Re: [kictanet] Google Digitises Kenya National Archives
by Mildred Achoch 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Good point Emmanuel. I wonder, is there a mechanism for we the public to give our input on what we would like to be included in the archives? Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:46 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Great start..I trully hope the the history has not be pudgedto sanitize it > and make it 'acceptable' to state actors... > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Dear Alex, >> >> I had to Google to find the link: https://www.google.com/cultura >> linstitute/beta/partner/kenya-national-archives >> >> Regards, >> Mildred Achoch. >> >> Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! >> http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Alex Watila <awatila(a)yahoo.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >>> What is the link to access the digitized material? >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila= >>> yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Mildred Achoch via >>> kictanet >>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 19, 2016 1:53 PM >>> *To:* awatila(a)yahoo.co.uk >>> *Cc:* Mildred Achoch <mildandred(a)gmail.com> >>> *Subject:* [kictanet] Google Digitises Kenya National Archives >>> >>> >>> >>> A welcomed move: >>> >>> >>> "The institute will hold 1,000 archives and artworks as well as 15 >>> exhibits, giving access to the cultural treasures housed by KNA. >>> >>> Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke >>> /article/2000179442/google-digitises-kenya-national-archives >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mildred Achoch. >>> >>> >>> >>> Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! >>> http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.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/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. >> > > > > -- > ‎"Service to Mankind is the greatest form of service"... > > > > > > *Oloo KhisaP.O. Box > 24324-00100Nairobi0721321086/0731849128http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa > <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa>* >

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Local Hosts for 2017 AFRINIC Training Workshops
by Mwendwa Kivuva 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

FYI ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AFRINIC Communication <comm-announce(a)afrinic.net> Date: 2016-11-24 11:33 GMT+04:00 Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] Call for Local Hosts for 2017 AFRINIC Training Workshops To: announce(a)afrinic.net [Version française ci-dessous] Dear Colleagues, In 2016, with the support of various stakeholders in the community, we were able to train 638 engineers and managers during eighteen (18) training workshops held in sixteen (16) different countries. These trainings covered the knowledge and skills of Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) and IPv6 planning and deployment. We are currently searching for partners/Local Hosts to collaborate with us for the 2017 Training Workshop series. If you are interested in hosting an AFRINIC Training workshop, please go through the hosting details, benefits and requirements here: http://learn.afrinic.net/en/events/request-training#details To submit your proposal please fill the form found here: http://learn.afrinic.net/trp1/node/47 The deadline for proposal submission is 31 January 2017 at 23 59 GMT. - Publication of selected countries: 10 February 2017 - Publication of 2017 workshops calendar: 28 February 2017 Regards, The AFRINIC Training Unit (Follow us on Twitter: @AFRINICTraining) ----------------------------------------------- Chers Collègues, En 2016, grâce à la collaboration de nombreux partenaires, nous avons été capables de former 638 ingénieurs et décideurs de seize (16) pays africains, à travers dix huit (18) sessions de formations sur Ia gestion des ressources Internet (INRM) et le protocole Internet version 6 (IPv6). Pour l'année 2017, nous lançons donc l’appel à collaborer pour les sessions de formations d’AFRINIC 2017. Si vous souhaitez accueillir une session de formation AFRINIC, nous vous invitons à lire les détails d'hôtes, les avantages et critères de sélection ici : http://learn.afrinic.net/en/events/request-training#details Pour soumettre votre proposition veuillez remplir la fiche à l’adresse suivante : http://learn.afrinic.net/trp1/node/47 La date limite de soumission de proposition est le 31 janvier 2017, 23 59 GMT - La liste des pays sélectionnés sera publiée le 10 février 2017 - Le calendrier pour les formations sera publié le 28 février 2017 Cordialement, L'Equipe de Formation d'AFRINIC (Suivez nous sur Twitter: @AFRINICTraining) _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/announce

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(no subject)
by Ahmed Mohamed Maawy 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Listers, Stumbled an interesting article that none the less may be a good insight into how we may structure the business environments the way countries like China do: https://www.digitalasiahub.org/2016/11/04/is-china-buying-the-world-again-i… Although yes the market dynamics are different but one thing we have in common is the fact that we are each at the early stages of looking at creating global and regional digital presence. Anything significant to pick up for a discussion? Excerpt: *Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group – the company that had caught the attention of the global media with its historical IPO of $25 billion in 2014 – once again grabbed the headlines recently due to a standout $1 billion deal in April for a controlling stake of Lazada, an e-commerce company that operates across six countries in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. In 2015 alone, the company spent $18.3 billion acquiring stakes in more than 65 different companies both in and out of China, according to estimates.How to understand this recent but highly visible global buying spree? In 2012, University of Cambridge economist Peter Nolan wrote an illuminating book, “Is China Buying the World?”, which countered the pervasive anxiety in the popular media about China’s growing number of cross-border acquisitions, then mainly from its national oil companies. Fast forward to today, when China’s growing Internet industry is aggressively expanding globally, empowered by the Xi Jingping-Li Keqiang leadership’s flagship “One Belt One Road” roadmap and “Internet Plus” plan— one centred on expanding China’s presence globally, and the other on the country’s booming digital sector— the global expansion of China’s Internet firms, such as Alibaba, demands urgent attention.* -- *Ahmed Maawy* Principal Product Management Specialist - Al Jazeera Media Network Skype: ultimateprogramer

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Re: [kictanet] Facebook's real risk
by Mose Karanja 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Sidney et al. Since we all seem to agree that this is a real concern, may I ask how differently you would deliver news. It cannot be that we are complaining about Facebook and we are not offering what we would do differently. What became of our agency as individuals to source for our own news in the Internet age that we depend on Facebook exclusively to solve such a critical component of our lives? ---- Moses > On 23 Nov 2016, at 14:21, 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: Facebook's real risk (Sidney Ochieng) > > From: Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Facebook's real risk > Date: 23 November 2016 at 14:17:55 EAT > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: Mose Karanja <mosekaranja(a)gmail.com> > > > My two cents > Fake news is less a problem than the fact that Facebook is very very good at insuring that you stay inside your own bubble. > > As the liberals and Democrats look for someone, anyone, to blame for the election result they don't like they seem to have settled on Facebook. Anyone who knows how the newsfeed algorithm works knows that it shows you what it thinks you'll engage most with. I suspect that fake news only reinforced people's belief but did nothing to change their minds. > > Meanwhile I shudder to think what will happen when FB has the power to decide what is fake news and what isn't. The ability for this to scale outside the US is dubious to say the least but I suspect what ever solution is created would be scaled globally. Other thoughts on why this is not a great thing can be found here: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/11/the-cure-for-fake-news-is-wo… <http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/11/the-cure-for-fake-news-is-wo…> > > Far more nefarious is the filter bubble, it's the same filter bubble that made so many sure that Hillary was going to win, the same bubble that makes it easy to stay within your "tribe" and stay unexposed other people's opinions. That's the real issue here and the way the incentives are set up makes it very unlikely that FB will do anything to fix it, even if they can. > > On 22 November 2016 at 14:20, Mose Karanja via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote: > Andrew, I agree with you on personal responsibility. > > However, my post yesterday was more about the personalization of online experiences while isolating contrary opinion. That is very different from 'Fake News'. > > It is easier for individuals to blame Facebook or Google for issues that are practically beyond them. Fake news is one of them. As it relates to Fake News, what happens to content hosted outside Facebook? Will we expect Facebook or Twitter or whatever platform there is to verify that for us? Remember Free Basics? There was so much heat generated from that debate with much much less progress on how to get people connected through public resources. I hope organizations that invested millions of dollars to fight Free Basics can also direct such kind of funding to engage government and communities to bring about more connectivity. > > -Moses > >> On 22 Nov 2016, at 14:09, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com <mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I’ve been following this thread with some interest and figured I’d add some comments to it. >> >> Moses, you pose an interesting hypothesis below, and one I tend to agree with – we do tend to group with others that share our common ideas and beliefs, and it does tend to lead to a closed minded approach on alternative views. This is certainly a danger that I believe needs to be thought about. >> >> At the same time, if I look at the uproar around the fake news, and I look at the impact of social media, I also believe that we must not discount the concept of personal responsibility. So often we rely on the platforms we use to verify information, to protect us from fake news, to protect us from what we see. But at the end of the day, each of us has a responsibility to verify what we read and make informed decisions. That is the nature of personal responsibility, and I hesitate to blame the providers of a platform for how we, as users, choose to use it. >> >> In a recent interview with one of the guys who writes a lot of satire and so called fake news – he was asked why he did it, and what he felt about the fact that some of his articles may have actually helped Donald Trump assume the presidency in the states. He said that personally, he hated everything Trump stood for, and he regrets that, but in the past, people would have fact checked the stuff he wrote and discounted it, while Trump himself would have been spreading it around, and hence, his intention was actually to hurt the Trump campaign rather than help it, through writing satire. Unfortunately, people choose to actually believe verbatim what was written. Now – that raises a question – is he responsible for what was believed verbatim, or do you hold accountable the people who should have actually verified something before spreading it? I tend to lean towards the latter. >> >> One of the advantages of the internet is that there are loads of sources of information – fact checking things is easy – we just have to choose to do it. We also have to be very wary of implementing controls and acting out of fears that are unsubstantiated and unfounded. I have seen similar in AfriNIC recently, where there is a policy proposal coming before the Mauritian meeting that has horrific implications. The basis behind it is that people are scared that someone MIGHT be abusing resources to we should implement something to cater for a hypothetical – irrespective of the damage that our risk mitigation may do – based on a fear that is unsubstantiated. >> >> So guard against that – verify what we read – act from a position of knowledge rather than fear – and take personal responsibility rather than blame a platform for how we use it. >> >> In the same way you cannot blame a computer if you commit an illegal act using it – because the computer is just the tool, it was you who used it in that manner. >> >> Just my thoughts >> >> Andrew >> >> >> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+andrew.alston=liquidtelecom.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet-bounces+andrew.alston=liquidtelecom.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>] On Behalf Of Moses Karanja via kictanet >> Sent: 21 November 2016 18:35 >> To: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com <mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com>> >> Cc: Moses Karanja <mosekaranja(a)gmail.com <mailto:mosekaranja@gmail.com>> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Facebook's real risk >> >> I think the biggest tragedy we face, not just as Kenyans but as humans, is the behavior of teaming with only those we agree with. >> >> This takes two levels. >> >> Consciously: Some shares a news item on your timeline about a topic you find disgusting. You unfriend or unfollow them. >> >> Unconsciously: Social network algorithms study your behavior and show you those things they think you 'like'. >> >> The end result is you have a busy social media life but you are only interacting with those who look like you. >> >> We end up with very weak social genes thanks to 'digital in-breeding'. >> >> Individuals can work on the first one - a very steep socialization process though. >> >> The issue is the second level; can social networks rewrite their algorithms to bring diversity to their subscribers at the cost of weakened business models that depend on engagement and personalization of online experiences. >> >> >> >> This is not a simple problem and even if Facebook fixes the 'Fake News' problem, this 'digital in-breeding' will still lurk with us, not forgetting that other social media platforms have a responsibility too. >> >> >> >> -Moses >> >> >> On 21/11/2016 18:14, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> Send kictanet mailing list submissions to >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet <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 <mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet-owner@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. 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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. > > > > -- > Regards, > Sidney > > Twitter: @princelySid <https://twitter.com/princelySid> | Website: sidneyochieng.co.ke <http://sidneyochieng.co.ke/> > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet www.moseskaranja.com

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Job opportunity: Research Assistant, Africa Programme Chatam House
by Alice Munyua 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Chatham House This may be of interest to some: https://www.chathamhouse.org/careers/africa-programme-research-assistant?ut… Best Alice

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Fwd: Open Forum : Data breaches and you: Global Internet Report 2016
by Barrack Otieno 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

Lister's, This might be useful to some. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fernando Zarur via Internet Society <Mail(a)connectedcommunity.org> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:39:04 +0000 Subject: Open Forum : Data breaches and you: Global Internet Report 2016 To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com == Please, reply above this line == Hi everyone, We launched today the 2016 Global Internet Report <https://www.internetsociety.org/globalinternetreport/2016/>. This year's edition focuses on how large-scale data breaches, uncertainties about the use of our data, cybercrime, surveillance and other online threats are eroding trust in the Internet. Most importantly, though, it points towards solutions that may help us solve these problems. Data breaches are the oil spills of the digital economy! The above statement is no exaggeration. Over 429 million people were affected by reported data breaches in 2015 and that number is certain to grow even higher in 2016. This is why the report explores the impact data breaches have on user trust and their consequences for the global digital economy. The purpose of the publication is to offer solutions and to emphasize the important role that companies and organizations play in building a more trusted Internet. Here is a video preview <https://youtu.be/FxPRGDF-9iY> of the kind of data you can find in the publication. A key question raised by the report is: why are organisations not taking all available steps to protect the personal information they collect from each of us? As usual, would be great to read your responses. Best, Fernando PS - Feel free to share the report widely. This is key to raise awareness about these topics! ------------------------------ zarur(a)isoc.org Outreach manager Outreach Manager, Membership Services at ISOC Note: replies will be sent to the full discussion group. ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&SenderKey… Reply to Discussion : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&MID=13305… You are subscribed to "Open Forum" as otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com. To change your subscriptions, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=…. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?Use…. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: Open Forum : ISOC's perspectives on outcomes of WTSA-16
by Barrack Otieno 24 Nov '16

24 Nov '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Oluoch via Internet Society <Mail(a)connectedcommunity.org> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:46:30 +0000 Subject: Open Forum : ISOC's perspectives on outcomes of WTSA-16 To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com == Please, reply above this line == Dear Members, The ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016 (WTSA-16) meeting concluded just over 2.5 weeks ago where we had some time to reflect on the meeting in order to provide our perspectives on the some of the key outcomes. As such, our WTSA-16 Outcome report is available here: https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/itu-wtsa-2016-outcomes-internet-society… <https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/itu-wtsa-2016-outcomes-internet-society…> Additionally, we invite you to read attached contributions from Petko Kantchev on the new WTSA-16 Resolution on Studies concerning the protection of users of telecommunication/information and communication technology services and Verengai Mabika on new WTSA-16 resolution on Promoting the use of information and communication technologies to bridge the financial inclusion gap. As a side note, ISOC was fortunate to have a very strong and diverse delegation comprised of ISOC staff and members that brought various expertise and strengths to the conference. In ITU Conferences, speaking and voting rights are limited to Member States while Sector Members can participate only as observers (Ref: Article 3, ITU Constitution & Convention <https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/oth/02/09/S02090000155201PDFE.PDF>). At WTSA-16, the lack of technical expertise and substantive knowledge in some of the discussions was a chief drawback particularly when sector members were present but could not take the floor. Despite this limitation, the ISOC delegation was consulted at various levels and our information resources on our WTSA-16 section on the website referenced/highlighted by delegates in some of the more contentious proceedings. ISOCs information was credited by several delegations as essentially shaping the discussion on one of the key WTSA-16 issues which resulted in a more favorable outcome on that issue. The diversity of our delegation was an asset as delegates from various countries approached us and it is also where we could be most effective in shaping the discussions given the meeting constraints. Looking ahead to 2017 (WTDC) and also 2018 (Plenipotentiary), we will continue to consult and partner with our members in these preparations, so stay tuned. Finally, we welcome your questions/comments on any of the information that we circulated on WTSA-16. Other WTSA-16 related links: ISOCs WTSA-16 Resolutions Outcome Matrix https://www.internetsociety.org/wtsa/matrix <https://www.internetsociety.org/wtsa/matrix> ISOC WTSA page - https://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA <https://www.internetsociety.org/WTSA> (includes blogs posts from WTSA-16) ITU WTSA-16 Draft Proceedings URL: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa16/Documents/WTSA16_Draft_Proceedings_E.pdf <WTSA-16%20Draft%20Proceedings%20%0DURL:%20https:/www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa1…> Best, <WTSA-16%20Draft%20Proceedings%20%0DURL:%20https:/www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa1…> ------------------------------ Elizabeth Oluoch Policy Advisor Internet Society Oluoch(a)isoc.org ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&SenderKey… Reply to Discussion : https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=67&MID=13309… To Download the attachment(s) click on the link below: https://connect.internetsociety.org/eGroups/ViewAttachment/?DocumentKey=89b… (if the link doesn't work, copy and paste it into your web browser) ------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to "Open Forum" as otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com. To change your subscriptions, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=…. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://connect.internetsociety.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?Use…. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] Facebook's real risk
by Moses Karanja 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

I think the biggest tragedy we face, not just as Kenyans but as humans, is the behavior of teaming with only those we agree with. This takes two levels. *Consciously:* Some shares a news item on your timeline about a topic you find disgusting. You unfriend or unfollow them. *Unconsciously:* Social network algorithms study your behavior and show you those things they think you 'like'. The end result is you have a busy social media life but you are only interacting with those who look like you. We end up with very weak social genes thanks to 'digital in-breeding'. Individuals can work on the first one - a very steep socialization process though. The issue is the second level; can social networks rewrite their algorithms to bring diversity to their subscribers at the cost of weakened business models that depend on engagement and personalization of online experiences. This is not a simple problem and even if Facebook fixes the 'Fake News' problem, this 'digital in-breeding' will still lurk with us, not forgetting that other social media platforms have a responsibility too. -Moses On 21/11/2016 18:14, 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: Facebook's real risk (Ali Hussein) > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet

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Fw: nairobi county parking system
by Grace Githaiga 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Hi Alex See response below. Rgds GG ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: George Ombua <gombua(a)nairobi.go.ke<mailto:gombua@nairobi.go.ke>> Date: Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:56 PM Subject: RE: [kictanet] nairobi county parking system Thanks for sharing this case. We do rarely experience a few cases of downtime on the parking system and if they occur then they don't last for long. The parking system is very critical to Nairobi City County such that if it goes down for a day there will be no revenue collected. Please note that one can pay for his/her parking through the following methods:- 1. USSD Dial *217# 2. Mobile application downloadable from playstore 3. Go to http://epayments.nairobi.go.ke 4. Jambopay agents In case of any help on the epayment platform please call customer care number - 0709920000. Please feel free to contact us in case of further clarifications. Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Watila Alex via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> Date: Nov 22, 2016 10:00 AM Subject: [kictanet] nairobi county parking system [cid:image001.jpg@01D244BC.665FA3D0] dear all, have noticed that the nairobi county parking system has not been working for several weeks. does anyone know the story behind this? _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet 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. -- DISCLAIMER: This email and any attachments to it may be confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Its contents are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the author immediately and delete this email and any attachments immediately in its entirety. You are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Copyright of this email and any of its attachments created by us belongs to the Nairobi City County, which asserts the right to be identified as the copyright holder and objects to any misuse. Nairobi City County accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage incurred, or suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and /or its attachments.

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UN Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
by Victor Kapiyo 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Dear Listers See the latest UNGA Resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age which was adopted on 21 November 2016. It is indeed a welcome development and presents a number of measures that states ought to take to protect the right to privacy. Regards Victor

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Re: [kictanet] Death knell for net neutrality?
by Ali Hussein 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

So for those of you who were wondering what Trump means for Net Neutrality in the US and possibly beyond its border below is your answer.. There's no other time as important as this for us to stamp our mark on our own version of Net Neutrality. This is the time for us to finalize the review of the ICT Policy 2016 and start implementing it. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "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 22 Nov 2016, at 5:17 PM, FORTUNE Data Sheet <fortune(a)email.fortune.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > FOLLOW > SUBSCRIBE > SEND TIP > NOVEMBER 22, 2016 > If you’re AT&T or Comcast, you might like the sounds of Donald Trump’s transition team. But if you are a small content creator or someone who likes a wide range of services being available through your ISP, you probably aren’t going to like it much at all. > > That’s because the two advisers who President-elect Donald Trump named to help oversee his telecom policy agenda at the Federal Communications Commission are not friends of net neutrality. And they are likely to have a lot of sway over future FCC policy. > > Jeff Eisenach is an economist who once worked for Verizon, and Mark Jamison used to be part of Sprint’s lobbying team. Both men have written about how they are not in favor of net neutrality rules, which keep Internet service providers from giving preferential treatment to certain forms of online content or services. > > Eisenach, in particular, has been a vocal opponent of net neutrality as co-chairman of consulting firm National Economic Research Associates. He once called net neutrality rules “crony capitalism,” arguing that imposing these rules would be “highly damaging” to the marketplace. > > Many believe that AT&T and Comcast have already weakened the principle of net neutrality significantly by using features such as “zero rating,” in which services they own or have licensed don’t use up any bandwidth or data when users access them. > > The FCC has said it is monitoring these kinds of efforts, and net neutrality defenders have pushed for more action to stop them from happening. But a Trump administration could make it even easier for them to give up any pretense of adhering to net neutrality rules at all. > > Mathew Ingram > @mathewi > mathew.ingram(a)fortune.com > > > > . > > BITS AND BYTES > IBM isn't put off by Brexit. The tech giant plans to build four new cloud data centers in the U.K., adding to the two it already uses to serve customers such as travel group Thomson, retailers Boots and Dixons Carphone, and National Grid. It didn't disclose the size of its investment. (Reuters) > > Oracle makes another big cloud acquisition. It will pay between $600 million and $700 million to buy Dyn, a well-known provider of domain name services—geek speak for technology that maps Internet servers to specific websites. Dyn was the company targeted by a widespread Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in late October. (Fortune) > > Apple may be ditching its wireless router business. The engineers working on AirPort, the Wi-Fi product first introduced by Steve Jobs, have been reassigned, reports Bloomberg. The company hasn't released an updated version in at least three years. (Fortune, Bloomberg) > > Arista gets brief reprieve in Cisco fight. U.S. customs officials will allow the company to import certain redesigned Ethernet networking products that were previously banned by the International Trade Commission. Cisco has accused Arista of both patent and copyright infringement. Their trial is scheduled to begin next week in federal court in California. (Reuters) > > Google adds more brainpower to artificial intelligence effort. It's staffing up a new division in Montreal and investing $4.5 million in a research laboratory at a local university. The Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms is led by Yoshua Bengio, considered one of the foremost experts in machine learning. (Fortune) > > Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander pull out of blockchain group. The banks are parting ways with R3 CEV, a consortium representing around 70 financial firms. According to a source close to the matter, Goldman—one of R3's original supporters—wasn't on board with an upcoming fundraising deal. Both Goldman and Banco Santander are both investors in a rival startup, Digital Asset Holdings. (Fortune) > > . > > THE DOWNLOAD > The era of cloud price discounts is fading. Not so long ago, the discussion of whether businesses should use Amazon, Microsoft, or Google data centers—instead of their own—centered mostly around pricing. The conventional wisdom was that cloud computing equaled inexpensive while using internal data centers was pricey. > > According to new research from Deutsche Bank, however, the era of discounts has peaked—as service providers invest in technologies for improving processing times and for shaping new analytics and artificial intelligence services. One caveat, savvy Fortune 500 companies can get significant discounts in the course of cutting enterprise contracts with Microsoft or Amazon—if they play their cards right. More on the dynamics around pricing cloud services. > > . > > IN CASE YOU MISSED IT > Amazon Isn't Just Gunning for Netflix—It's Going After ESPN, Too, by Mathew Ingram > > Here's Why Analysts Think Netflix Is Unstoppable, by Lucinda Shen > > Facebook Doesn't Need One Editor, It Needs 1,000 of Them, by Mathew Ingram > > How Some Unicorns Are Gearing Up to Go Public, by Kia Kokalitcheva > > Chinese Startup Unveils Record-Breaking Electric Vehicle, by Kirsten Korosec > > . > > . > > ONE MORE THING > Feds will investigate Facebook drone crash. Federal air-safety officials are looking into what caused the "structural failure" of one of the company's massive experimental drones, designed to offer wireless Internet communications in rural areas, earlier this year. (Time, Wall Street Journal) > > This edition of Data Sheet was curated by Heather Clancy. > Find past issues. Sign up for other Fortune newsletters. > > . > EMAIL ADAM LASHINSKY > > SUBSCRIBE > > SHARE: > . > This message has been sent to you because you are currently subscribed to Data Sheet > UNSUBSCRIBE HERE > > Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: > HTTP://WWW.FORTUNE.COM/PRIVACY > > For Further Communication, Please Contact: > FORTUNE Customer Service > 3000 University Center Drive > Tampa, FL 33612-6408 > > ADVERTISING INFO | SUBSCRIBE TO FORTUNE

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Fwd: FW: [afnog] Reminder : AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT (ENGLISH & FRENCH)
by Barrack Otieno 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Listers, For your information and attention. Best Regards ---------- Original Message ---------- From: nancy dotse <nancy(a)ghana.com<mailto:nancy@ghana.com>> To: Afnog <afnog(a)afnog.org<mailto:afnog@afnog.org>>, Afrigeek <afrigeek(a)psg.com<mailto:afrigeek@psg.com>> Date: October 24, 2016 at 12:38 PM Subject: [afnog] AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT (ENGLISH & FRENCH) Hi All, Please find below Announcement for AfNOG 2017 to be held in Nairobi - KENYA, from 21st May - 2 June 2017. Kindly send to various lists. Please note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 21 January, 2017. Best Regards Nancy Dotse AfNOG Secretariat AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT - ENGLISH Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 21st May – 2nd June 2017 Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Nairobi, KENYA from 21st May to 2nd June 2017. AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops, conferences and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit attracts internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to share the latest innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry. This is the place where the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfricaCERT, AfTLD - AROC, ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet. Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community AIS aims at meeting the ever-changing needs of the ICT Industry and includes the core IP Engineering as well as integrating the real world use and impact of IP Technologies. Sessions include technical and business aspects of the Internet : ie Capacity Building, Infrastructure, Security, Policy, Content & Names, Internet Numbers and Research. About the Entire Event Event Calendar include the following: * AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop) * Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials * AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums * AFRINIC Trainings * AfREN Forum * AfTLD – AROC Workshop & Meeting * ISOC Africa Sessions * ICANN Africa Day * A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session * A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session. In addition, several side meetings and workshops were hosted in collaboration with other organizations. Who Attends? A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers who wish to acquire the necessary skills in ICT, Government, Regulators, Telecommunication companies and ICT vendors. It is a good opportunity for networking among peers and businesses. Why Attend? * The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry * It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other. * It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT. * Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics Local Host The Local Hosts for the Event are TESPOK & KENIC. Venue & Hotel This will be announces shortly. Time Table Workshop & Tutorials Event / Date(s) Unix Boot Camp : 21 May 2017 (Sunday) Networking Boot Camp : 21 May 2017 (Sunday) AfNOG Workshop : 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfricaCERT Workshop : 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfTLD - AROC : 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AFRINIC Trainings : 27 - 29 May 2017 (Saturday - Monday) AfNOG Tutorials : 28 - 29 May 2017 (Sunday - Monday) ISOC Africa Sessions : 28 May 2017 (Sunday) Conference Event / Date(s) Opening Session 29 May 2017 (Monday at 5 pm) AfREN Meeting / AAF : 29 May 2017 (Monday) AfNOG-18 Conference : 30 May 2017 (Tuesday) AFRINIC-26 Conference : 31 May - 2 June, 2017 (Wednesday - Friday) About AfNOG AfNOG (See http://www.afnog.org/) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG aims at building a community of engineers helping each other operate Internet Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global Internet as well as promote the discussion of issues relating to implementation of new networks that require community cooperation. AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year. “While AfNOG fuels the rapid growth of the Internet in Africa with trained technical capacity, our content has been determined by the needs of the community. In so doing AfNOG’s output training capacity has multiplied in the past decade and the community flourished” AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks. This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2016 in seventeen different African countries, and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's Instructors are an international team with many years of experience in operating large networks and teaching about network operations. The workshop is divided into six parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 1 French Tracks) * SS-E Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of end users. * SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites. * NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English) * NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. * AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English) * CT- E, CERT Training (English) Workshop application information is at : English: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php French: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php **Workshop Deadline – January 21, 2017 ** About AFRINIC AFRINIC (See http://www.afrinic.net/) AFRINIC has been set up to serve the African community by providing professional and efficient management of Internet Number Resources, supporting Internet technology usage and development, and promoting a participative and multi-stakeholder approach to Internet self governance. AFRINIC is a non-government, not-for-profit, membership based organization, based in Mauritius. Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC’s activities and our objective is to build competence within our region in IPv6 implementation and associated technologies required to use our resources effectively and to increase awareness within the service region on how Internet is governed and the roles organisations have in this environment. AFRINIC organizes two Public Policy meetings every year (see http://www.afrinic.net/meeting) AfricaCERT AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 22nd – 27th May 2017 in Kenya. AfricaCERT is the African forum of computer incident response teams, and aims to propose solutions to Challenges for a better health in the Af* Internet Ecosystem. The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to : * Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs; * Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other stakeholders all over the World; * Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security; * Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security; * Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of legal and regulatory issues; * Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure; * Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field. Please visit www.africacert.org for further information. ISOC AFRICA ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance, etc. on 28th May 2017. Further information will be provided shortly. AfNOG Tutorials AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Additional information about AfNOG 2017 Tutorials will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/ AfREN The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a one day meeting on 29th May 2017. AfREN is the annual forum on African research and education networking. As one of the Af* organizations, the AfREN forum is part of the annual Africa Internet Summit (AIS) and was convened since 2007 by the Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities in collaboration with AfNOG & AFRINIC. The forum is a platform for discussions on issues of interest to the research and education networking (REN) community such as collaboration, advocacy and coordination of activities in Africa. Sharing of experience and best practices as well as presentation of innovative networking technologies are also regularly addressed at AfREN. The sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG training workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN. Since 2012, with the formation of regional RENs covering all the countries of Africa, there is a traditional session on updates from the UbuntuNet Alliance (Eastern and Southern Africa), WACREN (West and Central Africa) and ASREN (Arab countries, including North Africa). Typical AfREN participants include among others, campus and research and education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators, regulators, policy makers and international partners. Additional information on AfREN 2017 will be provided shortly. AfNOG-18 Meeting The 17th AfNOG meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 30th May 2017. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2017 conference in Tunisia drew over 500 participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff from lnternet Service providers, Telecommunication Companies, Government, Research and Education community, Civil Society. Additional information and the Conference schedule will be available here shortly: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/ AFRINIC-26 Public Policy Meeting The AFRINIC-24 Public Policy meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya for three days from 31st to 2nd June, 2017. AFRINIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceded by a two-day IPv6 training and one day training in Internet Number Resource Management. The meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. Further information will be available at http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events. Visa Requirements Citizens of certain countries require a visa to enter Kenya. Please check with the Kenya Embassy or Consulate in your country Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and shape the future of ICT in Africa. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT - FRENCH Sommet Afrique de l’Internet (AIS) : Atelier & Réunions 21 Mai – 2 Juin, 2017 Le Secrétariat du Sommet Afrique de l’Internet (AIS) annonce le programme d’AfNOG au Sommet Afrique de l’Internet 2017 qui se tiendra à Nairobi, KENYA du 21 Mai au 02 Juin 2017. AIS est l'événement multipartite ; sommet combinant des ateliers, des conférences et rencontres de l'industrie d'Internet. Le sommet annuel attire des instructeurs de renommée internationale, des experts et des conférenciers pour partager les dernières innovations et les meilleures pratiques dans l'industrie de l'Internet. C'est l'endroit où les institutions techniques africaines et Af * comme AfNOG, AfriNIC, AfricaCERT, AfREN, AfTLD, ISOC Afrique, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc. se rencontrent. Répondre aux besoins de la communauté Internet en Afrique AIS vise à répondre aux besoins en constante évolution de l'industrie des TICs et de l'ingénierie IP et integre l'utilisation et l'impact des technologies IP. Les séances comprennent des aspects techniques et commerciaux de l'Internet: à savoir le renforcement des capacités, de l'Infrastructure, Sécurité, Politique, Contenu & noms, numéros de l'Internet et la Recherche. A propos de l'événement Le Calendrier de l’événement comprend les éléments suivants: * Atelier AfNOG sur les technologies de réseau (offre une formation de ponte en ateliers pratiques avancés) * Plusieurs ateliers techniques AfNOG avances sur une / deux journées complètes * Formations Ateliers & forum AfricaCERT * Formations AFRINIC * Forum AfREN * AfTLD - AROC Atelier & Réunion * Evénement et Tutoriax ISOC Afrique * Journée ICANN Afrique * Une journée AfNOG de session plénière * Trois jours AfriNIC de session plénière En outre, plusieurs réunions parallèles et des ateliers seront organisés en collaboration avec d'autres organisations. Qui participe? Un large éventail de leaders de l'industrie des ICT et des experts techniques, y compris les fournisseurs de services Internet (FSI), les ingénieurs réseau qui souhaitent acquérir les compétences nécessaires en matière des TICs, les gouvernements, les régulateurs, les entreprises de télécommunications et les fournisseurs d’equipements. C'est une bonne occasion de réseautage entre pairs et entreprises. Pourquoi participer? * L'AIS répond aux besoins actuels et futurs des opérateurs dans le secteur des TICs * Il est axé sur les tendances actuelles et nouvelles de l’industries des TICs telles que la cyber sécurité, les réseaux mobiles entre autres. * Il propose des discussions sur un large éventail de questions de l'Internet, y compris les tendances actuelles et les plus récents en matière d’ICT. * Les experts du l’industrie participeront à des sessions de conférences, des présentations de conférenciers inspirants et visionnaires, de tables rondes interactives, abordant tous les sujets les plus pressants. Hôte local Les hôtes pour l’évènement sont TESKPOK et KENIC. Lieu de la réunion & Hôtel : Ce sera annoncé prochainement. Calendrier Atelier & tutoriels Evénement Date Unix Boot Camp : 21 May 2017 (Dimanche) Boot Camp Réseautage : 21 May 2017 (Dimanche) Atelier AfNOG : 22 - 26 May 2017 (Lundi - Vendredi) Atelier AfricaCERT : 22 - 26 May 2017 (Lundi - Vendredi) AfTLD - AROC : 22 - 26 May 2017 (Lundi - Vendredi) AFRINIC Trainings : 27 - 29 May 2017 (Samedi - Lundi) AfNOG Tutoriels : 28 - 29 May 2017 (Dimanche - Lundi) SessionsISOC Afrique : 28 May 2017 (Dimanche) Séance d'ouverture : 29 May 2017 (Lundi à 17 heures) AfREN Réunion / AAF : 29 May 2017 (Lundi) AfNOG-18 Conférence : 30 May 2017 (Mardi) AFRINIC-26 Conférence : 31 May - 2 June (Wed - Friday) À Propos d’AfNOG AfNOG (Voir http://www.afnog.org/) est un forum pour la coopération et l'échange d'informations techniques entre opérateurs de réseaux connectés à Internet en Afrique. AfNOG vise à construire une communauté d'ingénieurs qui s'entraident pour exploiter l'infrastructure Internet en Afrique, et l'Internet mondial. AfNOG vise aussi a promouvoir le débat sur les questions relatives à la mise en œuvre de nouveaux réseaux qui nécessitent la coopération de la communauté. AfNOG a depuis 2000 organisé leur manifestation annuelle dans un pays africain différent chaque année. “Alors que AfNOG alimente la croissance rapide de l'Internet en Afrique en formant des competences techniques qualifiees, notre contenu a été déterminé par les besoins de la communauté. Ce faisant, le rendement en terme de capacité de formation de AfNOG s'est multiplié au cours de la dernière décennie entrainant une croissance de la communauté ” Atelier AfNOG sur les technologies de réseau L'atelier AfNOG sur les technologies réseaux vise à offrir une formation avancée aux personnes qui sont dans le processus de mise en place et l'optimisation d'un réseau connecté à Internet avec connectivité régionale et internationale. Le public visé comprend le personnel technique de haut niveau et de niveau intermédiaire de fournisseurs commerciaux de services Internet (FSI), les réseaux universitaires, réseaux gouvernementaux, ou des réseaux d’ONG. Cet atelier s'appuie sur l'expérience des ateliers AFNOG précédents tenus chaque année de 2000 à 2016 dans dix-sept pays africains différents, et aussi des ateliers INET de l'Internet Society, a lieu chaque année de 1993 à 2000 dans huit endroits dans le monde. Les instructeurs de l'atelier sont une équipe internationale avec de nombreuses années d'expérience dans l'exploitation de grands réseaux et de l'enseignement sur l'exploitation de réseau. L'atelier est divisé en six Sessions parallèles: (5 Anglais et 1 Français) * SS-E Services Internet Evollutive (Scalable en anglais), porte sur la conception et le fonctionnement des services de courrier électronique, le Web et d'autres services Internet, dimensionnés pour supporter un grand nombre d'utilisateurs. * SI-E - Infrastructure Réseau Evolutive (en anglais), focalisé sur la conception et l'exploitation de réseaux utilisant routeurs et Switch, dimensionnes pour supporter un grand nombre de sites interconnectés. * NM-E, Gestion et Supervision de reseau (en Anglais) * NM-F, semblable à NM-E, en français. * AR-E, Techniques avancées de routage (en Anglais). * CT-E, Formation de CERT (Anglais). Plus d’Informations sur les candidatures de l'atelier se trouvent à: http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.phphttp://www.afnog… ** Atelier Date limite - 21 Janvier, 2017 À Propos d’AfriNIC AfriNIC (Voir ) AfriNIC a été mis en place pour servir la communauté africaine en fournissant une gestion professionnelle et efficace des ressources Internet, en soutenant l'utilisation des technologies de l'Internet et le développement, et pour promouvoir une approche participative et multi approche des parties prenantes à la gouvernance de l'Internet. AfriNIC est une organisation non gouvernementale, sans but lucratif, organisation basée sur l’adhésion, située à l'île Maurice. Formations et renforcement des capacités constituent un élément central des activités d’AfriNIC et notre objectif est de développer des compétences au sein de notre région dans la mise en œuvre d’IPv6 et des technologies connexes requis pour utiliser efficacement nos ressources et à accroître la sensibilisation au sein de la région de service sur la façon dont Internet est régie et les rôles des differentes organisations dans cet environnement. AfriNIC organise deux réunions chaque année (voir http://www.afrinic.net/meeting) AfricaCERT AfricaCERT tiendra une série de formation pour les équipes de réponse aux incidents de sécurité et des tutoriels du 22 mai au 27 Mai 2017 à Nairobi, KENYA. AfricaCERT est le forum africain des équipes d'intervention en cas d'incident informatique, et a pour objectif de proposer des solutions aux défis pour une meilleure santé dans le Af * écosystème Internet. Les objectifs de AfricaCERT comprennent, mais ne sont pas limités à: * Aider les pays africains à établir CSIRT; * Renforcer les relations entre les CERT en Afrique et avec d'autres parties prenantes partout dans le monde; * Favoriser et soutenir des programmes d'éducation et de sensibilisation à la sécurité des TIC; * Encourager le partage dans la sécurité des TIC informations; * Promouvoir les bonnes pratiques et l'échange d'expériences entre les membres pour élaborer un cadre global pour la cybersécurité, y compris de mieux répondre juridique et les questions de réglementation; * Aider les CSIRT africains à améliorer Cyber préparation et le renforcement de la résilience des Infrastructure des TIC; * Promouvoir la collaboration en recherche de la technologie, du développement et de l'innovation dans le Domaine de la sécurité des TIC. S'il vous plaît visitez www.africacert.org pour plus d'informations. ISOC AFRIQUE Le bureau Afrique de Internet Society organise des sessions / tutoriaux sur la gouvernance de l’Internet etc. le 28 Mai 2017. Plus de détails seront communiqués. AfNOG Tutoriels AfNOG offrira 1 à 2 journées complet (es) des tutoriels avancés. Les Tutoriaux auront lieu dans un environnement de type salle de classe, et peuvent inclure des composants pratiques. Les didacticiels sont non-commerciaux, et sont orientés techniques. Ils sont destinés à offrir une formation avancée sur des technologies déjà déployées ou en cours de déploiement pour les fournisseurs d'ISP. Des renseignements supplémentaires sur les tutoriels AfNOG 2017 seront disponible ici peu de temps: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/ AfREN Le réseau de la recherche et de l'éducation en Afrique (AfREN) organisera une réunion d'une journée le 29 Mai 2017. AfREN est un forum annuel sur la recherche et les réseaux de l'éducation en Afrique. Etant une des organisations Af*, le forum AfREN fait partie du Sommet Internet Afrique et a été convoquée depuis 2007 par l'Unité de Recherche et de mise en Réseau de l'Education (RENU) de l'Association des Universités Africaines, en collaboration avec AfNOG & AFRINIC. Le forum est une plate-forme pour les discussions sur les questions présentant un intérêt pour la Recherche et le Réseau de l’Education (REN) comme la collaboration, la sensibilisation et la coordination des activités en Afrique. Partage des expériences et de bonnes pratiques ainsi que la présentation des technologies de réseaux innovants sont également régulièrement abordée lors des reunions AfREN. Le parrainage des gestionnaires de réseau de campus pour assister aux ateliers annuels de formation AFNOG est également devenu une partie intégrante d’AfREN. Depuis 2012, avec la formation de REN régionaux couvrant tous les pays d'Afrique, une séance traditionnelle des mises à jour de l'UbuntuNet Alliance (Afrique orientale et australe), WACREN (Afrique occidentale et centrale) et ASREN (pays arabes, y compris l'Afrique du Nord) est organisee. Les participants de AfREN incluent entre autres, les professionnels de l’Education et gestionaires de reseaux de campus et de recherche, les opérateurs télécoms, les régulateurs, les décideurs politiques et les partenaires internationaux. Des informations supplémentaires sur AfREN 2017 seront fournies prochainement. AfNOG - 18 Conférence La 18éme Conférence AfNOG aura lieu à KENYA le 30 Mai 2017. Les conférences AfNOG sont un forum pour la coordination et la diffusion des informations techniques et pratiques relatives aux technologies réseaux ; architecture, cœur de réseau, entreprise. Les réunions sont informelles, avec un accent sur la pertinence des pratiques de backbones africains actuels et futurs. La conférence AfNOG 2016 à Gaborone a drainée plus de 400 participants, constitués essentiellement de personnel d'ingénierie de réseaux de fournisseurs de services internet, les Compagnies de télécommunications, Gouvernement, la communauté de la Recherche et de l'éducation, la Société civile. Des informations supplémentaires et le calendrier de la conférence seront disponibles d’ici prochainement: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/ AfriNIC-26 Conférence La réunion AfriNIC-24 sera organisée à Nairobi, Kenya sur trois jours à partir du 31 Mai au 2 Juin 2017. Les réunions AfriNIC sont ouverts à tous et offrent une excellente occasion de prendre part à des discussions relative a la gestion des ressources Internet. Les règles de Gestions décrivent comment les Ressources de numéros Internet devraient être géré et distribué, sont développés par la communauté. La réunion comprendra des tutoriels, des présentations, mise à jour sur des différents groupes de travail et la réunion de publique d'AfriNIC. La réunion de trois jours sera précédée par une formation IPv6 sur trois jours et une journée de formation à la Gestion des Ressources. La réunion portera sur le protocole IPv6 et son déploiement, notamment en Afrique et la question de l'épuisement du pool IPv4 de l'espace d'adressage. Plus d’informations seront disponibles à http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events Exigences relatives aux visas Les citoyens de certains pays ont besoin d'un visa pour entrer au Kenya. Veuillez s'il vous plaît vérifier auprès de l'Ambassade du Kenya ou avec le consulat dans votre pays. Nous vous invitons a nous rejoindre une fois encore, pour ensemble apprendre, echanger et façonner l'avenir des TIC en Afrique. _______________________________________________ afnog mailing list https://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog -- Barrack O. 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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] nairobi county parking system
by alex watila 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

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nairobi county parking system
by Watila Alex 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

dear all, have noticed that the nairobi county parking system has not been working for several weeks. does anyone know the story behind this?

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Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] Computer and Cyber crimes bill 2016 Day 1 of 5 Part 2 Offences
by Victor Kapiyo 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Not yet. It's still a bill awaiting debate in parliament and enactment into law. Victor Victor Kapiyo ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar* On 21 November 2016 at 09:02, Gregory Okoth via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Hi all, > I am not sure if we have an enacted law on Data Protection. A search from > kenyalaw.org doesn't revela much. Is the Data Protection Bill 2013 in > force? > > I am drafting a document and I need to quote any laws in Kenya regarding > protecting personal information. > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:53 PM, kelvin via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> > wrote: > >> Article: Owner of 0 wants $90,000 >> >> >> New York (CNN) — A lawyer and artist in Washington D.C. hopes to gain >> tens of thousands of dollars from a prescient decision he made years ago. >> Jeremy Peter Green, a 28-year-old who goes by the pen name Jeremy Pegg, >> bought the ClintonKaine.com domain for $8 in 2011. Now that Hillary Clinton >> is of... Sent via Flipboard, your personal magazine. Get it for free to >> keep up with the news you care about. >> >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Ali Hussein via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> >> Date: 7/25/16 7:28 AM (GMT-05:00) >> To: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com>, ISOC Kenya Chapter < >> isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> >> Cc: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>, KICTAnet ICT Policy >> Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [isoc_ke] Computer and Cyber crimes bill 2016 Day 1 of 5 >> Part 2 Offences >> >> Barrack and all >> >> To address the issue of uhuru.co.ke in relation to the cyber crime Bill >> 2006. >> >> Let me first address the issue of cybersquatting as opposed to the >> practice of selling domains in the Domain After Market. >> >> *Cyber-Squatting* is best described as the practice of registering >> names, especially well-known company or brand names, as Internet domains, >> in the hope of reselling them at a profit. For example:- >> >> Walmart.co.ke >> Carrefour.co.ke >> Yahoo.co.ke (which incidentally I once owned when I didn't know any >> better! :-) ) >> Google.co.ke (which incidentally was free once not too long ago) >> >> The *domain aftermarket* is the secondary market for Internet domain >> names which a party interested in acquiring a domain that is already >> registered bids or negotiates a price to effect the transfer of >> registration from the registered holder of that domain name. >> >> The professional pursuit of speculation in the domain aftermarket >> is known as *domaining*. The domain aftermarket has grown substantially, >> as an increasing number of generic domains names that promise 'marketing >> appeal' and 'desirability' are registered by domain warehouses, or >> resellers. >> >> The domain aftermarket is facilitated by auction houses which provide >> communication methods for buyers and sellers to interact, often >> anonymously, to negotiate and close a transaction. They often provide >> additional services, such as financial escrow services and domain parking. >> >> Now let's address the *uhuru.co.ke <http://uhuru.co.ke>* case. This is >> similar to the Evans Kidero case sometime back. In that particular case the >> Good Governor's team had the good sense to negotiate and acquire the domain >> that had slipped through their fingers. >> >> So is Uhuru a Brand Name or a Generic Name? >> >> A quick look at Google search results indicate that the word Uhuru has a >> generic meaning (freedom) and is also a name. >> >> So which one is it? A Brand Name or a Generic one. >> >> Let's do another exercise. >> >> *Word*. Generic name or brand name for one of the most successful >> computer programs ever? >> >> You get the picture.. >> >> Does this issue belong in the Cyber-Security bill? >> >> My take:- A resounding NO. Let's apportion the blame where it >> belongs..with the guys who should have known better and let such a valuable >> Generic Name lapse. >> >> KeNIC are you listening? Seems like some people need 101 lessons on >> Defensive Domain Registration. >> >> And to Corporates out there here's my advise for free:- >> >> Move your domain custodian services from the IT Department to the >> Marketing Department. >> My two cowrie shells.. >> >> *Ali Hussein* >> *Principal* >> *Hussein & Associates* >> +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375 >> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> >> Skype: abu-jomo >> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim >> >> >> "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 25 Jul 2016, at 9:45 AM, Barrack Otieno via isoc <isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke> >> wrote: >> >> Listers, >> >> As you prepare your comments, we had an interesting case last week of >> www.uhuru.co.ke. Apparently the owner of the domain was ready to part >> with it for a tidy sum of money. There were counterarguments as to >> whether the domain was a generic name or whether it was a trademark >> :-)(you know what i mean), it also brought to fore the issue of >> cybersquatting and whether it is an illegal activity on the dot Ke >> space. There are those who felt that this is a genuine mode of >> business akin to speculation in real estate. Was this an offence in >> light of the Computer and Cybercrimes bill 2016? >> >> Regards >> >> On 7/25/16, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Listers, >> >> >> As announced last week, online discussions on the Computer and >> >> Cybercrimes bill 2016 will start today. The Computer and Cybercrimes >> >> bill can be accessed using the following link >> >> http://www.mygov.go.ke/?p=11234. >> >> >> Today we focus on part II of the bill which focuses on the offences: >> >> >> Questions >> >> >> 1. Does the section address computer and cyber crime related offenses >> >> in a comprehensive manner and according to International standards ? >> >> 2. If it does not can you point out areas that need to be incorporated >> >> into the bill? >> >> 3. Are there clauses in this section that will impede the growth of >> >> electronic commerce or affect online citizen participation as seen on >> >> Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) ? If that is the case , how should the same >> >> be phrased? >> >> 4. Do you have any other proposals that can be incorporated into part >> >> 2 to improve it? >> >> >> We welcome your feedback on the questions above, >> >> >> Thank you >> >> >> >> Kelvin and Barrack >> >> -- >> >> Barrack O. Otieno >> >> +254721325277 >> >> +254733206359 >> >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> >> PGP ID: 0x2611D86A >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Barrack O. Otieno >> +254721325277 >> +254733206359 >> Skype: barrack.otieno >> PGP ID: 0x2611D86A >> >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Greg > -------- > Life is not a rehearsal, you only live once! > > > > _______________________________________________ > isoc mailing list > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >

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Re: [kictanet] Facebook's real risk
by Ali Hussein 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Listers This might be of interest especially because of the fact that we are entering an election year ourselves in Kenya.. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "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 21 Nov 2016, at 5:32 PM, FORTUNE Data Sheet <fortune(a)email.fortune.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > FOLLOW > SUBSCRIBE > SEND TIP > NOVEMBER 21, 2016 > Mark Zuckerberg has done his best to get around the problems that his giant social network has created in the form of viral fake news and hoaxes, a problem that many believe may have played a key role in the election of Donald Trump. But he can’t evade the issue much longer. > > One of the arguments that the Facebook CEO offered when the fake news discussion first began was that the small proportion of fake news stories couldn’t possibly have affected the outcome of the election. This was “crazy talk,” he said. > > But as a number of people quickly pointed out, Facebook’s entire marketing and advertising business, which is worth billions of dollars a year, is predicated on the idea that having your message on the platform can reach and influence hundreds of millions of people. Zuckerberg can’t have it both ways. > > The risk for Facebook is that if it shows that it either isn’t willing to or can’t control the spread of fake news on its network, then it is sending the message that it isn’t willing to or can’t control any of the other activity that takes place there either. > > On Friday, Zuckerberg wrote a long post explaining that Facebook is concerned about the problem and is planning to take a number of steps to control it, including getting the help of outside news agencies and third parties to verify news. He needs to step that process up and quickly, or the media isn’t the only institution in which people are going to lose trust. > > Mathew Ingram > @mathewi > mathew.ingram(a)fortune.com > > . > > BITS AND BYTES > Symantec is making a $2.3 billion investment in identity protection. The security software giant plans to buy LifeLock, which was being pushed to "explore its options" by activist investor Elliott Management. The deal, along with the $4.6 billion acquisition of Blue Coat in August, gives Symantec a much deeper portfolio of consumer cybersecurity services. (Reuters) > > Microsoft leaps into quantum computing. This is more than its typical, quiet-ish research investment. Microsoft is putting considerable financial and engineering resources behind a prototype for a powerful computer that rivals efforts by Google and IBM. (New York Times) > > Alibaba's cloud is getting much larger outside China. New facilities in Dubai, Germany, Japan, and Australia will give the Chinese e-commerce giant's Aliyun division a presence on every major continent. Alibaba's cloud services are forecast to capture about 7.8% of a projected $135 billion global market by 2020. (Reuters) > > The IRS wants to know who's buying and selling bitcoins. The agency wants personal data for everyone who traded the cryptocurrency on the Coinbase exchange between 2013 and 2015. It's an alarmingly large and indiscriminate information request of the world's biggest bitcoin exchange. (Fortune, New York Times) > > . > > THE DOWNLOAD > Intel's strategy for AI chips is smart, but still lags rival. The chip giant hosted a conference last week to highlight its latest efforts to sell more microchips used to meet the booming demand for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and related disciplines. The overall strategy made sense to analysts who follow the company. But some are concerned that Intel has a ways to go to catch up to competitor Nvidia. > > . > > IN CASE YOU MISSED IT > Tech Industry Could Be 'First to Suffer' From Trump's Immigration Stances, by David Z. Morris > > Red Hat CEO on Microsoft, Google, and Cutting Edge Software, by Jonathan Vanian > > Why Microsoft's Shares Are Near a 52-Week High, by Barb Darrow > > Homeland Security Chief Cites Phishing as Top Hacking Threat, by Jeff John Roberts > > The Big November Apple Release Isn't What You Expect, by Don Reisinger > > . > > . > > ONE MORE THING > Watch a Tesla navigate crowded urban streets. Its latest video showcases a self-driving car (in autonomous mode) reacting to cyclists and pedestrians that enter its path. (Fortune) > > This edition of Data Sheet was curated by Heather Clancy. > Find past issues. Sign up for other Fortune newsletters. > > . > EMAIL ADAM LASHINSKY > > SUBSCRIBE > > SHARE: > . > This message has been sent to you because you are currently subscribed to Data Sheet > UNSUBSCRIBE HERE > > Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: > HTTP://WWW.FORTUNE.COM/PRIVACY > > For Further Communication, Please Contact: > FORTUNE Customer Service > 3000 University Center Drive > Tampa, FL 33612-6408 > > ADVERTISING INFO | SUBSCRIBE TO FORTUNE

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VIP Invitation to Broadcast, Film & Music Africa, National Theatre, Nairobi, 23-24 November 2016
by Sean Moroney 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Dear Kictanet Colleagues, Attached is Complimentary VIP Invitation to attend BFMA 2016 over Wednesday-Thursday this week. You are welcome to attend the conference (programme attached), as well as network in the expo with over 30 local and international suppliers of technology and services for the digital media and content development industries. I look forward to seeing you there. Yours sincerely, Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com <mailto:seanm@aitecafrica.com> |Skype: seanmoroney UK Mobile: +44(0)7973499224|Kenya Mobile: +254(0)737148814/721845674 www.aitecafrica.com <http://www.aitecafrica.com/> Let’s chat: T: @aitecafrica FB Page: AITEC Africa FB Event: BFMA IG: AITEC Africa #BFMA8

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Fw: [Internet Policy] ICANN's US jurisdiction
by WANGARI KABIRU 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Blessed Monday colleagues! With the transition, would be interesting to know how "much Kenya and Africa" cares and dares to act when it comes to the jurisdiction. I may relate this with the UN bodies. Kenya hosting one of the UN organs is a source of not only diplomatic prestige but also power position. On the Internet front, perhaps this is the time to be the heart and not observers of the next phase. >From the India Civil Societies Statement (attached), share in comments by Parminder below;"Recently, the US gave up its role of signing entries to the Internet's root zone file, which representsthe addressing system for the global Internet. This is about the Internet addresses that end with.com, .net, and so on, and the numbers associated with each of them that help us navigate theInternet. We thank and congratulate the US government for taking this important step in the rightdirection. However, the organisation that manages this system, ICANN1, a US non-profit, continuesto be under US jurisdiction, and hence subject to its courts, legislature and executive agencies.Keeping such an important global public infrastructure under US jurisdiction is expected to becomea very problematic means of extending US laws and policies across the world.We the undersigned therefore appeal that urgent steps be taken to transit ICANN from its currentUS jurisdiction. Only then can ICANN become a truly global organisation2. We would like to makeit clear that our objection is not directed particularly against the US; we are simply against animportant global public infrastructure being subject to a single country's jurisdiction....." 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 Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 5:00, parminder <parminder(a)itforchange.net> wrote: All As you know, the issue of jurisdiction of ICANN is under consideration at ICANN's community process (in the accountability track where there is a sub group discussing this issue). ICANN is currently meeting in Hyderabad, India, from 3rd to 9th November. Today, on the last day of ICANN's Hyderabad meeting, the enclosed statement was issued by key Indian civil society organisations engaged with Internet governance issues, supported by two key global networks involved in this area. The statement expresses the urgent need for transiting ICANN from being under the jurisdiction of one country, presenting the rationale of why this is important to do. It also lists some possible options of doing so, towards beginning a serious action-oriented deliberation on this very important matter. Unlike what is often understood, the jurisdiction issue is not just a matter of sovereign prestige and self respect of the states but concerns vital matters impacting people's rights. This is especially so as the society gets more and more digitised in all areas. We welcome comments and feedback. The statement has been issued by the following Indian civil society organisations. Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore IT for Change, Bangalore Free Software Movement of India, Hyderabad Society for Knowledge Commons, New Delhi Digital Empowerment Foundation, New Delhi Delhi Science Forum, New Delhi Software Freedom Law Center India, New Delhi Third World Network - India, New Delhi It is supported by the following global networks: Association For Progressive Communications Just Net Coalition We will soon expand this effort to enlist more global support. Best, Parminder _______________________________________________

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ICT 2016 Year in Review Questions (Open from Monday 21st-Thursday 24th)
by lordmwesh＠gmail.com 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

I've invited you to fill out the following form: Kenya 2016 ICT sector Year in Review To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_KNiIAYl4jfGWw1o-W5ocfhENPoTIxa7… Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys.

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Career Mentorship for High School Students and Form Four Leavers
by Tracy Nyatoro Weru 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

We have the pleasure to inform you that at @iLabAfrica, Strathmore University is organizing a 5 day Career Mentor ship workshop for High School Students and Form Four Leavers.The program will take place at @iLabAfrica from 5th December to 9th December 2016 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Career Mentorship Programme (CMP) intends to promote a sharing and supportive relationship between experienced professionals and selected key top -notch speakers from the Kenyan Industry.The participants will learn about different careers they can pursue, Universities in Kenya and so much more . The Programme, though informal, may serve as a significant complement to the academic curriculum of their High School Education. *Objectives of the Program* - To broaden students’ perspective towards the world of work; - To develop students’ confidence in communicating with senior professionals; and - To assist students to develop their career aspiration. The Students will also interact with different mentors and will be provided with first hand information on how to select a career. For your convenience, we have attached a description and agenda of the training contents. We would be honoured if you would refer students to attend this event. Please let us know at your convenience if you will be able to send any participants or if you can refer other interested students. Registration for the training can be done by clicking here <https://docs.google.com/a/strathmore.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5F-TqZ9snu2WoK2…> . For further questions, comments and/or suggestions, please contact @iLabAfrica on 0729 876 680/ 0703 034 000 or eMail: sanyanga(a)strathmore.edu . -- *Kind Regards,* *Tracy Weru* *Business Development Analyst**@iLabAfrica,Strathmore University* *Email*: tweru(a)strathmore.edu* | Office Tel: *+254 (0) 703 034123 *Ext:* 2123 www.strathmore.edu <http://www.twitter.com/StrathU> <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity/?ref=hl> <https://www.youtube.com/user/StrathmoreUniversity> <https://plus.google.com/110890271788869052448/posts> <https://www.linkedin.com/edu/strathmore-university-357048> <https://www.instagram.com/strathmore.university/> -- *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here <http://www.strathmore.edu/en/email-policy> to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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Feedback on the 2016 ICT POLICY - REMINDER 2
by Ali Hussein 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Bwana PS Kyalo The above refers. Could you kindly update us on the way forward regarding the 2016 ICT Policy? We would like to know how the community can help further and when the Policy will be become a 'live' document so we can be able to delve into it and extract the gems that lie therein. We would also like to know how the multi-stakeholder engagement benefited the development of the Policy, what was added, removed and the criteria used to do so. Of course we are also keen to see the final document. Thank you and looking forward to your response. Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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