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Premium rate SMS ripoff
by robert yawe 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Hi, Is there no way to reign in this new ripoff that is being done using premium rate SMS numbers for services which are activated without your knowledge or acknowledgement. The current one is being done by KBC who sent the first message which seems to be notifying me that they have a new service, the next message I got indicated that they had activated the service and proceeded to deduct 10/- from my account. KBC will send you a message to opt in for 2013 election news. You will have an option to unsubscribe by sending elections off to 8008. This text is free. (16/11/2012 02:00p) : ELECTIONS:Welcome to 8008 KBC service,for the latest breaking news on Kenya elections. Charges will be at Khs.5 above normal.Send 'elections off' to unsubscribe I never subscribed to this service, it was done automatically, the annoying thing is that, in my case, Safaricom are acting as the collectors for this new ripoff scam and they are not taking the issue seriously. It took them 1 year to reverse deductions made on my line by one of this errant premium rate service providers who are making money faster than the pyramid schemes that come up every election year. Imagine if they activate 1 million subscribers that is a cool 3 million to them (7 million to the mobile provider) every time they send out an SMS, no wonder armed bank robberies have reduced recently, who needs a gun when all you need is a PRSP license and you are home and rich. Fortunately I have a post paid account and at least I have documentary evidence of the issue what about all those of you who are on prepaid tariffs, Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] Who will buy this Sh1.8m TV?
by meshack emakunat 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Dear listers ain't not trying to take this discussion to politics but just thinking. How many people like the presidency of Peter Kenneth yet prefer the usual goons in politics for presidency. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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michuki video at WCIT
by McTim 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ylZs623NOI -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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Kibaki names investment banker to drive Konza tech city
by Grace Githaiga 09 Dec '12

09 Dec '12

President Kibaki has picked career investment banker John Ngumi to lead the development of the Sh850 billion Konza technology city.http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Kibaki-names-investm…

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Fwd: [governance] it's not a "bogeyman" if it's a real threat!
by Alice Munyua 09 Dec '12

09 Dec '12

FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [governance] it's not a "bogeyman" if it's a real threat! Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 23:14:30 -0500 From: McTim <dogwallah(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org,McTim <dogwallah(a)gmail.com> To: governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/14/leaked-document-confirms-fears http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/authoritarian-regimes-push-for-l… -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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News from dotAfrica
by Grace Githaiga 08 Dec '12

08 Dec '12

----------------------- News from dotAfrica ----------------------- Dear Friends of dotAfrica, It has been a very busy month and year for dotAfrica. These are some of the highlights from the past few weeks: * We presented at the African Internet Governance in Cairo and the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, both very well received. * We were represented at a number of events within the African continent by our African Liaison, Koffi Djossou. * Our dotAfrica application received no Early Warnings from the ICANN GAC. * We received our 41st letter of support from the government of Seychelles. * Our dotAfrica application is going from strength to strength. Read the complete newsletter online here ----------------------------------------- http://tinyurl.com/b8j6oj6 ----------------------------------------- 1. Note from the Editor 2. Main story 3. Technical news 4. Features: "From our African liaison" 5. Profile: Andrew Mack 6. More news from dotAfrica

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Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN – request for proposals for an independent secretariat
by Alice Munyua 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN – request for proposals for an independent secretariat https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/4817665/RFP+GAC+Secretariat+3… https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/4817665/annex+RFP+GAC+Secreta… The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of ICANN is seeking to identify a neutral, third party entity for the provision of Secretariat Services under the guidance of the Chair and Vice Chairs of the GAC on behalf of the membership of GAC as a whole. Secretariat Services for GAC is going to be funded by three GAC members (donor countries), and is intended to be fully independent from ICANN. ICANN receives input from governments through the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). The GAC's key role is to provide advice to ICANN on issues of public policy, and especially where there may be an interaction between ICANN's activities or policies and national laws or international agreements. The GAC usually meets three times a year in conjunction with ICANN meetings, where it discusses issues with the ICANN Board and other ICANN Supporting Organisations, Advisory Committees and other groups. The GAC may also discuss issues between times with the Board either through face-to-face meetings or by teleconference. The GAC is seeking to identify a neutral, third party entity for the provision of Secretariat Services under the guidance of the Chair and Vice Chairs of the GAC on behalf of the membership of GAC as a whole. It is the intention of the GAC that the organization selected to provide Secretariat support for GAC will: · Manage, distribute and account for funds provided by a group of Donor Members of the GAC (the Donors); · Contract, accommodate, and provide support services and staff to carry out the Secretariat services; · Liaise with GAC Chair and Vice Chairs to ensure that they and the GAC are receiving the support they need from the Secretariat services and staff to carry out the work of the GAC; · Liaise as necessary at the direction of the Chair and Vice Chairs with ICANN to ensure that support is effectively coordinated Overall, the GAC’s will receive services provided by both, ICANN staff on the one hand (ICANN Support Services basically for communication infrastructure, translation services and logistics support for the regular ICANN meetings), as well as professional services and staff supported by the donor country funds on the other, for specific internal meeting coordination, agenda and policy development support (GAC Secretariat Services). Details on the services required are available on the website of the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN. The deadline for applying is 15 January 2013. For further information, you can write to gacsec(a)gac.icann.org. Best Alice --

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Poor Customer Service is no Customer Service
by Matunda Nyanchama 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Friends I finally encountered Safaricom's version of customer service after, inadvertently, sending money (via mpesa) to a wrong number. I called the number but the person was "mteja". Then I got advice to call 234, which gets automated response going like this: - for mpesa choose 1 - stuff about the call being recorded - stuff about all agents being busy & try again later - disconnect! For over 3 days I have been trying in vain; and I gave up considering the amount of money (small compared to my time) in question. I suspect that there are many that give up on the same account I have. My guess: Safaricom's mpesa, as entrenched as it is, could face stiff assault and decline were there to be a competitor (of equal muscle) with better customer service. Or is customer service anathema in Kenya? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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WCIT12 update - CS call to activists - the text
by Grace Githaiga 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

FYI The World Conference on International Telecommunications – 12 (December 3 - 14) Call to Human Rights and Technology Activists by Civil Society participants We, the physical and remote participants at The World Conference on International Telecommunications WCIT12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, wish to call the attention of all human rights and technology activists that the recent outage of the ITU website has proved to be of considerable disadvantage to the efforts on the review of the International Telecommunications Regulations - ITRs. The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) is a critical event that the Civil Society believes is key in shaping greater connectivity and growth in international telecommunications. The satisfactory functioning of the ITU website, is central to the success of the meeting as it serves as the document repository, primary webcast channel and orientation platform for all participants. We therefore call on all concerned activists to refrain from any possible disruptions, hacks or attacks on the ITU website and its related domains. Such effort will be counterproductive, and will hugely disenfranchise remote participants. The Civil Society participation in ITU deliberations is the result of a long and a hard process that requires constructive efforts for improvement. We invite you to follow remotely on http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/default.aspxAnd #WCIT12 on Twitter Dubai World Trade CenterDubai, United Arab EmiratesFriday, 7th of December 2012 == Nnenna Nwakanma | Founder and CEO, NNENNA.ORG | Consultants Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for Development Cote d'Ivoire (+225)| Tel: 225 27144 | Fax 224 26471 |Mob. 07416820 Ghana: +233 249561345| Nigeria: +234 8101887065| http://www.nnenna.org nnenna(a)nnenna.org| @nnenna | Skype - nnenna75 | nnennaorg.blogspot.com From: Adam Peake <ajp(a)glocom.ac.jp> To: governance(a)lists.igcaucus.org; Nnenna <nne75(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, December 7, 2012 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [governance] WCIT12 update - CS call to activists Hi Nnenna, Can't access the document. Could you send as an attachment or just send the text to the list. Do you know who hacked: a protest or someone (some govt) wanting to look like a protest, what better way to justify having the hacked organization take more responsibility for cyber-security :-) Best, Adam On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Nnenna <nne75(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Just a quick update from the CS lunch-meeting: > > we're finalising the letter to be submitted to the ITU Secretariat about > civil society public comments and participation; if you have comments please > submit them by 15:30 today; refer to this google doc: > https://docs.google.com/a/publicknowledge.org/document/d/1b7ljrjIDf_h6nuvUp… > - the time pressure has to do with the formal procedure to submit this; > below is the letter we have agreed to disseminate widely that comments on > the negative effects of the recent blackout of the ITU website for civil > society who want to follow conference proceedings; we can tweet the google > doc from Nnenna's email or just forward the text; > we (civil society) have been invited to meet with the ITU SG – Harold is > coordinating and will aim to organise something early next week. > > Next CS meeting – tentatively at 13:30 for whomever is at the venue > tomorrow. Easy to cancel if there's no need for it. > > > Nnenna Nwakanma | Founder and CEO, NNENNA.ORG | Consultants > Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for Development > Cote d'Ivoire (+225)| Tel: 225 27144 | Fax 224 26471 |Mob. 07416820 > Ghana: +233 249561345| Nigeria: +234 8101887065| http://www.nnenna.org > nnenna(a)nnenna.org| @nnenna | Skype - nnenna75 | nnennaorg.blogspot.com > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > ____________________________________________________________ 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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Fw: WCIT: What's happened in the first week
by alice＠apc.org 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Kieren provides a good overview of the first week at WCIT. Best Alice -----Original Message----- From: .Nxt <info(a)dot-nxt.com> Sender: ".Nxt" <info=dot-nxt.com(a)mail61.us1.mcsv.net> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 08:12:50 To: Alice<alice(a)apc.org> Reply-To: .Nxt <info(a)dot-nxt.com> Subject: WCIT: What's happened in the first week Week one of WCIT 6 December 2012 ** Halfway through WCIT... ------------------------------------------------------------ A rundown of the World Conference on International Telecommunications's first week WCIT splits over the issue of "operating agencies" (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-splits-over-issue-operati?utm_sourc…) ** WCIT splits over the issue of "operating agencies" (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-splits-over-issue-operati?utm_sourc…) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Conference can't move forward until it's agreed who the treaty actually applies to ------------------------------------------------------------ Continue Reading (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-splits-over-issue-operati?utm_sourc…) The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) has dramatically split and may grind to a halt until a key distinction over whom precisely the resulting international treaty apply to is decided. <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/hello2?url=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FsGCfj&title=…" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com.s3.amazonaws.com/instapaper-read-later.png" alt="Read later on Instapaper" title="Read later on Instapaper"/></a> Related Your guide to WCIT documentation (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/11/22/quick-guide-wcit-documentation?utm_sourc…) Over 200 documents and thousands of pages. Here's how to make sense of it all Full breakdown of ITR changes (http://news.dot-nxt.com/itu/wcit/itr/all?utm_source=.Nxt&utm_campaign=e0405…) Every proposal for change, broken down by article and sub-article So what exactly is WCIT? (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/07/26/so-what-exactly-wcit?utm_source=.Nxt&utm…) A simple guide to the conference next month How to follow events live at WCIT (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/11/22/how-follow-events-live-wcit?utm_source=.…) It's a closed conference. But not if you follow this guide. WCIT lowdown: it's all about Africa and Committee 5 (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-lowdown-its-all-about-afr?utm_sourc…) ** WCIT lowdown: it's all about Africa and Committee 5 (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-lowdown-its-all-about-afr?utm_sourc…) ------------------------------------------------------------ Our rough and ready guide to how the conference will pan out, who and what to watch, and a look at the bigger plans and strategies afoot. Continue Reading (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-lowdown-its-all-about-afr?utm_sourc…) The dirty truth about WCIT (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/dirty-truth-about-wcit?utm_source=.Nxt&u…) ** The dirty truth about WCIT (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/dirty-truth-about-wcit?utm_source=.Nxt&u…) ------------------------------------------------------------ The campaign waged against the conference has already achieved most of its goals, making ongoing accusations made against the ITU look increasingly hysterical. But how would the Internet organizations that claim to be under threat manage under the same level of scrutiny? Continue Reading (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/dirty-truth-about-wcit?utm_source=.Nxt&u…) Events WCIT Dubai, 3-14 December Other Articles ** Verisign loses dot-com piggybank (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/verisign-loses-dot-com-piggyba?utm_sourc…) ------------------------------------------------------------ US government intervenes in contract renewal, raising questions about ICANN stewardship Continue Reading (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/verisign-loses-dot-com-piggyba?utm_sourc…) Verisign shares have plunged 15 percent, wiping $850 million off the company's value, on the news that it will not be allowed to raise prices on dot-com domains for the next six years. The current wholesale price for dot-coms stands at $7.85 and the company had already agreed a six-year extension on its right to exclusively sell the domains with DNS overseeing organization ICANN. That agreement mirrored one signed in 2006 that allowed Verisign to raise the price by seven percent in four of the six years the contract ran. However the contract was subject to approval by the US Department of Commerce and it decided to remove the price-rise clause before signing. A short statement (http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2012/department-commerce-approves-ver…) issued by the DoC quoted Assistant Secretary Larry Strickling saying that "consumer will benefit from Verisign's removal of the automatic price increase". ** WCIT and the Internet? It all comes down to this document (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-and-internet-it-all-comes?utm_sourc…) ------------------------------------------------------------ The lowdown on Russia's contribution 27. Continue Reading (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/wcit-and-internet-it-all-comes?utm_sourc…) The focal point for those fears has become a contribution by the Russian Federation, sent on 13 November - 10 days after the announced deadline - and then revised four days later. Contribution 27 appears to confirm everything that people have been worrying about - an effort to use a revision of an international treaty agreed in 1988 to provide governments with additional controls over the functioning of the Internet. So here is a rundown of what is exactly in Contribution 27 - both the original (http://news.dot-nxt.com/itu/wcit/c27-1?utm_source=.Nxt&utm_campaign=e0405ba…) and revised (http://news.dot-nxt.com/itu/wcit/c27?utm_source=.Nxt&utm_campaign=e0405ba71…) versions - and an analysis of what the implications of its adoption would be. News in Brief ITU backs away from IP address provision (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/itu-backs-away-ip-address-prov?utm_sourc…) Efforts to make the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) into a supra-regional Internet registry have been ditched, at least for the time being. Attendees at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) were surprised with a last-minute proposal, aggressively pushed by the Arab States, that the ITU become a provider of IP addresses. Discussion within Committee 4 had been focused on the allocation of IP addresses and in particular the provision of IPv6 address blocks. Our predictions for WCIT (http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/our-predictions-wcit?utm_source=.Nxt&utm…) Foolish as it may be, we have some predictions for what will happen between now and the end of WCIT. Here they are: * Nothing radical will appear in the ITRs. Instead it will be agreed that they will be reviewed in four or eight years' time and a range of working groups will be formed to work on various issues and report to the Council next year, take it to the ITU Plenipotentiary for initial review in 2014, and onto the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) in 2016 . . Day 2: Put off to tomorrow what you can't do today After a busy start, WCIT started to settle down into a familiar mode on the second day of the conference. The main highlights were: * A bid by Canada and the US to get some key definitions agreed before work starts was pushed off until the end of the week * The meeting delegates all agreed that they agreed with freedom of expression and human rights but that they didn't want to write it into a telecoms treaty - a press release was produced instead... . ============================================================ LinkedIn LinkedIn Twitter Twitter Facebook Facebook Google+ Google+ LinkedIn LinkedIn Twitter Twitter Facebook Facebook Google+ Google+ You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or at one of our conferences. Our mailing address is: .Nxt 426B Cole St San Francisco, CA 94117 Copyright © 2012 .Nxt, All rights reserved. Sent to alice(a)apc.org — why did I get this? 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{Disarmed} [Fwd: Ingenuity wanted in African Weather Sensor Design Competition organised by Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands)]
by Muthoni Masinde 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

fyi ------------------------------------------- Delft University of Technology initiated the ambitious TAHMO (Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory) project. This project aims to design and build a network of 20,000 weather stations in Africa; one every 30 km. With this dense network we could obtain more accurate climate data, which of course is essential for agriculture, weather prediction and climate modeling. The stations would be placed at schools and integrated in the educational program. However, current available sensors for the stations are expensive and/or not robust, and hence not suitable for the TAHMO project. Therefore, we are organising a Sensor Design Competition among African universities and institutes. The objective of this competition is to come up with a weather station sensor that could be used in the TAHMO project. Please see also www.tahmo.org <http://www.tahmo.org/> <http://www.tahmo.org <http://www.tahmo.org/> <http://www.tahmo.org <http://www.tahmo.org/> > and the attached flyer and poster for more information. Local knowledge and expertise is absolutely essential for making the TAHMO project successful. We therefore would like to invite your University to join the TAHMO Sensor Design Competition. We think the competition is a great opportunity for your students and scholars to exhibit their knowledge and talents regarding engineering and/or meteorology. IHE Delft has already helped me announcing this competition by 'spreading the word' in the WaterNet network. Of course, more coverage among African Universities is more than welcome. Therefore, I would like to ask you if it would be possible to announce our competition at your Department or other Departments/Faculties that might be interested. This would be of great help! If you are interested, we could also send you some copies of the attached poster and flyer. In that case, please let me know the address we can send them to. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Looking forward to your response, Kind regards, Tanja Hilkhuijsen MSc Project leader TAHMO Sensor Design Competition www.TAHMO.org <http://www.tahmo.org/> <http://www.tahmo.org/> www.facebook.com/TAHMO.competition <http://www.facebook.com/TAHMO.competition> <http://www.facebook.com/TAHMO.competition> competition(a)tahmo.org<mailto:competition@tahmo.org> TU Delft University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands *: +31(0)15-2784673 *: t.m.hilkhuijsen(a)tudelft.nl<mailto:t.m.hilkhuijsen@tudelft.nl> [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: logo] ----------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI IS ISO CERTIFIED The University of Nairobi is committed to providing quality services to all its clients. The University will monitor and review its quality performance from time to time through an effective implementation of the Quality Management System based on ISO 9001:2008 standard. University of Nairobi Website: http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/uonbi.ac.ke +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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HR Pros get statutory recognition
by Evans Ikua 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

Listers, I just heard in the news that Parliament passed a bill to regulate the HR profession. Why is it that we can't get similar recognition for the ICT profession? In countries like Brazil, India, Singapore, Kore etc, all leading IT destinations in their own right, the Government recognizes and works very closely with the IT professional bodies and this has led to great development of their IT industries. We could learn something from them. -- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,* lanetconsulting.com, lpi-eastafrica.org, ict-innovation.fossfa.net, Skype: @ikuae Cell: +254-722-955831

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Under what conditions should we shut down twitter, internet, radio, TV in Kenya?
by Warigia Bowman 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Dear listers We need to take this seriously. We have a big election coming up, and given the potential candidates, election violence is a real possibility. We have an opportunity here to prepare for the deluge. Under what conditions should we look at shutting down communication? What level of hate speech justifies it? Who determines what hate speech is? Should twitter be shut down before the election? or should we have a text to tweet system, where hate speech can be filtered? Lets crowdsource this issue!!! Yours, Warigia On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Song, Stephen <stephen.song(a)gmail.com>wrote: > On 3 December 2012 16:11, McTim <dogwallah(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Kivuva, >> >> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> >> wrote: >> > That is a very detailed and philosophical approach by Walu. >> > >> > Speaking for the mwananchi at the grassroots, if switching of the >> > Internet and broadcast media can foster unity by preventing >> > transmission of hate and unhealthy debates, then they should be >> > switched off >> >> Perhaps you should ask the mwananchi how they feel about having their >> right to communicate taken away from them in the name of "security". >> >> As Benjamin Franklin once said: “They that can give up essential >> liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty >> nor safety.” >> > > On the one hand I agree with that quotation with all my heart, yet at the > same I think it is true that if someone had managed to shut down the radio > transmitters in 1994 in Rwanda millions of lives might have been saved. > The Internet is an extremely powerful tool and as more and more people > have affordable access to it, it becomes even more so. Ben Franklin's good > friend Voltaire said "Avec le grand pouvoir vient le grand devoir" (With > great power comes great responsibility). Figuring this out is going to be > a long and complex discussion and I think it is unlikely that absolutes are > the answer. To me it feels like we need some kind of damping mechanisms > for the Internet that slow down a technological decision whether it be > censorship or otherwise so that humans can catch up with the implications, > so that they can be dealt with in a process, democratic, negotiated, or > otherwise. It does feel like technology has run ahead of nation states and > that more than anything we need more effective social and political systems > that can cope with our multiple allegiances and identities these days. > > -Steve > > >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> McTim >> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A >> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/stephen.song%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. >> > > > > -- > Steve Song > +1 902 529 0046 > +27 83 482 2088 (SMS only) > http://manypossibilities.net > http://villagetelco.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/warigia%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Safaricom sending unsolicited messages
by Kivuva 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Safaricom have very unethical business strategies. The worst is the 555 gambling scam where you have to pay to be in the promotion. How is it a promotion? What product are they selling? In promotions, you get an entry to products you have consumed, their revenue should not be based on gambling. CCK should give us a responce. On 06/12/2012, Brian Ngure <brian(a)pixie.co.ke> wrote: > The service should be "opt in", NOT "opt out" which it currently is. > > Are you saying you sent STOP but are still receiving the messages? > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Mickey Mickey > <michaelakunga(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Honestly, nobody dislikes IEBC but is it legal or rather ethical to >> safaricom to send subscribers this messages. Worst case is I had sent >> 'STOP' message to their 28683 but today I receive the same stating same >> same message. secondly they also have this habit of sending subscrbers >> messages about XXX has uploaded a photo on facebook log o..... and when >> you >> try to unsubscribe hhehhehehehh they want money WT......FFFF I didn't >> subscribe why charge me. Or is it only me it is happening to. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Brian Ngure > -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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WCIT12 day 2 and 3 key issues
by alice＠apc.org 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Dear all, Summary of key issues by ISOC Best Alice ---------------------------- Recognized Operating Agency vs Operating Agency (ROA/OA) is still very controversial. This is a key issue in terms of scope of application - to whom will the ITRs apply? There have been attempts at compromise that reference the ITU Constitution but a lot more discussion is still needed. Telecom / ICT: while most countries do not wish to change the existing ITU definition of telecommunications, there is interest by some to add the term telecom/ICT to the treaty. Proposed definitions in this regard include the term "processing" which is very controversial. Status of ITU-T Recommendations: the discussion is focused on a) whether to specify certain ITU Recommendations that may be mandatory and b) whether to limit references to ITU-T or to broaden out to all ITU Recommendations Accounting Rates (Article 6): Just beginning the review of Article 6 but there is considerable discussion on how to adjust Article 6 to reflect high level principles rather than prescriptive action and to be flexible enough to accommodate changing commercial arrangements. International Connectivity: This has been teed up along with some discussion about the role of IXPs (and regional IXPs) and whether these concepts are even appropriate for treaty text. Quality of Service (Article 3): debate over whether ITRs can/should mandate minimum / satisfactory quality of service pursuant to ITU-T Recommendations. Security has been raised in this context. Explicit references to Internet: a few proposals in this regard have generated very strong feelings from lots of sides with no clear resolution in sight just yet. In summary, it's early days and there will be a lot of ups and downs and turns before we reach a final treaty text. So please keep that in mind as you read reports or press about the conference

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Re: [kictanet] Nairobi switches to digital TV signal by December 31
by meshack emakunat 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Really! !!! It isn't right to impose laws upon the people of the country. I don't really like the way we are heading. I remember of a story but can't remember from where. It was about a nation that was so divided btwn the haves And the have nots. A poor man approached the premier and said "we have not had bread for breakfast. The premier said aaaahh! Why wouldn't u have cakes then." We should try find otheer ways of implementing policies rather than imposing them on the people. There was a bill that seeks to alow ourr sons and daughter to marry after 6months Then the draconian law that limit the poor and support the haves (Traffic rules) . now this ... I once tried painting my dog white! ! We should remember that Kenyans are not made in Hollywood Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Fwd: stunning data on the state of the Internet
by Alice Munyua 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Direct link to the files <http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/2012-kpcb-internet-trends-yearend-…> Best Alice

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Digital migration and mass ignorance
by robert yawe 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Hi, I have decided to change the subject so that more of you will actually open this post because we seem to be loosing direction on this most critical issue. It was with utter shock that I read the following comment by Mr. Linus Gitahi, just incase you do not know who that is he is the Cheif Executive Officer of the largest mass media organisation in Eats and Central Africa) “Kenyans are not ready because less than one per cent have decoders. Some have old black and white television sets. What happens to them?” queried Nation Media Group Chief Executive Linus Gitahi. Before proceeding I would like to do for Mr. Gitahi what his staff should have done and explain the issue of the set top box and your TV. The set top box just like, a DVD player, takes a digital signal and converts it into a radio frequency (RF) that can then be received by an analogue device. The black and white TV you are referring to will receive an analogue signal and will not need to understand the digital signal. If you take some time to sit with Dr. Ndemo, who for your information is a business graduate like yourself, he will be able to allay your concerns and also give you a contact who can provide a sub Kes. 1,000/- digital decoder which NMG can then distribute to the needing Kenyans as part of your CSR especially since those viewers are the reason that you receive the advertising revenue that you are so afraid of loosing. Please see attached diagram for an easier understanding of the process. Now if the person at the helm of the largest multimedia organisation in East and Central Africa does not understand what the digital decoder does then we are in serious trouble as relates to the migration and also explains why the incumbent broadcasters are unable to appreciate why they do not need to own a digital distribution network. I feel that Dr. Ndemo must be talking over the heads of the media house executives and maybe he needs me to draft him a statement that will have a fog index of less than 4. Alternatively have a skit done by the likes of Mwala, Papa Shirandula or Mzee Ojwang on what digital migration is all about and how easy it is to implement, ithould also be made available on VCR Tape to allow all those executives to be able to replay. Regards @Meshak, the story you quoted is Maria Antoinette of France who was beheaded and I hope that is not what you are suggesting should be done to Dr. Ndemo @ Kivuva, even come 2015 Kenya will still have poor people unless there is something you might know about the next presidency that will alleviate all Kenyans out of poverty. We switched from leaded to unleaded fuel and our cars still run, we changed from single to multiparty and more recently we got a new constitution what this should remind us all is that the only constant in live is change Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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WCIT - day 1
by alice＠apc.org 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Dear all, Below a WCIT day one brief from ISOC. Thank you ISOC for keeping us updated. Best Alice ----------------------------------- Hi everyone, As you well know by now, the WCIT officially began today in Dubai. There are over 1000 people registered for WCIT from over 130 countries. At the opening ceremony, the ITU Secretary General spoke along with a recorded speech from the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, the WCIT Chairman, Mohamed Nasser Al-Ghanim, and ICANN CEO, Fadi Chehade. Speeches from the opening ceremony may be read here: http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/speeches.aspxOf particular note was a repeated them throughout the ITU Secretary General's remarks (he spoke at the opening ceremony and then the opening plenary) that this conference is not about ITU takeover of the Internet, about the need to work together with the Internet community, the need to reach consensus and the need to address the very real concerns of developing countries. ICANN CEO Chehade emphasized the importance of engagement and the commitment of the Internet community to cooperate with the ITU while also respecting our distinct roles. ******* In the afternoon, we moved to the opening plenary which was largely (but not exclusively) a procedural and organizational discussion. The conference will have 5 committees - the bulk of the substantive work will happen in Committee 5 which will be chaired by Ghana. Committee 5 will be broken into 2 Working Groups. Working Group 1 of Committee 5 – Articles 2, 6 and 9 and related matters: chaired by Trinidad & Tobago (Vice Chairs from Japan and Saudi Arabia) Working Group 2 of Committee 5 – Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and related matters: chaired by Italy (Vice Chair from Cote d'Ivoire) After a lot of procedural discussion, there was a brief debate over whether the ITRs should apply to Recognized Operating Agencies (ROA) or to Operating Agencies (OA). This issue wasn't resolved and will be considered further tomorrow in plenary. We also expect issues related to scope to come up in plenary prior to moving to committee work. Both Canada and the USA, with support of several delegations, have urged the conference to address these issues prior to moving ahead with other topics. _

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Re: [kictanet] Syria shuts down Internet? How can we stop this from happening again?-application to Kenya?
by Warigia Bowman 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Thank you walu, for your insightful comments. What do the kictanet listers think about turning off twitter, TV and radio if there is a repeat of election violence? On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Rigia, > > You paper/analysis does cover the the policy and technical aspects for a > redundant (always on) interent service in a given economy. Basically a > liberalized internet market with multiple points of connection to the > Internet Backbone (read the North and increasingly Asia Pacific region) > should be enough to ensure that once and as soon as one international link > goes down another one takes over. > > But over and above the technical redundancy above, one must have the > political redundancy to allow for these redundant links to exchange > information. China for example does have multiple redundant links to the > Internet Backbone but can decide within a minute to block incoming and > outgoing data. And they can do it in a very clever, sophisticated way > (using software that provides limited/filtered internet ) as opposed to the > crude way (switch off power or just vandalize the ISPs) approach that is > common in African/Arabic economies. > > In a seperate example, you will find that even where there is political > redundancy (read democracy) the temptation to switch off the internet is > never far away (ref: US vs Wikileaks?). So I think the quest for an > Internet that can never be switched off is one that can never be achieved. > Someone, somewhere will always be able to switch off the Net. > > And beneath the ongoing ITU/WCIT negotiations (what negotiators wont put > on the table, the hidden cards :-) you just have to decide whether that > someone is the UN, the Government, the Private Sector, the Civil Society, > the Academia or some hybrid of the above :-) > > walu. > > *From:* Warigia Bowman <warigia(a)gmail.com> > *To:* jwalu(a)yahoo.com > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > *Sent:* Friday, November 30, 2012 5:54 AM > *Subject:* [kictanet] Syria shuts down Internet? How can we stop this > from happening again? > > Dear Kictanet List, > > Please see the work by Jean Camp and Warigia Bowman on how to "Protect the > Internet from Dictators: Technical and Policy Solutions to Ensure Online > Freedoms. This paper is particularly timely given today's events, since > Syria is one of the countries we analyze. Can you please help us to figure > out what technology we missed, or in what areas our analysis could be > improved? Many thanks. > * > You can find and download our work here* > > *http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2101677* > * > Here is the permalink * > > *http://ssrn.com/abstract=2101677 > > > *************************************************************************************** > * > Please see ISOC's statement below. > > > http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-syria%E2%80%99s-intern… > > Sincerely, Rigia > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------

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Re: [kictanet] Syria shuts down Internet? How can we stop this from happening again?-application to Kenya?
by meshack emakunat 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Dear list this could be of interest to the discussion. http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/12/03/these-are-the-61-count… Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Re: [kictanet] Under what conditions should we shut down twitter, internet, radio, TV in Kenya?
by tonui kiprotich 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

---------- Sent from my Nokia ------Original message------ From: Francis Hook <francis.hook(a)gmail.com> To: <tonuikiprotich(a)yahoo.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 11:51:11 AM GMT+0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Under what conditions should we shut down twitter, internet, radio, TV in Kenya? I tend to be a bit of a skeptic when it come to these "on paper" rights which we sometimes harp on about ad nauseum and ironically in environments where few of these rights are upheld or preserved. We live in a world where there is so much inequity and iniquity and I do not think we can always afford to please everyone all the time. Freedom of speech or right to life? If I was in charge of national security, I'd not think twice about violating anyone's freedom of speech rights if innocent people are getting killed. I'd turn off the internet and broadcasting without batting an eye-lid. I'm sure the people whose freedom of speech I have violated will not fall ill and die. They will live - of course they will grumble endlessly like the people Moses led out of Egypt. For its man's nature to grumble and never be content. Overall it'd be about the GREATER good. In a third world country, lets not waste money on monitoring the internet, investigating online, etc etc. esp after the fact and once the damage has been done. We all know how that goes. All in the name of protecting freedom of speech and so we can keep the internet open for 5% of the population yet we are dire need for schools, healthcare, security etc for 99% of the population. Did I mention security? When we reach such a stage that we have met BASIC rights and needs...and have the resources to spare- then we can attempt that balancing act. My two cents. On 5 December 2012 10:51, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sometimes I feel as if Kenya is a unique case that requires tailored > interventions. For instance, with all due respect to Article 19, and while > we should never blanket shut down twitter etc, there should surely be a fast > response mechanism to inciteful speech online as well as broadcasts. eg a > Commissioner of Assize or a dedicated court so that people do not continue > to spew, retweet and disseminate hate speech. > > At the moment, there are already not necessarily hateful or incitement > speech but (clever)statements that are building up collective psyche towards > hardline positions. How long should we leave such statements to ethics? > Shouldn't we just black them out? The argument that we should combat hate > speech with massive "love" speech it seems, will not work in Kenya unless > "love" speakers get the resources that hate speakers have. I get so > concerned for Kenya every time I watch 7pm news......Can't something be done > to stem this clever speech that most people would agree is likely to lead to > hardline positions and God forbid, violence....For example, cant media > houses limit the duration/coverage of political rallies so that the parties > have to find other avenues for their messages eg Internet where their > content can be monitored by we the people (without the risk of the > parties/candidates saying, "I was misquoted") > > And most importantly, especially for March elections, there needs to be some > regulation of media reporting election results. For example having media > houses refrain from predicting or calling it (however obvious it may seem) > And is current legislation sufficient? Maybe not (at least not the National > Cohesion and Integration Act) . And the circumstances are not helping, since > defining cases are yet to concluded/have been withdrawn... > > > > 2012/12/5 Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo(a)gmail.com> >> >> Listers, >> >> I think the focus should not be on shutting down the Internet, tv or radio >> stations hence inconveniencing the entire nation and infringing everyone's >> constitutionally guaranteed rights while at it. >> >> There is sufficient legislation to deal with hate speech and related >> offences and media enterprises that violate the law, hence the responsible >> regulatory institutions should be focusing on how prepared they are to >> implement the law by investigating and arresting the specific offenders. >> Indeed before such drastic action is contemplated, the consequences need to >> be borne in mind. >> >> Victor >> >> >> On 5 December 2012 06:13, Baiju Shah <baiju(a)tele2media.com> wrote: >>> >>> There must be a framework within the Kenyan law that outlines what could >>> be done and not done? >>> >>> If there is a violation it is the right of the authorities either deal >>> with the immediately or the platform provider can comply to the law by self >>> governing as they do for all aspects in running their businesses. E.g. Likes >>> Google and Twitter have created in house expertise / legal capability to >>> build into their systems what one can do and not do by geo location. >>> >>> The governance / audit in Kenya now should be do they comply with our >>> laws? If not then they should be given 2/3 months to include a layer of >>> business rules that will include for the system / platform provider to >>> comply, where is KEBS :) >>> >>> Best Regard, >>> >>> Baiju Shah >>> Tele2media Ltd >>> Telemedia Africa Ltd >>> Tel. +44 7887691570 >>> email: baiju(a)tele2media.com >>> >>> On 5 Dec 2012, at 04:46, McTim <dogwallah(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Daniel Waweru <daniel.waweru(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > One case, at least, strikes me as obvious: if you have good reason to >>> > think >>> > that broadcasting material would lead to a direct threat to the safety >>> > of >>> > some other person, then there's good reason not to broadcast it. >>> >>> >>> That is true, but that is an editorial judgement on the part of the >>> media house/radio station/newspaper. >>> >>> If they violate the law, then there MUST be consequences. >>> >>> >>> If there's >>> > a means of communication which persistently puts out stuff that meets >>> > that >>> > standard, then there's a pretty good case for shutting it down. >>> >>> if it is a single radio station for example, then yes, a court could >>> find them in violation of the law and order them to cease. >>> >>> That doesn't mean ALL radio stations should be shutdown. >>> >>> that's is my 2 bob anyway. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> >>> McTim >>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A >>> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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%40tele2media.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/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. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Victor Kapiyo, LL.B >> >> ==================================================== >> “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig >> Ziglar >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/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 (Bomu) > Kenya > Skype: gracebomu > Twitter: @Bomu > Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/francis.hook%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. -- Francis Hook +254 733 504561 _______________________________________________ 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/tonuikiprotich%40yaho… 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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WCIT visualization website
by Alice Munyua 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Great for tracking relevant documents as they are discussed and following the debate. http://wcit-proposals.info/ Best Alice

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Under 18s and Mobile Phones Registration
by waudo siganga 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Can someone at CCK inform me what will happen, come Dec. 31, to those under 18 who have mobile phones but cannot register lines due to not having IDs. Can it be inferred that those under 18 are not supposed to own phones/lines?

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MillenniumEdu Project/Kenya
by waudo siganga 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Any colleague interested in the attached package for schools please contact me to put you through to the principals. The complete educational package has been priced at under $200.00 per student. It not only includes a laptop, fully loaded with Microsoft 8 (or Linux Millennium 1.0 for Ikua & Co.), MacAfee for 4 years, curriculum (can be bespoked) and many more features. For every 500 students comes a white board, server, teacher software, power source and much more-all again for under $200.00 per student. Argentina is ordering 4 million units. Anyone with contacts in the Ministry of Education? The key to the offer is large orders.

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Re: [kictanet] Who controls the internet?
by Wambua, Christopher 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Listers, I am pleased to inform you that we have uploaded the African Common Proposals (AfCPs) agreed upon in Ghana onto the CCK website. The AfCPs are available at http://www.cck.go.ke/links/consultations/current_consultations/African_C ommon_Proposals_the_ITRs_Rev.pdf As already communicated by my colleagues, CCK shall host a stakeholders meeting on 13th November 2012 to share the proposals or Kenya's position on ITRs and collect comments/input on the same from the industry and other interested parties. The venue of the stakeholders meeting shall be communicated in the course of the week. We look forward to receiving substantive comments on the ITRs ahead of the stakeholders meeting. Best regards, Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of alice(a)apc.org Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:40 PM To: Wambua, Christopher Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who controls the internet? Dear all I agree with Omo. Is it possible to provide/discuss substantive comments to the current proposals for revisions of ITRs to assist the CCK finalize on developing a national position. However, I can also understand why some stakeholder are not able to contribute. It would have been good, in retrospect to have organized a session to dymystify the ITRs and the discuss the merits/demerits of the current proposals. Apologies for adding to the noise rather than contributing substantively. best Alice > Thanks Nd Kivuva. Somehow, I didn't receive Nd Ali's response to mine > which you seem to have responded to and for which I thank you. > > CCK had posted the AfCPs inviting views in order to prepare for the Ghana > meeting and also the meeting in Dubai. We indicated that we subscribed to > the same, having contributed to their development. There was also a > request that we study Proposals from other Regions. Further, there was a > promise then, and still is, that CCK would convene a meeting of > Stakeholders before the meeting in Dubai. Giving or taking credit for > pushing Government on its views on ITRs is inappropriate when the > initiative was itself from Government/CCK. > > To date, much of what I hear is not on substantive input, either on the > AfCPs or Proposals from other Regions, but clamour for a Stakeholders' > meeting or posting such as "thanks for a promise of a breakfast meeting" > or 'pushing Gov't on its views'! We are a growing to be a society more > comfortable attending workshops/breakfast meetings rather than the actual > 'on the table work.' Let me reiterate that the rubber will meet the road, > not in the fact that CCK has organised a Stake holder's workshop, but in a > delegation that has prepared its docs, read the meeting docs/docs from > other Regions and prepared to present reasoned arguments. > > Even as we hail the promise of a breakfast meeting or giving credit for > pushing Gov't, please let us read the postings and offer substantive > comments. It would help if the local Secretariat can prepare documentation > for the workshop/breakfast meeting based on views presented apriori. As > mentioned earlier, the official report of Ghana is out and should be > posted either today or tomorrow. > > Kind rgds. > > OMO, John, > Commission Secretary, > Communications Commission of Kenya, > P.O. Box 14448 Nairobi 00800. > Tel: +254 20 4242285/6 Cell: +254722523348 > "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear" - > Martin Luther King Jr. > > > ________________________________ > > From: kictanet on behalf of Kivuva > Sent: Sun 11/4/2012 18:42 > To: Omo, John > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who controls the internet? > > > > Thank you Ali for pushing for a government position on ITRs. When > there is silence it means that > 1. The government is playing their position like a secret card that > should not be shown in public. > 2. We don't have a position. > 3. We don't understand what is being discussed. > > Thanks Dr. Ndemo for the hint of a breakfast meeting to clear the air. > > Regards > > On 04/11/2012, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: >> Ndugu Omo >> >> Thanks for your note. I had actually refrained from posting any comments >> because of the Ghana meeting. In retrospect may be I should have >> irrespective of the Ghana meeting. >> >> I must say that this kind of discourse is definitely helpful and goes a >> long >> way in calming the waters. >> >> I look forward to the stakeholders meeting in the 13th Nov. >> >> Regards >> >> Ali Hussein >> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd >> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd >> >> +254 773/713 601113 >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Nov 4, 2012, at 9:06 AM, "Omo, John" <Omo(a)cck.go.ke> wrote: >> >>> Noted and thanks Nd Ali. >>> >>> We had posted a draft of the African Common Proposals (AfCPs) amending >>> the >>> ITRs. The AfCPs were the culmination of two preparatory meetings by >>> Stakeholders held in Cairo and Durban. Our request was that Kenyan >>> Stakeholders study and forward comments on the same to assist in our >>> preparations for the preparatory meeting held in Ghana and also for a >>> Kenyan Stakeholders meeting before the Dubai meeting. I remember >>> getting >>> indications that you'd study the same and revert with your comments. We >>> are still waiting. >>> >>> The way this works is this: in order to have better use of time at >>> Conferences, stakeholders are encouraged develop proposals common to >>> their >>> regions. Of course Member States, being sovereign, can submit their >>> individual proposals separate from and even in opposition to their >>> Regions >>> (See a number of US proposals or common to both the US and Canada, that >>> are different from those of CITEL to which both countries are a >>> member). >>> But it is better that views that are similar to a region or >>> inter-region/s are submitted and discussed as common proposals. That >>> hastens consensus building and saves on time at the Conference. We had >>> indicated that our views as a country was pretty much a long the >>> proposed >>> AfCPs to which we have contributed. >>> >>> The official outcome of the Ghana meeting is now out and has some >>> improvements to the Durban draft. We are uploading the same early this >>> week, again with a request to Stakeholders submit substantive comments >>> that would aid in either endorsing/not endorsing the same. The >>> proposals >>> will still be debated strenuously at the Conference which will take >>> decisions largely by way of consensus. Please, please let us study the >>> draft proposals including those from other Regions - that is where the >>> rubber will meet the road in Dubai. Tentatively, we plan to have a >>> local >>> stakeholders meeting on the 13th Nov. >>> >>> With kind rgds. >>> OMO, John >>> Commission Secretary >>> Communications Commission of Kenya >>> P.O. Box 14448 Nairobi 00800 >>> Tel: +254 20 4242285/6 >>> Cell: +254722523348 >>> >>> "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to >>> bear" - >>> Martin Luther King Jr. >>> >>> From: kictanet on behalf of Ali Hussein >>> Sent: Sat 11/3/2012 09:17 >>> To: Omo, John >>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who controls the internet? >>> >>> Chip >>> >>> Thanks for the clarifications and updates. >>> >>> Listers >>> >>> I hate to bring this issue up again but should the utter and complete >>> silence from the CCK on our country position raise red flags? >>> >>> Bwana DG Wangusi with all due respect to your good offices can we have >>> some sort of statement on this issue? I believe it is critically >>> important >>> that we do know and I honestly believe that whatever that position is >>> (whether it emanates from the IGF deliberations or not) it should now >>> be >>> made public. We are less than two months away from WCIT Dubai. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Ali Hussein >>> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd >>> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd >>> >>> +254 773/713 601113 >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Nov 3, 2012, at 3:07 AM, "Chip Sharp (chsharp)" <chsharp(a)cisco.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm sorry I'm late to this conversation, but I wanted to point out a >>>> few >>>> things. >>>> >>>> The only proposals for revision of the ITRs that will be considered >>>> at >>>> the WCIT are from Member States or Regional groups (e.g., ATU, CEPT). >>>> >>>> This means there are no ITU proposals to the WCIT. So where the >>>> article >>>> says "ITU proposal" it should say "country or regional proposal". >>>> >>>> It also means there is no ETNO proposal to the WCIT. The text ETNO >>>> have >>>> proposed must be submitted by a country or region or it won't be >>>> considered. >>>> >>>> The proposals that have been made public are not officially to be >>>> considered at WCIT. The countries or regions must submit their >>>> proposals >>>> (again) directly to the WCIT. These country proposals to the WCIT can >>>> be >>>> different from what has been made public. After reviewing the current >>>> submissions to WCIT I can say that some are different from what the >>>> same >>>> country or region proposed in the public document. A few of the >>>> differences are important. So ITU would need to make TD-1 and its >>>> revisions public to keep people informed as to the actual proposals >>>> into >>>> WCIT. >>>> >>>> ATU proposals are not yet available on the ITU website. >>>> >>>> Chip >>>> **Disclaimer: these are my opinions and not those of Cisco or the US >>>> del.*** >>>> >>>> On Oct 18, 2012, at 6:49 AM, "George Nyabuga" <george(a)afrinic.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> An interesting article in The Guardian, quoting, among others, our >>>>> own >>>>> Alice Munyua. But what the listers make of it? >>>>> >>>>> See article at: >>>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet?CMP= twt_gu >>>>> >>>>> George >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dr George Nyabuga >>>>> Tel: >>>>> +230 403 51 00 >>>>> Head, Communications and PR, AFRINIC Fax: +230 466 67 58 >>>>> george(a)afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- >>>>> Join us at AFRINIC-17 for our Public Policy Meeting in Khartoum, >>>>> Sudan, >>>>> on 24 - 29 November 2012 >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/chsharp%40cisco.co m >>>>> >>>>> 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. >> > > > -- > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva > For > Business Development > Transworld Computer Channels > Cel: 0722402248 > twitter.com/lordmwesh > transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know > > _______________________________________________ > 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/omo%40cck.go.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/alice%40apc.org > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and > development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ 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/wambua%40cck.go.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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A solidarity Statement on Kenya's Delegation to WCIT-12
by Ali Hussein 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Dear colleagues We realize that over the last few days there has been heated discussions on the different positions regarding Kenya's National Position to WCIT and the divergent views on the same. We believe that we are stronger in diversity and opinion and that this doesn't negate the fact that while in Dubai we will show a united front after resolving our common positions. We believe that the team at CCK will at all times have the best interests of the country at heart and incorporate stakeholders views as much as possible. Having said that we would like to reiterate our support for the team Kenya leaders in this very important process. TUKO PAMOJA Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad

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Nairobi switches to digital TV signal by December 31
by Grace Githaiga 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

IN SUMMARYInformation PS Bitange Ndemo has noted any further delay would be very expensive for the governmentThe plan to honour a December 31 digital TV switch over in Nairobi region comes just weeks after Dr Ndemo said the Treasury had declined an appeal by his ministry to give subsidies on set-top boxesAn awareness campaign is ongoing to educate consumers on the importance of migrating to digital from the analogue platform http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Nairobi-switches-to-digital-TV-signal…

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Digital TV migration postponement
by robert yawe 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Hi, It was with shock and dismay that I watched the CCK director general lie to the public on a mass broadcast on the reasons for the postponement of the cutoff to digital. He said the reason was that the cost of decoders was still too high for the common mwanainchi, he then proceed to lie by saying that the average price was currently Kes. 6,500/-, yet the price for the StarTimes decoder is 3,499/- and that of GoTV is Kes. 3,999/-. When I was in school many years ago the formula for calculating average was the sum of the numbers divided by the number of numbers (3,499 + 3,999)/2 = 3,749/- so which formula was the DG using? What has incensed me more is that none of the members of the press has taken up the issue instead they have "liked" and "shared" the comments as if they where gospel truth. Regards PS. Have an analog Christmas Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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The gathering for handouts period
by robert yawe 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Robert Yawe <Robertyawe(a)tradezone.co.ke> To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 9:11 Subject: Emailing: Photo_112612_001.jpg The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Photo_112612_001.jpg Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled.

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WCIT Lowdown its all about Africa and Commitee 5
by alice＠apc.org 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Article has very interesting predictions. Best Alice http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/ wcit-lowdown-its-all-about-afr

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WCIT DAY 1: Internet Users Shouldn’t Have to Pay the Price of This International Treaty
by Grace Githaiga 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

An op-ed by Sally Shipman Wentworth, Internet Society (ISOC) "Contrary to some headlines: The UN is not trying to “take over the Internet.”But this treaty could fundamentally alter the way traffic flows across the Internet, and may even create new barriers to access. This is because some of the signatory nations have suggested the treaty not be limited to telecommunications traffic but should be expanded to include regulations for Internet traffic. In this case, the WCIT presents an opportunity for governments to reintroduce old regulations and maybe apply a more centralized nation-based order to the Internet.". http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/12/internet-users-shouldnt-have-to-pay-th…

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thika highway rider
by robert yawe 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

A mindset issue. Hope this one displays

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Resign and seek to supply the system as an outsider
by Grace Githaiga 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

ListersThis is a follow up to the KRA story on Dream of a Career gone sour. Would they really give him the tender to supply? Read on. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has asked an employee who innovated a system to help track property tax cheats — and which the authority is now seeking to procure from a third party — to resign and seek to supply the system as an outsider.http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/KRA-will-not-trade-with-employee-says-Njiraini/-/1006/1626176/-/2psj7rz/-/index.html

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Thika Super Highway
by robert yawe 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Fwd: GenAssem - Crowdsourcing Legislative Debate - Via Matthew Wilcut
by Ali Hussein 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

> While you are busy attending WCIT-12, please consider the tools that have yet to be fully developed which could further the free flow of global information - quality access to legal educational information especially. > > http://youtu.be/3m194rui52Q Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Matthew Wilcut <mwilcut(a)genassem.com> > Date: December 3, 2012, 11:02:39 PM GMT+03:00 > To: 5ko.kantchev(a)gmail.com > Subject: GenAssem - Crowdsourcing Legislative Debate > > While you are busy attending WCIT-12, please consider the tools that have yet to be fully developed which could further the free flow of global information - quality access to legal educational information especially. > > http://youtu.be/3m194rui52Q > > - Matt

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LPI applauds UN Organization Report
by Evans Ikua 04 Dec '12

04 Dec '12

LPI Applauds UN Organization Report (Sacramento, CA, USA: November 29, 2012) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org) applauds the release of the flagship report "The Information Economy Report 2012: The Software Industry and Developing Countries" by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report provides specific recommendations on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for national policy makers and includes two examples of the value of LPI's training and certification programs for ICT development. "We are pleased to be included in this landmark study on the key drivers in the evolving global software landscape and how our program at LPI has played a role in the development of the IT industry within select geographies around the world," said Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI. "This report is also exemplary for the Free and Open Source Software community as it recognizes how FOSS solutions can offer both IT export opportunities and provide solutions for domestic software needs within national economies," added Mr.Lacey. LPI's programs are cited within the report as follows: * Within Chapter IV (Section B. FOSS and Local Software Industry Development, pg.66) is a case study entitled "Creating business and learning opportunities with FOSS in Africa: the case of ict@innovation". This example describes LPI's training and certification program with ict@innovation and goes on to state that the "provision of such courses can be a viable business opportunity. Moreover, by having certified staff, African IT enterprises involved in open source software can improve the quality of their services and win new clients." * In Chapter V: Policies To Enable National Software Systems, Section C: Securing Access to Relevant Skills (pg.93) the report describes LPI's joint program with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to support Linux certification and training within the 22 member countries of the League of Arab States. The case study notes this initiative followed a joint LPI/ITU pilot program in Afghanistan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen: "LPI's network of industry representatives, enterprise customers and Linux professionals recognize an economic interest in this training program as it connects to a community which speaks the local language. LPI’s mandate is to promote professional standards and global adoption of Linux and other open source software through training. It is expected that open source software will quickly become attractive for the majority of the region’s young ICT trainees as it has deep roots in community and collaborative work groups." FOSS related highlights include the following: * In "Chapter IV: The Role of Free and Open Source Software" (pg.62-63), the report describes the following values of FOSS to the development of national software industries: - Promotion of local learning - Lower costs and local value creation - Less dependence on specific technologies and vendors - Enable adaptation of software to local needs - Address concerns related to national security and long-term availability * The report's concluding policy recommendations (pg.108) also provides national governments with direction on enabling FOSS adoption and use: "Give adequate attention to FOSS, especially in public procurement:...FOSS can promote domestic market development and local innovation. Rather than purchasing software licences and services abroad, local FOSS development, sales and services can help keep resources within the local economy, avoid dependency on specific vendors and provide opportunities for income generation and employment. FOSS can also enable local software SMEs to establish new niche markets. Governments should seize the various advantages of relying on FOSS when this offers a competitive solution to their software needs. Technological trends, especially with regard to cloud computing, mobile applications and big data, are further accentuating the reliance on FOSS." The full report is available at:http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ier2012_en.pdf The Linux Professional Institute is globally supported by the IT industry, enterprise customers, community professionals, government entities and the educational community. LPI's certification program is supported by an affiliate network spanning five continents and is distributed worldwide in multiple languages at more than 5,000 testing locations. Since 1999, LPI has delivered over 350,000+ exams and 120,000+ LPIC certifications around the world. # # # About the Linux Professional Institute: The Linux Professional Institute provides a global framework, industry leadership and other services to enhance, develop and further lifelong professional careers in Linux and Open Source technologies. Established as an international non-profit organization in September 1999 by the Linux community, the Linux Professional Institute continues to demonstrate recognized global leadership, direction and skill standards for those who pursue a career in Linux and Open Source technology. LPI advances the Linux and Open Source movement through strategic partners, sponsorships, innovative programs and community development activities. LPI's major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors IBM, Linux Journal, Linux Magazine, Novell, SGI, and TurboLinux as well as Gold Sponsors, HP and IDG. Media Contact: Scott Lamberton Director of Communications Linux Professional Institutehttp://www.lpi.orgslamberton@lpi.org +1-905-269-0862 -- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,* lanetconsulting.com, lpi-eastafrica.org, ict-innovation.fossfa.net, Skype: @ikuae Cell: +254-722-955831

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Syria shuts down Internet? How can we stop this from happening again?
by Warigia Bowman 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

Dear Kictanet List, Please see the work by Jean Camp and Warigia Bowman on how to "Protect the Internet from Dictators: Technical and Policy Solutions to Ensure Online Freedoms. This paper is particularly timely given today's events, since Syria is one of the countries we analyze. Can you please help us to figure out what technology we missed, or in what areas our analysis could be improved? Many thanks. * You can find and download our work here* *http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2101677* * Here is the permalink * *http://ssrn.com/abstract=2101677 *************************************************************************************** * Please see ISOC's statement below. http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-syria%E2%80%99s-intern… Sincerely, Rigia

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Dreams of a cosy career that turned into a nightmare
by Ali Hussein 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

Listers This is an interesting case study of the link between employer/employee relations on Intellectual Property. Who owns the IP when you invent/innovate while working at a company and the invention/innovation is directly linked to the work you have been hired to do? IN SUMMARY When Mr Samson Ngengi beat thousands of applicants to land the coveted position at the tax agency in December 2009, the graduate of Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) had one thing on his mind; to ensure that he gets absorbed into the job Mr Ngengi came up with an innovation that links plot boundaries and location, ownership, and building details as well as tax status of a taxpayer as a single view in a computer application, in an effort to give KRA an insight into how to get its pound of flesh from the lucrative real estate sector His innovation was named the Geo-spatial Revenue Collection Information System (GEOCRIS). But little did he know that he would, early in his career, find himself fighting his employer Is there a strong case here to also focus our Techpreneurs on the 'softer' stuff of turning their ideas/products etc into viable businesses? You know the boring stuff...the nuts and bolts of building an enduring business? Protecting your business idea, building a business system to deliver on the values opposition, sales, legal standing (company registration) etc.. What would have happened if Samson had decided to quite his job at KRA and develop his idea independently? There has been lots of news of late about the hype that has become known as 'Silicon Savannah'. It would be sad if the hype is not concurrently followed by serious efforts to build an ecosystem to support all these brilliant (and not so brilliant) ideas and turn them into strong enduring businesses. For every Cellulant there are maybe tens of others that will never see the light of day. There is a case here for a new type of Multi-stakeholder intervention - between government, private sector (VC, Companies etc) and Not For Profits. I suspect this is already happening in some form or other. More focus is required. Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad

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Interview on Silicon Savanah
by Paul Kukubo 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

Silicon Savannah: Time to grow up? Business Focus<http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/articles/business-focus/>, Feature Articles<http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/articles/feature-articles/>, ICT <http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/sectors/ict/>, Kenya<http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/countries/kenya/>| BY Jonathan Kalan <http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/author/jonathan-kalan/> | November 6, 2012 at 14:50 ------------------------------ inSharThere*Interesting article in response to a debate that raged online on whether the current tech sector is over-hyped. I called in the writer for a discussion on the same and this is the resultant interview. http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/silicon-savannah-time-to-grow-up/21932/?… It’s raining in the Silicon Savannah, and unlike Nairobi’s unbearable traffic problem, no app has emerged promising to stop it.* Paul Kukubo, CEO of Kenya's ICT Board, says the current debate about the state of Silicon Savannah is "not discouraging people, it’s making them think again". Inside the colourful and buzzing tech corridors of Africa’s first technology boom town, whispered conversations between investors are becoming amplified. Criticism, candid commentary and a dose of reality are dropping in from bloggers and pundits, challenging Kenya’s image as a place where African technology magic happens, where successful startups, apps, and entrepreneurs flow like water. Over the past two years, media and the startups they cover have shared the responsibility of painting a glorified picture of Nairobi’s startup scene. They have built a collective hype that’s attracted investors, entrepreneurs and even journalists. Yet for those who have arrived and stayed, what they have found is neither a vast oasis of untapped innovation, nor a dry and dusty savannah filled with empty promises. The reality lies somewhere in between – essentially a very young ecosystem with great potential, but one that also needs to mature and grow up. As the choir gets louder, one thing is becoming apparent – a little rain on Kenya’s technology parade might actually be a good thing. It’s time for companies to sink or swim, for the good seeds to grow and the bad to be washed away. Software and app startups are a dime a dozen here. Yet few are finding funding, and even fewer are actually making money. Entrepreneurialism has become a profession itself, and many young entrepreneurs are lacking the experience, training, and business acumen to make companies grow. This is something investors notice quite quickly. “High expectations, big disappointment,” is how Kenyan blogger Kachwanya described Kenya’s current tech landscape, in a blog post that received 27 heated comments. Andrea Bohnstedt, an investment risk analyst and columnist wrote in a local Kenyan paper “there’s hype and then there’s business. Nairobi’s ‘Silicon Savannah’ is in desperate need of a large dose not of money, but of modesty”. In a recent piece for *Impact IQ, *I myself wrote of “vanity capital and vanity companies”, referring to the fact that entrepreneurs with half-baked ideas and a collection of buzzwords are “falling for too many carrots, chasing free money to satisfy overeager funders”. Last month, even iHub, Kenya’s most established and successful innovation hub, held a full-house event titled ‘Silicon Savannah – Reality Check’, to have “a brutally honest discussion around what’s really going on in Silicon Savannah”. To get to the bottom – or really the top – of Kenya’s ICT scene, I recently sat down with Paul Kukubo, the chief executive officer of Kenya’s ICT Board, to get his take on this Silicon Savannah debate. *What is your take on the argument that there’s “too much hype” surrounding Kenya’s technology scene? Is a bubble about to burst?* We need good debates. The guys who bring up these issues are important to solving the sector issues, and it’s a healthy debate. It’s not discouraging people, it’s making them think again. If anything, it’s not hyped enough. Kenya’s app-fuelled startup scene is a very small sector, with a few people who are active on Twitter following each other. It’s important to understand that Kenya’s 20% growth in ICT<http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/sectors/ict/>is coming from a multiplicity of businesses and tiers, not just from the small startups. At the top of the ladder are the multinational corporations, like IBM and Oracle. Then there is the partner ecosystem – the companies that feed off this multinational tier as partners and distribution channels. Then, there are companies that do a bit of everything, creating software products, either by utilising open source systems or developing code from scratch. These are traditional software writers, systems that run schools or financial systems. Finally, you have the apps companies, a new generation of companies that have an innovation agenda. You get attention with the most sexy app, or the one that does the most sensible thing. Their role is to break the rules, articulate needs at the community level, innovate, and customisation for the market. Top tiers, like Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, are the large money generators, but the app model is what’s being developing around the world, and you cannot rank these things. Just like you need Oracle, you need Angry Birds. That’s why we love this scenario, and don’t want to mess it up. It’s nice when you have a culture where young people take the initiative to create. That has its own momentum. It’s creating a culture of creating, which is what all governments around the world spend so much time teaching the young people to do. *You see many foreign investors coming through your office. What are their concerns with the Kenyan market?* Some of them say they came in too early, some say they wish they came in earlier. Their biggest concerns are not about the ideas. They think the ideas are exactly the same. What they say is that the culture of doing business among these technology entrepreneurs has to be strengthened, in terms of things like reporting back. Venture capital money is not like donor money. It’s very strictly commercial. VCs are finding there are sometimes discipline issues, inability to comply with requirements, and a culture around their obligation towards repayment. I’m on record as saying I fear that we can create a donor dependency. You don’t want donor money to crowd out the private sector. But, I think it straightens itself out. The market is the best judge. It’s a learning curve, and you need to go through that curve. People don’t understand technology enough to invest in technology companies. I think that that’s changing. If anything, that’s changing faster here than it’s changing anywhere else. *What is the media’s role in this?* Writers are like small companies. They also need to write. So, we now need a new angle – this ecosystem needs a new angle. You read about the *Silicon Alley Insider, *the role that magazine played in building Silicon Valley, it was exactly the same. We need a good technology writing clique to decipher the stories actually surrounding this debate. What we also need is better reporting so the failures can be highlighted. When it comes to failures, there are many. You don’t know them because many don’t exist in the structured labs and hubs. They are working in their bedrooms, in the schools, in rural areas. *In 5-10 years, where do you see Kenya’s tech scene? What does it need to get there?* Some companies will grow and become big, some companies will become mid tier, some will become acquired, and many will fail. That’s just the way it has to be. We need this many startups because the ratio of failure to success by definition must be high. There are companies littered all over the Silicon Valley roads. Many of these companies are going nowhere, others will become millionaires. We need people to actually start to solve problems by understanding problems well. We have needs in agriculture<http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/sectors/agriculture-sectors-2/>, health care, retail<http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/sectors/retail-sectors/>, mining<http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/category/sectors/mining-minerals/>, public sector – everywhere. Most importantly, we need a new kind of entrepreneur. Someone who’s young, has worked for a larger tech company for a few years, who understands business process. We don’t have many of these yet, but they are emerging. *(interview edited for length and clarity)* Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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So should "youTube or Facebook be billed for the data they send" WCIT 2012
by Alice Munyua 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

http://www.economist.com/news/21567340-governments-squabble-over-new-rules-… Best Alice --

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Google takes a swipe at ITU ahead of WCIT event, and ITU responds
by Brian Munyao Longwe 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

My head is spinning with this battle being waged on the public policy front: http://itu4u.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/the-google-campaign-an-itu-view/ Brian [image: logo] *Brian Munyao Longwe* | Mobile: 254715964281 http://mashilingi.blogspot.com <http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> <http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> LinkedIn<http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> Contact me: [image: Skype] blongwe Want a signature like mine? <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.…> Click here.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.…>

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Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within Nairobi?
by Matunda Nyanchama 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

Friends National Task Force on Police Reforms (created following the post-election violence of 2008) was presented with various views and made certain recommendations. I have included below some views and recommendations pertaining to technology. May be the Kenyan Police have a roadmap towards effective use of ICTs. For example what would be priority: automating the occurrence book (and use of intelligent data mining to design effective/efficient solutions), HR, Finance, etc or CCTV? On our part, we did prepare an unsolicited proposal in which we suggested a diligent approach to technology needs for policing, which would result in prioritization. We later learnt that the priority they had was acquiring CCTV, an idea we felt was being pushed by CCTV vendors rather than security priorities. NB: Kshs 8.5 billion? I hope someone has a good rationale. Here are the police views according to the report a) Communication equipment within the police, particularly in rural areas, were found to be either absent, non-functional, or poor and outdated. This directly undermines the ability by members to access telephones, mobile phones or internet facilities to enable them to undertake their normal policing functions. Police investigators routinely use their personal mobile phones for official purposes, as they have no access to police communication systems. The Task Force was also informed that some criminals have superior communication equipment to that of the police, which enables them to intercept police communications. b) The investigative function of the police has been weakened by inadequate crime intelligence, lack of modern technology, reduced operational autonomy of the CID, transfer practices, and a re-active ‘fire fighting’ approach to policing. The Task Force noted that: a) Information and Communication Technology (ICT): The police services lack the basic ICT knowledge and skills, equipment and infrastructure. The lack of an effective electronic network and communication system, which connects police stations, undermines the ability of the police to use simple and cheap communication systems for policing purposes. The police are further not able to key in and preserve crucial information and data that would ordinarily help them not only track criminals but also to inform them on crime patterns or trends as well as assisting in case management. b) Cyber crime: This Task Force noted the increase in the use of information technology in the commission of crimes including complex frauds, computer hacking, credit cards scams, spreading of computer viruses, facilitation of human trafficking and child pornography using internet. It was clear that most police officers lack the most basic I.C.T. knowledge. The Task Force recommended, inter alia, (a)That the tooling, logistical and technological capacity of the police services be reviewed to establish the exact needs and specification in order to bring policing to international standards. Consideration should be given to prioritizing Communication and information technology and transportation. (b)That the use of CCTV cameras as a policing component particularly in major cities and our highways be incorporated in the National Policing Plan. The police should coordinate with the private sector to maximize and synchronize the use of CCTV to combat crime. (c) Legislation needs to be developed to make electronic, audio-visual, computer data and photographic evidence to be admissible in court. (d)That the capacity of Forensic Science Service Department (FSSD) be enhanced within the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to be staffed by civilian experts to enable the police concentrate on their core duties. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Will thugs rule the web? Beware the UN power grab
by Davis Onsakia 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

Dear all, I find this article bothering on hate speech but the guy has some valid points. Judge for yourself. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/will_thugs_rule_the_web… Best Regards, Davis M Onsakia "One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."

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Taking stock of the 2012 IGF and suggestions for 2013 IGF
by Alice Munyua 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Dear all The IGF secretariat is inviting "written contributions taking stock of the 2012 Baku meeting and inviting suggestions on the themes and format of the IGF 2013 meeting. The deadline for contributions is *14 February 2012*. These inputs will be summarized in a synthesis paper that will act as an input into the discussions of the February meeting. I would be grateful if you could inform your respective stakeholder groups." Best Alice --

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Fwd: WCIT-12 briefing paper
by Ali Hussein 30 Nov '12

30 Nov '12

Listers For those following WCIT-12 discussions here is a good summary on what's going on. See email thread below. Regards Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: "Peter Dunn" <Peter.Dunn(a)cullen-international.com> > Date: November 29, 2012, 8:23:50 PM GMT+03:00 > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: WCIT-12 briefing paper > > Cullen International’s latest briefing paper on WCIT-12 is now available. The briefing covers the main points raised in ITU member states’ proposals to WCIT-12, which starts in Dubai on 3 December. For a copy of the briefing, click here. > > For more information on other Cullen services, please contact: peter.dunn(a)cullen-international.com > > Peter Dunn > Principal Analyst > Cullen International > > Tel: +32 81 25 74 76 > Mob: +32 473 99 04 38 > email: peter.dunn(a)cullen-international.com > > > > Clos Lucien Outers 11-21/1 > 1160 Brussels, Belgium > www.cullen-international.com

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Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within Nairobi?
by Areba Collins [ ＠BrainiacKE ® ] 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Listers sorry for cross posting: Dear Omtata, Ill begin with a statement I read somewhere: "An elephant is a rat built to government specifications". That Said & Done, the person answerable to us on this matter must, and has to be the PS , Daktari Ndemo. The assumption has to be that Due diligence was followed (or should have been followed) and procurement of these gadgets involved the necessary ministries for technology oversight. That said, I doubt that the procured equipment was of the order that you find on Kimathi street or other local suppliers. As interested parties in the security of the nation, I would assume that only military grade equipment would do, where various organs, NSIS, KDOD & other uniforms would put in requirements for this that would then be added up to determine the scope. Considering our military is a highly secretive one, and that procurements come to be heard of years later, and factoring in the fact that while latest trends show that our learnings have been to the east when procuring hardware, we still maintain a "joined in the hip" relationship with some western leaning nations such as Israel. It would therefore not be inimaginable that some obscure "additions" might have been added onto the mix to do more specific tasks than just "seeing". In which case then securing these 51 installations, getting the relevant persons trained to the right skill set and running interferance would easily hit that mark. but who knows, maybe we have an unmanned predator hovering over the city doing all this. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Okiya Omtatah Okoiti <omtatah(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > Is there anybody familiar with this issue of CCTV cameras within cities? > It is reported the we will be spending Kshs 8.5 billion on CCTV cameras > within Nairobi, in just 51 locations!?... One expert told me this: > "One high tech camera costs about kshs. 60,000. If you multiply this with > 51, you get kshs. 3.06m. Assuming each will be controlled by a Mac > computer, kshs.250k by 51 you get kshs.12.7m. If you add even 100m for > installation and other expenses. There is no way it could amount to > kshs.8.5 billion!!!" > > On the procurement of public goods and services, the Constitution > declares in Article 227(1) that: "When a State organ or any other public > entity contracts for goods or > services, it shall do so in accordance with a system that is fair, equitable, > transparent, competitive and cost-effective." > > Regards, > > Omtatah > > -- > > ************************************************************************************************* > Geniuses Training and Business Services > Certificate and Diploma in Teaching, Training, Business Management & > Entepreneurship, Legal Studies, Social Media & Marketing, Project > Management, Multimedia Development, English and Literature Studies, > Children Studies, Psychology, ICT Foundation Course > Call 0705297307 or 0786695083 or Email to: info(a)geniusesltd.com > > > ************************************************************************************************* > TO ADVERTISE HERE: email: amosogal @ gmail.com > > ************************************************************************************************* > To subscribe:progressive-kenyans+subscribe@googlegroups.com: > Unsubscribe:progressive-kenyans+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > > > -- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*

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Re: [kictanet] Whatsapp Application
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

If only most students would know this then the cost of education may go down in the campuses. Consider how many student hold this card and yet spend 300shillings copying notes from scribd and slideshare or rather printing them yet they can subscribe for 500 or less shillings per month and download as much as they can. All am saying is that it is no good for banks to withhold information from its customers. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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WTSA - final outcomes
by Alice Munyua 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Final outcomes on the just concluded WTSA from ISOC. Best Alice -------- Original Message -------- Hi everyone, WTSA concluded this afternoon with the following outcomes. Onward to WCIT! Report: WTSA Closing Plenary and Final Agreements -- References to ITRs – There were no new references that were added to the WTSA Resolutions, however there are a few existing Resolutions that do refer to the ITR text. As the ITR language is modified these references will need to be reviewed to determine if the language changes create impacts or scope creep for the ITU. -- IPv6: Resolution 64 on IP Address Allocation was the most contentious issue of this WTSA. At the Tuesday session additional text was proposed by the Arab States for a provision instructing that the ITU complete an application to become an RIR. In the ensuing debate, developing countries lined up in favor. After much give and take the closing Plenary today took up the discussion once again to determine if a compromise could be reached. The US stated that according to the World Summit on the Information Society, the United Nations should not be engaged in the day‑to‑day technical operations of the Internet. The Assembly took note of that statement and a new compromise was reached that removed the ITU RIR requirement from the resolution. -- Cybersecurity: Resolution 50 on Cybersecurity was adopted and the security work will continue at the ITU-T under SG17. The resolution contains text regarding working collaboratively with other relevant SDOs and forums. One item of note SG 13’s new mandate is cloud computing and that group will take the lead on security work related to cloud computing and has been asked to collaborate with SG17 as needed. -- MPLS: SG15s New Recommendation “ITU-T G.8113.2/Y.1372.2 Operations, administration and maintenance mechanisms for MPLS-TP networks using the tools defined for MPLS” was approved without any debate. The Plenary session on 26 November noted the IETF liaison assigning the point code. -- New Resolution from Japan proposing the creation of a Strategic and Structural Review Committee for the ITU‑T was adopted with some modifications during plenary discussion as the proposed text focused on the ITU taking the lead role in making sure that no other SDO and forum developed standards that were in conflict with the ones that they produced. This text in the instructs the ITU was modified to restore the original intent of mutual cooperation and joint coordination to avoid undue conflicts in standards development. -- Numbering Misuse, Calling Party ID / Inappropriate Hubbing: The various proposals to modify the numbering resolutions were tough to resolve. In the end the term fraud was removed from the Misuse Resolution 61 and replaced with misappropriation of resources, still a contentious issue but not as troublesome as originally proposed as it is qualified as only applying to E.164 telephone numbers. Resolution 29 on Alternative Calling Procedures has included references to "inappropriate hubbing" recognizing that forms of hubbing may be misuse and cause loss of revenue. Resolution 65 on Calling Party/Calling Line Identification (CLI) modifications caused significant tension between countries who want the identification delivered with every international call vs. countries and operators who do not have a mandate or are technical incapable of sending the calling party or line information. The compromise is to add where technically feasible as a qualifier. However SG2 has been tasked with significant work from these resolutions, such as defining hubbing, with CLI on mechanisms to overcome issues and to work with SG17 on related security issues, and with misuse on economic impacts and continued means to resolve international settlement losses. -- WSIS: Resolution 75 on the ITU-Ts contribution to the outcomes of WSIS was significantly expanded to include the implementation of various WSIS Action Lines. “Relevant” SGs have been instructed to consider the output of the CWG-Internet Policy in their work and the TSB is instructed to provide a comprehensive summary of the T Sector work to WG-WSIS, and TSAG. -- Spam: Resolution 52 on spam was adopted with some modifications, including a requirement for SG17 to continue to study spam and for the TSB to initiate a study of spam, including sending a questionnaire to obtain technical and economic impact details on spam. -- Resolution 178 on ITU role in organizing the work on technical aspects of telecommunication networks to support the Internet: The recommendation of TSAG to create a Joint Coordination Activity (JCA) was met with some resistance, however the compromise reached modified the JCAs terms of reference to include a requirement that it report to Council in 2013 on a proposal to change itself into a working party or a SG (this has more status and outputs). This is has the potential to become the Internet SG so the work of this JCA needs to be monitored closely. --New Resolution on Strengthening Collaboration: This a new proposal to create a group to work on ITU-T collaboration with other bodies and to report to TSAG on its findings. This new group will work closely with the Strategic Review Committee to develop synergies for collaboration as new work areas are identified. -- Number of Study Groups is maintained at 10, with the addition of several new groups (JCA-178, Strategic Review, Strengthening Collaboration) that will report to TSAG. There were also a new Focus Group created to study QoS, which could be problematic should the study also include capabilities of IP networks or extend PSTN requirements onto IP. -- A Series Recommendation modification on IPR: A.5 on procedures for referencing the documents of other organizations. There was one very troubling proposal regarding the treatment of other organizations who would not allow there text to be restated within an ITU-T Recommendation, however the final compromise resulted in an alternative where if an organization that meets the qualifications in either A.4, A.5 or A.6 will not give permission for its work to be copies into a Recommendation the SG can by consensus agree to add a normative reference to the text.\ - Deep packet inspection implementation requirements - a chapeau to this recommendation was inserted prior to approval along these lines: Implementers and users of all ITU-T Recommendations, including Rec. ITU-T G.9980 and the underlying techniques, shall comply with all applicable national and regional laws, regulations and policies.” -- New Study items were assigned to the remit of various SGs: - machine-to-machine - cloud / cloud security - ubiquitous and Internet of Things applications - smart grid - e-health / e-waste - intelligent transport systems - Software Defined Networking (SDN) Sally Wentworth Internet Society +1 703 439 2146 wentworth(a)isoc.org www.isoc.org _______________________________________________ Itu2012 mailing list Itu2012(a)elists.isoc.org https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/itu2012

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Elections 2013: BVR Kits a raw deal for Kenyans
by Odhiambo Washington 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Hello Kenyans Kenyans were conned, or something is afoot:I was listening to Lincoln Njogu's interview on Radio Citizen this morning and it came out from the IIEBC representative that the BVR kits are not networked. This confirmed my suspicion the day I went to register as a voter. After looking and missing seeing any device that would provide network connectivity on the equipment, I asked the clerks if the voters details are updated in the central database realtime and their answer was a NO. They send a flash disk to some place every evening to have the records updated on something. And the way I thought this was a "connected" (networked) system. No wonder the minister said the Diaspora will not vote this time round. IIEBC says otherwise, but don't say how they will vote. Kenyans WERE CONNED. These are standalone electronic records, we just did put paper away, but I can bet my life the system can be manipulated to serve sinister interests. My take on this nonsense called BVR. Nonsense!-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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Kenya opposes internet rules review
by alice＠apc.org 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

They are not internet rules. Rather International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) Ali, I agree there is a disconnect and perhaps a lack of understanding of what the ITRs are. Educate the media? Best Alice ---------- Http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/ Kenya opposes internet rules review By Semaj Itosno, Nairobi. Kenya will not support a review of the Internet’s governing rules and economic model, which were originally agreed onin Melbourne 25 yearsago.On Tuesday next week, 193 telecommunication regulatory bodies willconverge on Dubai to review the regulations.The review of the regulations and economic model has split the membercountries into two. One group supports the change of the law, which ifadopted will see content providers pay for the service. The otherwants the status quo to remain.Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and senior officials at theMinistry of Information will represent the country at the meeting,where they will oppose the review.Information Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo, said today that Kenyais not supporting the review, because it will stifle innovation andmake internet access more expensive.“ITU should stick with regulating telecoms industry and leave out theinternet, as expanding its mandate to start regulating it will stifleinnovation, especially in the Third World countries which are thebeneficiaries of such content,” said Dr Ndemo. “Our constitutionguarantees freedom of information through the Bill of Rights whichwould also be threatened if the proposal is adopted.”Those supporting the review such as the European TelecommunicationsNetwork Operators’ Association (ETNO) which drives broadband growthin Europe have based their argument on Article 3 of the Melbournetreaty which says:“Operating Agencies shall endeavour to provide sufficienttelecommunications facilities to meet requirements of, and demand for,international telecommunication services. For this purpose, and toensure an adequate return on investment in high bandwidthinfrastructures, operating agencies shall negotiate commercialagreements to achieve a sustainable system of fair compensation fortelecommunications services and, where appropriate, respecting theprinciple of sending party network pays.”In the current arrangement it is the receiver who pays for the contentand the delivery, and network quality is not guaranteed.Sally WentworthInternet Society+1 703 439 2146wentworth(a)isoc.orgwww.isoc.org

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Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within Nairobi?
by tonui kiprotich 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

---------- Sent from my Nokia ------Original message------ From: Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri(a)semacraft.com> To: <tonuikiprotich(a)yahoo.com> Cc: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>,"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:37:47 PM GMT+0300 Subject: Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within Nairobi? I wonder how much the underlying realtime facial recognition infrastructure costs and the interface to the various systems such as registrar of persons and registrar of motor vehicles. Considering this is probably running on proprietary platforms designed to withstand sophisticated attacks, I'm not entirely surprised by that high cost. Muchiri ************************* sent from my mobile device. Semacraft Consulting Partners Nairobi, Kenya. On Nov 29, 2012 11:52 AM, <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > It is better to seek clarification than to draw conclusions without full > information.Today even a semi-professional camera costs much much more than > ksh.60,000.00m. > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ] > <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> > Sender: "kictanet" > <kictanet-bounces+ngethe.kariuki2007=yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:28:25 > To: <ngethe.kariuki2007(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: Skunkworks forum<skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy > Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] [PK] Kshs 8.5 billion on just CCTV cameras within > Nairobi? > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ngethe.kariuki2007%40… > > 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/muchiri%40semacraftcom > > 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/tonuikiprotich%40yaho… 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] Whatsapp Application
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Am learning alot from this thread. Does this mean that most people are able to purchase things online and that they have had this privilege for as long as...yet they do not know this! Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Whatsapp Application
by Cecilia Matanga 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Dear all I had a very interesting conversation with my mum yesterday, she wanted to know how she can purchase the whatsapp service since her free trial expires in two weeks time. She says from her handset there are 2 options google wallet and paypal. Of course she has no idea what both are to start with. I don't know how many of you are using this app. But in my village its becoming a popular application with most people having changed handsets to ensure they have whatsapp enabled ones. The reason being its cheaper to send messages using whatsapp. Actually the other day I heard the radio DJ asking people to whatsapp their opinions too! As of yesterday most profile status changed to 'error: user unavailable'. This has caused so much panic in the whatsapp community and I am sure if you are on whatsapp you have by now received this chain email asking you to send to 18 users to prove you are an active user. Based on those two incidents, I am wondering is there a defined model of payment for this service taking into account that most users do not have paypal, Google wallet or even a credit card. Most of us have been buying data bundles so we can access this application( and I am sure contributing a lot to the internet usage statistics). Now with these expiration looming has anyone thought of assisting those who may have the USD$2 to purchase the service. -- Cecilia Matanga Programme Officer Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan UNDESA Nairobi - Kenya Mobile : +254-718568154 Telephone : +254-20-374 9892/3 Fax : +254-20-374 9894

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Re: [kictanet] Whatsapp Application
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

Maybe the low income society was not the target market for the app Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Re: [kictanet] Worst service providers
by meshack emakunat 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

I recently purchased data from Airtel worth 150. Today i regret having purchased that which i cannot utilize. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Fibre Optics and EIA
by Kerubo Ombati 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Hi Listers, Does anyone know if IT companies that are laying fibre optic cables are required to get an EIA Licence prior to laying the cables? Thanks Kerubo

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Kenya laying on its rotting laurels
by robert yawe 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Hi, A number of past topics are a clear indication that Kenya is laying on its historical laurels many of which are past their throw out date. Digital migration: Kenya led the process but now seems like we shall fall behind as we suspend the switchover yet Tanzania is going full steam ahead which means that they will also go LTE before we do (where will the tech investment go now?) Uganda Statehouse web site: Speaks for itself Konza: Even with all the issues of Ruanda's expansionist tendency's they still remain the darlings of investors, Southern Sudan is a true green field and with ready petrol dollar will give us a run for our money. The Southern Sudan government needed a data center and instead of waiting for a master builder the imported a containerised one that took 3 months to order and commission 1 M TV sets and 2 M watches: A clear sign that we believe we have arrived and can know enjoy the trappings of wealth then when a foreign multinational lands and takes over the business we plead for state protection Geo-spatial Revenue Collection Information System (GEOCRIS): The young man will soon be whisked off to some foreign capital where he will be feted and rewarded while we continue searching for a "database" Internet bandwidth to double: We have become a nation obsessed with infrastructure projects, what have we done with the existing bandwidth? Safaricom to lay own fiber: As shareholders of Safaricom it is criminal to allow management to spend resources on duplicating efforts, CCK & NEMA need to stop double standards and apply the same rules across the board. With the digital signal distribution they say 2 are more than enough, they refuse to enforce mast sharing (Kudos to Yu & Airtel). Would it not be better if Safaricom was to use the money to improve their service delivery levels and footprint? Treasury building new data center in CDB: If the government is serious about shared services why is it that different ministries are busy building new data centers thereby further entrenching the silo structures MPesa has grown up: We keep treating MPesa like a bouncing new born yet it is a mature application that now has an ID and will be voting in the next election, where is the next big thing? OpenData a failure: We opened data but forgot to teach the locals how to harness its potential, what we need is not more data but to use what we have. Feeding a 4" water pipe into a home is a sure recipe for disaster, for the uninitiated your water supply is based on a 0.5" pipe There is a story that was once told by the Hon. Raila Odinga after returning from an official visit to one of the Asian Tiger Nations where after a presentation on their stratospheric growth he asked for a copy of the master plan. In response the hosts asked why he would want a copy of the document they copied from Kenya when they visited in the late 60's. We might as well convert the country into a university as is said "those who can do, those who can't teach" Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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UN Agency's Leaked Playbook: Panic, Chaos over Anti-Internet Treaty
by Alice Munyua 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2012/11/26/un-agencys-leaked-playbo… The International Telecommunications Union, the UN agency at the center of a firestorm over new efforts to regulate the Internet, is preparing a social media campaign to target what it expects will be fierce opposition to a revised telephone treaty being decided next month at a secret conference in Dubai. That’s according to a key ITU internal planning document that appeared Saturday on the website WCITLeaks, which has been posting a steady stream of documents leading up to the conference. Even as ITU officials accelerate increasingly clumsy efforts to deflect the wrath of Internet users over next month’s World Conference on International Telecommunications, more documents leaking out ahead of the meeting continue to expose the agency’s misstatements. The WCIT conference will consider revisions to a 1988 treaty known as the International Telecommunications Regulations. At the meeting, 193 member nations consider dozens of proposed amendments, including several that would bring the Internet under ITU jurisdiction and substantially change the architecture and governance of the Internet. Other proposals would, if adopted, give countries including Russia, China, and Iran UN sanctioned-authority to monitor and censor incoming and outgoing Internet traffic under the guise of improving “security.” The newly-leaked document is the agenda for an “ITU Senior Management Retreat” held in Geneva in September. It includes a detailed report on resistance to WCIT and the agency’s plans to counter criticism of its secretive processes. It also includes links and passwords for presentations given by outside public relations and advertising executives from leading global agencies. (The passwords were still active as of Nov. 24th.) The document, marked “confidential,” suggests senior ITU officials have become both paranoid and panicked over growing outrage over both the form and substance of the upcoming negotiations. Material included with the agenda paints a pathetic picture of the150 year-old UN agency struggling to defend itself from attacks by what the agency believes is a “well-financed and well-organized campaign originating in the USA” whose goal is to “discredit the ITU and WCIT.” The two-day meeting also featured leading media consultants invited to help the agency formulate a strategy to avoid the kind of global outrage that mortally wounded a secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement treaty earlier this year, and which did in copyright legislation known as SOPA and PIPA in the U.S. in January. Both ACTA and the US copyright bills were widely expected to pass with little opposition until Internet users organized physical and virtual protests that caught lawmakers by surprise. According to the internal ITU document, the agency had already launched what it calls a “counter-campaign”–a media blitz the agency plans to expand in light of what the ITU sees as the likely event of significant hostility to the revised treaty after the conference. Following the WCIT meeting, the ITU says, the counter-campaign will focus on ways to “mitigate the risk” of an “intensive anti-ratification campaign in [the US and Western Europe], based on the so-called lack of openness of the WCIT process, resulting in a significant number of countries refusing to ratify the new ITRs.” A Crisis of the ITU’s Own Making The “so-called lack of openness” has little to do with growing outrage over WCIT. The real objections to the conference have more to do with substance than the secrecy of the negotiations. First and foremost, there is strong opposition within the US and EU delegations to expanding the UN’s jurisdiction over IP networks in any form. (The current ITRs do not extend to the Internet.) Globally, concern is also growing over increasingly direct efforts by some national governments to hijack the conference into mandating changes to the engineering-driven, multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance that relies on non-governmental international organizations such as the Internet Society, ICANN, and the W3C. These changes are seen as preludes to future restrictions on content and users implemented through the reengineering of key resources. In response to early proposals along these lines, Congress unanimously passed a joint resolution over the summer urging the US delegation, led by Ambassador Terry Kramer, to reject any extension of the ITU’s authority to Internet matters, or to allow ITU member states to use the conference to advance longstanding anti-Internet agendas. Last week, the EU debated a sternly-worded proposal urging its members likewise to resist Internet-related proposals. Also last week, Google launched its own campaign, urging users to take direct action against the WCIT. “Some governments want to use a closed-door meeting in December to increase censorship and regulate the Internet,” the company said. “Some proposals could permit governments to censor legitimate speech — or even allow them to cut off Internet access.” --

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CCK reinstates glide path for Mobile Termination Rates (MTR)
by Wambua, Christopher 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

Listers The CCK Board has today reinstated the glide path for the Mobile Termination Rate (MTR). Effective 1st July 2012, the Mobile Termination Rate has declined from the KES 2.21 to KES 1.44 per minute. This resolution is expected to enhance competition in the mobile telecoms industry. Attached is the press statement on the CCK Board's decision. Best regards, Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA

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And ze plot, it thickens...Is this brinksmanship from Google?
by Brian Munyao Longwe 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

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Data Protection Law | Practicalities
by S.M. Muraya 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

Important info here: http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/11/violence-prone-areas-mapped-action-… A digital media professional recently told me when they go out to record or picture hardship areas they do inform the government (security personnel) of trouble (violence) they note brewing in certain locations. As law enforcement data is digitized and law enforcement processes are automated, much criminal evidence (electronically distributed) will be stored in data centers. Information that gets to the top / security chain of command in a week or month for action will be available to them in a day or two if not at their fingertips in a minute or two. There will be threats to our local data centers. Data centers require military grade security and distribution all over the country. What is our plan? Who will secure our facilities? The Regular Police? the GSU? the Department of Defense? All of them plus others working together? How does the Data Protection Law we are formulating factor Physical Security / Distribution?

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The Hypocrisy Threatening the Future of the Internet
by Alice Munyua 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

Another view best Alice ---------------------------------------- http://theglobaljournal.net/article/view/904/ The Hypocrisy Threatening the Future of the Internet by Jean-Christophe Nothias - Editor NOVEMBER 22, 2012 The upcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) in Dubai looms as a moment of truth for the Internet’s governing rules and economic model. In all, representatives of 193 countries will come together to review the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR) agreed in Melbourne 25 years ago. The United States (US) government, a leading voice in the sector, is strongly opposed to any changes to the treaty (itself an update of an earlier agreement), arguing the Internet has nothing to do with ‘traditional’ telecommunications, and – more ominously – that freedom is at stake. In contrast to this ‘no changes proposed’ plan, other member states are likely to bring different perspectives and ideas to feed into discussions at the 11-day December event, which will be moderated by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), a specialized United Nations (UN) agency. The fight is growing increasingly vocal, while raising questions of concern to all about the overwhelming power of the US in relation to the Internet and the need for structural re-balancing. Before looking at the critical proposals to be discussed in Dubai, as well as the arguments now flooding the public sphere, however, let’s first survey the battlefield where this war is raging. The ITU Secretariat itself has no power to propose amendments to the ITR, nor has the organization expressed a desire to control the Internet. The ITU, as an institution, has the power to adopt amendments, on the basis of consensus of the membership. As a UN body, the ITU’s DNA is rooted in notions of human rights and human development, alongside a technical cooperation mandate. None of this would allow room for a power grab. In fact, the ITU is focused on reaching out to voting member states, as well as other concerned players, in order to facilitate an honest, fair-play approach to international telecommunications regulation. All member states have had the right to circulate proposals to be discussed in Dubai. Each has also been encouraged to launch national consultation processes prior to WCIT-12. The ITU itself has shared preparatory documents online, and initiated a public forum to collect comments and proposals from any interested party. The agency represents a large and open coordinating point where not only governments, but also over 500 private sector entities, members of academia and civil society have been preparing the debate to come. It is noticeable, however, that the most influential non-government player – Google – has never sought to become a consulting member, and in fact has declined several invitations from the ITU Secretariat to do so. At this stage, nobody is able to say with any certainty which proposals, often dramatically opposed, will be adopted at the conference, with any treaty amendments requiring a simple majority. Five key issues form the focus of international wrangling ahead of WCIT-12: net neutrality, payment principles for senders and receivers, control, cyber security and censorship, even though the last three are not on the agenda. Despite the headline-grabbing implications of the latter, however, it is the first two that shape as perhaps the most critical to the future of the Internet as we know it. At the most basic level, ‘net neutrality’ refers to non-discrimination in transiting data packets. The Internet today is going through critical transformations that threaten to create, if left unaddressed, issues of even greater magnitude. For years, data delivery was based on a ‘best effort’ principle – every connected network operator would do their best to transfer data, with no timing guarantee, defined hierarchy, nor specific quality requirement. Two major challenges, however, are now transforming the industry. In the context of data, speed is money: all web-based businesses are well aware that speed improves end-user experience, and boosts revenues. On top of constant increases in traffic, video streaming has also emerged as a significant bandwidth consumer. Fierce competition is pushing the market to secure ‘quality of service’ guarantees around resolution, smooth play and start-up time. A portion of the data circulating today over the Internet will increasingly be subject to contractual commitments, and will need, therefore, to secure top-priority laissez-passer. Step by step, the speed issue is creating a split between ‘economy class’ data, and ‘premium’ and ‘first class’ data. Those with the money to pay will be able to afford the best speed and quality. For others, it will be a case of ‘we’ll take care of you when we have the available bandwidth.’ Arbitrage over which data goes first is an issue impacting all Internet users worldwide. Previously, this was not the case (and no one could complain) due to the ‘best-effort’ approach. It is clear to many of the Internet industry’s major players dealing with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), Front End Optimization, a new protocol challenging the 30-year old Transmission Control Protocol and other emerging technologies, that the next competitive battleground is quality, and therefore the need for reserved bandwidth. This will dramatically change the use of the Internet, as well as the revenue share between players. Another significant element of the ‘speed battle’ relates not to data flows, but to infrastructure capacities. We know that emerging and developing economies are already slow on their own infrastructure development, and facing challenging conditions to identify additional funds to build necessary facilities and purchase equipment to increase broadband access. A parallel infrastructure divide between broadband and non-broadband countries will exacerbate the split in data ‘classes.’ Similarly, revenues will inevitably follow technology – more to the rich, less to the poor. Many proposals are on the table ahead of WCIT-12, and it would be meaningless to look into each, as only a few have a chance to achieve a voting majority. One idea by ETNO, the 50-member European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association driving broadband growth in Europe, however, has gained some support and visibility from the ITU membership. African and Arab states have made proposals equivalent in intent, albeit using different language. ETNO's idea concerns Article 3 of the Melbourne treaty: “Operating Agencies shall endeavor to provide sufficient telecommunications facilities to meet requirements of, and demand for, international telecommunication services. For this purpose, and to ensure an adequate return on investment in high bandwidth infrastructures, operating agencies shall negotiate commercial agreements to achieve a sustainable system of fair compensation for telecommunications services and, where appropriate, respecting the principle of sending party network pays.” A non-voting member of the ITU, ETNO can, like any other entity, defend and push its ideas to all member states. The organization’s argument appears reasonable in terms of principle, but is unacceptable to the US. A ‘paying sender’ principle would place the US in a premium position as a payer. The current situation is actually the opposite: in effect, a ‘paying receiver’ system. When, for example, a citizen of Botswana uses Google’s search engine, the relevant operating agency of Botswana will ultimately have to pay the operator sending the data. Consequently, when a massive spam campaign is enacted, the consumption of bandwidth is assigned to the receivers. Few people realize that the largest share of spam is sent from servers based in the US. Naturally, these servers are paid for the service. Yet, this also creates a ‘consumption of bandwidth’ for the receivers, resulting in greater usage charges. Critically, the connections between the approximately 40,000 autonomous servers at a global level are ruled by contractual agreements between operating agencies. All are linked to a national territory and must deal with the regulations in their home jurisdiction. The commercial agreements between operating agencies are secret. It is very difficult – if not impossible – for a journalist, academic or public official to access such information. While video pricing is known, we still have no clear picture of the revenues flowing from the interconnections between bandwidth operators. Switching to a model that combines both principles – that is, where sending and receiving parties each contribute to infrastructure costs – would modify the distribution of revenues between operating agencies. Most significantly, American actors would have to pay other national operators. Part of the redistribution could be used to assist emerging and developing countries develop broadband infrastructure, reducing the technological deficit and boosting economic growth. Google – amongst other big senders – would be unable to continue using freely ‘collective global capital’ (the worldwide infrastructure network) for which it did not spend a penny. The fact that Google is building its own CDN centers is not comparable, albeit the company’s actions may indirectly help to resolve data ‘traffic jams’ by locating content closer to end users, and reducing the ‘journey’ of data packets. Amending the ITR to introduce a new payment approach would be revolutionary – a revolution not welcomed, however, by US interests. Listening to the assembled US voices preaching against any changes at WCIT-12, a central argument is based around the notion of defending the Internet as a pure and perfect example of a democratic, decentralized system, allowing all users a controlling stake in some kind of balanced and participatory wonder. The old credo by David Clark in 1992 – “we reject presidents, kings and voting; we believe in rough consensus and running code” – is part of the web wonderland hagiography, but not reflective of today’s Internet reality. Even The Economist appears blind to the fairytale: “for something so central to the modern world, the Internet is shambolically governed. But sometimes chaos... is not disastrous: the Internet mostly works. And the shambles is a lot better than the alternative – which nearly always in this case means governments bringing the Internet under their control.” The Internet works because it operates according to agreed principles, rules and centralized control – one must maintain a clear-eyed perspective. Amongst the voices speaking in foreboding terms of potential WCIT-12 outcomes is Joe Waz, who co-wrote a blog in the Huffington Post with Phil Weiser, former Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council’s Director at the White House, and now Dean of Law at the University of Colorado. “The least understood or appreciated factor in the Internet's growth and success is its amazing capacity for self-governance, and its ability to resist the traditional tools of government regulation.” This might be true when speaking about a web where users can create and participate in unlimited communities, websites or blogs, but this does not equate to control over the only critical command center of the Internet – its rooting system. Without the right IP, domain and link, the Internet goes nowhere. Despite the fact that the US government never really owned the Internet, it ‘offered’ control of its backbone and policy-generating function to a private Californian association – the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – that has engaged in activities representing “US governmental regulation in all but name” according to Michael Froomkin. The first question one must ask is: how can you give something away that doesn’t belong to you? The second: how do you maintain control once you’ve handed it over to friendly private entities? By controlling the private entities one would assume! Having done so, the cherry on the cake would be announcing to the public at large that the transfer of control from governmental to private hands should be viewed as a great success story. This is what happened in 1998, despite fierce resistance from Jon Postel. As one of the founding fathers of the Internet and ‘ruler’ of its early governance structure, Postel attempted to save the Internet from falling into the control of US government hands. Postel died, however, just weeks before the White House Special Advisor heading an ad hoc interagency task force on electronic commerce was able to claim full victory over the academics who were, until then, managing the central rooting system. Postel entered the Internet Society’s (ISOC) Hall of Fame in 2011, along with Vint Cerf, Google’s ‘Chief Internet Evangelist’ and cardinal des basses oeuvres, now a key player in campaigning for the regulatory status quo. Ironically, Postel was nominated alongside Cerf. Similarly ironic – and tragic – was the fact that Ira Magaziner, the White House Special Advisor once depicted as Hillary Clinton’s ‘Rasputin’, deliver a speech at Postel’s memorial ceremony in Los Angeles in 1998, at the same time the US government officially transferred Internet governance powers to ICANN. Both Cerf and Magaziner were instrumental in the take-over. Foreseeing these developments, Postel himself had turned to the UN and ITU, but to no avail. Constructing a fairytale usually requires a cast of ‘bad guys.’ Vladimir Putin declares that WCIT-12 should address Internet governance, and you get the plot line that Russia wants to control the Internet and its infrastructure networks. Ditto China. Finally, add the influence of Dr Hamadoun Touré, ITU’s Malian Secretary-General who received his PhD in the former USSR, to the mix. Now we have all the necessary threads to point to a thinly-disguised attempt by the dark forces of totalitarianism to seize cyber control in the best Cold War style. What a nice (paranoid) story – supported by no substantive evidence. This brings us to the fourth issue identified at the outset – cyber security. Each of the US, Israel and Japan have developed official cyber military doctrines, though the US is by far the country with the largest budget devoted to digital or cyber war resources. Like air or naval power, the Pentagon has now added cyber power to its five major domains of military action. Eleanor Saitta, Technical Director of the International Modern Media Institute, has warned about the increasing militarization of the Internet. "Even as the 193 nations of the ITU meet in December, some will be silently unleashing state-sponsored cyber attacks upon each other, as well as mass surveillance and intervention targeting their own citizens". The fifth issue is censorship. As most are aware, any country today has the ability to control its own cyberspace, blocking or censoring any of its citizens. At the same time, censorship of Internet-based speech has proven difficult, as recent global tumult toppling repressive government regimes has shown. A Russian and Chinese proposal for a code of conduct serves to both challenge the US, as well as attempt to add legal weight to Moscow and Beijing’s national censorship toolkits used to restrain citizen freedom. “It is obvious that this kind of proposal will have no support from the developed countries” acknowledges Alix Desforges, from the Institute Français de Géopolitique at Université Paris 8. “Today, countries prefer to sign bilateral agreements on security issues. We’re miles away from international cooperation.” Touré himself emphasizes that according to the prevailing international regulatory framework, such national “restrictions are permitted by article 34 of the ITU’s Constitution, which provides that the 193 member states reserve the right to cut off, in accordance with their national law, any private telecommunications which may appear dangerous to the security of the state, or contrary to its laws, to public order or to decency. And the International Telecommunications Regulations cannot contradict that provision, either.” With the clock ticking down to Dubai, Cerf is very busy coordinating a global campaign against any revision of the ITR. Only a few days ago he was video-linking with Sharan Burrow and Paul Twomey before an audience of international correspondents based in London. Twomey is a former ICANN CEO and President (2003-09). In 1997, as CEO of the National Office for the Information Economy, an Australian government unit developing Internet policy, he befriended Magaziner, leading to his initial involvement with the nascent ICANN. The two later partnered in a consultancy called Argo P@cificLondon. Burrow, also an Australian, is the Secretary General of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) – strangely, a group now fighting against revision of the Melbourne treaty. “An unfettered internet, free of political control and available to everyone could be relegated to cyber-history under a contentious proposal by a little known United Nations body” writes the Equal Times, an online publication of the ITUC. Burrow has launched a ‘Stop the Net Grab’ campaign, which has registered a little over 1,000 supporters (as of 18 November). She also convinced Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, to co-sign a letter to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, urging his intervention to maintain a “multi-stakeholder approach” – a view endorsed and supported by Cerf, who has denied the legitimacy of governments in the context of Internet matters. According to Cerf, the Internet should be governed by rules set by “the Internet community,” which rightly override national regulations. Such an approach would need much clarification. For instance, what would be the representative principles of such a community? The grey zone where US officials and people like Cerf mingle is larger than meets the eye. There are many (disconcerting) examples. Take the Congressional hearing back in May, which called upon the US to defend its position over the Internet and led to the approval of a bipartisan resolution opposing proposals in a “UN Forum.” Before passing the resolution, three speakers participated in the hearing: Vint Cerf, Sally Shipman Wentworth, a senior manager at ISOC and a former State Department Official, and David A Gross, also a former State Department official turned lobbyist, representing all the major private sector players (including Google). Another example of Google’s omnipotence is an article by a Google employee (Patrick S Ryan) published in the Stanford Technology Law Review, which strongly attacks the WCIT-12 process, the ITU and any envisaged reform of the ITR. Ultimately, all Cerf’s efforts may only end up focusing more attention on the current ‘non-democratic’ nature of Internet governance, as well as the associated inequalities of the business side of the web. They may also raise legitimate concerns over Google’s power to finance behind-the-scenes maneuvering to preserve a favorable regulatory environment. Google is a giant of email, personal data, mobile telephony, content diffusion, cloud computing, the digitalization of books, intellectual property rights, search engines and advertising revenues, aggressively aggregates media content, and exploits global telecommunications network infrastructure without contributing to costs. A handful of countries like Germany and France are now launching legal action on behalf of their content producers and Internet users to stop these strong-arm tactics. As WCIT-12 approaches, it is clear that telecommunications networks are entering the fray, ready to fight for their own future. On the media front, the issue goes far beyond the fact that over 80 percent of global digital revenues flow to Google and Facebook. Democracy requires independent media. Almost all are now lost to the law of the click for the sake of being seen by Google News, while dreaming of catching a scrap of Google’s leftover advertising revenues. We all know about these developments, but feign to ignore them. Even amongst the most prominent human rights defenders one can observe a surprising attitude: every month Amnesty International UK’s Head of Marketing spends approximately US $10,000 to secure key words to link to the NGO’s website. One can only wonder how much money Amnesty International contributes on a global level to Google’s deep pockets, which bulged to the tune of nearly US $38 billion in revenue in 2011 alone. Democracy is at stake, when many of us are asleep or comforting ourselves with benign fairytales. (Photos: DR) --

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Worst service providers
by alice＠apc.org 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

I am not sure if there is anyone else experiencing daily @kenyapower outages. And every weekend the so called "scheduled maintenance" they get my first award for the worst service provider in Kenya. Coming close is @telkomKenya @orangekenya. I have never bothered with a landline. I am from the generation that never needed one. I applied for it for the first time two years ago. It took nearly 4 months to have it installed. Since then it has never functioned. But they do send bills :( For @kenyapower I look forward to the day we do not have to accept mediocrity and can move to another provider. For @Telkomkenya good luck Best Alice

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Konza, a disconnect
by robert yawe 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Software development is no longer about a physical location, so as the world goes virtual we continue to move backwards obsessed with physical infrastructure Freelancer.com is proud to announce that we have just acquired vWorker! Headquartered in Tampa , Florida , vWorker has over 2.5 million enterprise and professional users from around the world, who have been paid over US$139 million through the site from 1.3 million projects. Founded by Ian Ippolito in 2001 originally as RentACoder.com, the marketplace was one of the earliest companies of its kind in the world. It rapidly developed an exceptional reputation for attracting quality programmers and grew at an astonishing pace. From 2007 to 2010 RentACoder.com was named by Inc. magazine as one of the 5000 fastest growing private companies in the USA . In 2010, Entrepreneur Magazine called RentACoder â€œone of the hundred smartest, most innovative, hands-down brilliant companies on our radar". Originally focusing on programming and IT-based work, in 2010 the site expanded to include a wide selection of work categories including graphic design, writing and more. To reflect this expansion, the company changed its name to vWorker - short for â€œvirtual workerâ€. Over the next few days, we will be migrating vWorker users onto Freelancer.com. This is great news for our existing users as it makes the worldâ€™s largest marketplace even stronger with over 6.6 million professionals! This means more employers, more freelancers, and more opportunities. Current employers will see greater variety and competition among freelancers in the marketplace, while current freelancers will see a marked increase in the amount of work available on the site. Freelancer.com is the world's largest freelancing marketplace for small business. We connect over 6.6 million employers and freelancers globally from over 234 countries & regions. Through our website, employers can hire freelancers to do work in areas such as software, writing, data entry and design right through to engineering and the sciences, sales and marketing, and accounting & legal services. The average job is under US$200, making outsourcing for the first time extremely cost effective for small businesses.

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Global Internet User Survey Reveals Attitudes, Usage, and Behavior
by Alice Munyua 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Great study. http://www.internetsociety.org/survey Best Alice Global Internet User Survey Reveals Attitudes, Usage, and Behavior Survey of more than 10,000 Internet users in 20 countries highlights online behavior and usage in addition to views about privacy and identity, human rights, censorship, and society [WASHINGTON, DC and GENEVA, Switzerland 26 November 2012] A worldwide survey of more than 10,000 Internet users in 20 countries conducted by the Internet Society revealed attitudes towards the Internet and user behavior online. The Global Internet User Survey is one of the broadest surveys of Internet user attitudes on key issues facing the Internet. This year's survey covered areas such as how users manage personal information online, attitudes toward the Internet and human rights, censorship, and the potential for the Internet to address issues such as economic development and education. "Todays online users have high expectations for the Internet and its impact on our lives and society, while also expressing concerns over censorship and excessive governmental controls," said Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society. "As part of realizing the Internet Society's vision of an Internet that is for everyone, this survey uniquely focuses on users and their experiences, attitudes, and opinions on how to meet the challenges and opportunities facing the Internet and society in general. We are committed to the Internets continued open growth and evolution, not only for those who enjoy the Internet today, but until everyone is able to access and benefit from an open Internet." Key findings from this year's survey cover a broad range of topics. The Internet and Human Rights: * Eighty-three percent of respondents agreed or agreed strongly that access to the Internet should be considered a basic human right. * Eighty-nine percent agreed or agreed strongly that Internet access allows freedom of expression on all subjects, and 86 percent agreed or agreed strongly that freedom of expression should be guaranteed. * Sixty percent of respondents agreed or agreed strongly that Internet access has contributed significantly to civil action and political awareness in their country. Internet censorship: * Thirty percent of users agreed strongly that censorship currently exists on the Internet. * Sixty-six percent of respondents agreed or agreed strongly that governments in countries with no Internet censorship have a responsibility to keep the Internet free of censorship in countries where the Internet is being censored/controlled/shut down. * More than 70 percent of users agreed or agreed strongly that more government involvement would make the Internet too controlled or would limit content they can access. * More than two-thirds agreed or agreed strongly that increased government control would inhibit the growth of the Internet and/or stifle innovation. Online privacy and identity: * Even when users know they are sharing personal data with a site or service, most users (80 percent) do not always read privacy policies and a significant fraction (12 percent) of respondents admitted that they never read privacy policies. * Of users who logged into online services, only half reported that they logged out. * Nineteen percent of respondents were aware of circumstances in which personal data was used in a way they did not expect. The most commonly reported consequences were: unsolicited communications, stolen personal data, private data becoming public, impersonation, and financial loss. The Internet and economic and societal issues: * Nearly two-thirds of respondents agreed or agreed strongly that the Internet would play a significant role in solving global problems, including reducing child mortality (63 percent), improving maternal health (65 percent), eliminating extreme poverty and hunger (61 percent), and preventing the trafficking of women and children (69 percent). * An even higher percentage of respondents agreed or agreed strongly that the Internet would increase global trade and economic relationships (81 percent), improve the quality of education (80 percent), and improve emergency response during a natural disaster (77 percent). * A majority of respondents felt strongly that the Internet plays a significant role in making improvements to business, science, and technology in areas such as: expanding the availability of goods and services (66 percent), allowing entrepreneurs to conduct business across all countries (65 percent), and advancing science and technology and creating a technologically recognized workforce (61 percent). Attitudes towards the Internet: * Ninety-eight percent of users agreed or strongly agreed the Internet is essential for their access to knowledge and education. * More than 80 percent agreed or agreed strongly that the Internet plays a positive role for their individual lives as well as society at large. * Nearly 75 percent of users strongly agreed that access to the Internet allows them to seek any information that interests them. General Internet usage: * Internet users nearly universally (96 percent) indicated they accessed the Internet at least once a day. * More than 90 percent of Internet users surveyed globally indicated they use social media, with a majority (60 percent) using it daily, an increase of 10 percent over 2011. * Connection speed (73 percent) and reliability (69 percent) ranked slightly above more affordable monthly fees (68 percent) among factors that would increase usage. Other factors included more content in their local language (50 percent) and more online availability of government and/or community services (49 percent). The Internet Society's Global Internet User Survey (GIUS) provides reliable information relevant to issues important to the Internets future. As an ongoing effort, the survey provides information, informs and supports the activities of the global Internet Society community, and makes the data it collects openly available for all. While other ICT surveys focus on economic, infrastructure, or other Internet use indicators, the GIUS focuses on users, which are the source of innovation that has driven the Internets development, evolution, and dramatic growth over the past four decades. The first GIUS in 2011 gathered the responses of 6,088 Internet users in 11 countries. This year, the GIUS was conducted on behalf of the Internet Society from July to August 2012 by Redshift Research, a leading business market research firm. The survey questionnaire engaged 10,789 Internet users in 20 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, UAE, and the United States. Of the respondents, 53 percent were male and 47 percent were female. Results from the survey varied across countries; future reports will provide additional insight into these variations. The complete questionnaire, full resultsincluding results by countryand more information on survey methodology are available at: http://www.internetsociety.org/survey https://www.internetsociety.org/news/global-internet-user-survey-reveals-at…

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Wardless registration & the diaspora
by robert yawe 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi, IEBC had initially indicated that we shall be able to register from any registration center and select ones preferred voting center, when I went to register I was informed that this was not the case and that the center where I register will be my polling station. If that is the case does it mean that the USA is now a part of Kenya and what is the name of the ward, constituency and county? The reason for not allowing wardless registration was a fear of manipulation of the data as it traveled across the wide area network (how do ATMs & the SWIFT system offer secure transactions?) The other reason is that it will allow for easier voter ferrying as they will only need to appear at the specific polling stations on election day, so isn't that the situation with the 4 M people in the diaspora? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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OT: The first ever African CEOs Forum
by Odhiambo Washington 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Reposted from Facebook. Attributed to one, Fred Ombako, not myself. "Wow! What some awesome news! The first Africa CEO Forum was held last week. It was in Geneva, Switzerland. You know what I mean?" http://goo.gl/OoXrz I think it wouldn't be a surprise then, if an African Heads of State summit was held in Geneva. Back in Kenya, we always have our MPigs hosting their forums in Mombasa - at taxpayers expense. I guess there is no venue that befits them in NBI, just as there was no venue that could befit the Africa CEO's in Africa! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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Blow to local tech buy outs
by robert yawe 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

Hi, The following article is a sign that it will be a little longer before any US based companies will be knocking doors in Kenya to buy up startups; http://gigaom.com/europe/why-european-startups-should-be-furious-about-auto… It is therefore time that we found local solutions to getting our startups off. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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KRA loses round one in case against employee
by Grace Githaiga 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

N SUMMARYThe case will give an insight into what employees who go beyond the call of duty should expect from their employers. KRA is counting on the system to help it go after landlords and property developers as part of efforts to bring the lucrative real estate sector under the tax bracket.If the innovator has his way and stops the taxman from implementing a similar system, it would deal it a major blow, coming at a time when KRA is under pressure to meet the ambitious Sh1 trillion tax revenue target set by the government this year. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/KRA-loses-round-one-in-case-against-e…

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Computer Society awards Standard Group for best media website
by Grace Githaiga 24 Nov '12

24 Nov '12

The Computer Society of Kenya has awarded the Standard Group for having the best media website at an awards ceremony dubbed a ‘Night with the stars’, held in Nairobi. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000071331&pageNo=1

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Misleading, predatory "sweepstakes" adverts
by Matunda Nyanchama 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

Friends There is an ad on "Bonyeza Ushinde" running across the country on TV, SMS, newspapers which, in my considered view, is misleading and predatory. I have nothing against Safaricom running what is indeed a lottery, but they shouldn't suggest that every next person is winning! I have seen lotteries in other countries which, at the end of the ad, would add the winning odds. In one case, one lottery had a person with a rake standing next to a haystack. Meaning: try and find something small in that haystack. I am wondering whether CCK shouldn't be monitoring such practices and take appropriate steps to avoid ongoing exploitation of even the illiterate who think sending 5 bob is going to win them millions. Or what does the law/regulation require? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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ICT and Nyayo House
by Andrea Bohnstedt 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

>From a friend. E-something in government, hey? :) I just went to Nyayo House to renew my Kenyan passport as is my RIGHT AS A KENYAN CITIZEN. I called up and spoke to them, having been through this several times before and was told to print off the form from the website, fill it out and get your recommender to sign - check, get 3 passport photos signed on the back by 'a person of official capacity' - check, copy of ID - check, copy of PIN - check, copy of old passport as well as actual document - check. Stand in the queue for 25 mins, get to counter, lady gives me the once over, looks at the form and declares that it is obsolete and starts chatting on her phone. I must go to a tent outside and fill out a new one and come back - I ask how I will have the new form signed by a recommender and am told to talk to the people in the tent. Apparently you can ask someone near the tent, whom you have never seen before to assist you and state that he knows you and is a good mate and that you aren't a terrorist from another country... Right outside the immigration offices. I just can't do this and will go back tomorrow with the correct form filled by someone who DOES actually know me. More fool me I guess. However if you are a Kenyan applying for renewal or a new passport, the PP1 form on the website is 'apparently' obsolete. You now have to use the Form 19 which can be collected from the tent outside Nyayo house... Good luck.

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Konza, a disconnect
by robert yawe 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

What the high tech companies want(Apple's proposed new HQ)-2010 thinking What we are offering (Konza)- 1950 thinking (http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/13/apples-new-headquarters/) (http://www.konzacity.co.ke/?page_id=2282) Have a futuristic weekend Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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quick guide to WCIT documentation
by Alice Munyua 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Dear all, This will be of interest to those following the WCIT and ITR revision process. Best Alice http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/11/22/quick-guide-wcit-documentation?utm_sourc… --

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Courier charges set to rise over Xmas as regulator protects Posta monopoly
by Grace Githaiga 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

IN SUMMARYCCK has established Sh150 as the minimum fee chargeable by courier companies for parcels weighing under 350 grammes.The drop of the rates to below set minimum has been attributed to competition within the sector and from telecommunication operators with more efficient and faster means of communication.Those who breach the pricing requirement risk prosecution and a fine of up to Sh300,000. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/CCK-orders-courier-servic…

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New Startup Genome Report Ranks The World's Top Startup Ecosystems
by robert yawe 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

Today we released the Startup Ecosystem Report 2012. The report contains the first data-driven Ranking of the World's Top 20 Startup Ecosystems and a deep dive into the each of the individual Startup Ecosystems. Check out the initial coverage here on TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/20/startup-genome-ranks-the-worlds-top-startu… And please help us spread the word on Facebook and Twitter by sharing this message: "The Startup Genome Ranks The World’s Top Startup Ecosystems: Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv & L.A. Lead The Way tcrn.ch/10kSHCc " You can download part 1 of the report here: http://blog.startupcompass.co/pages/entrepreneurship-ecosystem-report We would love to hear your feedback and thoughts once you've looked at report. Best, Max, Bjoern and Ertan You're on this list because you either downloaded the startup genome report or used the startup compass. Unsubscribe robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk from this list. Our mailing address is: Startup Genome 212 Clara StreetSan Francisco, CA 94107 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2012 Startup Genome All rights reserved.

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First insights from the GAC Early Warnings on new Top-Level Domains
by Grace Githaiga 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

http://www.ariservices.com/blog/first-insights-from-the-gac-early-warnings-… PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2012By Yasmin OmerToday, the national governments that constitute ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) for the first time publicly voiced their concerns over specific new Top-Level Domain (TLD) applications in the form of Early Warnings.More than 240 individual GAC Early Warnings were issued in relation to 200 new TLD applications which account for 162 unique strings.By far the most prolific government to issue GAC Early Warnings was the Australian government with 129. This was followed by Germany with 20 and France 19.As expected, a large number of the 240 Early Warnings related to closed generic string TLD applications (100 Early Warnings). It appears a number of governments are concerned about brands or entrepreneurs owning a specific generic word and closing the door on public registrations in these namespaces.Early Warnings were also issued for strings that are linked to regulated market sectors, such as the financial, health and charity sectors.The continent with the most Early Warnings was Asia Pacific (154), followed by Europe (51) and Africa (30). This is in stark contrast to the distribution of new TLD applications across the globe which saw more than 80% of applicants come from North America and Europe.Other interesting insights include:• Amazon (an applicant for 76 new TLDs) has received 27 GAC Early Warnings • Google (an applicant for 98 new TLDs) has received only 6 GAC Early Warnings • 19 IDN new TLD applications received a GAC Early Warning • DotConnectAfrica’s application for .africa received 17 Early Warnings. UniForum SA’s application for .africa received no Early Warnings. • Despite being very vocal regarding their objections to certain strings, Saudi Arabia cannot participate in the Early Warning process as they are not a member of the GAC.Below is an image which provides an overview of the distribution of GAC Early Warnings. A GAC Early Warning is a mechanism by which the national government representatives who comprise the GAC can signal their potential concerns with specific new TLD applications that are controversial or sensitive. Receipt of a GAC Early Warning allows an applicant to be eligible to receive an 80% refund of their application fee.Many Early Warnings offer remediation steps to be taken by the applicant which may appease any concerns the governments have. However, applicants are not obliged to take any action.GAC Early Warnings are a pathway to formal GAC Advice to the ICANN Board in April 2013 following ICANN Beijing. GAC Advice requires consensus of the GAC and may indicate that a particular application should not proceed which almost certainly means an application will not be approved by ICANN. The biggest question moving forward will be how exactly consensus will be reached. Watch this space!While many applicants were nervously anticipating the announcement of today’s Early Warnings, the majority of applicants will be pleased with the results. Next hurdle: GAC Advice in April 2013.By Yasmin Omer Policy and Industry Affairs Officer at ARI Registry ServicesNOTE: Every effort has been made to accurately report the statistics in this blog. However, some statistics may need to be updated with further analysisThis entry was posted on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, 2012 at 19:46 and is filed under ICANN, New gTLDs, Registry. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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Fwd: IEBC Registration Centres
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

FYI Please find attached. Also see http://gottovote.code4kenya.org <http://t.co/WYZ85Neq> -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu

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Top applicant receiving objections: DCA Trust for .africa with 17 objections.
by Grace Githaiga 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

https://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/GAC+Early+Warnings > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:53:36 +0200 > From: calvin(a)orange-tree.alt.za > To: africann(a)afrinic.net > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] GAC early warning > > The results are out - get them > athttps://gacweb.icann.org/display/gacweb/GAC+Early+Warnings > > Top objector: the Australian government with 129 objections. > > Top applicant receiving objections: DCA Trust for .africa with 17 > objections. > > Top string (aside from .africa above): hotel (or variants) with 21 > objections. > > regards > > --Calvin > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann

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The real work starts after WCIT12
by alice＠apc.org 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

The real work starts after WCIT12 http://www.buddeblog.com.au/frompaulsdesk/the-real-work-starts-after-wcit12/ The really important part of the World Conference on IT (WCIT) is not the internet battles that have caught the interest of the press – it is what will happen after the conference has ended. Membership of WCIT is on a per-country basis and currently 193 countries will be participating in this international event. Each country is free to make up its own delegation and these delegations can therefore represent a large variety of social, economic, business, legal, technical and other interests – as large and as wide as each country decides its delegation will be. The responsibility for organising the WCIT rests with the ITU, which is the oldest UN organisation (1865). The current media frenzy about the internet, and the false rumours that the UN or any other organisation is going to take over its governance is just that – a media beat-up. As in any international meeting, countries are welcome to bring their plans, proposals, opinions and views to the conference and to take the opportunity to present these to the international audience. However proposals from the USA, or Russia, or China, or the European countries, or the Arab countries are not automatically accepted simply because they are presented at the conference. That is not the case in any international conference – and certainly not at the WCIT, which has a reputation for consensus-building. The media frenzy seems to be based on the incorrect assumption that any of the proposals that have been circulated or rumoured could be, or even will be, accepted. It is true that some of these proposals and rumours contain elements that will be unacceptable to other members of the international communities, and vested interests involved in the debate have used the well-known FUD strategy (spread fear, uncertainty and doubt) to fuel the media frenzy. On the positive side, the interest in WCIT has now moved well beyond the traditional ICT industry. It has gained an enormous amount of attention and has brought the internet governance issue to the notice of mainstream society. This, of course, is a positive development and it also indicates how important the internet has become for everybody, with non-technical people starting to take a serious interest in its future. One of the problems of the internet has been that while it has been growing into that wider context the governing bodies have not kept up with the growth of these wider interests and concerns, and there is now a range of social and economic issues, as well as the technical issues that need to be addressed. In the current debate, however, all these issues have been thrown into one pool. Like it or not, this debate has brought a large number of important issues to the fore and they will need to be confronted. What the WCIT has to do upfront is untangle the various issues and clearly separate them from each other. The next step will then be to clearly define what can be solved on a national level and what needs to be addressed internationally – and, if there are issues that need international attention, who are the best parties to address those issues. The most important issue at the WCIT will be how the international community will manage the current debate so as to move towards a manageable future. Most likely what this will mean is that the various international stakeholders will have to create a (new) platform that can be used to address these issues, and existing internet bodies such as ICANN, ISOC and IGF, as well as the UN and some of its organisations such as the ITU and others of course, will all need to be part of this. The internet is there for all. It is an enormous social and economic enabler and should be used to advance our global society. It clearly has the potential to do this and it is the responsibility of all involved to make that happen. WCIT 12 has the enormous opportunity, as a representation of global society, to play a leadership role in guiding the future of the internet for the benefit of all. The new platform that should be the result of this needs to be truly international, independent; and it needs to be well-funded, so that it can properly address the issues at hand. It is, therefore, most unlikely that – apart from some of the purely technical matters – any of the more contentious issues that are being addressed in the press will be solved at WCIT. Nor should that be the case, because WCIT is probably the wrong place to address these issues. Nevertheless WCIT can be the catalyst and the facilitator to kick-start the process. Paul Budde PS I will be participating in WCIT12 and will report back to you on its progress.

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SAP Skills Scholarships for Africa Call for Applications
by Paul Kukubo 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

SAP Scholarship Opportunity Kenya ICT Board is pleased to announced the call for Applications for the SAP Skills for Africa Scholarship Opportunity. [image: Print]<http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php?view=article&catid=146%3Atraining&id=497%3As…> [image: PDF]<http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php?view=article&catid=146%3Atraining&id=497%3As…> Are you a recent graduate? Do have a passion for ICT in the community? You can work under pressure, are a critical thinker and sees yourself as a front-runner in shaping your world? If your answer is Yes, then there is a scholarship waiting for you and a possible job. SAP is offering scholarship to 100 deserving students. You will need to fill an online application by 6th December to be considered. SAP, a multinational software corporation, in collaboration with the Multimedia University and the Ministry of Information and Communications, will train students each year in a SAP Certification programme – SAP Skills for Africa. The scholarship programme, whose classes begin February 2013, will include training in technology, business and finance, logistics and soft skills, and will culminate in matching of successful trainees with internship opportunities. Online application is ongoing, and is open to recent graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds. *SAP Skills For Africa Scholarship Online Application Form*<https://fs12.formsite.com/KenyaICTBoard/SkillsforAfrica/form_login.html> http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=497:sap-s…<https://fs12.formsite.com/KenyaICTBoard/SkillsforAfrica/form_login.html> Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 66, Issue 72
by Gideon 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Listers, I will reiterate Dr. Ndemo's point "Change is in our hands but we must begin to exercise our responsibility to change our country for the better." Universities are a great place to get collaborative teams, if we can begin to look into the universities and culture the students earlier, they will appreciate this and it will be built in their DNA even as they get out of campus. We need more content aggregation from every source, in Baku UNESCO talked of how they preserve the languages and we have a real place there to preserve our past, it lies in creatively putting it online, the internet has a great memory. Good day, Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:02 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: Internet capacity to double soon after fifth fibre optic > cable lands (bitange(a)jambo.co.ke) > 2. Re: Konza TechnoPark Launch? (Edith Adera) > 3. Re: Konza TechnoPark Launch? (bitange(a)jambo.co.ke) > 4. Re: Konza TechnoPark Launch? (Edith Adera) > 5. skip the intermediary and sort it out with the user > (Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)) > 6. Re: Dreams of a cosy career that turned into a nightmare > (Phares Kariuki) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:28:11 +0300 (EAT) > From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > To: "Grace Githaiga" <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet capacity to double soon after fifth > fibre optic cable lands > Message-ID: > <bca94a8f9951d2d4808b7c4bac8bb550.squirrel(a)mail.jambo.co.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Grace, > Yes there are four different Transnational Operators wanting to be in > Mombasa. It could be related to the interest in building mega data > centers here. These are possibly trying to entice content aggregators to > have their point of presence here. There will be some positive to this > considering the fact that we get the opportunity to develop capacity > (improveed real employment opportunities), significantly develop our > energy sector and possibly drastically reduce cost of connectivity. > > My frustration has been how we get our people to begin working on local > content. We do not need clouds for content like Sesemi Street when we can > create local edutainment from local resources. Remember the local content > you develop here is good for any African Country. If we automated our > Government Records, we shall have the chance to replicate the processes in > 50 other countries. We shall get to my bet subject of intra Africa Trade. > Check this blog and know where the future lies: > http://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/africas-mics > > After my trip to IGF in Baku, I passed through London at the invitation of > the John D. and Catherine T. MacAthur Foundation to join a > multidisciplinary Research Network of thinkers and doers on "Opening > Government" to analyze and realize the potential impact of technology on > democratic institutions, specifically how we can use technology to create > more collaborative ways of governing to solve the World's hardest > problems. > > There were about 40 Professors meeting at 10 Downing Street. They were > mostly from MIT, Stanford, Duke, Havard, Cambridge, Oxford, Southampton > etc. Most of the MIT and Stanford have research here or planning to be in > Nairobi for collaboration. At least three quarters of them said something > about Kenya emergence and hoped we can sustain the innovative capacity. > > I realized that we must couple the youth in application development with > Universities where research is done. Most of our Universities have become > teaching institutions that must now move to research. The realtime data > most developers have been wanting must be data from research activities > and some from institutions. > > For example, any hospital must have its capacity data out there. We need > to know where the Neuro Surgeons, Cardiologists, Oncologists etc, what > equipment is available, capability of the labs etc. This is all knowledge > such that if I have a heart attack patient I know where to get help > instead of trial and error and as you know Kenyans do not volunteer to say > they have no capacity. This is what a knowledge society looks like. > > One of the Professors presented life data from a mobile phone gathering > data in a Central American country. Simple analytic on the data shows > that teachers go to their respective schools for less than two days a > week. These are some of the worst performing schools. There was a high > correlation of poor performance and affliation to Unions. Does this > resonate with Kenya? > > Change is in our hands but we must begin to exercise our responsibility to > change our country for the better. > > > Ndemo. > > > > > > > IN SUMMARYInformation and Communication Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo > > on Monday said that a Middle Eastern company was currently contracting > > suppliers to lay the undersea cableAccording to the PS, the increased > > network capacity will be in line with rising local demands for high speed > > dataDr Ndemo also revealed that a project to provide every Internet users > > with digital identities would be implemented in a bid to combat rising > > cyber crime > > > http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Fifth-fibre-optic-cable-lands/-/1006/… > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/bitange%40jambo.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. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:25:39 -0500 > From: Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> > To: Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Konza TechnoPark Launch? > Message-ID: > <49C6326F7E864A4F98BC7DF88BC7A8F401A0CFA994(a)hqms24.HQ.IDRC.ORG> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Bwana Ndemo, > > It's unlike you to be silent. Any feedback on the launch? > > Edith > > From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera= > idrc.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera > Sent: November 13, 2012 2:51 PM > To: Edith Adera > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > Subject: [kictanet] Konza TechnoPark Launch? > > Bwana Ndemo, > > Watching the launch of Thika Road and today Syokimau Station (which I must > say shocked me as I thought the designs being shown were architectural > impressions rather than reality!), makes me wonder when the Konza techno > park is set to be launched? > > You mentioned end of October, which has passed. Will the launch happen? > Is the ICT sector being left behind? > > Edith > > > > >

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SAP and Kenya ICT Board Partner on Skills Develeopment
by Paul Kukubo 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Kenyan Government and SAP to expand skill set of local graduates Training aims at improving youth employability in the country’s robust ICT sector and is inline with vision 2030 Nairobi 20th September, 2012…The government of Kenya through the Kenya ICT Board and SAP has today announced a partnership that will see 100 bright but underprivileged studentsundergo training to become certified SAP Software engineers. Dubbed “SAP Skills for Africa”, the Programme commits to deliver professional training and certification to Kenyan university graduates. The programme will seek to substantially improve the employability of young, bright university graduatesand equally deliver on the government’s mandate to promote digital inclusion, to forge Kenya as an ICT hub for Africa and drive ICT skills development. “The SAP partnership is key in equipping our young professionals with high end ICT skills that are on demand in the Kenya and the wider East African Market. This effort provides amuch needed skillset for graduates who would otherwise not have had the privilege to be exposed to this specific set of world class skills", said Kenya ICT Board CEO, Paul Kukubo. The Kenya ICT Board and SAP are in partnership to deliver the latest skills and knowledge to the students. The Kenya ICTBoard will provide classrooms with necessary computer infrastructure and will be charged with the overall management of the programme that will take place at the Multi Media University, whereas SAP will provide instructors, training material and educational systems. Delivery of this programme will include the provision of certified instructors, training material and case studies withSAP‘s largest investment being the waiver of any costs related to the programme for the students; a significant financial investment. Modules of study for this period will be focused on best business practices and SAP skills in financial and managerial accounting, sales and distribution, procurement, human capital management, database and technology, system administration and also around business reporting. “The SAP Skills for Africa programme aims at ensuring that each and every university graduate is equipped with the skills necessary to enter the job market and not only gain economic stability and prosperity but also to be able to plough back into the ecosystem”, said Pfungwa Serima,CEO Africa, SAP By working proactively with the government bodies and with its customers, SAP has taken the lead to deliver the opportunity for students to receive additional practical skills, business and system knowledge that will better equip them for today’s jobmarket, thereby increasing their possibilities of employment. The programme builds upon the knowledge students gained in their undergraduate studies and provides them with hands-on experience in working with the world’s leading business software applications company. SAP training will delivervaluable skills on software use, best business practices and processes that will greatly benefit the trainees and theorganizations where they work in future. “This initiative perfectly fits into the MMU agenda of producing graduates who are immediately ready to be productive in the industry upon graduation, over the years inadequate skilling of our graduates has been a chief cause of high employment costs, causing our graduates to hop from one job to the other. If we can churn 100 all rounded graduates annually, we shall have arrested this by providing a bigger talent pool for employers to choose from, said Prof. Walter Oyawa, Principal Multimedia University SAP is committed to ensure that upon the graduation from this programme, students also receive a chance to put the acquired knowledge into practical use in the real work environment. For this purpose SAP has started to work with its customers and partners to ensure the maximum number of internships for the graduates, which will further solidify their acquired knowledge. Editor’s Notes: About SAP The world’s market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 195,000 customers (includes customers from the acquisition of SuccessFactors) to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com About Kenya ICT Board The Kenya ICT Board’s mandate and objectives are based on advising the Kenyan government on all relevant matters pertaining to the development and promotion of ICT industries in the country. In addition, the Kenya ICT Board provides government and other stakeholders with skills, capacity and funding for ICT projects in order to rapidly and innovatively transform Kenya through promotion of ICT for socio-economic development. About the Multi Media University Founded in 1948 as Kenya College Communication Technology, MMU became a constituent College of JKUAT in 2008.With a student population of about 3,000,MMU is a Public University College mandated to provide training in Engineering, Information Technology, Media and Business related courses. Due to its rich history as a Technology College under Telkom Kenya, Multimedia University has the benefit and experience of working with the ICT industry in order to expose its students beyond the classroom theory and principles of technology. -- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Re: [kictanet] Courier charges set to rise over Xmas as regulator protects Posta monopoly
by Eric Kirimi 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >IN SUMMARYCCK has established Sh150 as the minimum fee chargeable by courier companies for parcels weighing under 350 grammes.The drop of the rates to below set minimum has been attributed to competition within the sector and from telecommunication operators with more efficient and faster means of communication.Those who breach the pricing requirement risk prosecution and a fine of up to Sh300,000. >http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/CCK-orders-courier-servic… >_______________________________________________ >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/eric%40ictinfrastruct… > >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 capacity to double soon after fifth fibre optic cable lands
by Grace Githaiga 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

IN SUMMARYInformation and Communication Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo on Monday said that a Middle Eastern company was currently contracting suppliers to lay the undersea cableAccording to the PS, the increased network capacity will be in line with rising local demands for high speed dataDr Ndemo also revealed that a project to provide every Internet users with digital identities would be implemented in a bid to combat rising cyber crime http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Fifth-fibre-optic-cable-lands/-/1006/…

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ICT Board: Monthly Newsletter | November 2012
by Grace Githaiga 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kenya ICT Board <htomno(a)ict.go.ke> Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:35 PM Subject: Chanuka: Monthly Newsletter | November 2012 To: office(a)ict.go.ke I would like to especially draw listers to: 1) SAP Scholarships which graduates can now apply for. Deadline is 6th Dec. 2) Accreditation for software developers: Volunteers can take the test for free on 18th Dec. They would need to register online. 3). Call for IST conference papers: The conference takes places in 15th-17th May 2013 for the first time in Nairobi. Deadline for submissions of presentation paper is on 7th Dec. Chanuka: November 2012 Kenya ICT Board Newsletter Issue No:006 In This Issue (click to read article) >National ICT Masterplan to be Launched > SAP Skills For Africa >CHIPUKA - Get World Renowned Accreditation > Call for Papers for IST-Africa 2013 >Open Data: Princeton University gives its perspective >Study pushes for Tech jobs to trickle down to the poor > Addressing the Challenges in Digital Villages > What it Takes for Impactful Blogging >Road Safety Made Easier by Technology Follow us on twitter @kenyaICTboard Join us on facebook www.facebook.com Upcoming Events ------------ Kenya Open Data Sensitization Date: Wednesday, 21st November, 2012 Nairobi Hilton Hotel. ------------ National ICT Masterplan Launch Date: Thur. 29th Nov. 2012 Venue: Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi Time: 7:30 a.m - 10:00 a.m -------------- AITEC Southern Africa ICT Summit Date: Wed. 05 Dec. 2012 -Thur. 06 Dec. 2012. Venue:Joachim Chissano International Conference Center. ------------- Chipuka Software Developer Certification Date: Wed. 19th Dec. 2012 Time: 08:00 a.m - 2.00 p.m Venue:School of Computing & Informatics,University of Nairobi. ----------- ------------ Are you hosting an ICT related event? Contact us at communications(a)ict.go.ke Quick Links... Our Website Contact Us For more information on this newsletter and other communications products from the Kenya ICT Board contact: Haji Tomno e: htomno(a)ict.go.ke t: +254 20 2089061 Kenya ICT Board Telposta Towers, 12th floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150-00100, Nairobi, Kenya 'Chanuka' is a product from the Kenya ICT Board aimed at keeping you informed and up-to-date on the work of the Kenya ICT Board and the ICT sector in Kenya. National ICT Master plan to be Launched Greetings! , The year 2012 is almost coming to a close. A lot of great things have happened in the ICT Industry this year and growth will continue to be felt in the sector. To precipitate the impact of ICT on the life of Kenyans, we are launching the National ICT Master Plan 2017 on 29th November, 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel. The plan draws the journey of positioning Kenya as a leader in ICT investment and innovation by the year 2017. View the full document here. We look forward to hearing from you. Enjoy the rest of the newsletter. Sincerely, Paul Kukubo CEO, Kenya ICT Board SAP Scholarships Now Up for Grabs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you a recent graduate? Do have a passion for ICT in the community? You can work under pressure, are a critical thinker and sees yourself as a front-runner in shaping your world? If your answer is Yes, then there is a scholarship waiting for you and a possible job. SAP is offering scholarships to 100 deserving students. Deadline: 6th December Read More... See the terms and eligibility criteria here Apply here Get World class programming accreditation If you are a software developer, seeking to be identified as top of your game, you need to take this exam. Your only investment? Time. On 19th December,Carnegie Mellon University in conjunction with the Kenya ICT Board will be offering 50 developers a Software Developer Certification (SDC) at University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics, Computer Lab, Chiromo Campus. To be considered you will need to fill out an online application form on http://www.softwaredevelopercertification.com/the-sdc-program .The exam will take up to 6 hours. Read More... Call for Papers for IST-Africa 2013 Conference IST-Africa 2013, a science and innovation conference, is calling for papers from the business, academic and ICT industry to be presented at the event to take place in Nairobi, from 15-17th May, 2013. For paper submission,visit http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2013/default.asp?page=submission Interested presenters are encouraged to prepare an 8 page paper (4,000 - 5,000 words) using the IST-Africa 2013 paper guidelines and paper template provided on the IST-Africa Conference Portal, for submission online by 07 December, 2012. For more information on the conference, download the event pdf Open Data: Princeton University gives its perspective Getting government information available to the public through the Kenya Open Data Portal has not been an easy one. A new report done by Princeton University, shares Dr Bitange Ndemos efforts in convincing government to release data that would help create jobs and impact economic growth. The insightful document, done through Princeton, Innovations for Successful Societies (ISS), looks at the journey, challenges, impact the team and achievements that the Portal has undergone before and after its launch in July 2011. This is a story of how sheer determination, hardwork and passion for the common good can bring meaningful change to the society. Read More... Study pushes for Tech jobs to trickle down to the poor As technology continues to transform the world economy, it's important that the gains are enjoyed by everyone. In the labour market, IT and outsourcing industry has been prided with creating millions of jobs, with India recording record growth (according to NASSCOM's Strategic Review 2012, India alone has generated employment for 2.8 million people in the IT and BPO sectors, with another 8.9 million jobs indirectly created as a result.) Traditionally though, a lot of the people at the bottom of the pyramid are left out from tapping into the job opportunities in the sector. The Rockefeller Foundation developed the impact sourcing model to foster a business model that is the classic win-win: it's a good business practice and it is socially responsible. Read More... Addressing the Challenges in Digital Villages The Pasha Entrepreneurs workshop was held on the 22nd and 23rd of October 2012 at AFRALTI Waiyaki way Nairobi. As part of the ongoing support of the Digital Villages (Pasha) Project, the Kenya ICT Board invited Pasha Managers for a two day workshop. The aim of the workshop was to expose Pasha Managers to successful entrepreneurs in Kenya. This exposure was aimed to rejuvenate the entrepreneurial zeal of these Pasha Managers in the often challenging business environment.Pasha Managers face the special task of balancing achievement of their personal goals and the Government's agenda to reduce the digital divide in rural Kenya. Read More... What it Takes for Impactful Blogging This year's annual Word Camp Kenya took place at Maanzoni Lodge where 128 bloggers, local and international word Press enthusiasts, podcasters, developers and designers converged for a two day seminar. The event was graced by a line-up of speakers who spoke on many topics but focused on responsible blogging. The theme for this year was responsible blogging and positive social media influence. One of the main speakers was C.E.O of Kenya ICT Board Mr. Paul Kukubo who reminded bloggers to be responsible. Read More... Road Safety Made Easier by Technology Roads safety is one of the issues that Kenyans are grappling with. Despite the transport sector being a key driver of the economy, forecasts are that road crashes might overtake Malaria and Aids deaths by 2015, and that Nairobi loses around Kshs 50 million a day on traffic jams.A lot is attributed to inadequate co-ordination and poor service delivery in the sector with multiple agencies seated in different ministries unable to share data. A remedy to these is seen as that which will bring together all entities in the sector under one umbrella. Referred to as Transport Integrated Management System (TIMS), the project was envisioned in 2008 by a multi-stakeholder group, led by the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Information and Communications. Read More... Thank you for your support The Kenya ICT Board depends on its stakeholders, partners and the Kenyan public to deliver on its mandate. We welcome feedback and comments on our service and projects. Please email communications(a)ict.go.ke Forward email This email was sent to office(a)ict.go.ke by htomno(a)ict.go.ke | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Kenya ICT Board | Telposta Towers, 12th Floor | Kenyatta Ave | P.o. box 27150-00100 | Nairobi | Kenya -- Phyllis Nyambura Communication Writer Kenya ICT Board Telposta Towers, 12th Floor, Kenyatta Ave P.O. Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya t: + 254-020-2211960/62 | m: + 254 (0) 789396433 | e: pnyambura(a)ict.go.ke Visit: www.ict.go.ke Become a fan: www.facebook.com/kenyaictboard Follow us on twitter: @kenyaICTboard --------------------- Our Vision: Kenya becomes a top 10 ICT hub Our Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment Our Quality Policy: Kenya ICT Board is committed to consistently deliver quality ICT services and manage projects that support the growth of Information and Communication Technology, to satisfy the needs and expectations of customers. Kenya ICT Board shall comply with all requirements and continually improve the effectiveness of the Quality Management System. Kenya ICT Board leadership shall establish and review quality objectives in line with this policy and ensure commitment of all employees.

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skip the intermediary and sort it out with the user
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

here's an interesting case on online defamation. retweeters be warned. –------------- Twitter: thousands of users could be involved in legal action Lawyers for Lord McAlpine have identified some 1,000 Twitter comments - re-posted by a further 9,000 users - they intend to take legal action against for wrongly linking the Tory peer with child abuse. The Independent newspaper reports that around 1,000 original tweets have already been targeted, while 9,000 retweets – Twitter’s language for re- posted comments – are also expected to spark legal action, meaning the case could involve the largest number of defendants in British legal history. Among those targeted are the wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sally Bercow, and comedian Alan Davies, who both mentioned Lord McAlpine on their Twitter accounts. Charity donations Around 40 Twitter users have already contacted the peer to apologise, with reports suggesting they will be asked to pay £5 to charity. However, high profile celebrity tweeters could be treated differently. Lord McAlpine has already agreed a settlement of £185,000 with the BBC following its broadcast of a now-discredited report into sexual abuse claims at a care home in North Wales, which prompted the tweets. The former Tory treasurer has said he would have pursued the BBC for a higher settlement but held back as it is publicly funded. He is expected to chase a larger pay-out from commercial broadcaster ITV, after a programme presenter Philip Schofield accidentally showed a list of alleged paedophiles on camera as he passed it to UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Lord McAlpine's solicitor Andrew Reid – who has reportedly written a 15-page letter to ITV encouraging settlement -- said the presenter had 'embarrassed the Prime Minister and destroyed the reputation of my client'. Disciplinary action ITV has said it is already taking disciplinary action following the incident, while the country’s broadcasting watchdog, Ofcom, has launched its own investigation into the incident, reports the BBC. An ITV spokesman said: ‘We have received correspondence from Lord McAlpine's representatives and we will be responding in due course.’ m.globallegalpost.com/big-stories/mcalpine-fallout-twitter-users-in-line-of… -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu

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Konza TechnoPark Launch?
by Edith Adera 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Bwana Ndemo, Watching the launch of Thika Road and today Syokimau Station (which I must say shocked me as I thought the designs being shown were architectural impressions rather than reality!), makes me wonder when the Konza techno park is set to be launched? You mentioned end of October, which has passed. Will the launch happen? Is the ICT sector being left behind? Edith

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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] Internet capacity to double soon after fifth fibre optic cable lands
by Grace Githaiga 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hi JolyPls try again. It has opened on my end. Or copy and paste on your browser. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Fifth-fibre-optic-cable-lands/-/1006/… Further, there is another related story on Special IDs planned for net users to curb attacks http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Special-IDs-planned-for-n… IN SUMMARYA recent cyber security report by IT security consulting firm Serianu found that more than 80 per cent of Kenyan websites could be easily hacked because they operate on a software whose security codes are available online for free. RgdsGrace > From: joly(a)punkcast.com > Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:19:26 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Internet capacity to double soon after fifth fibre optic cable lands > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke; isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke > > I get a 503 on your link, Grace. > > > Dr Ndemo also revealed that a project to provide every Internet users with digital identities would be implemented in a bid to combat rising cyber crime > > Any more info on this? Would it include limitations on anonymity? > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > IN SUMMARY > > > > Information and Communication Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo on Monday > > said that a Middle Eastern company was currently contracting suppliers to > > lay the undersea cable > > According to the PS, the increased network capacity will be in line with > > rising local demands for high speed data > > Dr Ndemo also revealed that a project to provide every Internet users with > > digital identities would be implemented in a bid to combat rising cyber > > crime > > > > > > http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Fifth-fibre-optic-cable-lands/-/1006/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > > isoc mailing list > > isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke > > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > > > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -

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Press Release: AfTLD’s Initial Registry Operators Course Khartoum Sudan November 24 – 29 2012
by Barrack Otieno 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

The Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AfTLD), the association of African country code top level domains (ccTLDs) in collaboration with Sudan Internet Society (SIS), will be hosting an Initial Registry Operators Course for Francophone and Anglophone African ccTLDs in November 2012. The workshop which will be hosted by Sudan Internet Society, the Sudanese registry, will be held from 24 – 29 November 2012 and will focus on enhancing the robustness and efficiency of African registries by improving management of the technical infrastructure. The workshop is in line with AfTLD’s key strategic objective of building capacity of African ccTLDs with an aim of improving and enhancing Africa’s internet infrastructure. The Khartoum workshop is among a series of regular events that AfTLD holds on an annual basis. The event follows a successful workshop for Francophone ccTLDS held in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso from 9 to 13 January 2012 supported by the Internet Society and Francophonie as well as the policy and annual general meeting held in Livingstone Zambia in July 2012. As has been the case with the past events, the Khartoum workshop is supported by AfNIC, ISOC, Francophonie – AfTLD’s consistent sponsors and partners. Travel fellowships will be granted to qualifying ccTLDs. For further information about these and the event in general please contact AfTLD secretariat at secretariat(a)aftld.org. or visit the event website http://www.africatopleveldomains.org/sd2012/ *About AfTLD* The African Top Level Domains Organization was established in 2002 to act as a focal point for African Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) managers in coordinating, formulating, developing and presenting a unified approach to issues related to the Domain Name System. The African Top Level Domains Organization also presents a forum for sharing ideas between the regions Internet community with an aim of promoting the utilization of national country’s Top Level Domains. Ends. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Nominations for the Board of Directors of the Public Interest Registry (PIR)
by Alice Munyua 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

The Internet Society is currently accepting nominations for the Board of Directors of the Public Interest Registry (PIR) through December 4, 2012. PIR's business is to manage an international registry of .org domain names, and is currently in the process of preparing to manage an additional registry of .NGO and .ONG domain names, solely intended for NGOs around the world, as well as four additional IDNs for .org. The Internet Society invites candidates with a good understanding of and experience with the global NGO business and organization, or demonstrated experience with technological aspects of the Internet and more specifically the DNS, or Legal and regulatory knowledge and experience in the Internet industry or related industries. Both self-nominations and third-party nominations are encouraged. Additional details, including the nomination form, are available at: http://www.internetsociety.org/pir-call-nominations -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org

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IGF 2011 Book
by Alice Munyua 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Dear all, The final 2011 IGF (held in Nairobi) book is now available http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2012/Book/IGF_2011_Book_Final%20copy.pdf Best, Alice

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Fwd: [AFRINIC-announce] AFRINIC Member Survey Deadline Extended
by Adiel Akplogan 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Please your input is needed. Feel free to share with as much members from the Kenyan community. Thanks. - a. Begin forwarded message: > From: Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha(a)afrinic.net> > Subject: [AFRINIC-announce] AFRINIC Member Survey Deadline Extended > Date: 14 November, 2012 19:05:51 PM GMT+04:00 > To: announce(a)afrinic.net > > Dear colleagues, > On October 8, AFRINIC launched a Member Survey, giving members an opportunity to give us their views on its services and operations. The survey has since then generated a lot of interest, and we have received a lot of feedback. However, we still need more voices, and you can make your views count by completing the survey. > Please go to http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/stakeholders-survey-2012 to participate in the survey and ensure your voice is heard before the survey closes. > > We have now extended the deadline to November 19. You will need just about 25 minutes of your time to complete it. > The survey is part of AFRINIC's ongoing effort to improve its services and identify key areas where to focus our activities and resources for the coming years. This survey is an important collaborative activity between AFRINIC and you, our community members interested in Internet development in the Africa region. > For more information about AFRINIC please navigate our main web site at: http://www.afrinic.net. > > Please help us improve our services to you by completing the survey. > Thank you for your cooperation. > > Regards, > > -- > Ms. Babusha Radhakissoon Tel: +230 403 51 00 > PR and Marketing Assistant, AFRINIC Fax: +230 466 67 58 > babusha(a)afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Join us at AFRINIC-17 for our Public Policy Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, on 24 – 29 November 2012 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > announce(a)afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/announce

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Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team!
by Marie-Ann Kinyanjui 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kenya-tech-20121115,0,4… Main News; Foreign Desk COLUMN ONE; A Kenyan cyber-revolutionary; Official cultivates a 'Silicon Savannah' that even offers an iCow app Robyn Dixon 15 November 2012 NAIROBI, KENYA Along Nairobi's dusty Ngong Road, so many start-up incubators and IT labs have popped up that the busy neighborhood has been nicknamed "Silicon Savannah." Techies, geeks and innovators race one another to come up with the next big thing. They rush from meeting to meeting, work late, skip weekends. Every other day there's a pitch night for tech start-ups, a creative Web workshop, or a meeting of mobile app developers. The result is a surge in innovative Kenyan apps, most designed to work with the not-so-smart phones most Kenyans can afford. There's iCow, a virtual veterinary advice service that coaches small farmers on how to tend their dairy herds, avoid illness and improve production. And mFarm, which helps small farmers determine the right price for their produce, find buyers and sell it. And Huduma, which allows people to report and map government service failures such as water cutoffs and potholes, and track how long it takes to fix the problem. Why is this happening in Kenya? People here have two words: Bitange Ndemo. In his youth, Ndemo gave up on his country and went to study in America. Kenya was too corrupt, too undisciplined to make it, he thought. The contrast with America seemed stark. Now Ndemo, the 52-year-old head of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, is at the heart of Kenya's startling IT revolution. In a region where bureaucrats often do more to constrain change than to encourage it, IT leaders here speak of Ndemo in reverential tones. Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub and the son of American missionaries, says the nation's expansion in IT couldn't have happened without Ndemo. "We are in that phase where the government is fully onboard with the tech revolution that is happening, but also the people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," Hersman said. "I have to give it to [Ndemo]. That guy, over the past five years has really pushed things along, and other people -- regulatory bodies and the government itself -- have seen this and gone with him on it." In 2006, a year after he became the director of the information ministry, Ndemo tired of the endless delays as 23 African countries bickered over plans for a joint fiber-optic cable for high-speed Internet. Instead, he linked up with one from the United Arab Emirates. When the cable was switched on in 2009, Ndemo made sure universities got unlimited Internet capacity. He pressed the government to put money into IT research and start-up incubators. He persuaded the president to make all unclassified Kenyan government data open source -- available to anyone online -- a move nothing short of revolutionary on a continent where reflexive secrecy is the rule. Part of Kenya's advantage in the world of African IT is its good education system, with results in literacy, science and mathematics far outshining its main rival in the field, South Africa. But leaders in Kenya's IT community say the government also got some other important things right, including subsidizing Internet access. >From fewer than 2 million Internet users five years ago, now there are more than 12 million in this East African country of 40 million people. Nearly 90% of the population has access to cellphones, according to the Government Communications Commission of Kenya. Kenya is the undisputed world leader in mobile money (bankless transactions via cellphones), a development introduced in 2007 by cellphone operator Safaricom, which now handles more than half the world's mobile money transfers. As Kenyans leapfrogged from no bank accounts or Internet into cellphones and mobile money, the transfers took off. Mobile money users can pay school fees, buy items in shops, pay utility bills, buy tickets and pay for services. They can send money to a relative in a remote village without spending two days getting there and back by bus. The system has huge implications for the developing world. When American techies Ben Lyon and Dylan Higgins got together in a Seattle basement just over two years ago to sketch out their idea for a joint mobile money app and software business, they didn't move to the Silicon Valley. Instead, they came to Nairobi and launched a mobile money software firm, Kopo Kopo. "Mobile money is the payment system of the emerging market," Lyon said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a billion-dollar business in an emerging market." Ndemo gets to work at 6:30 a.m., is in his office until 11 p.m. and sends out emails into the early hours of the morning. Unlike many Kenyan bureaucrats and politicians, he's accessible, he attends weekend meetings, and he deplores wasted time. He grew up in the remote Kisii district in southwestern Kenya, a son of a man with five wives and 40 children. His mother, the last wife, had nine children. When Ndemo was 7, his father died, triggering a bitter battle to seize his mother's land. "My mother was constantly under threat that they would kick her out and take the land," he said. "Sometimes we actually had to leave school to be at home to make sure that wasn't happening." There was not enough money for more than one child's high school fees at a time, so he kept repeating his final year of primary school, he says, waiting for his turn. Then when he graduated with good enough marks for university admission, he had to wait while younger siblings had their turns at high school. Taking a low-level clerk job at the Kenya state power company, he scraped up $3,000, enough to travel to the United States. When he wasn't in class studying finance at the University of Minnesota, he cleaned bathrooms, washed dishes, drove trucks and delivered pizzas. One job in 1989 involved cleaning a sports arena. The stadium owner introduced him to a friend who was chief executive of a medical technology company. Ndemo was hired as a financial systems analyst. After returning to Kenya in 1993, he got a job at the University of Nairobi, helping computerize its systems and those of other government departments. His work in the president's office led to his appointment as director of the Ministry of Information in 2005. Despite Kenya's recent tech advances, there are doubters. Ndemo says he's even received death threats from those opposed to his efforts to make the government more accountable online. "We are getting a lot of criticism that nobody's going to use it, that this is silly," Ndemo said. But he's convinced that education, agricultural development, commerce and opportunity will explode when everyone's online. When IBM set up its first African research lab in August, it selected Nairobi as its base, just as Google chose Kenya for its first African operation in 2007. And when Nokia judged its 2010 global tech inventions contest, it was a Kenyan, John Waibochi, who took the million-dollar prize for his mobile phone system, Virtual City, that automates small businesses' supply, distribution, inventory, cashless sales and receipts. A group of Kenyans is putting together a Nairobi supercomputer cluster, among them the influential Hersman, who was raised in Sudan and Kenya, and whose Twitter handle is @whiteafrican. Hersman, who splits his time between Kenya and the United States, and others recently launched a Nairobi-based venture capital fund, the Savannah Fund, to help promising tech start-ups relevant to Africa. There's a vitality about Kenyan start-ups, grappling with the life-and-death problems of the developing world, that gives them an edge somehow lacking in Western apps designed to, say, find a parking space, or play a game, or shop or wake up on time. More start-ups are brewing in iHub, a meeting place on Ngong Road where developers and designers brainstorm. IHub manager Tosh Juma, 26, a hip young Kenyan, isn't the kind of person you would expect to hear praising anyone in government. "The Ministry [of Information and Communications Technology] is supportive and they recognize what we do," he said. Kenyans go to the polls next year and, given the influential enemies he has made, there's no guarantee that Ndemo will keep his post. But he says that even if he's not in government, he has plenty to do, like spreading the IT revolution across Africa. "People see the benefits of liberalization," he said. "Other countries will see what we have done and will want to do it the Kenyan way." -- robyn.dixon(a)latimes.com PHOTO: A YOUNG MAN SURFS THE INTERNET at a Nairobi cyber cafe over the summer. "We are in that phase where ... people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," says Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: NEARLY 90% of the population has access to cellphones, the Government Communications Commission of Kenya says.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Simon Maina AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: A CYBER CAFE beckons Kenyans in Nairobi. There are more than 12 million Internet users in this East African country of 40 million.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images Tribune Publishing Company Document LATM000020121115e8bf00018

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Kenya open data initiative has hit a dead end, says PS
by S.M. Muraya 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

<BudgetTo> Convert data (formats) into reports that are easily accessible by relevant parties in the organization, after people realize how difficult nut necessary it is to consolidate (for analysis) information in 4 or 5 different systems used within... </BudgetTo> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Open+data+initiative+has+hit+a+dead+e… By CHARLES WOKABI cwokabi(a)ke.nationmedia.com Posted Saturday, November 10 2012 at 17:35 IN SUMMARY - The Kenya open data initiative was officially launched in July last year by President Kibaki, with the aim of putting Kenya among the first Third World countries to make government information freely available to its citizens in a single portal - At its inception, the open data initiative was expected to set off a spirited boom in application development, but according to Information and Communications permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo, only a few more of 50 new applications have come up based on the initiative - Dr Ndemo told the *Sunday Nation* that the ministry was getting frustrated because of the low amount of data supplied by organisations

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Re: [kictanet] How Cloud Technology helped Obama win
by Gabe Shompole 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Interesting how Big Data Analytics plus Scale up, Scale out Cloud Computing can be used to harness tons of information and make it useful. In this case, "the billion dollar election" Could we see the same happen in Kenya with the Open Data Project or future elections? http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/11/aws-in-action-behind-the-scenes-of-a-pre… http://m.npr.org/news/Politics/164979755 Gabe Shompole VCP, CCNP, MCTS, MCP, NCDA, NCIE, BCFA | Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Founder | Kentelcom IT Infrastructure Consulting | Phone +1-678-905-0522 | www.kenyacloud.blogspot.com<http://www.kenyacloud.blogspot.com> The content of this e-mail from Kentelcom (including any attachments) is strictly confidential and may be commercially sensitive. If you are not, or believe that you may not be, the intended recipient, please advise the sender immediately by returning the e-mail, deleting it and destroying any copies. This Email has also been Scanned for Viruses by MailScanner and is believed to be clean. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [kictanet] UNSUSCRIBE
by sylvia machini 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Dear mail manager, I wish to unsuscribe from the this listserve because i dont see how my current skills fit in all the discusions. I wish you all the best sylvia

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Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team!
by Gideon 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

++1 Walu, Congratulation to Dr. Ndemo for leading from the front . He is a good example to emulate. Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:11 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: Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! > (Walubengo J) > 2. Re: Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! > (Grace Githaiga) > 3. Re: Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! > (Ali Hussein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:22:04 -0800 (PST) > From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> > To: Mugo Kibati <mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr > Ndemo & team! > Message-ID: > <1353046924.48369.YahooMailNeo(a)web160603.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > +1 > > its always better to acknowledge the heroes while they are still alive. > saying it the african way - when they are six feet under - rarely helps :-) > > walu. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mugo Kibati <mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> > To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & > team! > > Great stuff! > > Sent from my iPad > > On 15 Nov 2012, at 17:09, Marie-Ann Kinyanjui <MARIEKIN(a)ke.ibm.com> wrote: > > > or > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >

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Of Dr. Ndemo and humor.
by Paul Roy 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

I was at the launch of Windows 8 yesterday and got my ribs aching from Dr. Ndemo's humor. Well delivered speech and great policies. BTW I work with Microsoft and next to me was my colleague from South Africa and couldn't stop to notice as he marveled when Dr. Ndemo mentioned the availability of 100Mbps in a middle of nowhere in this country after elections and Kenya being the only country in Africa to have open data. Once again thank you for getting this country at the top in ICT infrastructure and innovation in Africa. -- "Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit of luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice and a lot of patience." Paul Roy.

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Re: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team!
by Charlesnduati2002 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

hi listers, i am sure anybody who has interacted with daktari ndemo know that he is truely a status quo challenger this is the same staff all icons are made off. keep going daktari charles Sent from Samsung Mobile Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.or.ke> wrote: Great Story! I've always told Ndemo to stand for President...we will raise campaign funds bottom-up the Obama way! ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Marie-Ann Kinyanjui [MARIEKIN(a)ke.ibm.com] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:09 PM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Interesting Story on Kenya, MOIC. Kudos Dr Ndemo & team! http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kenya-tech-20121115,0,4… [cid:_1_0A095A8C0A09559C004DBFED43257AB7] Main News; Foreign Desk COLUMN ONE; A Kenyan cyber-revolutionary; Official cultivates a 'Silicon Savannah' that even offers an iCow app Robyn Dixon 15 November 2012 NAIROBI, KENYA Along Nairobi's dusty Ngong Road, so many start-up incubators and IT labs have popped up that the busy neighborhood has been nicknamed "Silicon Savannah." Techies, geeks and innovators race one another to come up with the next big thing. They rush from meeting to meeting, work late, skip weekends. Every other day there's a pitch night for tech start-ups, a creative Web workshop, or a meeting of mobile app developers. The result is a surge in innovative Kenyan apps, most designed to work with the not-so-smart phones most Kenyans can afford. There's iCow, a virtual veterinary advice service that coaches small farmers on how to tend their dairy herds, avoid illness and improve production. And mFarm, which helps small farmers determine the right price for their produce, find buyers and sell it. And Huduma, which allows people to report and map government service failures such as water cutoffs and potholes, and track how long it takes to fix the problem. Why is this happening in Kenya? People here have two words: Bitange Ndemo. In his youth, Ndemo gave up on his country and went to study in America. Kenya was too corrupt, too undisciplined to make it, he thought. The contrast with America seemed stark. Now Ndemo, the 52-year-old head of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, is at the heart of Kenya's startling IT revolution. In a region where bureaucrats often do more to constrain change than to encourage it, IT leaders here speak of Ndemo in reverential tones. Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub and the son of American missionaries, says the nation's expansion in IT couldn't have happened without Ndemo. "We are in that phase where the government is fully onboard with the tech revolution that is happening, but also the people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," Hersman said. "I have to give it to [Ndemo]. That guy, over the past five years has really pushed things along, and other people -- regulatory bodies and the government itself -- have seen this and gone with him on it." In 2006, a year after he became the director of the information ministry, Ndemo tired of the endless delays as 23 African countries bickered over plans for a joint fiber-optic cable for high-speed Internet. Instead, he linked up with one from the United Arab Emirates. When the cable was switched on in 2009, Ndemo made sure universities got unlimited Internet capacity. He pressed the government to put money into IT research and start-up incubators. He persuaded the president to make all unclassified Kenyan government data open source -- available to anyone online -- a move nothing short of revolutionary on a continent where reflexive secrecy is the rule. Part of Kenya's advantage in the world of African IT is its good education system, with results in literacy, science and mathematics far outshining its main rival in the field, South Africa. But leaders in Kenya's IT community say the government also got some other important things right, including subsidizing Internet access. From fewer than 2 million Internet users five years ago, now there are more than 12 million in this East African country of 40 million people. Nearly 90% of the population has access to cellphones, according to the Government Communications Commission of Kenya. Kenya is the undisputed world leader in mobile money (bankless transactions via cellphones), a development introduced in 2007 by cellphone operator Safaricom, which now handles more than half the world's mobile money transfers. As Kenyans leapfrogged from no bank accounts or Internet into cellphones and mobile money, the transfers took off. Mobile money users can pay school fees, buy items in shops, pay utility bills, buy tickets and pay for services. They can send money to a relative in a remote village without spending two days getting there and back by bus. The system has huge implications for the developing world. When American techies Ben Lyon and Dylan Higgins got together in a Seattle basement just over two years ago to sketch out their idea for a joint mobile money app and software business, they didn't move to the Silicon Valley. Instead, they came to Nairobi and launched a mobile money software firm, Kopo Kopo. "Mobile money is the payment system of the emerging market," Lyon said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a billion-dollar business in an emerging market." Ndemo gets to work at 6:30 a.m., is in his office until 11 p.m. and sends out emails into the early hours of the morning. Unlike many Kenyan bureaucrats and politicians, he's accessible, he attends weekend meetings, and he deplores wasted time. He grew up in the remote Kisii district in southwestern Kenya, a son of a man with five wives and 40 children. His mother, the last wife, had nine children. When Ndemo was 7, his father died, triggering a bitter battle to seize his mother's land. "My mother was constantly under threat that they would kick her out and take the land," he said. "Sometimes we actually had to leave school to be at home to make sure that wasn't happening." There was not enough money for more than one child's high school fees at a time, so he kept repeating his final year of primary school, he says, waiting for his turn. Then when he graduated with good enough marks for university admission, he had to wait while younger siblings had their turns at high school. Taking a low-level clerk job at the Kenya state power company, he scraped up $3,000, enough to travel to the United States. When he wasn't in class studying finance at the University of Minnesota, he cleaned bathrooms, washed dishes, drove trucks and delivered pizzas. One job in 1989 involved cleaning a sports arena. The stadium owner introduced him to a friend who was chief executive of a medical technology company. Ndemo was hired as a financial systems analyst. After returning to Kenya in 1993, he got a job at the University of Nairobi, helping computerize its systems and those of other government departments. His work in the president's office led to his appointment as director of the Ministry of Information in 2005. Despite Kenya's recent tech advances, there are doubters. Ndemo says he's even received death threats from those opposed to his efforts to make the government more accountable online. "We are getting a lot of criticism that nobody's going to use it, that this is silly," Ndemo said. But he's convinced that education, agricultural development, commerce and opportunity will explode when everyone's online. When IBM set up its first African research lab in August, it selected Nairobi as its base, just as Google chose Kenya for its first African operation in 2007. And when Nokia judged its 2010 global tech inventions contest, it was a Kenyan, John Waibochi, who took the million-dollar prize for his mobile phone system, Virtual City, that automates small businesses' supply, distribution, inventory, cashless sales and receipts. A group of Kenyans is putting together a Nairobi supercomputer cluster, among them the influential Hersman, who was raised in Sudan and Kenya, and whose Twitter handle is @whiteafrican. Hersman, who splits his time between Kenya and the United States, and others recently launched a Nairobi-based venture capital fund, the Savannah Fund, to help promising tech start-ups relevant to Africa. There's a vitality about Kenyan start-ups, grappling with the life-and-death problems of the developing world, that gives them an edge somehow lacking in Western apps designed to, say, find a parking space, or play a game, or shop or wake up on time. More start-ups are brewing in iHub, a meeting place on Ngong Road where developers and designers brainstorm. IHub manager Tosh Juma, 26, a hip young Kenyan, isn't the kind of person you would expect to hear praising anyone in government. "The Ministry [of Information and Communications Technology] is supportive and they recognize what we do," he said. Kenyans go to the polls next year and, given the influential enemies he has made, there's no guarantee that Ndemo will keep his post. But he says that even if he's not in government, he has plenty to do, like spreading the IT revolution across Africa. "People see the benefits of liberalization," he said. "Other countries will see what we have done and will want to do it the Kenyan way." -- robyn.dixon(a)latimes.com PHOTO: A YOUNG MAN SURFS THE INTERNET at a Nairobi cyber cafe over the summer. "We are in that phase where ... people, normal citizens, are really embracing change," says Erik Hersman, co-founder of Kenya's best-known technology hub.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: NEARLY 90% of the population has access to cellphones, the Government Communications Commission of Kenya says.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Simon Maina AFP/Getty Images;PHOTO: A CYBER CAFE beckons Kenyans in Nairobi. There are more than 12 million Internet users in this East African country of 40 million.;PHOTOGRAPHER:Tony Karumba AFP/Getty Images Tribune Publishing Company Document LATM000020121115e8bf00018 _______________________________________________ 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/charlesnduati2002%40y… 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. 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Stakeholders meeting on WCIT-12
by Wambua, Christopher 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Listers I wish to remind those who have expressed interest in participating in the stakeholders meeting scheduled for tomorrow that the programme kicks off at 830a.m. The venue of the meeting is Laico Regency Hotel in Nairobi. Participants are encouraged to come with laptops or iPads as the meeting will be paperless. See you there. Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA

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JKUAT
by S.M. Muraya 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Interesting story about the founding of JKUAT... http://www.thetrumpet.com/article/10046.19.0.0/society/education/herbert-w-…

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Keeping the internet open
by alice＠apc.org 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Recalling strong support to keep the internet open during our WCIT discussions yesterday, here are some Interesting reports. Best Alice Mckinsey, Sizing the Internet Economy in Emerging Markets: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/in_the_news/sizing_the_internet_econom… Google Africa market insights: http://google-africa.blogspot.de/2012/04/insights-into-internet-in-africa.h… Internet Matters report for South Africa: highlighting economic impact of the internet in South Africa and can be used to extrapolate potential in the rest of Africa: http://www.internetmatters.co.za/2.

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First National Study of Internet Governance Arrangements in Kenya Detailed in New Internet Society Report
by Barrack Otieno 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Listers, http://www.internetsociety.org/news/first-national-study-internet-governanc… Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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FW: Where the Internet lives ...
by John Matogo 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

Dear colleagues. An interesting look at Google data Centres around the world. Breathtaking!! Check it out http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/gallery/#/ -- Regards, John Matogo Manager Incubation Centre, @iBizAfrica Strathmore University P.O. Box 59857-00200 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: +254 070 303 4280 (direct line) Personal Mobile:+254 722 813 533 Email: jmatogo(a)strathmore.edu Web: www.strathmore.edu and http://www.ibizafrica.co.ke/ -- Note: All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore's Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here<http://www.strathmore.edu/aboutus.php?id=184>to read the policy.

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Stay in the Loop with Voices of Africa
by Voices of Africa Foundation 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

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Support for CS to engage with WCIT and ITRs
by Alice Munyua 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Dear Civil Society colleagues, Those following/engaging with WIT and ITR related issues please see below a call for proposals for ITU-related micro-grants by Mozilla to engage and participate at the upcoming WCIT in December 2012. best Alice ------------------------ *_Open Internet Microgrants to Support Civil Society Engagement with the ITU_* On December 3rd, the world's governments will begin a ten-day meeting in Dubai to update a key treaty of a UN agency called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Some proposed changes to that treaty could threaten Internet openness and innovation, increase access costs, and erode human rights online. We are urgently calling for projects that will help give civil society organizations that support an open Internet a stronger voice before and during that key meeting, the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). *What We Want to Support* * Efforts to engage with your government in the lead up to the WCIT meeting. * Costs for civil society representatives to participate at WCIT in Dubai, provided you are already a part of your country's delegation or have otherwise demonstrated commitment and expertise in this area. * Provision of basic technical infrastructure and tools that let civil society representatives on the ground in Dubai coordinate and communicate with each other, their home organizations, and the media. *The Details* * The call for proposal opens up on Nov. 12 and closes at 12 AM GMT Nov. 15 (i.e., midnight the night of the 14th). * This is a micro grant fund. There is a total of $10,000 available. Ideally, we will be supporting 8-10 projects from that amount. That means your grant will be approximately $1,000. * You need to be able to receive a wire transfer to a bank account. It can be your personal bank account. Individuals can apply. * We will contact you if we have any questions or to award you the grant. If you have not heard from us by November 16, we will have chosen not to provide support to your project. * Once a decision has been made, you will receive a letter from us summarizing the project you've proposed and agreeing to provide you the funds. * When the project is done, you will need to provide us a letter telling us what happened, how it went, and what you think you accomplished. *The Criteria* We will give preference to proposals that: * Ideally, show 1:1 matching support * Demonstrate your capacity to effect positive change * Facilitate regionally diverse participation in the WCIT * Can be implemented quickly *What We Need to Know* Send an e-mail to apply(a)mozillafoundation.org with the following information. If you are applying for travel support, be sure to tell us whether or not you are already included in your country's delegation. * Name: * E-mail: * Organization (if applicable): * Country: * URL (if applicable): * Project Title: * What are you going to do? * Why are you the one to do it? * How will you spend the money? --

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Net Neutrality - A Perspective as a Precursor to tomorrow's WCIT Discussions
by Ali Hussein 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Listers As a followup to my posting on *Africa (and Kenya's?) Position to WCIT, Dubai, *I thought I would pen some thoughts on Net Neutrality as a way to get our minds thinking ahead of tomorrow morning's Stakeholders Meeting on WCIT-12 at the Grand Regency. According to Wikipedia:- *Network neutrality* (also *net neutrality*, *Internet neutrality*) is a principle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle> that advocates government regulation of Internet service providers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider> ,[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-Information_Week-1> preventing ISPs from restricting consumers' access to networks that participate in the Internet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet>. Specifically, network neutrality would prevent restrictions on content, sites, platforms, types of equipment that may be attached, and modes of communication. Network owners can't interfere with content, applications, services, and devices of users' choice and remains open to all users and uses. Since the early 2000s, advocates of net neutrality and associated rules have raised concerns about the ability of broadband providers to use their last mile <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile> infrastructure to block Internet applications and content (e.g. websites, services, and protocols), and even block out competitors. (The term "net neutrality" didn't come into popular use until several years later, however.) The possibility of regulations designed to mandate the neutrality of the Internet has been subject to fierce debate, especially in the United States. Neutrality proponents claim that telecom companies seek to impose a tiered service <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiered_service> model in order to control the pipeline and thereby remove competition, create artificial scarcity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_scarcity>, and oblige subscribers to buy their otherwise uncompetitive services. Many believe net neutrality to be primarily important as a preservation of current freedoms. [5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-no-tolls-5> Vinton Cerf <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_Cerf>, considered a "father of the Internet" and co-inventor of the Internet Protocol, Tim Berners-Lee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee>, creator of the Web, and many others have spoken out in favor of network neutrality. Opponents of net neutrality claim that broadband service providers have no plans to block content or degrade network performance.[8]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-books.google.com-8> Despite this claim, there has been a single case where an Internet service provider, Comcast, intentionally slowed peer-to-peer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer> (P2P) communications.[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-9> Still other companies have begun to use deep packet inspection<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_packet_inspection> to discriminate against P2P, FTP, and online games, instituting a cell-phone style billing system of overages<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellphone_overage_charges>, free-to-telecom "value added" services, and bundling.[10]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-10> Critics of net neutrality also argue that data discrimination<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_discrimination> of some kinds, particularly to guarantee quality of service<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_service>, is not problematic, but is actually highly desirable. Bob Kahn<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kahn>, co-inventor of the Internet Protocol, has called the term net neutrality a "slogan" and states that he opposes establishing it, but he admits that he is against the fragmentation of the net whenever this becomes excluding to other participants.[11]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-kahn-vid-11> Opponents of net neutrality regulation also argue that the best solution to discrimination by broadband providers is to encourage greater competition among such providers, which is currently limited in many areas.[12]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality#cite_note-podhoretz-post-12> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality So what does the Africa Position on ITRs (International Telecommunications Regulations) mean to us? >From the proposal one can deduce that we now intend to turn around Net Neutrality on its head and give ISPs/Telcos a legal standing to charge content providers and application service providers for the privilege of their customers to access any website. What would be the effect of this? As I said in my earlier posting the principle around this is flawed. Why? Because this opens up the opportunity for discrimination and anti-competitive tendencies. We are aware now that some Telcos and ISPs are moving into Content Provision through the Triple Play Mantra (TV, Phone and Internet). What is to stop discrimination in the guise of competition? We must be careful that we do not put a regulator's stamp in a competitiveness environment in favor of one player /industry against another. Nation, Standard, Citizen, Iqra, Google, CIO East Africa, Ma3Racer, Pesapal, Facebook, Twitter etc will all then be bundled together and the prerogative of the ISP/Telco will be what rules and NOT Market Conditions. I have argued before about the ISP/Telco space and whether the current scenario calls for a re-thinking of the business as usual model. There seems to be a tacit agreement that something is amiss where some players (the majority it seems) seem to be bleeding red ink. I cannot presume to be an expert in this space but could the logical step be one of sharing infrastructure to reduce Capex as opposed to everyone running around digging up the whole country in an 'arms race'? Is this an area where the regulator can assist? There is a legend around how Dr.Ndemo (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information & Communication) managed to get the first undersea cable landed in Nairobi despite industry not pulling in the same direction (I don't know how true or false this is but the fact that it is being bandied around is in itself a red flag). I suggested possibly that the industry may want to embrace the Principles of 'Frenemy'? Let's ensure we maintain the current status quo that has enabled innovation and entreprenuership in the ICT Sector to blossom. The current discourse about whether 'Silicon Savannah' needs to grow up and move towards creating viable and sustainable businesses is what we should discuss NOT seek to change the very environment that made this possible. My two cents (with a bull-dog mentality) :-) Ali Hussein PS. It would be interesting to know the position of KICT Board, KITOS, iHub, Nailab (and other hubs), TESPOK etc. On Nov 9, 2012, at 3:27 PM, "Wambua, Christopher" <Wambua(a)cck.go.ke> wrote: Ali**** ** ** Thanks for submitting substantive comments on the African Common Proposals on the ITRs. **** ** ** I wish to invite you to the Stakeholders Meeting on WCIT-12 scheduled for Tuesday 13th November 2012 at the Laico Regency Hotel starting from 9.00a.m. Your input together with others that have been raised to date shall be addressed during the said stakeholders meeting. **** ** ** Listers wishing to participate in the meeting are requested to send their confirmations to Mary Kioko through kioko(a)cck.go.ke as soon as possible.**** ** ** Best regards,**** ** ** *Christopher Wambua* *Manager/Communications* *Consumer and Public Affairs Division * *Communications Commission of Kenya* *P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800* *KENYA* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* kictanet [ mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke<kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein *Sent:* Friday, November 09, 2012 9:28 AM *To:* Wambua, Christopher *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions *Subject:* [kictanet] Africa (and Kenya's?) Position to WCIT, Dubai**** ** ** Listers**** ** ** I have serious misgivings about the Africa Position to WCIT as presented by CCK. **** ** ** I will highlight the main & pertinent proposed changes. There are good clauses within the proposal that are pertinent and in line with current trends. For example:-**** ** ** *38A 4.3A Members States shall ensure transparency of end-user prices and the provision of clear information on how to access the services and the prices thereof, in particular to avoid unreasonable or surprising bills for international services (e.g. mobile roaming and data roaming), and shall ensure that Operating Agencies take the necessary measures to fulfill these requirements.***** *Reasons: This provision considers the users' right to have transparent information on the international charges, bearing in mind the current excessive data charges for roaming users.***** * * *My Comments***** *This deals with consumer protection and it is high time that it becomes an issue of international concern.* * * *54A 6.5A* *Member states shall ensure that each party in a negotiation or agreement related to or arising out of international connectivity matters, will have access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and will have recourse to the relevant regulatory or competition authorities of the other party's state.* * * *Reasons: To provide for alternative dispute resolution and other mechanisms, to preserve the interests of Member States and avoid abuse on their small market power operators.* * * *My Comments*** *Commendable as this sets clear guidelines on dispute resolution and possibly can guide against monopolistic behavior from dominant players.* * * *Environmental Issues* *Reasons: To address the importance of the issue of saving the environment. ADD AFCP/xyzA1/89* *57B 8A.1 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and industry to adopt energy efficiency international standards and best practices, including disclosure and labeling schemes, so as to reduce energy consumption of communications facilities and installations.* *Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage taking measures to reduce energy consumption.* *57C 8A.2 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to take-back schemes and recycling management facilities to reduce e-waste resulting from communications facilities and installations, [and to avoid causing harm to other Member States from such e-waste.] | [and to ensure that such practices does not cause harm to other Member States.]* *Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to consider avoid causing harm to other Member States as a result of e-waste and should address also not causing harm due to disposal of e-waste.* * * *My Comments*** *Commendable as these are in line with the current popular discourse on environmental issues.* * * *The next three clauses leave me cold as they:-* **** 1. Propose to redefine Telecommunication regulation to include content developers and providers**** **** 2. Redefine the rules of engagement in Commercial Negotiations and Contracts as this seems to allude that regulators can compel parties in the content development and distribution space to sign revenue share agreements with Service Providers in the Telco sector**** **** I would like CCK to please clarify these clauses below and to please clear the air if what I have said above and below is inaccurate. **** **** *ADD AFCP/xyzA1/63***** *41K 6.0.4 Member States shall take measures to ensure that fair compensation is received for carried traffic (e.g. interconnection or termination).* * * *Reasons: promotes to a more sustainable model for the international telecommunications ecosystem. Huge investments are needed to respond to the dramatic traffic growth, this should not be generated mainly and from the general user side, but from fair and innovative commercial agreements between infrastructure operators and telecommunications applications providers* * * *My Comments*** *This seems to allude to the issue of Telecommunications Applications Providers (TAPs). What I found interesting is that the definition of TAPs has not been defined in the document. Or did I miss it? So, if I'm to let my imagination go I would assume that TAPs here alludes to platform Providers, developers and owners (read: Facebook, Google, The different Ad Networks, Media Houses, gaming developers like Ma3Racer, ihub, ilab mlab developers and my nephew who is just about to launch the next Facebook etc). * * * *Who is to define this 'fair compensation'? is it the purview of the regulator to purport to define this? This I believe goes beyond the issue of Telecommunications Regulation and starts to touch on the issue of how free markets operate. We are treading on very thin ice here..* * * *41L 6.0.5 Member States shall ensure that their regulatory frameworks drive the Operating Agencies to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security.* *Reasons: To foster increase in the customer base and enhancement in the quality of experience (QoE), by offering more choices and more confidence in those offerings.* * * *My Comments*** *.....drive the Operating Agencies (defined in the document as **Any individual, company, corporation or governmental agency which operates a telecommunication installation intended for an international telecommunication service or capable of causing harmful interference with such a service.) **to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security.* * * *What does this really mean really? Is the state now going to purport to 'coerce' or compel commercial enterprises to enter into commercial agreements? My earlier comments also apply.* * * *41M 6.0.6 The Member States shall take measures to ensure that Operating Agencies have the right to charge providers of international communication applications and services appropriate access charges based on the agreed quality of service.* *Reasons: To balance the revenues across the ecosystem, thus avail revenues for operating agencies to invest in high bandwidth international infrastructures, which will benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges.* * * *My Comments*** *Is the state now abrogating to itself the right to tell content providers to pay (to Telcos) for people to access their platforms and websites? I'm well aware this is primarily targeted to the big boys - Facebook, Google, the big global media houses etc. however, who is to stop the telco or ISP in Mongolia or Thailand where Ma3Racer (a Kenyan popular gaming platform that has most of its users in Asia) from blocking it and asking it for access fees? *** * * *Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't these content providers already paying for hosting anyway? What really is going on here? *** * * *Contrary to what this Africa Proposal purports to do 'benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges' my humble opinion is that it will have the long term effect of killing innovation and the openness of the Internet which has basically been responsible for a lot of the innovations that we are currently seeing in this space.*** * * *Overall I believe that these proposals are misinformed and look suspiciously similar to the ETNO Proposals:-*** * * http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.19/wcit-etno-proposals-not-so-bad** ** *Dear all, I propose that we agree on a high level principle on how we propose this country to move where the ITRs are involved (the lawyers can then draft it in legalese). We in Kenya are at the forefront of ICT innovation in Africa and indeed in the world. It would be a shame to be seen by the rest of the world as traitors to the principals that made this possible. And I believe that the Africa Position is exactly that..*** * * *I know that this posting may make a number of constituents unhappy but I urge all of us to put the country first.. *** ** ** Ali Hussein**** CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd**** Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd**** ** ** +254 773/713 601113**** ** ** Sent from my iPad****

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Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue
by Grace Githaiga 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

IN SUMMARYAt the board level, the number of Vodafone representatives has increased from three in 2008 when it had Michael Joseph as CEO and directors Collymore and Gavin Darby, to five, giving the UK firm a critical muscle in Safaricom.The government has three seats in the board represented by Esther Koimett (the Investment Secretary at Treasury), Susan Mudhune and Nicholas Nganga (chairman).Vodafone is represented by Mr Collymore, Timothy Harrabin, Karen Witts, Nicholas Read and former Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph, currently director of mobile money at Vodafone.http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Vodafone+takes+h…

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EAIGF Report
by Grace Githaiga 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

ListersPlease find attached the EAIGF report. Have a great weekend.RgdsGG

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Africa (and Kenya's?) Position to WCIT, Dubai
by Ali Hussein 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Listers I have serious misgivings about the Africa Position to WCIT as presented by CCK. I will highlight the main & pertinent proposed changes. There are good clauses within the proposal that are pertinent and in line with current trends. For example:- 38A 4.3A Members States shall ensure transparency of end-user prices and the provision of clear information on how to access the services and the prices thereof, in particular to avoid unreasonable or surprising bills for international services (e.g. mobile roaming and data roaming), and shall ensure that Operating Agencies take the necessary measures to fulfill these requirements. Reasons: This provision considers the users' right to have transparent information on the international charges, bearing in mind the current excessive data charges for roaming users. My Comments This deals with consumer protection and it is high time that it becomes an issue of international concern. 54A 6.5A Member states shall ensure that each party in a negotiation or agreement related to or arising out of international connectivity matters, will have access to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and will have recourse to the relevant regulatory or competition authorities of the other party's state. Reasons: To provide for alternative dispute resolution and other mechanisms, to preserve the interests of Member States and avoid abuse on their small market power operators. My Comments Commendable as this sets clear guidelines on dispute resolution and possibly can guide against monopolistic behavior from dominant players. Environmental Issues Reasons: To address the importance of the issue of saving the environment. ADD AFCP/xyzA1/89 57B 8A.1 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and industry to adopt energy efficiency international standards and best practices, including disclosure and labeling schemes, so as to reduce energy consumption of communications facilities and installations. Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage taking measures to reduce energy consumption. 57C 8A.2 Member States shall cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to take-back schemes and recycling management facilities to reduce e-waste resulting from communications facilities and installations, [and to avoid causing harm to other Member States from such e-waste.] | [and to ensure that such practices does not cause harm to other Member States.] Reasons: To request Member States to cooperate to encourage operating agencies and the industry to consider avoid causing harm to other Member States as a result of e-waste and should address also not causing harm due to disposal of e-waste. My Comments Commendable as these are in line with the current popular discourse on environmental issues. The next three clauses leave me cold as they:- 1. Propose to redefine Telecommunication regulation to include content developers and providers 2. Redefine the rules of engagement in Commercial Negotiations and Contracts as this seems to allude that regulators can compel parties in the content development and distribution space to sign revenue share agreements with Service Providers in the Telco sector I would like CCK to please clarify these clauses below and to please clear the air if what I have said above and below is inaccurate. ADD AFCP/xyzA1/63 41K 6.0.4 Member States shall take measures to ensure that fair compensation is received for carried traffic (e.g. interconnection or termination). Reasons: promotes to a more sustainable model for the international telecommunications ecosystem. Huge investments are needed to respond to the dramatic traffic growth, this should not be generated mainly and from the general user side, but from fair and innovative commercial agreements between infrastructure operators and telecommunications applications providers My Comments This seems to allude to the issue of Telecommunications Applications Providers (TAPs). What I found interesting is that the definition of TAPs has not been defined in the document. Or did I miss it? So, if I'm to let my imagination go I would assume that TAPs here alludes to platform Providers, developers and owners (read: Facebook, Google, The different Ad Networks, Media Houses, gaming developers like Ma3Racer, ihub, ilab mlab developers and my nephew who is just about to launch the next Facebook etc). Who is to define this 'fair compensation'? is it the purview of the regulator to purport to define this? This I believe goes beyond the issue of Telecommunications Regulation and starts to touch on the issue of how free markets operate. We are treading on very thin ice here.. 41L 6.0.5 Member States shall ensure that their regulatory frameworks drive the Operating Agencies to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security. Reasons: To foster increase in the customer base and enhancement in the quality of experience (QoE), by offering more choices and more confidence in those offerings. My Comments .....drive the Operating Agencies (defined in the document as Any individual, company, corporation or governmental agency which operates a telecommunication installation intended for an international telecommunication service or capable of causing harmful interference with such a service.) to establish mutual commercial agreements with providers of international communication applications and services in alignment with principles of fair competition, innovation, adequate quality of service and security. What does this really mean really? Is the state now going to purport to 'coerce' or compel commercial enterprises to enter into commercial agreements? My earlier comments also apply. 41M 6.0.6 The Member States shall take measures to ensure that Operating Agencies have the right to charge providers of international communication applications and services appropriate access charges based on the agreed quality of service. Reasons: To balance the revenues across the ecosystem, thus avail revenues for operating agencies to invest in high bandwidth international infrastructures, which will benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges. My Comments Is the state now abrogating to itself the right to tell content providers to pay (to Telcos) for people to access their platforms and websites? I'm well aware this is primarily targeted to the big boys - Facebook, Google, the big global media houses etc. however, who is to stop the telco or ISP in Mongolia or Thailand where Ma3Racer (a Kenyan popular gaming platform that has most of its users in Asia) from blocking it and asking it for access fees? Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't these content providers already paying for hosting anyway? What really is going on here? Contrary to what this Africa Proposal purports to do 'benefit the end users and provide them with innovative services, while lowering ultimately their connectivity charges' my humble opinion is that it will have the long term effect of killing innovation and the openness of the Internet which has basically been responsible for a lot of the innovations that we are currently seeing in this space. Overall I believe that these proposals are misinformed and look suspiciously similar to the ETNO Proposals:- http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number10.19/wcit-etno-proposals-not-so-bad Dear all, I propose that we agree on a high level principle on how we propose this country to move where the ITRs are involved (the lawyers can then draft it in legalese). We in Kenya are at the forefront of ICT innovation in Africa and indeed in the world. It would be a shame to be seen by the rest of the world as traitors to the principals that made this possible. And I believe that the Africa Position is exactly that.. I know that this posting may make a number of constituents unhappy but I urge all of us to put the country first.. Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad

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An assessment of the Kenya Internet Governance Forum
by alice＠apc.org 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

Dear all, Great study of the Kenya IGF by ISOC. http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ISOC%20study%20of%20IG%2… best Alice

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FW: Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue
by Grace Githaiga 09 Nov '12

09 Nov '12

> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > From: n_macharia(a)yahoo.co.uk > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 20:07:43 +0000 > > > To put the record straight, the gvt has four directors, Ng'ang'a, Koimett, Mudhune and Nancy Macharia. > > > Tel: +254727746156Sent from my BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> > Sender: "kictanet" > <kictanet-bounces+n_macharia=yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:33:03 > To: <n_macharia(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Vodafone takes home Sh1bn of M-Pesa revenue > > _______________________________________________ > 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/n_macharia%40yahoo.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.

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U.N. Must Lead Internet Regulation Effort
by Davis Onsakia 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Dear listers, Found this interesting op-ed piece in the Wired by ITU Secretary General - http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/11/head-of-itu-un-should-internet-regulat… '*This is why, at the behest of all the world’s nations, the UN must lead this effort. Otherwise, the alternative is siloed, scattered discussions – which would put a brake on expanding connectivity to the communities that need it most*.' With due respect to him, I don't agree with him on this at all. Best Regards, Davis M Onsakia "One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."

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Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)
by Ali Hussein 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Listers Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election (despite the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were won with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of technology - especially the use of Big Data. The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in terms of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course. Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the right leaders? Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful thinking? Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Barack Obama <info(a)barackobama.com> > Date: November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00 > To: <info(a)alyhussein.com> > Subject: How this happened > Reply-To: info(a)barackobama.com > > > Friend -- > > I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first. > > I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You made this happen. > > You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you pressed forward. > > I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing what I can to finish what we started. > > But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in the first place. > > Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans can overcome powerful interests. > > There's a lot more work to do. > > But for right now: Thank you. > > Barack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PAID FOR BY OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012, A JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CO, FL, IA, NV, NH, NC, OH, PA, VA, AND WI. > Contributions or gifts to Obama Victory Fund 2012 are not tax deductible. > > The first $2,500 from a contributor to Obama Victory Fund 2012 will be allocated to Obama for America, designated for the general election. The next $30,800 from a contributor will be allocated to the Democratic National Committee. Any additional amount(s) from a contributor will be divided among the State Democratic Party Committees as follows, up to $10,000 per committee and subject to the biennial aggregate limits: OH (24%), FL (15%); WI (12%); IA (10%); NV (10%); VA (9%); CO (7%); NC (7%); PA (3%); and NH (3%). A contributor may designate a contribution for a particular participant. This allocation formula may change if following it would result in an excessive contribution. Contributions will be used in connection with a Federal election, may be spent on any activities of the participants as each committee determines in its sole discretion, and will not be earmarked for any particular candidate > > This email was sent to: info(a)alyhussein.com. > If that is not your preferred email address, you can update your information here. We believe that emails are a vital way for the campaign to stay in direct contact with supporters. Click here if you'd like to unsubscribe from these messages. This campaign is a community, and all ideas are welcome. We appreciate any feedback you might have -- positive or negative. Click here to contact the campaign with any questions or concerns. >

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How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)
by Gideon 08 Nov '12

08 Nov '12

Thanks Andrea Bohnstedt for the piece. Gideon Rop. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:33 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: Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay > ahead during the campaign) (Andrea Bohnstedt) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 19:26:44 +0300 > From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> > To: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used > Technology to stay ahead during the campaign) > Message-ID: > <CAFaobUAkQS3URPZW1QG9hQ= > pmcC5-4FuLToiu-XpxVTw491LpA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Here's an interesting piece on data management by the Obama campaign: > > > http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/inside-the-secret-world-of-quants-and-… > > On 7 November 2012 16:47, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > > > Kivuva > > > > I agree with you especially on issues you raised regarding volunteerism. > > However let me assure you that there was no cold calling involved. It was > > crisp, precise and to the point using technology and direct Marketing at > a > > level never seen before. The use of Big Data was as important as the legs > > on the ground. > > > > On the money issue...For sure. I agree with you. It was humongous. But if > > you put it in context politicians here are also using serious money from > a > > Kenyan context. How much of it is actually used efficiently? > > > > These are the lessons I'm talking about here... > > > > Ali Hussein > > CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd > > Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd > > > > +254 773/713 601113 > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Nov 7, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: > > > > Onchari, you think its possible to do research without money? > > > > Most the volunteers in US just knock on doors, or do cold calling to > > encourage and influence voters to vote in a certain way. > > How many Kenyans volunteer on election? We see the observers carrying > > leaves on the streets with hakiyangu! > > > > Back to the issues, to be able to map out demographics, > > voter psychology ,e.t.c., you need to spend with top-notch research and > > polling firms. Apart from adverts, that is where the $920M went for > > democrats. > > > > And the entire US elections cost Ksh0.6 trillion. That is like what KRA > > collects in a year. > > > > On 7 November 2012 15:22, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> wrote: > > > >> Kivuva,**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Any of them can achieve it ? They do not need billions of $$ for > >> campaigning, why? USA is 9million sqkm wide, with 52 mini countries > while > >> Kenya is a mere 500K sqkm, US population is over 300M while Kenya is > 40M, > >> costs are low in Kenya with plenty of volunteers including myself and I > >> believe millions like me. All they have to do is campaign on non > tribally > >> inclined issues and get the ?laggard? middle class involved. I envision > >> some concession speeches come March 5th 2013 from some very unlikely > >> quarters!**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Kind Regards,**** > >> > >> Edwin **** > >> > >> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > >> lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Kivuva > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:03 PM > >> *To:* Edwin > >> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > >> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used > >> Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> Lets not beat ourselves so much. Who cannot achieve that much with > >> $920,000,000 campaign budget, with thousands of UNPAID volunteers!**** > >> > >> ** ** > >> > >> On 7 November 2012 14:37, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> > wrote:*** > >> * > >> > >> + 1 Ali,**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Obama managed to precisely target each demographics with the right > >> message at the right time using the right tools**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> In our case, however, our leaders and political parties would prefer not > >> to do that ? why? My guess would be that it will expose the fact they do > >> not stand for much other than their tribal affiliations. Media (just > like > >> you experience with CNN, NBC, FOX etc) embracing such technologies > could be > >> a starting point, although I doubt that it will happen any time > soon.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> The scenario is true even in private sector. I remember 5 years ago, I > >> tried to introduce the use of business intelligence tools such as data > >> mining, six sigma, business process modeling, etc to companies and > >> parastatals in Kenya and the response I got ? ?This is Kenya young man, > we > >> are making profits and therefore we do not need to do any of that?. > There > >> are enormous amounts of raw data within these organizations? ?data > banks?, > >> that if modern analytical techniques and tools were to be applied > properly, > >> could see the realization of efficiencies ranging from public sector > >> service delivery to improving private sector organizational > performance.* > >> *** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> I keep hoping non-the-less J**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Regards,**** > >> > >> Edwin**** > >> > >> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > >> lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 12:29 PM > >> *To:* Edwin > >> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > >> *Subject:* [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology > >> to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Listers**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election > (despite > >> the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were > won > >> with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of > >> technology - especially the use of Big Data.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in > terms > >> of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the > >> biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course.**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through > >> proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the > right > >> leaders? **** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful > >> thinking? **** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Ali Hussein**** > >> > >> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd**** > >> > >> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> +254 773/713 601113**** > >> > >> **** > >> > >> Sent from my iPad**** > >> > >> > >> Begin forwarded message:**** > >> > >> *From:* Barack Obama <info(a)barackobama.com> > >> *Date:* November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00 > >> *To:* <info(a)alyhussein.com> > >> *Subject:* *How this happened* > >> *Reply-To:* info(a)barackobama.com**** > >> > >> Friend -- > >> > >> I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to > thank > >> you first. > >> > >> I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You > >> made this happen. > >> > >> You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this > >> campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you > >> pressed forward. > >> > >> I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing > >> what I can to finish what we started. > >> > >> But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in > >> the first place. > >> > >> Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary > >> Americans can overcome powerful interests. > >> > >> There's a lot more work to do. > >> > >> But for right now: Thank you. > >> > >> Barack > >> > >> **** > >> > >> [image: Image removed by sender. 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Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)
by Kivuva 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Onchari, you think its possible to do research without money? Most the volunteers in US just knock on doors, or do cold calling to encourage and influence voters to vote in a certain way. How many Kenyans volunteer on election? We see the observers carrying leaves on the streets with hakiyangu! Back to the issues, to be able to map out demographics, voter psychology ,e.t.c., you need to spend with top-notch research and polling firms. Apart from adverts, that is where the $920M went for democrats. And the entire US elections cost Ksh0.6 trillion. That is like what KRA collects in a year. On 7 November 2012 15:22, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> wrote: > Kivuva,**** > > ** ** > > Any of them can achieve it – They do not need billions of $$ for > campaigning, why? USA is 9million sqkm wide, with 52 mini countries while > Kenya is a mere 500K sqkm, US population is over 300M while Kenya is 40M, > costs are low in Kenya with plenty of volunteers including myself and I > believe millions like me. All they have to do is campaign on non tribally > inclined issues and get the “laggard’ middle class involved. I envision > some concession speeches come March 5th 2013 from some very unlikely > quarters!**** > > ** ** > > Kind Regards,**** > > Edwin **** > > *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Kivuva > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:03 PM > *To:* Edwin > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used > Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > > ** ** > > Lets not beat ourselves so much. Who cannot achieve that much with > $920,000,000 campaign budget, with thousands of UNPAID volunteers!**** > > ** ** > > On 7 November 2012 14:37, Edwin Onchari <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> wrote:**** > > + 1 Ali,**** > > **** > > Obama managed to precisely target each demographics with the right message > at the right time using the right tools**** > > **** > > In our case, however, our leaders and political parties would prefer not > to do that – why? My guess would be that it will expose the fact they do > not stand for much other than their tribal affiliations. Media (just like > you experience with CNN, NBC, FOX etc) embracing such technologies could be > a starting point, although I doubt that it will happen any time soon.**** > > **** > > The scenario is true even in private sector. I remember 5 years ago, I > tried to introduce the use of business intelligence tools such as data > mining, six sigma, business process modeling, etc to companies and > parastatals in Kenya and the response I got – “This is Kenya young man, we > are making profits and therefore we do not need to do any of that”. There > are enormous amounts of raw data within these organizations’ “data banks”, > that if modern analytical techniques and tools were to be applied properly, > could see the realization of efficiencies ranging from public sector > service delivery to improving private sector organizational performance.** > ** > > **** > > I keep hoping non-the-less J**** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > Edwin**** > > *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari= > lynxbits.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Ali Hussein > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2012 12:29 PM > *To:* Edwin > *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > *Subject:* [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology > to stay ahead during the campaign)**** > > **** > > Listers**** > > **** > > Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election (despite > the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were won > with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of > technology - especially the use of Big Data.**** > > **** > > The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in terms > of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the > biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course.**** > > **** > > Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through > proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the right > leaders? **** > > **** > > Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful > thinking? **** > > **** > > Ali Hussein**** > > CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd**** > > Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd**** > > **** > > +254 773/713 601113**** > > **** > > Sent from my iPad**** > > > Begin forwarded message:**** > > *From:* Barack Obama <info(a)barackobama.com> > *Date:* November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00 > *To:* <info(a)alyhussein.com> > *Subject:* *How this happened* > *Reply-To:* info(a)barackobama.com**** > > Friend -- > > I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank > you first. > > I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You > made this happen. > > You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this > campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you > pressed forward. > > I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing > what I can to finish what we started. > > But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in > the first place. > > Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans > can overcome powerful interests. > > There's a lot more work to do. > > But for right now: Thank you. > > Barack > > **** > > [image: Image removed by sender. Donate]<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65c5/8864…> > > > > > > > > > > > > > **** > > **** > > **** > > PAID FOR BY OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012, A JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE > AUTHORIZED BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THE > STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CO, FL, IA, NV, NH, NC, > OH, PA, VA, AND WI.**** > > Contributions or gifts to Obama Victory Fund 2012 are not tax deductible.* > *** > > The first $2,500 from a contributor to Obama Victory Fund 2012 will be > allocated to Obama for America, designated for the general election. The > next $30,800 from a contributor will be allocated to the Democratic > National Committee. Any additional amount(s) from a contributor will be > divided among the State Democratic Party Committees as follows, up to > $10,000 per committee and subject to the biennial aggregate limits: OH > (24%), FL (15%); WI (12%); IA (10%); NV (10%); VA (9%); CO (7%); NC (7%); > PA (3%); and NH (3%). A contributor may designate a contribution for a > particular participant. This allocation formula may change if following it > would result in an excessive contribution. Contributions will be used in > connection with a Federal election, may be spent on any activities of the > participants as each committee determines in its sole discretion, and will > not be earmarked for any particular candidate **** > > This email was sent to: *info(a)alyhussein.com*. > If that is not your preferred email address, you can update your > information here<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65ed/8864…>. > We believe that emails are a vital way for the campaign to stay in direct > contact with supporters. Click here<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f65e9/8864…>if you'd like to unsubscribe from these messages. This campaign is a > community, and all ideas are welcome. We appreciate any feedback you might > have -- positive or negative. Click here to contact the campaign<https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1a59b/6c2c1b4c/2a82e8122/127f6419/8864…>with any questions or concerns. > **** > > **** > > [image: Image removed by sender.]**** > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/kivuva%40transworldaf… > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva > For > Business Development > Transworld Computer Channels > Cel: 0722402248 > twitter.com/lordmwesh > www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know**** > -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay ahead during the campaign)
by Gideon 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Hi Ali, This is interesting , it was good to see the manner of technology used during the US polls , i must say it was top notch, the kind of crisp marketing and use of technology to understand the niche regions was amazing. How about the analytics ,CNN and other media houses were able to give up to date info, removing the possibility of delay. We are going to polls soon and it will be encouraging to at least see some kind of replication, even if we will not go that top-notch, we have the resources to use and definitely the skill. Allow me to repeat your question ..."Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the right leaders?" Gideon Rop. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:18 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. Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay > ahead during the campaign) (Ali Hussein) > 2. Re: Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology to stay > ahead during the campaign) (Odhiambo Washington) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:29:27 +0400 > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Fwd: How this happened (How Obama used Technology > to stay ahead during the campaign) > Message-ID: <BDA973FB-3A17-413B-BF7F-51D2D431E619(a)hussein.me.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Listers > > Obama continued to stay ahead and the closeness of this election (despite > the electorate college votes big margin the battle ground states were won > with the slightest of margins) because of his team's sleek use of > technology - especially the use of Big Data. > > The ability to crunch the numbers and glean nuggets of pure gold in terms > of voter trends and getting out the voters to vote for him really is the > biggest lesson here. In my opinion of course. > > Are there lessons here for our politicians? How can we engage (through > proper use of technology) with all Kenyans to ensure we vote in the right > leaders? > > Or am I being an idealist and romantic and all this is just wishful > thinking? > > Ali Hussein > CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd > Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd > > +254 773/713 601113 > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Barack Obama <info(a)barackobama.com> > > Date: November 7, 2012, 8:54:23 AM GMT+04:00 > > To: <info(a)alyhussein.com> > > Subject: How this happened > > Reply-To: info(a)barackobama.com > > > > > > Friend -- > > > > I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to > thank you first. > > > > I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You > made this happen. > > > > You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this > campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you > pressed forward. > > > > I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing > what I can to finish what we started. > > > > But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in > the first place. > > > > Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary > Americans can overcome powerful interests. > > > > There's a lot more work to do. > > > > But for right now: Thank you. > > > > Barack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PAID FOR BY OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012, A JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE > AUTHORIZED BY OBAMA FOR AMERICA, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THE > STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: CO, FL, IA, NV, NH, NC, > OH, PA, VA, AND WI. > > Contributions or gifts to Obama Victory Fund 2012 are not tax deductible. > > > > The first $2,500 from a contributor to Obama Victory Fund 2012 will be > allocated to Obama for America, designated for the general election. 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UK Open Standards policy moves a step forward
by Evans Ikua 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

(UK) Government bodies must comply with Open Standards Principles 1 November 2012 >From today all government bodies must comply with Open Standards Principles<http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards>, an agreed set of standards to make our IT more open, cheaper and better connected, Minister for Cabinet Office, Francis Maude said today. The Open Standards Principles have been developed following the public consultation ‘Open Standards: Open Opportunities – flexibility and efficiency in Government IT’ which took place from February to June this year. The principles will help Government to deliver more innovative IT services and further drive savings and encourage more competition for government contracts. Please read more here<http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/government-bodies-must-comply-open-sta…> -- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,* lanetconsulting.com, lpi-eastafrica.org, ict-innovation.fossfa.net, Skype: @ikuae Cell: +254-722-955831

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Linux association
by Ory Okolloh 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Any Linux association of Kenya members on the list? Ory

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Elective office
by robert yawe 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Hi, I am taking a liberty by making this post which might seem unrelated to the ICT sector but is, yesterday I received the message below from my barber, "Dear friends! I here by kindly invite you for a goat eating party on 18/11/2012 at 2pm towards fund raising for my campaigns for a county rep. of Kiuu ward, githurai 45, Ruiru costituency, Kiambu county. The venue will be at Tembo restaurant opp. Lisar school. Steve Luruma the aspirant. Welcome" I believe he can win the election and from our regular sessions, over the past 5 or more years, his ideas are well articulated and have been consistent. His profession allows him to interact with peoples of all walks of life (my previous barber was also Matiba's barber but do I say) giving him a more holistic view of issues from different perspectives. If Steve is able to raise the required party nomination fees and wins the election who will be cutting my hair, any recommendations? Regards PS. Which is your ward, who is your current representative, what is their role, who are the aspirants and would you offer yourself if asked by the people? Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Hate text messages/KICA Section 29
by Grace Githaiga 07 Nov '12

07 Nov '12

Good morning Listers I would like to thank Jane, Barrack and Topista for views expressed on yesterday's topic Shooting the messenger. They did express the need to place some level of responsibility on both the source of the content and the host platform. Further they underscored the need to have a good information system that operates under a sound policy framework if it is to be useful to society. Today we look at Section 29 of the KICA (improper use of system) http://www.cck.go.ke/regulations/downloads/KenyaInformation-Communications-… that is increasingly being used as a basis for criminal charges for users of technology based platforms. See example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7VmsYNsqE 29. A person who by means of a licensed telecommunication system— (a) sends a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or (b) sends a message that he knows to be false for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another person commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both. Could misuse of an information system also be used to charge intermediaries? Would this call for the training of the Kenya Police, DPP and Judiciary so that they understand the issues as they litigate and make rulings? Listers, lets hear your views. Further, please feel free to go back to yesterday's thread on shooting the messenger if you would like to contribute. Have a wonderful day RgdsGG

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The world is not flat
by robert yawe 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

http://www.ted.com/talks/pankaj_ghemawat_actually_the_world_isn_t_flat.html Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Good Bye .DOTAFRICA: ICANN Approves the Change Request Made by DotConnectAfrica Trust for Its .Africa
by Gideon 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hi All, Good Bye .DOTAFRICA: ICANN Approves the Change Request Made by DotConnectAfrica Trust for Its .Africa http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs123/1102516344150/archive/111132586069… Gideon Rop DotConnectAFrica

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Widening the digital divide
by robert yawe 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hi, For a long time I tried to understand the reasons for country specific IP address allocations, many of those I asked seemed to think that it was all about security and post 9/11 paranoia but I believe its all about control and commerce and today reality came home Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Anticipates Strong Participation in Seventh Annual Internet Governance Forum
by Barrack Otieno 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Constance Bommelaer <bommelaer(a)isoc.org> Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:02 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Anticipates Strong Participation in Seventh Annual Internet Governance Forum To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org Internet Society Anticipates Strong Participation in Seventh Annual Internet Governance Forum [Baku, Azerbaijan – 05 November 2012] – The Internet Society announced its substantial participation in the annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku, Azerbaijan, 6-9 November. The IGF is one of the major outcomes of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and, since 2006, has brought together various stakeholder groups to discuss and shape public policy issues related to Internet governance. More than 1,500 representatives from the private sector, civil society, Internet community, and international nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations are expected to participate in the forum. The theme of this year’s IGF is “Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic, and Social Development.” From its early beginnings to its massive worldwide expansion over the past two decades, the Internet has grown from a research project to a central communication, social, and economic hub for more than two billion people. This year’s IGF theme offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the characteristics that have been central to the Internet’s success and its sustainability. The Internet Society has been actively involved in all previous IGFs and will be hosting and participating in a broad range of programs and activities during this IGF. Some of the Internet Society activities at the IGF in Baku include: * Pre-event session on Enhanced Cooperation and Internet Governance, co-organized with ICC-BASIS and the Association of Progressive Communications; * Opening session speech from Lynn St. Amour, President and Chief Executive Officer, Internet Society; * Moderating, organizing, and participating in multiple programs and sessions by Internet Society staff on critical topics such as Privacy, Human Rights, the International Telecommunication Regulations, DNSSEC, Digital Content, and Capacity Building; * Leading the closing session with a synthesis of the forum and discussion on principles and frameworks for the IGF; * Hosting 12 new and five returning IGF Ambassadors to attend the forum and participate in the sessions and workshops; and * Presenting two new reports on national Internet governance arrangements. Commenting on the IGF, Lynn St. Amour noted, “The work and the collaboration that occurs in the IGF is extremely important. The IGF has demonstrated the value of multi-stakeholder dialogue to sustain the Internet’s unmatched contribution to growth, innovation, and social development. The UN’s WSIS process clearly recognized this when they determined the IGF should be constituted as a neutral, non-duplicative, and non-binding process. We all look forward to another successful IGF.” For more details on the Internet Society’s involvement at IGF, visit http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-society-igf-2012-guide and http://www.internetsociety.org/igf/2012-internet-governance-forum/igf-2012-… http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-anticipates-strong-par… _______________________________________________ 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 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Awardpreneurs - all about Virgin Airlines
by robert yawe 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Hi, We have had a few positive references to Virgin Airlines and the success of its radical methods of operation but it seems all the accolades have not converted to the bottom line which is what you can actually take to the bank. This is also reflected in our so called compepreneurs and not the new awardpreneurs who spend most of their energies getting various awards are feted and then disappear, at the end of the day the basics of business must apply, "show me the money". http://business.time.com/2012/10/25/why-an-airline-that-travelers-love-is-f… Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Invitation to IGF Workshop 68: Multi-stakeholder Internet Public Policy: Toolkit for internet public policy practitioners
by Ben Akoh 04 Nov '12

04 Nov '12

Hi all, If you are in Baku (or connecting via remote participation), you are invited to the Workshop No 68: Multi-stakeholder Internet Public Policy: Toolkit for internet public policy practitioners (http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no68-multi-stakeholder-internet-public…) Also find link to the downloadable Toolkit document that has resulted from our experience of facilitating internet public policy dialogue in developed and developing countries and regions: http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1619. The tools identified in the toolkit may have been employed in your region or country to foster public policy dialogue. We would like you to share those experiences, and the potential they have/had at influencing policy. Best regards, Ben Details of the workshop can be found below: (No.68) Multi-stakeholder Internet Public Policy: Toolkit for internet public policy practitioners Status: Accepted Workshop Theme: Internet Governance for Development [IG4D] Theme Question: Security, Openness and Privacy Q5; IG4D, Enabling Environment Thematic Cluster: Q2, Infrastructure Cluster: Q1 Concise Description of Workshop: At the “Multi-stakeholder Internet Public Policy Dialogue: Lessons Learned and Best Practice Examples of Local to Global Policy Making” organized by IISD at the Nairobi IGF, and involving a rich panel consisting of coordinators of the Canadian, UK, Brazilian/South American, East African, Togo National IGFs, and the UNDP, certain key messages emerged that recognized: • the relationships between global and public spheres in policy making • The importance of awareness raising, representation, partnership, auditing and tracking of the policy making process • The need for evidence and consent in public policy The outcome from this session, and other national and regional process that IISD has been involved with has helped to shape the production of a toolkit that is about supporting and building the capacity of stakeholder dialogue and engagement. The toolkit is a subset of what might constitute a much broader range of activities related to internet public policy development. Elements in this toolkit will be used to guide the discussion at this workshop which aims to: • Build and support stakeholder dialogue and engagement, and of public consultation forums and the various processes for developing public policy as a shared responsibility. Through a well moderated panel dialogue and broad open discussions, experts, practitioners and stakeholders will engage on the good practices and lessons learned at various national and regional public consultations forums and how the tools in the toolkit can be adopted and adapted for their own use. The project specifically falls within the IGF theme of Internet Governance for Development because it equips local practitioners especially those in developing countries to better engage in global public policy spaces. The workshop intends to address the “Internet Governance for Development” main theme question that explores the kinds of support needed to help communities, NGOs and businesses from the developing world to participate in the IG process. It also explores the security, openness and privacy question on policies and practices that can assist in making the internet and effective multistakeholder model for national and regional issues that developing countries can benefit. The discussion will be guided by other sub questions in each of the following thematic areas: Internet Governance for Development Question: • Enabling Environment Thematic Cluster: Question 2: What does it take in terms of IG policy, legal and regulatory approaches? What are the challenges to and opportunities for participation of stakeholders from developing countries with a special focus on increasing participation by youth and women participation in IG from Least Developed Countries? • Infrastructure Cluster: Question 1:What are the key concerns regarding Internet infrastructure from developing countries' experiences and how can new technologies and the Global Internet Governance mechanisms address limitations, offer opportunities and enable development? Security, Openness and Privacy Question: • Question 5: What policies and practices that can assist in making the Internet an effective multistakeholder model to discuss national & regional issues and what best practices developing countries can benefit from. Organiser(s) Name: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Nominet Previous Workshop(s): http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=W... http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=W... Submitted Workshop Panelists: • Alice Munyua, EAIGF • Anju Mangal, SIDs Pacific IGF • Nnenna Nwakanma, WAIGF • Heather Creech, IISD • Mark Carvell, UK IGF • Towela Nyirenda, Southern African IGF • Sahr Gborie, Sierra Leone IGF • Abdullai Kamara, Liberian IGF Name of Remote Moderator(s): Ben Akoh

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How to kill an initiative
by robert yawe 04 Nov '12

04 Nov '12

Hi, Finally got a video that explains the death of mot great initiatives suggested on this forum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNXNTVNjZM&feature=BFa&list=UU6fryLGM_FkZQ9… Regards PS. There are 2 ways to beat up anyone who tries to get to the ladder, flame them to a crispy ash (Yawe nd elk) or not contributing (laggards) either of which is very effective. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] IGF remote hub/IGF Africa agenda
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 03 Nov '12

03 Nov '12

hi listers, could people indicate workshops of interest, eg those organised by our members so that we can join in those. Paul and I are involved in workshop no 146, which will take place on wed 8th at 10am Nairobi time. the topic is intellectual property rights versus the right to share. it is especially of interest in light of the debate on kictanet some weeks back on how government can help in protecting IP right holders from online piracy. Paul will be a panelist at Baku in this workshop and he had already sent us an invite in a separate email. 2012/11/2, Wawire Christopher <wctopher(a)gmail.com>: > Thanks for this GG > wawire > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Grace Githaiga > <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com>wrote: > >> Liz >> See the 2012 IGF Africa meeting Agenda. It might be of interest too to >> those who will be following remotely. >> >> Rgds >> GG >> >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >> >> > -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu

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Re: [kictanet] ITU/ATU and CCK in closed door meeting
by Walubengo J 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Alice K, WAmbua, Sounds all good - but it is also fair to say that ITU is really under no obligation to include everyone in their meetings. And they really should not apologise for that since that is how they are constituted by government treaties... So methinks Fiona crashed into a Regulator /ITU meeting and she got kicked out accordingly :-) Am not saying its fair, am just saying I perfectly understand where ITU is coming from and will only change if the same Govts decide to change the nature of the treaties inorder to give smaller fish (Wanjiku) some say. But then again, should Wanjiku have a say when already she authorised Govt. to speak on her behalf at ITU? Why would we want to duplicate issues? walu. ------------------------------ On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 16:45 AST (Arabian) alice koech wrote: >Fiona, >I want to appreciate your sentiments and seek to clarify that the meeting was NOT secret and neither seemingly secret. >ITU did organize this workshop as a follow-up of another workshop for regulators in the region and they are the ones who did send out the invitations. ATU was only asked to co-host and facilitate the logistics of the local arrangements. The support of CCK was sought to assist with some logistical arrangements and of course attend as regulators. >When you showed up at Hilton this afternoon, none of the people you met did not know you nor the organization you represent (at least that is what I was made to understand). Bad practice in our country.... >When you called me, I had just arrived at Hilton and immediately tried to investigate the case and what I hear is that nobody asked the security to usher you out of the meeting room and that they only requested you to come out so that they could get more information. I do not know exactly what happened.... >We apologize as co-conveners for what you have reported because they ought to have let you in as there was nothing secret. > >Alice > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+a.koech=atu-uat.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Fiona Asonga >Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 12:51 PM >To: a.koech(a)atu-uat.org >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >Subject: [kictanet] ITU/ATU and CCK in closed door meeting > >Hallo All, > >I have a question to CCK/MOIC (Government of Kenya) > >It turn out that the ITU/ATU and CCK have had a discussion in the last one week at The Hilton Hotel Nairobi on Frequency Spectrum pricing models and Digital migration that is 'seemingly secret'. I use the phrase 'seemingly secret' because when one of the regional regulators asked to meet with TESPOK and we showed up at the meeting an hour ago; ATU/CCK sent Hilton Security to kick us out of the discussion like there was something we were not suppose to hear. > >Can ITU/ATU/CCK please clarify what was being discussed that the rest of industry should not know about? What is wrong with TESPOK sitting in as an observer if we don't qualify make any contribution to the discussion? > >If our regulator and partners take to kicking industry out of such discussions where does that leave all the progress on stakeholder interaction we are striving to have especially in view of the new constitution? > >Kind regards > >Fiona Asonga >Chief Executive Officer >Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point >Board Member Africa Internet Service Providers Association > >Co-ordinator of Membership and Communication of the Africa Computer Emergency Response Team > >NRO Number Council http://www.nro.net/about/number-council.html > >ASO Address Council http://aso.icann.org/ac/ > > >14 th Floor, Bruce House >Standard Street > >Tel: +254 20 2245 036 >Cell: +254 721 713 504 > >Website: www.tespok.or.ke > > > >“Industry voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction >within the Industry and Government” > > >_______________________________________________ >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/a.koech%40atu-uat.org > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > > > >_______________________________________________ >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.

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Re: [kictanet] ITU/ATU and CCK in closed door meeting
by Fiona Asonga 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Thanks Alice and Christopher The clarifications are noted and apologies accepted. Kind regards Fiona Asonga Chief Executive Officer Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point Board Member Africa Internet Service Providers Association Co-ordinator of Membership and Communication of the Africa Computer Emergency Response Team NRO Number Council http://www.nro.net/about/number-council.html ASO Address Council http://aso.icann.org/ac/ 14 th Floor, Bruce House Standard Street Tel: +254 20 2245 036 Cell: +254 721 713 504 Website: www.tespok.or.ke “Industry voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction within the Industry and Government” ----- Original Message ----- From: "alice koech" <a.koech(a)atu-uat.org> To: tespok(a)tespok.co.ke Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 4:45:56 PM Subject: RE: [kictanet] ITU/ATU and CCK in closed door meeting Fiona, I want to appreciate your sentiments and seek to clarify that the meeting was NOT secret and neither seemingly secret. ITU did organize this workshop as a follow-up of another workshop for regulators in the region and they are the ones who did send out the invitations. ATU was only asked to co-host and facilitate the logistics of the local arrangements. The support of CCK was sought to assist with some logistical arrangements and of course attend as regulators. When you showed up at Hilton this afternoon, none of the people you met did not know you nor the organization you represent (at least that is what I was made to understand). Bad practice in our country.... When you called me, I had just arrived at Hilton and immediately tried to investigate the case and what I hear is that nobody asked the security to usher you out of the meeting room and that they only requested you to come out so that they could get more information. I do not know exactly what happened.... We apologize as co-conveners for what you have reported because they ought to have let you in as there was nothing secret. Alice -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+a.koech=atu-uat.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Fiona Asonga Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 12:51 PM To: a.koech(a)atu-uat.org Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] ITU/ATU and CCK in closed door meeting Hallo All, I have a question to CCK/MOIC (Government of Kenya) It turn out that the ITU/ATU and CCK have had a discussion in the last one week at The Hilton Hotel Nairobi on Frequency Spectrum pricing models and Digital migration that is 'seemingly secret'. I use the phrase 'seemingly secret' because when one of the regional regulators asked to meet with TESPOK and we showed up at the meeting an hour ago; ATU/CCK sent Hilton Security to kick us out of the discussion like there was something we were not suppose to hear. Can ITU/ATU/CCK please clarify what was being discussed that the rest of industry should not know about? What is wrong with TESPOK sitting in as an observer if we don't qualify make any contribution to the discussion? If our regulator and partners take to kicking industry out of such discussions where does that leave all the progress on stakeholder interaction we are striving to have especially in view of the new constitution? Kind regards Fiona Asonga Chief Executive Officer Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point Board Member Africa Internet Service Providers Association Co-ordinator of Membership and Communication of the Africa Computer Emergency Response Team NRO Number Council http://www.nro.net/about/number-council.html ASO Address Council http://aso.icann.org/ac/ 14 th Floor, Bruce House Standard Street Tel: +254 20 2245 036 Cell: +254 721 713 504 Website: www.tespok.or.ke “Industry voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction within the Industry and Government” _______________________________________________ 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/a.koech%40atu-uat.org The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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ITU/ATU and CCK in closed door meeting
by Fiona Asonga 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Hallo All, I have a question to CCK/MOIC (Government of Kenya) It turn out that the ITU/ATU and CCK have had a discussion in the last one week at The Hilton Hotel Nairobi on Frequency Spectrum pricing models and Digital migration that is 'seemingly secret'. I use the phrase 'seemingly secret' because when one of the regional regulators asked to meet with TESPOK and we showed up at the meeting an hour ago; ATU/CCK sent Hilton Security to kick us out of the discussion like there was something we were not suppose to hear. Can ITU/ATU/CCK please clarify what was being discussed that the rest of industry should not know about? What is wrong with TESPOK sitting in as an observer if we don't qualify make any contribution to the discussion? If our regulator and partners take to kicking industry out of such discussions where does that leave all the progress on stakeholder interaction we are striving to have especially in view of the new constitution? Kind regards Fiona Asonga Chief Executive Officer Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point Board Member Africa Internet Service Providers Association Co-ordinator of Membership and Communication of the Africa Computer Emergency Response Team NRO Number Council http://www.nro.net/about/number-council.html ASO Address Council http://aso.icann.org/ac/ 14 th Floor, Bruce House Standard Street Tel: +254 20 2245 036 Cell: +254 721 713 504 Website: www.tespok.or.ke “Industry voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction within the Industry and Government”

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Re: [kictanet] ITU/ATU and CCK in closed door meeting
by ICT Researcher 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Does TESPOK exist for public interest or service providers private interests?

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Understanding government in new times
by Ali Hussein 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Listers I found these articles and videos informative and interesting for those of us who are continually engaged in policy discussions at both private and public fora. > > > > Share > Understanding government in new times > > Governments across the globe face a daunting array of policy choices in deciding how best to serve their citizens. Contributors to the McKinsey Center for Government’s anthology Government designed for new times, on mckinsey.com, explore the forces at work and the options available to leaders for shaping a vision of superior public management in changing times. > > • In a new video and interview, Hernando de Soto describes why bringing property rights and the rule of law to developing nations will represent a kind of Industrial Revolution. > > • In another new video, Peter Ho explores the need for a “whole of government” collaboration to address increasingly frequent crises. > > • Parag Khanna maps the terrain occupied by parastatal organizations, which lie between public agencies and private-sector organizations. > > • MIT economist Daron Acemoglu argues that the strongest governments will be those that serve the people rather than political elites. > > > You are receiving this mailing because you are a registered member of mckinseyquarterly.com and have subscribed to the Public Sector list. > > To ensure delivery, add e.mckinseyquarterly.com to your > address book. > > McKinsey & Company, 21 South Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 > > > > Regards > > Ali Hussein > > CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd > Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd > > +254 773/713 601113 > > Sent from my iPad > > > Manage your subscriptions > > Unsubscribe from this mailing > > Access our help tool > > Read privacy policy >

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Hurricane Sandy
by robert yawe 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Hi, Might be me being paranoid but has anyone else noticed that social media site updates seem to have trickled down since the hurricane landed in the USA? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Final Report on intermediary liability in Kenya
by Grace Githaiga 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Good morning Listers Please find the final report on Intermediary liability in Kenya. http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/Intermediary_Liability_in_Kenya.pdf This report looks at the role of internet intermediaries as well as their limitations on enabling communication and facilitating information flows and the recently placed policy focus on internet intermediaries. Other countries that undertook the study include Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria and Senegal. You can find synthesis report on http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/READY%20-%20Intermediary%20Liability%20i… RgdsGG

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Presidential Debate Par Excellence!
by Edith Adera 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Listers, Did anyone watch the 1st Ghanaian Presidential Debate held Live on Tuesday this week? If you missed it, it is worth watching at http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_110227&feature=iv&src… It was impressive and I loved the structure of the debate for 3 reasons:- 1. It focused entirely on SUBTANCE (Development Agenda) - ICT issues also featured in the discussions! A pure focus on concrete agenda/vision for the country going forward. 2. The facilitation was very focused with strategic questions posed to the candidates sequentially and they had EXACTLY 3 minutes to succinctly respond and no more! They had only 3 "chances of rebuttal" 3. They had a blend of a researcher/media personality as the co-hosts - which means empirical evidence/research information was consulted to pose piercing and targeted questions. There was no room as such for "dirty politics/ethnic persuasions". The 3rd debate will feature a debate of the running mates! The whole debate series is managed by the Institute of Economic Affairs. As we gear up to Kenya's debate this month, many questions run through my mind: 1. Will Kenya for the first time focus on SUBTANCE and NOT our usual political theatrics? 2. Will we draw on empirical evidence to pose challenging and deep questions? What role can research think tanks play to have substantive issues addressed? 3. How will the 20+ presidential candidates be managed in an effective way to give equal opportunity to all, yet remain focused and substantive? ............the list goes on! I'm sure listers have many more questions! As a community, we should aim to submit concrete pressing questions related to the industry (assuming there's room for this) I hope Julie and her co-host will run Kenya's debate differently and borrow a leaf from Ghana's....avoiding the Kenyan typical style of politics! This is a challenge we throw to the media houses that will be hosting the series of historic debates. Reflective Edith!

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IGF remote hub/IGF Africa agenda
by Grace Githaiga 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

LizSee the 2012 IGF Africa meeting Agenda. It might be of interest too to those who will be following remotely. RgdsGG

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The test for determining if State has met its obligations in Consumer Rights
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Listers, Though not directly ICT related, this is a pace setting decision as it attempts to set a test for socio-economic rights. I foresee a day when Kenyans will demand Internet rights from the Government. *Socio–Economic Rights* Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) v Attorney General & 4 Others Petition No 88 of 2011 High Court at Nairobi October 5, 2012 M Ngugi, J. Reported by Andrew Halonyere *Download the Decision*<http://kenyalaw.org/CaseSearch/view_preview1.php?link=432590923895267534070…> *Issues* 1. Whether the enjoyment of socio–economic rights had been violated through an alleged Government’s failure to control the rising cost of living. *Constitutional Law ** - **fundamental rights and freedoms - socio-economic rights - declaration that socio-economic rights were violated by Government's failure to control rising cost of living - test for determining whether or not the state has met its obligation - manner in which matters concerning public interest should be brought before court-costs not to be imposed on proceedings that advance a legitimate public interest -whether the petition had merit -Constitution of Kenya, 2010 - Article 20(5), 22,23,43* This was a petition seeking inter alia a declaration that the Government’s failure to stabilize and reduce high fuel prices violates article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya which guarantees the petitioners and other citizens’ economic and social rights.Read More... *Held:* 1. The key to justifiability of the socio-economic rights is the standard of reasonableness. Though a considerable margin of discretion must be given to the state in deciding how it is to go about fulfilling the socio-economic rights, the reasonableness of the measures that the state adopts can be evaluated by a court. 2. Many factors including a failure in rainfall have a negative impact on the availability of food and the cost of living and such factors are not a result of the failure on the part of the state to take appropriate policy and other measures to ensure the realisation by citizens of the socio-economic rights guaranteed under Article 43. The respondents have taken reasonable measures to meet their obligations under the Constitution. 3. When bringing matters of socio economic rights before the court, which have a critical bearing on the rights, lives and livelihoods of citizens, it is not enough to make bare statements with regard to the violation of rights without seriously addressing oneself to the manner in which the violations have occurred and the reasonableness or otherwise of the measures taken to avert or ameliorate their impact. At this nascent stage in the implementation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, parties in the position of the petitioner, should they determine to take on cases which have a bearing on the public interest, must take them on with all due seriousness. 4. 1. The manner in which the petition was conducted by the petitioner would ordinarily have attracted an award of costs against it. However, the intent of Articles 22 and 23 of the Constitution is that persons should have free and unhindered access to the Constitutional Court for the enforcement of their fundamental rights and freedoms. Similarly, Article 258 allows any person to institute proceedings claiming the Constitution has been violated or is threatened. The imposition of costs would constitute a deterrent and would have a chilling effect on the enforcement of the Bill of Rights. 5. In matters concerning public interest litigation, a litigant who has brought proceedings to advance a legitimate public interest and contributed to a proper understanding of the law in question without private gain should not be deterred from adopting a course that is beneficial to the public for fear of costs being imposed. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu

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For civil society looking to join govt delegations to WCIT
by Ory Okolloh 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

(any news on the Kenya position yet by the way from CCK? ) See below: Hi all, Apologies for cross-posting. I wanted to share some new WCIT advocacy resources from Access. We have just released a sample letter for civil society groups to request to join a national delegation to WCIT. We are encouraging civil society who want to participate in WCIT to adapt this language as appropriate in writing to their governments. Here's the link to the letter: https://www.accessnow.org/page/-/docs/Sample%20Letter%20to%20request%20to%2… Here's a link to find the appropriate contact point in your government: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_langu… Additionally, we have developed talking points and a letter to request to a national consultation. These documents are now available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian, and Polish. We encourage you to circulate these resources widely and let us know if you've found them useful. Best regards, Deborah -- Deborah Brown Policy Analyst Access | AccessNow.org E. deborah(a)accessnow.org S. deborah.l.brown T. deblebrown PGP 0x5EB4727D _______________________________________________ AfriCS-IG mailing list Info and options: http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/africs-ig To unsubscribe, email africs-ig-unsubscribe(a)lists.apc.org

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IGF remote hub
by Liz Orembo 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Listers, ISOC KE is setting up a remote participation hub for the next week's IGF The venue will be at View Park towers 10th floor at Qnet offices. If interested in participating, please send an email to register(a)isoc.or.ke You can also circulate this info to your networks -- Best regards.

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Citizens Pathway scenarios for Kenya for 2013
by Alice Munyua 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Possible 2013 scenarios for Kenya an analysis by Citizen Pathway group. best Alice *From:* Citizen Solutions <citizensolution(a)gmail.com <mailto:citizensolution@gmail.com>> *To:* *Sent:* Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 12:07 *Subject:* Citizens Pathway scenarios for Kenya Citizens Pathway Group: We trust you are all well and making efforts to stay positive during this time. The Citizens Pathway core group has thought through the current situation in the country and tried to see how things could turn out over the next few months and beyond. The result is a paper in two parts (attached): * Part I: An assessment of Kenya in 2012, given the experience of 2008; and * Part II: A set of scenarios describing how the country could go over the next few months and beyond. As Citizens Pathway, we believe the transformative scenario (#4) is possible, so please pay particular attention to it, especially the action points. As usual, please feel free to circulate widely. We are particularly keen to hear from you and others. Incidentally, in case you haven't yet seen it, there is a must-see movie entitled "Nairobi Half Life" which should help you and I appreciate the challenges many Kenyans live with, day-in, day-out. Please let's make sure we elect leaders who will truly uplift the people of this country -- help your family, friends and networks understand this. Kind regards, Citizens Pathway

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Interesting case on Intermediary liabilities
by Paul Kimumwe 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

This might be of interest to the ongoing discussions on intermediary liabilities. Google loses Australia 'gangland' defamation lawsuit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20153309 -Paul ________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+paul=article19.org(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Michael Bullut [main(a)kipsang.com] Sent: 30 October 2012 20:55 To: Paul Kimumwe Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who Controls the Internet? @ Kivuva & McTimm - I appreciate the correction... :-) Sent on the run, Please excuse errors & ommissions! On Oct 22, 2012 8:48 PM, "McTim" <dogwallah(a)gmail.com<mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com>> wrote: On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Michael Bullut <main(a)kipsang.com<mailto:main@kipsang.com>> wrote: @McTim: I beg to differ on your first point. Ten out of thirteen of the Internet's root servers reside within the United States. yes, and several of these orgs are US gov bodies (NASA and the U.S. Army). As Kivuva mentioned, Anycast let's root-ops run servers in multiple locations, including 2 at KIXP. If there's a global issue & some countries differ with it on it's stand / viewpoint, what would the U.S. from blocking traffic to those countries' websites? Well, first of all, the US gov CANNOT change the rootzone file. They can give final approval to changes as per the existing agreement. What they actually do is check to see that processes have been followed, they DO NOT edit the rootzone file itself, nor can they. Second, what is in the rootzone DOES NOT determine traffic flows to individual websites. The rootzone is a list of TLDs and associated name server addresses for those TLDs. In other words, the US CANNOT block traffic to/from websites, you have been misled I am afraid. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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A Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa: A Rethink
by Gilda Odera 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Sorry for cross-posting but this is an interesting read........... A good read and hopefully a wakeup call. 24 - 31 October 2012 A Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa: A Rethink - ADVERTISEMENT - Graphics courtesy “There are a billion reasons to believe in Africa,” states Coca-Cola’s new commercial that attempts to capture the spirit of “new” Africa. Africa-optimism has in the recent past gained massive hype. Ernst & Young in its May report on Africa’s attractiveness for foreign direct investment (FDI) states that "…There is a new story emerging about Africa; a story of growth, progress, potential and profitability.” According to the African Developmental Bank, "Africa has started to see an economic resurgence" as a result of stronger demand for its commodities from emerging economies such as Brazil, China, India, and South Africa. With the continent’s middle class clocking 313 million people, the region’s consumer spending has increased. McKinsey Global Institute projects that consumer spending in Africa will reach $1.4 trillion in 2020, from about $860 million in 2008. Over 616 million people out of the 1 billion people that reside in Africa have a cellular phone. The average African drinks about 8 liters of beer per year compared to about 70 liters on average per year for Americans. While the continent is bequeathed with flowery endearments, it must guard against falling prey to the “feel good” trap and ask fundamental questions. For example, how are the endearments changing the lot of Africa's ordinary citizen? How is Africa changing for the better? Is the renewed interest in Africa by emerging and developed economies out to improve the continent's socio-economic wellbeing? While Africa ought to embrace the old and new suitors trooping to the continent, this must be done with caution and on a win-win basis. What happened in Malawi ought to make Africans rethink their celebration. As long as Malawi followed donor dictates and allowed multinational companies to control its agricultural sector, the country was hailed as Africa’s success story on food security. Once Malawi fell out with donors and multinational companies, the country’s food security was crippled. This begs the question: who was driving Malawi’s food security? Between Malawians and merchants of patented and re-engineered seeds and fertilizer manufacturers, who was benefitting most from the ‘success story’? Was this a Malawi success story or a multinational company success story? As global optimism in Africa is hyped, Africa’s land is being grabbed by ‘investors.’ Investors from China and Europe are busy buying land in Kenya and putting up 'Chinese only' and 'European only' real estate. As elegant edifices mushroom in Nairobi and its environs, where is the revenue accrued heading? Won’t we wake up one day and find ourselves legally landless and at the mercy of the so called ‘investors’?What will happen twenty years from now when our children find themselves landless? Isn't this a prescription for a revolution and civil war? Saudi Arabian investors have reportedly paid $100 million for an Ethiopian farm. Uganda has sold 2 million acres to Egypt. Kenya is leasing out 40,000 acres to Qatar. China owns vast tracts of land in Zimbabwe and Algeria. Madagascar was in the process of leasing out 1 million acres to South Korea. Millions of Africans are dying from starvation as African governments lease and sell millions of acres of land to feed populations in China, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Qatar among others. Africa is busy working on internet connectivity. In fact, growth in Africa’s Internet and Broadband sector has accelerated. By December 31 2011, Africa had 139,875,242 internet users and 37,739,380 people who had subscribed to Facebook. As we consume this service, do we ever question who is controlling the internet? What would happen if the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which basically holds the keys for any person or business hoping to turn up in search results on the Internet, gave a blackout to the continent? As more computers are dumped into the continent, who is the ultimate beneficiary? Africa, a continent that carries 25% of the world’s diseases is dependent on multinational ‘investors’ for medical supplies. It imports around 70% of its pharmaceutical needs from abroad. Two thirds of global value of pharmaceutical products are produced in 5 countries; USA, Japan, France, Germany and UK. In the banking sector, more than half of countries in Africa have a banking market with either a dominant or a significant share of foreign-owned financial institutions.The continent spends more money servicing its debt, in other words, paying interest to outsiders, than it spends on infrastructural development. On the natural resources front, none of the natural resources Africa is blessed with is under African control. While African countries like Nigeria, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Libya, and Equatorial Guinea among others possess oil in abundance, they don't have the capacity to discover oil; drill for the oil; refine the oil; transport the oil to the destination where it would be refined; repair existing refineries or have the vessel to transport the oil back to Africa for consumption. Africa should not celebrate the “...billion reasons to believe in Africa” craze while the continent is owned stock and barrel by other people. We cannot talk of a thriving economy when we are mere consumers and passive. Before we celebrate Coke’s penetration to most parts of Africa, we ought to ask why we are dying of preventable and treatable diseases; why essential medicines cannot be accessed in African households; why we don't benefit from our rich natural resources; why we are not in control of our economies; why we are food insecure in spite of a good climate; why it is easier to fly to other continents but not our own; why intra-Africa exchange of goods and services is low and why there is no African homegrown brand that the world can celebrate. By Dr. Mary Kinyanjui Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi Email: marykinyanjui(a)yahoo.com WRITE TO THE EDITOR We are always glad to hear from you and our team takes the contents of the letters we receive seriously in order to ensure that the magazine is beneficial to you. Do not hesitate to write to us and make our services better. 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Consultancy services required to assess the Rwanda Internet Exchange point
by Alice Munyua 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Dear listers, The attached call for consultancy services to assess Rwanda's IXP might be of interest. Best Alie

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Chevening Scholarships now open: Apply
by Alice Munyua 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

http://ukinkenya.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/working-with-kenya/chevening-page Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarships programme. These scholarships support study at UK universities – mostly one-year Masters’ degrees – for students with demonstrable potential to become future leaders, decision-makers and opinion formers. Best Alice

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Who Controls the Internet?
by waudo siganga 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Interesting article in Today's UK Guardian Newspaper. Ahead of a [1]Google+ Hangout on the [2]battle for the internet, Jemima Kiss looks at how tech giants are fighting for supremacy Have you ever noticed that wherever you are in the world, every telephone keypad looks the same? Or wondered why satellites don't crash into each other? Or why you dial 64 to reach New Zealand, but 65 for Singapore? These are some of the mundane but essential logistical achievements of the [3]International Telecommunication Union, a specialist UN agency that dates back to 1865. Yet as it gears up for its first global conference in 14 years, the ITU has found itself under unprecedented attack. The first assailant is the powerful US technology lobby. Companies, including Google, are claiming that new ITU proposals would mean [4]internet companies paying hefty fees to local telecoms companies, reigniting historic tensions between US internet giants and incumbent telecoms firms across the world. But that's not the only battle that will be played out this December when the ITU's 193 member states gather in Dubai. Russia and China have been explicit in their goal of taking control of the internet away from the US, while developing countries feel the western technology hegemony is limiting their economic opportunities. With the world's internet population predicted to reach 3.4 billion by 2016, there is everything to play for. [5]http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet References 1. https://plus.google.com/events/ccctkbj9ldslvsm392t6mae48ac 2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/series/battle-for-the-internet 3. http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itu.int%2Fen%2FPages%2Fdefault… 4. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/internet 5. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/oct/17/who-rules-internet

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Interesting work on Ghana
by Warigia Bowman 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Dear Kictanet list, Please assist my friend Scott. He is doing some great work on the ICT Policy sector in Kenya. Warigia -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------

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Royal Academy of Engineering - "Severe lack of engineering capacity hinders development in Sub Saharan Africa"
by Chip Sharp (chsharp) 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

The UK's Royal Academy of Engineering in collaboration with the Africa-UK Engineering for Development Partnership has issued a report entitled: "Engineers for Africa - Identifying engineering capacity needs in Sub-Saharan Africa" http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=800 This might not be news to people on this list, but I thought it might be of interest. Chip

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Inaugural DEMO Africa 2012 sets a precedent in bringing startup and innovation ecosystem actors together
by Gideon 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

This is a good start , such innovations getting good attention will trigger more creativity. Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Inaugural DEMO Africa 2012 sets a precedent in bringing > startup and innovation ecosystem actors together (Brian Munyao > Longwe) > 2. Baku IGF interest in remote participation? (Ory Okolloh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:30:54 +0300 > From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Inaugural DEMO Africa 2012 sets a precedent in > bringing startup and innovation ecosystem actors together > Message-ID: > < > CAHSdPfbLJ7owbY1f2XvptE4OzUK9tTUUadDzENSSFLgSnTRDxA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > 2012 DEMO Africa winners: mPawa, Flowgear, Qabila, Sasa Africa, Maliyo > Games inaugural DEMO Lions Dennis Mbuvi > October 27, 2012 0 Comments and 0 > Reactions< > http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/2012-demo-africa-winners-mpawa,-flow… > > > [image: DEMO Africa Lions] > The first ever DEMO Africa Lions with DEMO Africa organisers. The five > startups are headed to Silicon Valley.&nbsp;&nbsp; > > Five startups drawn from across Africa have made it to the inaugural group > of DEMO Africa Lions. This comes after two days of more than 42 pitches at > the event held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). DEMO > is an annual event now held in five continents where startups apply to > launch new products and solutions. The five startups will be heading to > Silicon Valley where they will receive mentorship and exposure to potential > investors. > > mPawa is based in Accra, Ghana and co-founded by Maxwell Kofi Efrem Donkor, > Anthony Agyekum-Mensah, Nancy Neizer and Shadrack Boadu. The startup seeks > to solve Africa?s jobless problem by focussing on the informal sector, > which is the biggest employer in Africa. mPawa lists informal jobs such as > carpenter?s on a portal where those who need such skills can find people to > carry out their tasks. Maxwell says mPawa has already matched 2,000 job > seekers in the previous 3 months, has raised $90,000 is looking to raise > $100,000. (http://mpawa.com/https://twitter.com/mpawa_africa ) > > Flowgear, from Gauteng, South Africa was among the few startups targeted > squarely at the Enterprise. Co-founded by Daniel Chilcott and JJ Milner, > the startup is looking to exploit a $2.79 billion opportunity (Gartner, > 2011) in the Cloud integration sector . Chilcott says the startup provides > cloud management tools for firms allowing them to interconnect the > different cloud solutions they have deployed, such Salesforce and > SharePoint. Flowgear provides a codeless dashboard which allows a fast > deployment. Drawings can also be imported from Visio and implemented in > Flowgear. The SnapLogic competitor says its has received $ 200,000 funding > to date. (http://flowgear.nethttps://twitter.com/flowgear ) > > Qabila is a multimedia content crowdsourcing platform based in Cairo, Egypt > and co-founded by Mahmoud Elshafie, Perihan AbouZeid, Mostafa Saeed, Amar > Abu Shady and Ahmad Fatehlab. Perihan says that Qabila came about as a > platform to provide better content than what was been shown on Egyptian TV. > The platform was founded almost around the Egyptian Arab spring and rose in > popularity with the spring with their content being featured in Al Jazeera. > Qabila currently has 20,000 contributors and current clients include the > World Bank, UNESCO and UNDP. The startup has funded itself to date and is > looking for an additional $250,000 in funding. > (http://qabila.tv https://twitter.com/QabilaTv ) > > Sasa Africa is an ecommerce platform connecting offline craftsperson to > online consumers. Through the use of a mobile phone, craftspeople upload > their products through SMS and MMS. Consumers then find the various crafts > on sasaafrica.com. After a product is bought and paid for, a crafts person > then receives a text message. They then have 48 hours to take the product > to a mobile money kiosk where they are also able to collect their payments. > The startup currently retails jewellery. > > Sasa Africa has so far been in testing and plans to launch in the coming > week. Based in Nairobi, Kenya and founded by Ella Peinovich, Catherine > Mahugu and Gwendolyn Floyd, the startup predicts to have 600 retailers by > end year and 3500 products. Sasa Africa has raised $125,000 through grants > and prizes and is looking at raising $500,000. SasaAfrica target is 84 > percent of women in Sub Saharan Africa which it says work in the informal > sector hoping to serve 100,000 artisans by 2015. (http://sasaafrica.com > http://twitter.com/SasaAfrica ) > > Maliyo Games was the only gaming entrant in DEMO Africa. Based in Lagos, > Nigeria, Oluseye Soyode-Johnson says that Africans are in need of locally > relevant multimedia content. This he says is evident from the multi-million > dollar film and song industry in Nigeria. He therefore believes that a > casual gaming platform providing African themed games on mobile and PC has > lots of potential. Amongst such games is the ?mosquito smasher? game where > players thump mosquitos across various levels, each with its own theme. A > social impact aspect in the game is a multi choice quiz on mosquitos and > malaria in between each level. Maliyo games says the casual gaming industry > is worth $20 billion. The startup is seeking $300,000 in funding. ( > http://www.maliyo.com/ https://twitter.com/maliyogames ) > > > > [image: logo] > *Brian Munyao Longwe* > | Mobile: 254715964281 > http://mashilingi.blogspot.com > <http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> > <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> > <http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> > LinkedIn<http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> > Contact me: [image: Skype] blongwe > Want a signature like mine? > < > http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.… > > > Click > here.< > http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.… > > >

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Baku IGF interest in remote participation?
by Ory Okolloh 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hi listers, Any interest in help set up a remote participation hub for the upcoming Baku IGF similar to the ones here<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation/list-of-remote-hubs-2012>? If so, ping me off list. Cheers, Ory

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Inaugural DEMO Africa 2012 sets a precedent in bringing startup and innovation ecosystem actors together
by Brian Munyao Longwe 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

2012 DEMO Africa winners: mPawa, Flowgear, Qabila, Sasa Africa, Maliyo Games inaugural DEMO Lions Dennis Mbuvi October 27, 2012 0 Comments and 0 Reactions<http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/2012-demo-africa-winners-mpawa,-flow…> [image: DEMO Africa Lions] The first ever DEMO Africa Lions with DEMO Africa organisers. The five startups are headed to Silicon Valley.&nbsp;&nbsp; Five startups drawn from across Africa have made it to the inaugural group of DEMO Africa Lions. This comes after two days of more than 42 pitches at the event held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). DEMO is an annual event now held in five continents where startups apply to launch new products and solutions. The five startups will be heading to Silicon Valley where they will receive mentorship and exposure to potential investors. mPawa is based in Accra, Ghana and co-founded by Maxwell Kofi Efrem Donkor, Anthony Agyekum-Mensah, Nancy Neizer and Shadrack Boadu. The startup seeks to solve Africa’s jobless problem by focussing on the informal sector, which is the biggest employer in Africa. mPawa lists informal jobs such as carpenter’s on a portal where those who need such skills can find people to carry out their tasks. Maxwell says mPawa has already matched 2,000 job seekers in the previous 3 months, has raised $90,000 is looking to raise $100,000. (http://mpawa.com/https://twitter.com/mpawa_africa ) Flowgear, from Gauteng, South Africa was among the few startups targeted squarely at the Enterprise. Co-founded by Daniel Chilcott and JJ Milner, the startup is looking to exploit a $2.79 billion opportunity (Gartner, 2011) in the Cloud integration sector . Chilcott says the startup provides cloud management tools for firms allowing them to interconnect the different cloud solutions they have deployed, such Salesforce and SharePoint. Flowgear provides a codeless dashboard which allows a fast deployment. Drawings can also be imported from Visio and implemented in Flowgear. The SnapLogic competitor says its has received $ 200,000 funding to date. (http://flowgear.nethttps://twitter.com/flowgear ) Qabila is a multimedia content crowdsourcing platform based in Cairo, Egypt and co-founded by Mahmoud Elshafie, Perihan AbouZeid, Mostafa Saeed, Amar Abu Shady and Ahmad Fatehlab. Perihan says that Qabila came about as a platform to provide better content than what was been shown on Egyptian TV. The platform was founded almost around the Egyptian Arab spring and rose in popularity with the spring with their content being featured in Al Jazeera. Qabila currently has 20,000 contributors and current clients include the World Bank, UNESCO and UNDP. The startup has funded itself to date and is looking for an additional $250,000 in funding. (http://qabila.tv https://twitter.com/QabilaTv ) Sasa Africa is an ecommerce platform connecting offline craftsperson to online consumers. Through the use of a mobile phone, craftspeople upload their products through SMS and MMS. Consumers then find the various crafts on sasaafrica.com. After a product is bought and paid for, a crafts person then receives a text message. They then have 48 hours to take the product to a mobile money kiosk where they are also able to collect their payments. The startup currently retails jewellery. Sasa Africa has so far been in testing and plans to launch in the coming week. Based in Nairobi, Kenya and founded by Ella Peinovich, Catherine Mahugu and Gwendolyn Floyd, the startup predicts to have 600 retailers by end year and 3500 products. Sasa Africa has raised $125,000 through grants and prizes and is looking at raising $500,000. SasaAfrica target is 84 percent of women in Sub Saharan Africa which it says work in the informal sector hoping to serve 100,000 artisans by 2015. (http://sasaafrica.com http://twitter.com/SasaAfrica ) Maliyo Games was the only gaming entrant in DEMO Africa. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Oluseye Soyode-Johnson says that Africans are in need of locally relevant multimedia content. This he says is evident from the multi-million dollar film and song industry in Nigeria. He therefore believes that a casual gaming platform providing African themed games on mobile and PC has lots of potential. Amongst such games is the “mosquito smasher” game where players thump mosquitos across various levels, each with its own theme. A social impact aspect in the game is a multi choice quiz on mosquitos and malaria in between each level. Maliyo games says the casual gaming industry is worth $20 billion. The startup is seeking $300,000 in funding. 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Holding Companies and Their Directors to Account: An Open Data Solution
by Muchiri Nyaggah 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hi Listers. Some on this list may find this to be of interest. You can register for the event here http://opencorporates.eventbrite.com/ It is organized by the Nairobi Chapter of HacksHackers. * Holding Companies and Their Directors to Account: An Open Data Solution * * Date: Tuesday, 30th October 2012 Venue: 88mph Time: 1800hrs - 2000hrs Highly interconnected global companies have exploded in complexity and power, and increasingly affect our lives for good and bad. Yet in tandem with this growth, corporate governance has weakened. The opacity and complexity of this corporate world is a key enabler of corruption, tax avoidance and organised crime. Until now painstaking manual investigation has been required to track even the most basic facts about a company, such as whether it exists, and who owns it. Chris Taggart of OpenCorporates.com <http://opencorporates.com/>believes it’s time to change that. Chris is building an open access database with basic information on every corporate entity in the world which can then be remixed and combined with other data, such as government contracts. Chris Taggart will offer a hands-on session on some ways to use powerful data-driven tools and open access databases to mine company information from across the world. Chris will show how highly interconnected global companies have exploded in complexity and power, while corporate governance has weakened. The opacity and complexity of this corporate world is a key enabler of corruption, tax avoidance and organised crime. Chris will demonstrate how you can use even basic company information to remix and combine your data with other information, such as government contracts or regulatory filings, to gain new insights. We invite all those with an interest in issues of corruption and transparency to a hands-on practical session to learn about Chris’s techniques and how you can put them to work for you. PART 1: Why Open Up Corporate Data? Corporate transparency challenges globally and in Africa (Chris Taggart) PART 2: How to Open Up Corporate Data Demo - What you can do with OpenCorporates database (Chris Taggart) Q&A/Hands-on advice Interested? Please register online for the event ( http://opencorporates.eventbrite.com/) ** * -- Kind regards, Muchiri Nyaggah | PRINCIPAL PARTNER @muchiri Cell: +254 722 506400 Skype: mrmuchiri

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Taking exams online
by robert yawe 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

How do you stop online students cheating? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19661899 Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Kenya Diaspora Alliance Seeks Out Partners for e-Vote/m-Voting
by Shem Ochuodho 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

Hello, The Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA) is seeking out credible technology solution partners and sponsors to roll out an e-voting (secure online and mobile-based) for the Diaspora in the upcoming general elections. It is estimated that there are 3 million Kenyan Diaspora scattered all over the world, remitting into the economy together among them about US$ 1 billion every year (actually US$ 1.8 billion in 2010, being the major single highest forex earner - about 3 times to tourism, and reportedly higher than either overseas development aid or FDI). The pro-Diaspora new constitution has several pluses, including dual citizenship and a right to vote for Diaspora. Vision 2030 too (despite misgivings by some) recognizes Diaspora as an important pillar. KDA (http://kenyadiasporaalliance.org/) is a Federation of over 20 of some of the larger and better known Diaspora organizations worldwide, including Kenyans for Change (K4C), Kenya Community Abroad (KCA), Kenyans in Nigeria (KINs), Kenyans in Dubai (KUDIMA), New Vision Kenya (NVK-Mageuzi), Kenyans in UK/China, etc. It is estimated that among them all, KDA affiliate organizations have a nominal membership of about 250,000 members. KDA believes the only way for Diaspora to participate meaningfully in the coming elections is through secure, credible electronic voting. Through one of its technical committees, it is exploring two-pronged solutions: i) a secure online registration (and later voting) platform - see the prototype 'sign-up' site at https://www.kenyansabroadvote.com/, with a superior site under development for actual registration should IEBC/GoK agree to partner on this, and ii) a secure mobile-text based (m-apps) solution, akin to m-Pesa to facilitate m-voting for Diaspora. It is noted that even if IEBC chooses not to use the solution, it shall still be used to 'sign up' the large numbers of Diaspora out there/here. Interested potential partners to further jointly develop and promote these two products are invited to contact at the earliest Madam Mkawasi Mcharo or Bw Robinson Gichuhi, both copied above. In the same vein, KDA through the Diaspora Investment Club is seeking out and promoting Diaspora investments. The Investment Club, despite being only 1 year old is already working on a Federation of Diaspora SACCO's, Diaspora Pensions Scheme/Savings Plan, leveraging Diaspora to promote sport and culture, among other running projects. The Club is seeking out a qualified firm/partner to develop a secure, dynamic, interactive and content-rich web portal to promote Diaspora investments and savings. If interested, please contact via private mail Madam Rose Mwarania or Bw Ben Osano, both also above copied. Thanks for spreading the message, and regards, Shem Co-Convenor, KDA 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) Commonwealth Telecom Organization (CTO/RSS) 2010 African Internaut Award Recipient Cell: +211-977-232025/+211-955-021-040 Skype: shem.ochuodho

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UK's New e-Gov Platform GOV.UK
by Muchiri Nyaggah 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

Hi Listers. The UK's Government Digital Service launched GOV.UK a new online destination to replace all the disparate departmental sites designed to deliver public services. https://www.gov.uk/ I hope this is the general direction in which HudumKenya.go.ke is headed. Kind regards, Muchiri Nyaggah | PRINCIPAL PARTNER @muchiri Cell: +254 722 506400 Skype: mrmuchiri

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Fwd: Kenya elected as the new Chair of the CTO for 2012-13
by Alice Munyua 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

<http://www.cto.int/Portals/0/email%20file/emailblasts/USF_SouthAfrica/20110…> About Us <http://www.cto.int/Default.aspx?tabid=54> | Events <http://www.cto.int/Default.aspx?tabid=88> | Contact Us <mailto:programmes@cto.int> * * *Kenya elected as the new Chair of the CTO for 2012-13* *Port Louis, Mauritius -26 October 2012* - At the 52nd Council meeting held on 25th October in Mauritius, Kenya was elected as the new Chairperson of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation <https://www.regonline.co.uk/manager/email/WWW.CTO.INT> for 2012-13. Also elected were Nigeria as the First Vice Chairperson and Trinidad and Tobago as the Second Vice Chairperson. Telkom South Africa and the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Cameroon were elected to the CTO’s Executive Committee representing the Industry Partners and the Development Partners of the CTO respectively. This meeting also marked an important occasion when the Council adopted the proposed amendments to the CTO Constitution and Rules of Procedure. Based on the outcomes of a wide ranging consultation, the amendments modify the governance structure of the CTO to facilitate the delivery of its mandate. The new Constitution and the Rules of Procedure improve the stakeholders’ participation in governance, takes into account commercial exigencies and provides for greater degree of transparency. The Council meeting was preceded by the 10th Annual CTO Forum, which was opened by H.E. Mr. Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK, GOSK, President of the Republic of Mauritius. The Forum brought together policy makers, regulators and industry representatives from both Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries, to explore how mobile broadband can be utilized more effectively, efficiently and securely for development. In the margins of the Forum, on 24th October, the joint project by the International Telecommunications Union and the CTO to implement Child Online Protection in six African countries was launched at a meeting attended by senior policy makers and regulatory heads, led by Hon. Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Mauritius, where the delegates finalized the implementation plan. A workshop on “IPv6 for Managers”, conducted by AFRINIC together with the ICT Authority on 24th October, informed high level decision makers of the challenges and opportunities of the migration from IPv4 to IPv6. The CTO Council meeting and the Forum were hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies and the ICT Authority of Mauritius, with generous sponsorship from Diamond Sponsor Mauritius Telecom/Orange, as well as many other local and international sponsors. About CTO The CTO is the oldest and largest Commonwealth organisation engaged in multilateral collaboration in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It uses its experience and expertise to support members in integrating ICTs to deliver effective development interventions that enrich, empower, equalise and emancipate people within the Commonwealth and beyond. For more information, please contact: Srini Srinivasan Senior Communications Officer s.srinivasan(a)cto.int <mailto:s.srinivasan@cto.int> +44 20 8600 3812 This email communication was sent by: Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation 64-66 Glenthorne Road London, W6 0LR To unsubscribe, click here <https://www.regonline.co.uk/t/u.aspx?e=9&p=266547&a=Lq3hSW508TeROnl231+1ZA==>. View our Privacy Policy <https://www.regonline.co.uk/Privacy.aspx>

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How your taxpayers Money is spent..
by Areba Collins [ ＠BrainiacKE ® ] 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

All pun intended, Web Design Par excellence. -- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*

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Proverbs of Abagusii of Kenya: Meaning & Application
by Matunda Nyanchama 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Friends, For those interested in knowledge preservation (especially indigenous knowledge) here are some publications of interest. (NB: There are many that see Africa as the last frontier of undocumented knowledge, tales, stories, etc that would feed much of the knowledge society of the future, especially in entertainment: story lines, etc.). Please share with your friends: Proverbs of Abagusii of Kenya: Meaning and Application by Christopher Okemwa. ISBN 978-1-926906-27-0, $20.00 Like most cultural groups, the oral tradition of Abagusii People of Kenya is expressed in, among others, proverbs. These capture lessons and meaning, modulated by time and context as they are passed down generations. Like riddles and metaphors, proverbs express the wisdom of a culture and find apt application in many situations. Christopher Okemwa’s work documents some of the proverbs of Abagusii, their meaning, the context in which they are used and applications thereof. In this book proverbs are documented in the original form accompanied by English translations in addition to lessons they offer. Embedded in this collection are cultural aspects such beliefs and norms which touch on many aspects of Abagusii society. These aspects include relationships among people, communal life, gender matters, economic issues and many more. Learning Entrepreneurship Through Indigenous Knowledge by Henry Bwisa and Fred Nafukho; ISBN: 978-1-926906-19-5, $20.00. In this work, the authors extract knowledge from a sampling of proverbs and sayings, and ingeniously apply this to entrepreneurship. They innovatively employ educative storytelling to concretize the application of the knowledge to business. The stories used are easy to follow given they are drawn from ordinary lives. They are stories that most readers are likely to relate to, given that these stories are drawn from familiar environments and in familiar settings. The work demonstrates the richness of indigenous information and its relevance to today’s marketplace. This work will be useful to those that would like to extend the scope of their entrepreneurial information while drawing inspiration from traditional heritage. There is something in this book for students, teachers, businesspeople and researchers in the subject of entrepreneurship. This work provides a glimpse into the indigenous knowledge base and should inspire similar future works demonstrating relevance of indigenous heritage to other aspects of modern life. Vyama: Institutions of Hope: Ordinary People’s Market Coordination and Society Organisation Alternative by Mary Njeri Kinyanjui - ISBN: 9781926906249, $20.00 This book makes the case for informal sector institutions in development theory. Through practical examples and interviews conducted in Kenya, the author captures how ordinary people organize themselves to meet daily economic and development challenges. The author traces how ordinary people (wananchi) use non-mainstream mechanisms in the form vyama (social groups) to enable individual, group and community development. The book offers insights into the evolution of vyama (institutions of hope) and the role these institutions continue to play in realizing economic growth: wealth creation and distribution; investments, social protection; and general community development. The work shows how, despite historical disruptions, modernization and neo-liberal policies, ordinary people creatively borrow from tradition. In the process, they use collective mechanisms for resource mobilization, investment, risk-sharing and shared gains for the common good. The author offers pointers into the future and how the chama concept can become mainstream in a people’s economic development. Philosophical Escapadesby Lwandle Wilson Magadhla.- ISBN 978-1926906126 Throughout his life Lwandhle Wilson Magadhla was a keen observer of life’s happenings around him. As he went around his work in the police force, as detective and investigator, he recorded many interesting observations. In his own words, many of these happened as epiphanies. On many occasions they came to him even as he was in the middle of a task, driving on the road, in conversation with friends or while asleep. He kept a permanent notebook by bedside and in his pocket. They always proved handy. As he told it himself, many a time he had to stop driving, and park on the roadside to record an observation lest it “evaporates” off his mind. In this work you will find insights that are unlike many and also similar to many others as relates to life’s happenings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). 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Re: [kictanet] M2M and Konza city
by Anthony Kiarie 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Actually, the infrastructure does not have to be fibre, wireline. What would be useful is to see what is happening in the industry and as much as possible adhere to the standards that will allow for a horizontal growth. This needs to be in the blue print - overall konza blue print. There are many use cases for smart cities smart homes etc and whilst we should tailor make our solutions we should keep in mind that we ought to be able to allow for inter working and reuse of infrastructure. The tragic issue would be develop a bespoke smart city/ smart home infrastructure that does not allow for any flexibility. ETSI is currently working on standardisation and in fact have released the first issue of M2M. These are the guys who gave us GSM which is by far the most pervasive wireless standards. Hopefully, their work will gain as much traction in the M2M space. So far so good, at least going by the vendors in the different industries. On Oct 25, 2012 4:05 PM, "Dewalt Uys" <Dewalt(a)xon.co.za> wrote: > Smart cities.... > > In my view the correct foundation for Konza City is complete fibre > infrastructure supported by a data centre for hosting services. Sure the > banks will not hand over their data to the data centre but voice and email > services can be hosted. > > > Best regards, > Dewalt Uys > General Manager - East Africa > www.xon.co.za > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+dewalt= > xon.co.za(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Sent: 25 October 2012 02:25 PM > To: Dewalt Uys > Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 65, Issue 125 > > 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. Smart cities and M2M in Konza (Anthony Kiarie) > 2. Proverbs of Abagusii of Kenya: Meaning & Application > (Matunda Nyanchama) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:07:07 -0700 > From: Anthony Kiarie <kiarietony(a)gmail.com> > To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > Cc: "kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Smart cities and M2M in Konza > Message-ID: > < > CAM0MEYwL+8AOK9grrevy_zhCFCwmaq9OAQtK8hzyHSKdqtvdiw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi listers/Ndemo > I am attending a workshop in France on M2M (Machine 2 Machine). I think > Konza City would do well if we could get the infrastructure right from the > word go and have the city/ homes/ commercial property ready for it. It > would be a showcase for the region what M2M can do for us. >

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 65, Issue 125
by Dewalt Uys 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Smart cities.... In my view the correct foundation for Konza City is complete fibre infrastructure supported by a data centre for hosting services. Sure the banks will not hand over their data to the data centre but voice and email services can be hosted. Best regards, Dewalt Uys General Manager - East Africa www.xon.co.za -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+dewalt=xon.co.za@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 25 October 2012 02:25 PM To: Dewalt Uys Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 65, Issue 125 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. Smart cities and M2M in Konza (Anthony Kiarie) 2. Proverbs of Abagusii of Kenya: Meaning & Application (Matunda Nyanchama) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:07:07 -0700 From: Anthony Kiarie <kiarietony(a)gmail.com> To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke Cc: "kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Smart cities and M2M in Konza Message-ID: <CAM0MEYwL+8AOK9grrevy_zhCFCwmaq9OAQtK8hzyHSKdqtvdiw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi listers/Ndemo I am attending a workshop in France on M2M (Machine 2 Machine). I think Konza City would do well if we could get the infrastructure right from the word go and have the city/ homes/ commercial property ready for it. It would be a showcase for the region what M2M can do for us.

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Smart cities and M2M in Konza
by Anthony Kiarie 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi listers/Ndemo I am attending a workshop in France on M2M (Machine 2 Machine). I think Konza City would do well if we could get the infrastructure right from the word go and have the city/ homes/ commercial property ready for it. It would be a showcase for the region what M2M can do for us.

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Removal from the list
by Brian Munyao Longwe 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi, Did anyone else receive over 15 attempts to unsubscribe them from the list today or was it just me? LOL, Brian [image: logo] *Brian Munyao Longwe* | Mobile: 254715964281 http://mashilingi.blogspot.com <http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao> <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> <http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> LinkedIn<http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254> Contact me: [image: Skype] blongwe Want a signature like mine? <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.…> Click here.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.…>

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The "ICANN Africa Strategy" Is Not the Same as the 'African Agenda'
by Gideon 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

The "ICANN Africa Strategy" Is Not the Same as the 'African Agenda'<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121024_icann_africa_strategy_is_not_the_sam…> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121024_icann_africa_strategy_is_not_the_sam… The ICANN-45 International meeting of the ICANN Global Community in Toronto, Canada provided an opportunity for the unveiling of the initial draft of the ICANN Africa Strategy, an episode that will always be remembered as a landmark moment which signaled the official commencement of ICANN's new approach to Africa. Indeed, a new chapter has started regarding how ICANN will relate henceforth to Africa. The ICANN Africa Strategy will increase Africa's visibility in ICANN, and in turn, also project ICANN's visibility in Africa. Its implementation should lead to the mainstreaming of the principal issues of concern to Africa in ICANN's discourse. *It is therefore important that the ICANN Africa Strategy is not misrepresented in terms of its overall goals, and the type of strategic impact it is supposed to engender in the short to medium term*. However, just a few days after ICANN's meeting in Toronto, the Africa Strategy is now being spun by some pundits and self-styled Africa watchers into what it is not, thereby creating some general misconceptions. I believe that such mischaracterizations of the ICANN Africa Strategy could create widespread confusion and actually precipitate its failure. Such a ridiculous fiasco resulting as an unintended consequence must be avoided at all cost. *It is therefore necessary at this early stage to set the records straight about what the ICANN Africa Strategy is not.* *1. The "ICANN Africa Strategy" is different from the "African Agenda"* The Africa Agenda *is a failed tactic that was employed by a group of so-called 'African Internet Experts'* to impose their agenda on ICANN using the political and diplomatic machinery of the African Union Commission, whilst exploiting the auspices of the African Ministerial Round-Table that met in Dakar, Senegal in October 2011 during ICANN-42. *It was essentially the work of chicanery that failed. Twelve (12-points) were outlined as an 'African Agenda' that had presumably received the blessings of an African Ministerial Round-Table and submitted to ICANN leaders in Dakar; with the hope that ICANN would approve the imperious demands that were contained in the 'African Agenda' as a fait accompli.* One of the most impossible demands contained in the African Agenda was for ICANN to give special treatment to the African Union, and reserve the .Africa (DotAfrica) name and its representations in any other language in the List of Top-Level Domain names; with the added proviso that the African Union would then delegate the .Africa gTLD to a structure that it hoped to identify and select. It was a very ridiculous demand, against the backdrop that the Top-Level Names in the Reserved List (for example, AfriNIC, www, http, etc.) were already specified in the approved version of the new gTLD Applicant's Guidebook, and any extra-ordinary proposition to include .Africa in the List, would have required an amendment to the new gTLD Applicant's Guidebook. *The inchoate plan was therefore defeated in Dakar, and with it, the African Agenda.* In ICANN's official response to the AUC and the African Ministerial Round-Table that came in March 2012, it was recommended to the AUC to use both GAC Early Warning Advice and Community Objection to influence the outcome of the .Africa new gTLD application process. ICANN's response therefore made it clear that the only route to the delegation of .Africa gTLD was through the new gTLD program and not *through the imperious imposition of an African Agenda.* It must be emphasized that the Africa Agenda was not consensus-driven, lacked multi-stakeholder input and was never approved by ICANN. *The Africa Agenda actually failed at Dakar.* *2. The "ICANN African Strategy" is not related to the new gTLD Program* *The ICANN African Strategy has nothing to do with the .Africa new gTLD.*The objectives of the ICANN new gTLD program are quite clear as a global, fairly structured, rule-based, policy-driven, transparent and competitive process under which new gTLDs will emerge, with a view to expanding the Internet. *The Africa Strategy on the other hand is simply a strategic planning process with multi-stakeholder inputs that is expected to guide ICANN's engagement with Africa during the implementation period of the ICANN Strategic Plan from July 2013 to June 2016.* Therefore, any viewpoint that contrives to indicate that the ICANN African Strategy is somehow connected to .Africa gTLD or to ICANN's new gTLD program is completely fallacious, and should be debunked as incorrect and misleading. As a matter of fact, during the comments collection process, the draft Assessment report assembled by the ASWG had contained a reference to .Africa new gTLD, based on some submission that was made by a respondent, but this was seen as irrelevant, out-of-context and removed. *3. An AUC-endorsed DotAfrica Application has nothing to with the Africa Strategy* A recent blog posting<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_mov…>written by Andrew Mack, a self-styled Africa watcher, had tried to suggest that the DotAfrica application somehow has something to do with the ICANN Africa Strategy. In his article he stated inter alia: *"You could also see it in the tremendous enthusiasm for the AUC-endorsed dotAfrica (.africa) application, which has become a real a (sic) focal point of an emerging "African Agenda"*. Again, this is a very wrong assertion which is very misleading. *Andrew Mack's confusion is rather palpable, by mixing-up the new ICANN Africa Strategy with the previously failed African Agenda.* The point has already been made that the "African Agenda" aimed to take the DotAfrica new gTLD outside the oversight of ICANN's new gTLD program under an opaque plan that would have enabled the African Union Commission (with the 'guidance' of its Task Force on DotAfrica) to separately delegate the .Africa gTLD to a structure that it had identified and selected based on a flawed 'special treatment process'. Andrew Mack's recent posting was therefore *in grave error by assuming that the AUC-endorsed dotAfrica (.africa) application has become the focal point of an emerging "Africa Agenda".* The African Agenda was generally seen as an illegitimate, stage-managed scheme which never received any approval from ICANN. The AUC had wanted to enjoy certain special legislative protections under the African agenda, but this was denied by ICANN. Finally, *it is important to clarify that the AUC is not part of the ICANN Africa Strategy.* In truth, the AUC had tried to endorse a DotAfrica (.Africa) Community TLD application for the African Community, but the appointed applicant — UniForum did *not submit any application on behalf of the African Community, and did not even acknowledge any 'African Community' in its application for .Africa.* Therefore *the notion of an AUC-endorsed DotAfrica application remains nebulous and ill-defined.* Following the revelation that the .Africa application by UniForum did not truthfully adhere to the terms of the purported AUC-endorsement that it had received; to wit, that of applying on behalf of the African Community, *Mr. Neil Duncan Dundas had made an open admission on the AfrICANN Forum that he expects the AU, the African Internet Communi*ty and ICANN to hold UniForum accountable for its misleading application. Therefore, until full accountability at the time of final reckoning, it is a rather fantastic notion for Andrew Mack or anybody for that matter to even remotely suggest that an *AUC-endorsed dotAfrica (.africa) application, is becoming the focal point of an emerging "African Agenda".* ** Gideon, DotConnectAfrica On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move (Alice Munyua) > 2. Toronto: DCA's Contribution to ICANN Africa Strategy and the > Multi-Stakeholder Model (Gideon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:36:03 +0300 > From: Alice Munyua <alice(a)apc.org> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move > Message-ID: <5086E393.6050003(a)apc.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move > < > http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_mov… > > > > http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_mov… > > > < > http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_mov… > > > > By *Andrew Mack* <http://www.circleid.com/members/4199/> > > There was one obvious take-away from this week's ICANN meetings in > Toronto, and for once it was less about policy and more about geography. > Simply put, Africa is really --- finally --- coming together at ICANN, > with a new energy, new unity and lots of new participation from African > participants. And from top to bottom, the ICANN community seems to be > taking notice. > > The evidence was everywhere... You could see it in the large number of > African participants from all over the continent, and in active African > engagement in the GAC. You could see it in the statements from the ICANN > CEO, Board Chair and constituency leaders who came to the release of the > new Africa strategy and praised both the strategy and the strategy > process --- inclusive, fast-moving and importantly, driven by African > stakeholders at ICANN, not imposed from above. You could also see it in > the tremendous enthusiasm for the AUC-endorsed dotAfrica (.africa) > application, which has become a real a focal point of an emerging > "African Agenda". > > Of course, the hard work is yet to be done. > > All sides need to follow through to turn the strategy into real impact, > to make sure that ongoing outreach becomes a reality, not just happy > talk. We need to make sure the .Africa application --- which has support > from more than 40 countries (and counting) isn't slowed down by the new > batching process or any other noise. Nobody in the end was in favor of > digital archery, but the system did have one thing right --- a > preference for geographic, community and IDN names. Prioritizing Latin > American and African applications makes sense given the history of > "outreach", the small number of applications from these regions and the > reality of the internet's growth. We believe a new "draw" system without > a focus on underserved regions would send the wrong signal to the > international internet community. It wouldn't do justice to the good > work already initiated with support from the CEO, and in the end, it > would be bad for ICANN. > > As a long time Africa watcher at ICANN, I saw much to celebrate in > Toronto. And I'd like to especially compliment new CEO Fadi Chehad? for > creating the space for (and what seems like genuine interest in) the > needs of the continent that has been underserved for so long. But while > words are important, we're just getting started. Africa is showing that > it is serious about playing a real, sustained role at ICANN. Hopefully, > ICANN is serious as well. > > *By Andrew Mack <http://www.circleid.com/members/4199/>, Principal at > AMGlobal Consulting* > > >

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Knowledge economy! Can we hack it?
by robert yawe 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi, I had the opportunity to listen to a panel discussion at the ongoing AITEC expo at the Oshwal Center about smart cities but this sounded very hollow especially after reading the following articles about the state of our education. 1. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Varsities+churning+out+half+baked+graduates+/-… 2. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Graduates+lose+out+as+employers+opt+for+lower+… 3. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Councillors+graduate+ahead+of+polls/-… The third one is the most critical as this refers to those who shall be the county representatives come the new dispensation, as you and I will definitely not be standing for any elective posts as we find them too below our station in life, how will they be able to appreciate technology and who shall advice them if the Universities are churning out unbaked (half cooked ugali is not ugali) graduates. Rome was not built in a day and Kenya will not become a knowledge economy because we have set aside land for a technology city. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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please provide feedback on Internet, Governance & ICANN Ecosystem Maps
by Alice Munyua 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

ICANN is requesting feedback and inputs on Internet Governance & ICANN Ecosystem Maps they are currently developing. Please visit (http://icann.xplane.com/questionaire/internet_governance) and provide feedback best Alice

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CCK launches guidelines for prevention of transmission of bulk political messages via electronic communication networks
by Wambua, Christopher 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

Listers, I am pleased to inform you that CCK, in collaboration with the NCIC, IEBC, mobile telecoms industry and the Kenya Police, today launched guidelines for prevention of transmission of undesirable bulk political content via the communications networks. The guidelines are meant to create order and a structure framework for transmission of bulk political messages over the mobile telecoms networks. The guidelines are available on the CCK website at http://www.cck.go.ke/regulations/downloads/Guidelines_for_the_prevention _of_transmission_of_undesirable_bulk_political_content_via_sms.pdf Best regards, Christopher Wambua Manager/Communications Consumer and Public Affairs Division Communications Commission of Kenya P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800 KENYA

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WSIS goals: what happened to them?
by Alice Munyua 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

Dear all, APC would like to invite civil society organisations that participated in the WSIS process and that are concerned in some way with the WSIS goal of building a 'people-centred information society' to participate in a survey we are conducting as part of our WSIS +10 efforts. The survey's goal is to assess civil society's views on progress (or lack of progress) in achieving the WSIS goals, particularly the goals that we put in the civil society declaration in 2003: "Shaping the information society for human needs". www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/civil-society-declaration.pdf The survey is available at: <https://www.apc.org/limesurvey/index.php?sid=77768&newtest=Y&lang=en> The deadline for completing the survey is: Monday 5 November 2012. Best regards, Anriette -- ------------------------------------------------------ anriette esterhuysen anriette(a)apc.org executive director, association for progressive communications www.apc.org po box 29755, melville 2109 south africa tel/fax +27 11 726 1692

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Toronto: DCA's Contribution to ICANN Africa Strategy and the Multi-Stakeholder Model
by Gideon 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

*Toronto: DCA's Contribution to ICANN Africa<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121022_comments_by_dca_trust_on_the_icann_m…> Strategy and the Multi-Stakeholder Model<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121022_comments_by_dca_trust_on_the_icann_m…> * http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121022_comments_by_dca_trust_on_the_icann_m… ** *This is a complete unabridged version of the document by Ms. Sophia Bekele, Executive Director, DotConnectAfrica, titled: "General Comment on the ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model & DCA's Contribution to the ICANN Africa Strategy". A shorter version was read out at the ICANN's Public Forum Meeting on Thursday, October 18, 2012 due to constraint of time.* * * *My name is Sophia Bekele, I am Executive Director, DotConnectAfrica. DCA Trust has been participating in the ICANN Global Community and attending the ICANN International Meetings regularly and actively within the past few years. DCA Trust is also a new gTLD applicant, and has submitted an application for the .Africa generic Top-Level Domain. This *ICANN-45 Meeting in Toronto has provided a landmark opportunity for the presentation of the initial draft of the ICANN Africa Strategy*. We are thankful for the increased attention that is now being given to Africa, in order to put it more firmly on the ICANN Global Map. ICANN thrives on its multi-stakeholder, transparent and consensus-based approach to policy development and implementation. *Meanwhile, the same multi-stakeholder approach is often criticized, but the critics of this model are unable to devise an alternative approach that could effectively replace the multi-stakeholder model*, and serve the global public interest on issues of Global Internet Governance. A global Internet requires that different stake-holders participate in its governance, and that a proper forum is provided for any interested party to participate ensure that such voices are heard. At the very minimum, the debate will be enriched based on democratic principles. *DCA will continue to support the multi-stakeholder concept, without needing to over-emphasize that in the absence of the multi-stakeholder model, DCA Trust, as a private, non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization will not have the opportunity to be heard in matters of Global Internet Governance and as an active participant in the global ICANN Community*. At the ICANN-44 Prague meeting, DCA Trust had been concerned that a preliminary meeting was held between some ICANN officials and certain group(s) of the African constituency at ICANN. DCA Trust was not invited to that meeting, for which reason we demonstrated our grievance by writing a letter to ICANN to protest our exclusion. *It later transpired that the meeting was to lay the initial framework for commencing the ICANN Africa Strategy, and we interpreted our apparent exclusion from participating in that meeting as a prelude to our non-involvement in the process of the ICANN Africa Strategy — both in formulation and implementation*. We complained again based on multi-stakeholder principles. We strongly believe that all those participating as recognized constituents of the African Community at ICANN should be involved in any ICANN Africa Strategy. Even whilst maintaining that our initial complaints were valid, we also believe that all that is now in the past and that DCA Trust was able to make its point. Accordingly, in moving forward towards future and positive cooperative endeavors, *we are thankful to Mr. Tarek Kamel, the Senior Adviser to the ICANN President & CEO, who also has the primary responsibility for leading the formulation and implementation of the ICANN Africa Strategy*. Mr. Kamel has been gracious enough to meet with DCA Trust here in Toronto and discuss the framework under which DCA Trust will participate in the ICANN Africa Strategy. To this end, DCA Trust is pleased to announce that it has developed a new initiative — the Internet Business Council for Africa (IBCA) — that is aimed at increasing the African private sector participation at ICANN; to be implemented as a component part of the ICANN Africa Strategy. *The principal objective of this initiative is to help promote and increase the multi-stakeholder diversity at ICANN in line with the broader strategic objectives of the ICANN Strategic Plan* covering the three-year period that spans July 2013 to June 2016. We envision that the inclusion and early adoption of the proposed IBCA initiative as a key component of the ICANN Africa Strategy will strengthen ICANN's multi-stakeholder model; as the organization increases the visibility of its work and overall outreach/communication activities in Africa, and DCA Trust is proud to propose this as a strategic input that would enable it achieve further levels of cooperation with ICANN in the implementation of its Strategic Plan. The private sector is seen as the key driver of socio-economic transformation and enabler of economic growth in an emerging Africa, therefore, any initiative that attempts to increase the participation of this important business and non-governmental constituency in Global Internet Governance will no doubt strengthen the multi-stakeholder work of ICANN. DCA Trust has already submitted a copy of the IBCA proposal to ICANN through Mr. Tarek Kamel, and will also avail copies to the ICANN leaders. In closing, *DCA Trust is thankful for the opportunity afforded by this ICANN-45 Public Forum in Toronto to share its proposed IBCA initiative*. By DotConnectAfrica ** * * * [image: DotConnectAfrica] <http://www.circleid.com/members/6624/>* DCA is a not-for-profit, non-partisan org incorporated in Mauritius Africa and will sponsor, establish and operate a TLD registry with global recognition and regional significance dedicated to the needs of Pan-African & African constituency. (Learn More <http://www.circleid.com/members/6624/>)

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Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move
by Alice Munyua 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Africa at ICANN - Continent on the Move <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_mov…> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_mov… <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121023_africa_at_icann_continent_on_the_mov…> By *Andrew Mack* <http://www.circleid.com/members/4199/> There was one obvious take-away from this week's ICANN meetings in Toronto, and for once it was less about policy and more about geography. Simply put, Africa is really --- finally --- coming together at ICANN, with a new energy, new unity and lots of new participation from African participants. And from top to bottom, the ICANN community seems to be taking notice. The evidence was everywhere... You could see it in the large number of African participants from all over the continent, and in active African engagement in the GAC. You could see it in the statements from the ICANN CEO, Board Chair and constituency leaders who came to the release of the new Africa strategy and praised both the strategy and the strategy process --- inclusive, fast-moving and importantly, driven by African stakeholders at ICANN, not imposed from above. You could also see it in the tremendous enthusiasm for the AUC-endorsed dotAfrica (.africa) application, which has become a real a focal point of an emerging "African Agenda". Of course, the hard work is yet to be done. All sides need to follow through to turn the strategy into real impact, to make sure that ongoing outreach becomes a reality, not just happy talk. We need to make sure the .Africa application --- which has support from more than 40 countries (and counting) isn't slowed down by the new batching process or any other noise. Nobody in the end was in favor of digital archery, but the system did have one thing right --- a preference for geographic, community and IDN names. Prioritizing Latin American and African applications makes sense given the history of "outreach", the small number of applications from these regions and the reality of the internet's growth. We believe a new "draw" system without a focus on underserved regions would send the wrong signal to the international internet community. It wouldn't do justice to the good work already initiated with support from the CEO, and in the end, it would be bad for ICANN. As a long time Africa watcher at ICANN, I saw much to celebrate in Toronto. And I'd like to especially compliment new CEO Fadi Chehadé for creating the space for (and what seems like genuine interest in) the needs of the continent that has been underserved for so long. But while words are important, we're just getting started. Africa is showing that it is serious about playing a real, sustained role at ICANN. Hopefully, ICANN is serious as well. *By Andrew Mack <http://www.circleid.com/members/4199/>, Principal at AMGlobal Consulting*

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Internet traffic exchange: 2 billion users and it’s done on a handshake
by Gideon 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Morning Listers, Interesting article Every day one Exabyte of data is said to travel over the Internet<http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/sp/vni/vni_forecast_highlights/index.html>– enough data to fill 300,000 of the world’s biggest hard disks or 212 million DVDs. And astonishingly, according to *Internet Traffic Exchange: Market Developments and Policy Challenges<http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/internet-traffic-exchan…> * a new OECD report on Internet traffic exchange, most of the thousands of networks that exchange this traffic do so without a written contract or formal agreement. Further read ... http://oecdinsights.org/2012/10/22/internet-traffic-exchange-2-billion-user… Gideon Rop, DotConnectAfrica

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(no subject)
by Matunda Nyanchama 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

Interesting report about the market efficiency of the Internet model. Internet Exchange: 2 billion users on a handshake. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society and Information Technology Standards Committee Host Seminar for Technical Community on Internet Standards
by Barrack Otieno 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <cover(a)isoc.org> Date: Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM Subject: [Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society and Information Technology Standards Committee Host Seminar for Technical Community on Internet Standards To: chapter-delegates(a)elists.isoc.org Internet Society and Information Technology Standards Committee Host Seminar for Technical Community on Internet Standards [Singapore, 22 October 2012] — The Internet Society and the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) hosted a one-day event on 17 October to discuss Internet standards, the standards process, and its importance to industry and everyday life. Joining the seminar were participants from the technical community, including representatives from academia, industry, and policymakers. Featured speakers from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), ITSC, and the Internet Society shared insights on Internet standards and processes, the work of standards organisations, how standards contribute to innovation in industry, and the importance of collaboration amongst standards bodies. Discussions covered the value of standards and how standards are a part of everyday life, helping with the daily tasks we take for granted, for example online banking, electronic payments, and travel bookings. The seminar also highlighted the fact that IT standards play an important role in cross-industry and cross-sector projects, such as system inter-communications, building management systems, and process control and monitoring. Participants explored how Singapore could contribute further to various standards development efforts, and a call was made for greater active participation in ongoing ITSC and IETF standards-making processes. “The ITSC is happy to collaborate with the Internet Society and IETF to promote the awareness of ICT standards to our industry and look forward to more such opportunities to develop the ICT standards community here,” said Yap Chee Yuen, Chairman, ITSC. The IETF is a large international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open for participation by any interested individual without fees or membership requirements. The Internet Society is the organisational home for the IETF. IETF standards are synergistic with the ITSC, which promotes and facilitates the Singapore Infocomm standardisation programmes. “The Internet Society was proud to collaborate with ITSC on this ground-breaking event and we look forward to building on this relationship in the years ahead,” said Rajnesh Singh, Internet Society Regional Bureau Director, Asia-Pacific. “We share a strong belief in the importance of open Internet standards and Singapore as a regional hub is well positioned to contribute to the Internet standards process.” http://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-and-information-techno… _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Great educational line-up at AITEC East Africa 2012
by Sean Moroney 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Dear Colleagues, We have a great line-up of knowledge-sharing content at this year's AITEC East Africa Summit at Oshwal centre Wednesday-Thursday next week. Highlights include: Ø An Open Source Forum in partnership with the ict@innovation programme run by FOSSFA and GIZ Ø The Skills Gap Forum in partnership with LIWA Trust and Digital Age Institute, which aims to develop an industry-academia action plan to address the ICT skills gap Ø The opening session will focus on the Smart Cities theme of the Summit, with presentations by Dr Ndemo, IBM's smarter cities champion and representatives from Tatu City and Ghana Cyber City Ø In addition, there are two Smart City Forums Ø RIM is going to unveil its new BlackBerry 10 roadmap Ø Cisco is doing a workshop on "Collaboration for smarter workplaces and smarter cities" Ø The Summit will once again have strong information security content, with training workshops by Silensec and presentation forums, including one in partnership with ISACA Ø Ushahidi is organising a Smart Communities Forum to bring together a range of organisations to share recent experience in mobile and other applications for community development projects The full programme is in the attached Event Guide. Participation in this information-rich programme is free of charge, but we request registration in advance at: http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/81 I look forward to seeing you there. Sean PS There are still places available at our Silver Anniversary Celebration Dinner on Tuesday night. Come and join us in celebrating 25 years of achievement in the ICT sector. Book spaces at http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/101 Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Kenya Mobile: +254(0)721-845674 Mozambique Mobile: +258-826181618 Skype: seanmoroney seanm(a)aitecafrica.com<mailto:seanmoroneyseanm@aitecafrica.com> www.aitecafrica.com<http://www.aitecafrica.comfollow/> Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/aitecafrica Forthcoming Events AITEC East Africa ICT Summit<http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/81> AfriHealth<http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/94> AITEC Southern Africa ICT summit<http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/85> Aitec Banking & Mobile Money West Africa Lagos<http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/90> AITEC Banking & Mobile Money West Africa Accra<http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/91> AITEC Broadcast,Film & Music Africa<http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/93> AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA<http://aitecafrica.com/event/view/92> Join us in Celebrating 25 years of Achievement in African ICT development [Celebratory dinner for the region's ICT Community to mark AITEC's 25th Anniversary]<http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/101> Click<http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/101> to be part of the celebration.

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Re: [kictanet] New KenInvest Website
by S.M. Muraya 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

Hope the "treasury" has given http://www.investmentkenya.com a *minimum*budget of KES 5M per annum for site maintenance. Preferably 10M per annum to continue improving or adding features & functionality. This is to promote "freedom" of information. Suspect, in the near future, there will be Permanent Secretaries & Parastatal CEO's in court for not providing access to information. On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Norman Boinett <nboinett(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It is a matter that can be reviewed and considered moving forward > > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> For a start, very good work :) >> >> In future, city / county specific sites need to be able to advertise on >> the site. >> >> Is there any such plan? >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Norman Boinett <nboinett(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi all. We took some time to redesign/revamp our website in our effort >>> to improve our services. visit us on www.investmentkenya.com >>> >>> Feedback is highly appreciated >>> >>> Rgds >>> >>> Norman >>> >>> -- >>> *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to >>> execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to >>> introduce a new order of things; for he who >>> introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his >>> enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from >>> the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . >>> . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new >>> things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” >>> * >>> (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and >>> Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, >>> 1984, p. 21.) >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/murigi.muraya%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. >>> >> >> > > > -- > *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to > execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to > introduce a new order of things; for he who > introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his > enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from > the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . > . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new > things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” > * > (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and > Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, > 1984, p. 21.) > >

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Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover stolen laptops?
by S.M. Muraya 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover stolen laptops? No doubt, telcos get some specific information of devices (dongles + computers) using their networks to access the internet.

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How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover stolen laptops?
by Gideon 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

+1 Alex, there needs to be more effort in getting behind the router, i have read of people who have recovered their Mac's but after almost a year and rigorous tracking, the thing is the authorities must be involved in the process. Which i believe n Kenya would need quite some training and equipment as well. I lost my good laptop sometimes last year and up until now, i have never recovered it. The telcos could also help especially identifying the perpetrators once they are plugged through dongles or the phones. Thanks, Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:29 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: Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover > stolen laptops? (Barrack Otieno) > 2. Re: Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover > stolen laptops? (Alex Comninos) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:19:35 +0300 > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > To: Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police > recover stolen laptops? > Message-ID: > <CAKX6dsHDhQV= > 1vs9uigpDO71hpOKvt6Wpe-ZD9HeacKyfvmPkA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > @ Evans the cost implication might be astronomical no? interesting ideas > though. > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I know of software solutions that can help track your lost laptop. The > > software resides in the bios, so uninstalling the OS won't help. This > only > > works once the laptop is plugged into the Internet. From this point, you > > need the cooperation of the Telco/ISP and the police to track the laptop > > using the IPs. I have never tried it though. > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Michael Bullut <main(a)kipsang.com> > wrote: > > > >> *@Alex* + 1 > >> > >> > >> On 17 October 2012 14:32, Alex Comninos <alex.comninos(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> It can be quite easy to track USB modems (dongles) through the IEMI > >>> number, like in a cellphone. It is easy to block IEMI numbers and > >>> punish the criminal by rendering the device useless. Whether > >>> geolocating the devices through triangulation of GSM reception is > >>> possible depends on whether this type of tracking is allowed by > >>> legislation. This would probably need a warrant to prevent abuse. > >>> > >>> Detecting a laptop is however virtually impossible. Laptops transmit > >>> two MAC adresses over networks (the wired and wireless connection) > >>> that can identify them. However the MAC address can only be detected > >>> by LANs or wireless networks. Once the device is in a local network > >>> (LAN) it is behind a router, which has its own MAC address, rendering > >>> the MAC adress of the laptop undetectable. Thus the telcos can only > >>> track USB modems and phones, but not laptops. There are simply no > >>> technological methods available to have telcos cooperate in finding > >>> laptops. > >>> > >>> I would suggest if one is afraid of losing a laptop: > >>> 1- one insures it > >>> 2- one encrypts the harddrive (Windows can do this now) as to not have > >>> sensitive data stolen > >>> 3- one backs up their data regularly, either to a harddrive, or online > >>> to the cloud. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 17 October 2012 12:39, Nancy Macharia <n_macharia(a)yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > >>> > Muraya, > >>> > This is a serious concern as we kenyans save their hard earned > income > >>> to purchase laptops. > >>> > > >>> > The amount of agony and disorientation one experiences upon losing > not > >>> just the hardware resource but more importantly the information is > enormous. > >>> > > >>> > I was a victim of this heinous act and telcos did not appear to be of > >>> help. > >>> > > >>> > I would be delighted to offer ideas towards realising a solution for > >>> this menace. > >>> > > >>> > Nancy > >>> > Tel: +254727746156Sent from my BlackBerry > >>> > > >>> > -----Original Message----- > >>> > From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com> > >>> > Sender: "kictanet" > >>> > <kictanet-bounces+n_macharia=yahoo.co.uk(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > >>> > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:31:04 > >>> > To: <n_macharia(a)yahoo.co.uk> > >>> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > >>> > Subject: [kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police > recover > >>> > stolen laptops? > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > 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/n_macharia%40yahoo.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. > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > 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/alex.comninos%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. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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/main%40kipsang.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/ikua.evans%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. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *---------------------------------------------------- > > Kind Regards, > > Evans Ikua,* > > lanetconsulting.com, > > lpi-eastafrica.org, > > ict-innovation.fossfa.net, > > Skype: @ikuae > > Cell: +254-722-955831 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > +254-20-2498789 > Skype: barrack.otieno > http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ >

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Mission to Nairobi - Directly contacting Mr Diaby
by Nnenna Nwakanma 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

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Prosecution of online hate speech
by Gideon 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Hi all, Thanks for the constructive discussions that have transpired on the issue of hate speech over online media. We know very well that the number of people using the medium is exponentially increasing and as such developing the means to curtail any misbehavior this early would be best step. We do not want to come in when its to late and perpetrators can get away with it. Sure enough Kenya is getting to a stage where the public see how the responsible bodies handle particular scenarios. Am glad that we can have such deliberations online , its a good foundation to build on as we strive towards the MDG's. God Bless Kenya. Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:59 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: Shooting the messenger? (Barrack Otieno) > 2. Re: [ISOC_KE] Prosecution of online hate speech (Barrack Otieno) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:44:08 +0300 > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > To: Brandie Martin <blm5350(a)psu.edu> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, > isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Shooting the messenger? > Message-ID: > < > CAKX6dsEviz7QKycE9_Kx7fxGy2k1TvKJdmfXXvvwX7NmP_DYJg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > + 1 Toepista, i understand some of the organisations set aside 50 million > plus for litigation, the more reason as to why we need more responsibility > meaning the veracity if the situation is appreciated. > > Best Regards > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Lordmwesh, > > > > I don'tthink its a question of putting weight on Intermediaries but > > making them aware of their roles and responsibilities with respect to > > informing educating and entertaining, freedom without responsibility is a > > recipe for chaos, better to arrest the situation before it gets out of > > hand, you realise how information has made the public more difficult to > > deal with by law enforcement agencies, the same freedom can be an > Achilles > > heel to intermediaries one of the Intermediary representatives alluded to > > the fact that if we are not careful litigants with the money and know how > > can bring down the biggest of corporations through Law suits. > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Brandie Martin <blm5350(a)psu.edu> wrote: > > > >> Thank you to Ali Hussein, Mwendwa Kivuva, Barrack Otieno, Toepista > >> Nabusoba, John Kariuki, and Grace Githaiga for contributing to this > >> discussion on intermediary liability. > >> > >> With gratitude, > >> Brandie L. Martin > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > >wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks Ali and Kivuva for continuing discussion on this thread. > >>> > >>> You both caution on the need to be careful in how intermediary > liability > >>> is handled in terms legislation lest we restrict innovation. And yes > >>> Kivuva. Users are not exactly innocent since they are capable of > making the > >>> right decisions on what to post. > >>> > >>> Please feel free to continue debate on this same thread. > >>> Rgds > >>> GG > >>> > >>> > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:09:24 +0300 > >>> > From: Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com > >>> > >>> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Shooting the messenger? > >>> > CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > >>> > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > >>> > >>> > > >>> > Putting weight on the shoulders of intermediaries is not the way to > >>> > go. We are admitting that the public is so innocent that it cannot > >>> > make right decisions based on what they see, read, or hear. This type > >>> > of censorship will make us be like China. > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > ______________________ > >>> > Mwendwa Kivuva > >>> > For > >>> > Business Development > >>> > Transworld Computer Channels > >>> > Cel: 0722402248 > >>> > twitter.com/lordmwesh > >>> > transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing > >>> > kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > 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/ggithaiga%40hotmail.c… > >>> > >>> > > >>> > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > >>> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT > policy > >>> and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in > the ICT > >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and > development. > >>> > > >>> > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable > behaviors > >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > bandwidth, > >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, > do > >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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/blm5350%40psu.edu > >>> > >>> > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Brandie Martin, M.S. > >> > >> Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Fellow > >> College of Communications > >> The Pennsylvania State University > >> blm5350(a)psu.edu > >> website: http://brandiemartin.wordpress.com/ > >> twitter: https://twitter.com/Brandie_Martin > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > +254-20-2498789 > > Skype: barrack.otieno > > http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ > > > > > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254-20-2498789 > Skype: barrack.otieno > http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ >

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Discussion intermediary liability in Kenya
by Alice Munyua 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Dear Colleagues, This is an invitation to a discussion on intermediary liability in Kenya starting tomorrow Tuesday 2nd October 2012, which will be followed by a breakfast meeting on 10th October at jacaranda hotel. See attached the initial findings of the study on Intermediary Liability in Kenya. We welcome comments. Please note that this initial report is a forthcoming publication, and it should not be cited publicly until November, when the final report will be made available. The study notes that there is a lack of a clear framework for liability of intermediaries and a lot of uncertainty in understanding our evolving post-constitution legislative environment particularly in "regards to what offenses may happen on communications networks and whether intermediaries would be liable or not, this may have contributed to caution and self-regulation. In addition, there seems to be no legislated take down procedures other than responding in court to whichever law was cited as broken. Do we need a "clear framework for liability of intermediaries, and safe harbor legislation? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the current situation? We would like to encourage policy discussions on these issues with the aim of providing concrete recommendations and way forward. Grace Githaiga and Victor Kapiyo will take it from here Best Alice This is a project of: * Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET) * Open Society Initiative (OSI) * Association for Progressive Communications (APC) * Google * Ministry of Information and Communications * Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK)

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Initiative Unveiled to Increase ICANN’s Presence and Participation across Africa Plan Receives Enthusiastic Support
by alice＠apc.org 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

16 October 2012For Immediate Release Initiative Unveiled to Increase ICANN’s Presence and Participation across Africa Plan Receives Enthusiastic Support of CEO and Board Chair Toronto, Canada… Leaders of Africa’s Internet community have unveiled a comprehensive plan designed to dramatically increase African involvement in ICANN’s multi-stakeholder model. The initiative was presented to ICANN during the organization’s 45th public meeting in Toronto, Canada by the Africa Strategy Working Group (ASWG). It was formed after ICANN’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, Fadi Chehadé encouraged a stronger voice from the African continent in ICANN’s multi-stakeholder model. “When we met three months ago at the ICANN meeting in Prague, I felt a sense of frustration at our inability to come together and move the Africa agenda forward,” said Chehadé. “It’s incredible what this working group has achieved in such a short period of time by engaging with many concerned groups and individuals through the multi-stakeholder process.” “We employed a bottom-up, open and public process in developing this initiative,” said Nii Quaynor of Ghana, a well-respected Internet leader in Africa and Chair of the ASWG. “We think this plan will lead to dramatically increased African participation in ICANN and greater presence for the organization on the African continent.” The plan was written with the input and broad support of ICANN’s African community, Africa's Regional Registry for Internet Number Resources (AFRINIC) and other influential African organizations involved in the Internet ecosystem. “We are taking a new approach to Africa,” said Tarek Kamel, a Senior Advisor to the ICANN President. “This plan is based on capacity building, business development, specifically developing the Domain Name System (DNS) business in Africa and insuring inclusion.” The three year initiative, entitled ICANN's New Approach to Africa, lays out clear goals and milestones and an action plan for the first 12 months. It is a collaborative effort by AFRINIC, Africa's Regional Registry for Internet Number Resources and the ICANN community. The initiative will now be posted for public comment. Currently, African internet users represent only 6 per cent of Internet users worldwide. This initiative is designed to dramatically increase that number. ## To review the presentation of ICANN's New Approach to Africa, go here: http://toronto45.icann.org/meetings/toronto2012/presentation-aswg-icann-afr…. To download high resolution photos during the unveiling of the Africa Initiative, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/sets/72157631779093929/ . MEDIA CONTACTS: Brad White Director of Global Media Affairs Washington, DC, USA Tel. +1 202.570.7118brad.white(a)icann.org

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Re: [kictanet] Mission to Nairobi - connecting with ICT and economic leaders
by Nnenna Nwakanma 16 Oct '12

16 Oct '12

Dear all, Kindly see below. Will be good to link up with Diaby personally. Best > > I am going to visit Nairobi next week from 22nd to 27th of october for a > business mission. I will be travelling with a representative of the > ministry of youth and the CEO of a telecom services company. The main > objective of this mission is to connect with ICT leaders in Nairobi and > develop partnership opportunities for several projects. We will also attend > DEMO Africa with a booth to showcase the new national youth fund program. > We will be presenting: > > - Waleya hub, our private tech incubator > - National youth fund program > - GTS (telecom services company) > > I will be grateful if you can share some useful contacts from your network. > We have booked rooms at Intercontinental Nairobi. > > Best regards, > > -- > *Mohamed Diaby* > CEO Waleya > www.waleya.com > Host of www.thewhub.com > Phone: +225 21 01 58 33 > Mobile: +225 07 93 60 61 > Skype: itopis > Twitter: @diabymohamed > www.diabymohamed.com > -- Nnenna Nwakanma | Founder and CEO, NNENNA.ORG | Consultants Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for Development Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (+225)| Tel: 225 27144 | Fax 224 26471 |Mob. 07416820 Ghana: +233 249561345| Nigeria: +234 8101887065| http://www.nnenna.org nnenna(a)nnenna.org| @nnenna | Skype - nnenna75 | nnennaorg.blogspot.com Your multi-lingual development and event partners across Africa.

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ETNO response to the Commission Public Consultation on specific aspects of transparency, traffic management and switching in an open Internet
by Barrack Otieno 16 Oct '12

16 Oct '12

Listers, http://www.etno.be/news/etno/2012/69, i wonder what Tespok says locally :-) Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Open Invitation to IGF Workshop 146 on IPRs
by Paul M 16 Oct '12

16 Oct '12

For those you who will be in Baku or participating remotely, you can participate in this workshop that deals with the conflict between classical Intellectual Property Rights regimes (IPRs) and the Freedom to share over the Internet. Cheers! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear list members, This mail is to invite you to the IGF Workshop 146 “Intellectual Property Rights and the freedom to share: are the two compatible?” that will take place at the Baku Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre (room 4) on November 8th from 11:00 to 12:30 (GMT +4). The workshop has been organised by a group of alumni of the ISOC Next Generation Leaders Programme under the mentorship of the Internet Society and will focus on the tension between the fundamental intellectual property rights – notably, copyright – and “the more liberal freedom to share, which is a unique attribute of the emerging information society and represents the quintessence of the right to receive and impart information and ideas”. The purpose of the workshop is to trigger a dynamic discussion between the attendees and the panellists in order to analyse the different nuances of the issues at stake. For this reason, we welcome the participation of the audience, be it on-site or remote. Knowing that many members of this list are truly passionate about IPR issues, we urge you to join our debate and share with us your standpoint. Further details on the workshop may be found here http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/w2012/proposals Further details on the ISOC Next Generation Leaders Programme may be found here http://www.internetsociety.org/ Please, feel free to circulate this invitation. We look forward to meeting you in Baku. Best regards The organisers of the IGF workshop 146

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Grants Available for ICT-based Projects!
by Grace Githaiga 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Grants Available for ICT-based Projects!The Swedish organization SPIDER offers catalytic seed funding to innovative ICT4D projects in partner countries, within their thematic areas and crosscutting ICT4D priorities. Innovative and experimental projects are encouraged, along with strategic interventions in specific areas. Projects that generate good results are expected to be upscaled. SPIDER’s thematic areas: democracy: e-government, e-governance and ICT for empowerment; education: education management, e-learning and digital literacy; and health: healthcare management, e-health and public health. They work on cross-cutting ICT issues such as low cost and high quality technology, free and open source software (FOSS) and mobile technology for development (M4D). Their main focus in terms of development issues is in youth empowerment, cultural creativity, and capacity development. SPIDER works primarily with twelve priority countries for Swedish development cooperation: Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Organizations from partner countries can apply for funding at any time, by submitting a concept note. On some occasions, SPIDER will also announce open calls for applications on specific areas of interest. Organisations that receive a positive review of their concept note are expected to spend at least 2-4 months preparing their full proposals. Proposals that are accepted will receive catalytic short-term support (1-2 years). Deadline: on a rolling basis For more details on the scholarship and to apply, please visit http://www.spidercenter.org/projects/grant-application

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Fwd: [igf_members] Reimbursement for visa fee
by Judy Okite 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

For your information. Kind Regards, *“Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible” Edwin Land* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <nariman.hajiyev(a)igf2012.az> Date: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:07 PM Subject: [igf_members] Reimbursement for visa fee To: Vladimir Radunovic <vladar(a)diplomacy.edu>, cmasango(a)unog.ch, fbadii(a)unog.ch Cc: igf Forum <igf_members(a)intgovforum.org> Dear All, We have messages that some of the participants have already been charged for visa. In this connection the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan is now kindly offering reimbursement for visa fee charged to all IGF participants. In order to deal with this, we have set-up a section on the Host Country website (http://www.igf2012.az/?mod=**content&sub=bottom&id=116&**lang=en<http://www.igf2012.az/?mod=content&sub=bottom&id=116&lang=en>) to explain how we intend to reimburse anyone that has been affected by this. If the visa fee has already been paid by the participant, he/she is kindly requested to contact us with a copy of their bill at reimbursement(a)igf2012.az . The original receipts should be presented at the venue, where the participant will receive the full reimbursement of the amount paid. A special desk for reimbursements will be allocated at the venue throughout the duration of the event. Could you kindly circulate this information between your colleges and friends that will be affected? For further information please follow the link: http://www.igf2012.az/?mod=**content&sub=bottom&id=116&**lang=en<http://www.igf2012.az/?mod=content&sub=bottom&id=116&lang=en> Kind Regards, Nariman Hajiyev ______________________________**_________________ igf_members mailing list igf_members(a)intgovforum.org http://mail.intgovforum.org/**mailman/listinfo/igf_members_**intgovforum.org<http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igf_members_intgovforum.org>

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Shooting the messenger?
by Grace Githaiga 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Thanks Jane. Yes the discussions during the face to face meeting were such an eye opener. Your comments have been noted. Listers, do you agree with Jane that some level of responsibility should be placed on the person/institution that is the source of the content? RgdsGrace Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:55:43 -0700 From: nnfeischools(a)yahoo.com Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Shooting the messenger? To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com; isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke CC: ikua.evans(a)gmail.com Thanks GraceThe breakfast Discussion were very fruitful and we need to keep the discussion going. There is need to put some level of responsibility to the person or institution that is the source of the content. Some will send out content for monetary gains and otherwise. The society must have mechanisms of shaping itself up at all levels Jane From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> To: "isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke" <isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke> Cc: ikua.evans(a)gmail.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 6:26 AM Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Shooting the messenger? From: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com To: alice(a)apc.org CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Subject: Shooting the messenger? Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:24:57 +0000 Good morning Listers I hope your week is starting well. Last week, we held a f2f breakfast meeting to discuss intermediary liability in Kenya. As promised by Alice, we would like to continue with this discussion for this week. As Kenya prepares for elections next year, and with all the political alignments taking place, we are likely to see intermediaries being blamed for carrying utterances of our politicians. The media has been blamed many times by politicians for ‘misquoting’ them yet in many instances there is video footage to confirm that the politicians did indeed say certain things. For those who watched the youtube video that ridiculed Prophet Muhammad and resulted in the killing of Christopher Stephens, the US ambassador to Libya and three American members of his staff by angry protesters (or lynch mob as some people called them), who would you say was wrong or where would you place the responsibility for this eventuality? Would you say it is the video producers or or youtube or who? Lets hear it from you listers. A wonderful week to all of you.RgdsGG > Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:19:04 +0300 > From: alice(a)apc.org > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Discussion intermediary liability in Kenya > CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > > Dear Chip and all > > > Thank you for sharing these valuable resources to enrich intermediary > liability discussions. > > However, we have a more pressing issue to discuss, our "mobile switch > off" (and here's a great article on that > http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2012/10/phones-switch-off-how-it-was-done-why-an…) > > We will focus on that for a while and come back to the internet > liability discussion after the breakfast meeting on 10th October. But > this should not stop any lister from posting an opinion on the issue. > > > Best > Alice _______________________________________________ isoc mailing list isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc

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Fwd: [i-network] UN IGF online registrations + visa deadline today
by Barrack Otieno 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lillian Nalwoga <lnalwoga(a)yahoo.com> Date: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:21 PM Subject: [i-network] UN IGF online registrations + visa deadline today To: I-Network Uganda <i-network(a)dgroups.org> Hellos, For those who plan to attend the UN Internet Governance Forum in Baku next month. Hi all, Do you have the country host visa letter so that you can be issued with a visa on arrival in Baku? Deadline for online registrations is TODAY. If you have not registered - please do so now! Please follow the instructions here: http://igf2012.az/?mod=**content&sub=bottom&id=116&**lang=en<http://igf2012.az/?mod=content&sub=bottom&id=116&lang=en> You need: - “Registration Confirmation” form (will be provided by the IGF Secretariat athttp://www.intgovforum.org/**cms/<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/> - The Host Country’s Invitation Letter (can be obtained by submitting an email request with attached “Registration confirmation” form and the scanned passport copy to the Host Country’s IGF visa support desk e-mail address:visainquiries@igf2012.**az<address%3Avisainquiries(a)igf2012.az> Read the mailing list rules - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189… Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug Follow I-Network on Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork 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. You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community I-Network Uganda <http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network>. A reply to this message will be sent to all members of I-Network Uganda. Reply to sender <lnalwoga(a)yahoo.com> | Unsubscribe<leave.i-network(a)dgroups.org> -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [kictanet] ICANN Strategic Plan for Africa
by alice＠apc.org 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

Dear Listers, As per its TORs, the ASWG submitted its draft outline of the ICANN Strategic plan for Africa on 1st October. The ASWG thanks all those who offered their comments and contributions; we did receive substantive contributions which have helped develop the initial draft. Comments have been posted alongside all the working documents developed by the Group at http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/icann-aswg/tor. ICANN thus takes it from here. A presentation of this initial plan is scheduled for tomorrow , Monday at 15 - 16h30, room Metro Center, at ICANN 45 in Toronto. ICANN will then continue the outreach and public presentation until the document evolves into a full Action plan for Africa in the next three years..There is thus still room for contributing to this work in progress. The ASWG commends all those who gave their support (AfrICANN listers, ICANN's management team, ICANN board members in their individual capacities, ICANN constituency members and AfriNIC) Best regards Pierre on behalf of the ASWG -- Pierre Dandjinou Cotonou - 229 90 087784 / 66566610 Dakar 221 77 639 30 41 www.scg.bj skype : sagbo1953

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3. Making Sense of our development (Gideon)
by Matunda Nyanchama 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

Very good discussions on this topic. 1. No country has developed where the NGO sector (the true lords of poverty) dominate! Most NGO execs are always focused on their next fundraiser, the driving cause, their jobs, and (often) international travel. 2. The Hyacinth problem in Lake Victoria needs a comprehensive solution than just harvesting. Fertilizer use in the catchment area, coupled with poor forest cover allowing for excessive surface runoff, dense population without the equivalent of sewage disposal (Kisii for instance is a giant municipality - just check how densely populated), etc may need to be considered. 3. As for our education system it needs radical reform if ever it is intended to realize the nation's aspirations (which ones are they by the way?). We are certificate driven and do anything to get that piece of paper as if this is a substitute for knowledge and skill. Thus students cheat consistently to get the paper. Even those that pass rightfully, many do so via rote learning, which perhaps evaporates as soon as examinations are over! And our universities, some with classes atop bars, dance halls and brothels! ... something BIG is missing in addition that our school system has failed to help shape what the country should be and values thereof; thus we have tribes this and tribes that ... Baadaye ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Re: [kictanet] The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship
by Gideon 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

+1 Robert, I just hope that we can get some lessons from this article , and yes above all balance is ought to be struck so that entrepreneurship may be nurtured and sustained. I actually like this interesting "Hardly Working: Start-up Guys" clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4&feature. Gideon Rop On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:15 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: The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship (Ali Hussein) > 2. Re: The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship (Francis Hook) > 3. Making Sense of our development (Gideon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:22:42 +0300 > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship > Message-ID: <B0BDCF98-65B7-459A-807B-31049C5B994A(a)hussein.me.ke> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Robert > > This is apt and timely. The thing though is to find a balance to ensure > that the real entrepreneurs rise above the noise. > > Regards > > Ali Hussein > > +254 773/713 601113 > > Sent from my iPhone? > > On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:00 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > This is an interesting article that explains the comprenuers > (competition entrepreneurs) bug that is affecting so many of our brilliant > minds > > > > http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/the_danger_of_celebritizing_en.html > > > > Regards > > > > Robert Yawe > > KAY System Technologies Ltd > > Phoenix House, 6th Floor > > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 > > Kenya > > > > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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Making Sense of our development
by Gideon 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

Listers "*Hyacinth has been found to be a good ingredient for organic fertilizer.*" I will quote Ps. Ndemo !!! And again not once, not twice have we seen the media cover individuals who have attempted to create paper out of the mashed Hyacinth, well the process was certainly long but the end product is very beautiful, home made cards. For me perhaps we only remember Mau Forest and others when the issue of paper comes up, Pan Paper has not performed well, Polythene bags are polluting our country and by extension agriculture is affected, why not use the idea of making hyacinth paper bags that we could use in supermarkets and grocery shops and probably eliminate these non bio degradable bags ? I think we can agree that instead of crying over Hyacinth that has taken over the freshest lake in the world, we could harness the weed and generate animal feed , paper , furniture , bio gas and many more. Someone just needs to start commercializing it. Probably we could have government buy the first batch of hyacinth furniture and yes others would follow suit. Gideon Rop DotConnectAfrica On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:09 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: Making Sense of our development (Dorcas Muthoni) > 2. Re: Making Sense of our development (Mark Mwangi) > 3. The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship (robert yawe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:25:38 +0300 > From: Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> > To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke > Cc: "kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Making Sense of our development > Message-ID: > < > CACFhaS58aX6Fy0XK8QAyC6OjUf5TYo8LoZjn98cRNrCaQpBwWw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Kenya Investment Authority has been advertising the opportunity for > manufacture of fertilizer > http://www.investmentkenya.com/opportunities/manufacturing > > I hope they are aware of this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:37 PM, <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> wrote: > > > Listers, > > I very much know that my post today is not directly ICT but its > > implications have a great bearing on the decisions we make about our > > future development in ICT. > > > > Page 19 of the Star of Thursday, October 11th, carried a story on Water > > Hyacinth titled ?Water hyacinth project threatened by court order?. This > > is apparently a donor funded project in its phase two under Lake Victoria > > Environmental Management Project (LVEMP). > > > > LVEMP II is an eight-year US$254 million (Ksh. 2.1 billion) old regional > > project being implemented in the five East African Community partner > > states says the article. Objectives of the project include: improving > > ?collaborative management of trans-boundary natural resources of Lake > > Victoria basin? as well as ?reduce environmental stress in the targeted > > pollution hotspots and selected degraded sub-catchment areas as a way of > > improving the livelihoods of communities who depend on the lake basin?s > > resources?. > > > > One will hope that the project is supposed to physically remove water > > hyacinth from the lake to enable the people access the resources from the > > lake. However, in the past eight years the spread of this water menace > > has more than tripled and this is what prompted me we to re-examine the > > objectives as stated. If these objectives were to be re-stated in > > simplified English, the real meaning could be to help citizens of East > > Africa understand how to collaborate and manage their resources as well > as > > reduce their stress. The project therefore has nothing to do with water > > hyacinth and hence the reason why the people are fighting over it. > > > > If the donor language were to be simpler, they would have thought about > > project sustainability in which case we did not need all the resources > > that is at the disposal of the fighting citizens. In my view we needed > > only US$50 (US$10 million for each country) to set up an organic > > fertilizer factory. Hyacinth has been found to be a good ingredient for > > organic fertilizer. Just recently I wrote a blog how soil nutrients have > > been depleted in densely populated districts with excessive land > > sub-divisions. Studies also show productivity levels dropping > > significantly that our food security and safety is at its worst threat. > > > > Further, chemical fertilizer may be poisoning our ground water and may be > > likely the cause of increased cancer cases in the region. There is > > greater urgency than ever before that we exploit every opportunity for > > developing organic fertilizer like hyacinth that would improve on > > productivity, ensure sustainable development and reduce its impact on our > > water resources. Our problems would only be solved by us and as such > > foreign interventions will not always be a universal remedy to our > > predicament. > > > > Ndemo. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/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. > > > > > > -- > Muthoni > > My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ > -------------------------------------------- > Mahatma Gandhi once said:- > > First they ignore you, > Then they laugh at you, > Then they fight you, > AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >

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The Danger of Celebritizing Entrepreneurship
by robert yawe 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

Hi All, This is an interesting article that explains the comprenuers (competition entrepreneurs) bug that is affecting so many of our brilliant minds http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/the_danger_of_celebritizing_en.html Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Abuse of KICTANET forum by Biz.Daily journalist
by Ory Okolloh 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Dear listers, A friend in Nairobi just emailed me this print article (attached) in the Biz Daily paper where my comments on the ETNO proposal last week are featured as the "blog of the week" and my personal email address included as the "title of the blog" This is an outrageous abuse of this forum where the discussion is often open and insightful - do people now have to worry that their comments on Kictanet will be passed off as an article somewhere? *vexed* Ory *I try to keep my emails short and to the point: http://emailcharter.org/*

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Re: [kictanet] Making Sense of our development
by Paul Roy Owino 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

Thank you daktari for raising this concern...indeed its an eye sore when flying over the lake and little of the lake is actually visible. Infact some tourist recently commented on a beautiful golf course... I wonder who to blame in this scenario ...should it be our leaders who are trigger happy to sing the donor tunes or the citizens who vote them in. Regardless of which one, something needs to be done to save our livelihood and protect our environment. We do not need donor aid for this, just a change of mindset and goodwill from the government. Paul Roy Sent from my Windows Phone From: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke Sent: 10/11/2012 8:42 PM To: Paul Roy Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Subject: Re: [kictanet] Making Sense of our development Listers, I very much know that my post today is not directly ICT but its implications have a great bearing on the decisions we make about our future development in ICT. Page 19 of the Star of Thursday, October 11th, carried a story on Water Hyacinth titled Water hyacinth project threatened by court order. This is apparently a donor funded project in its phase two under Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP). LVEMP II is an eight-year US$254 million (Ksh. 2.1 billion) old regional project being implemented in the five East African Community partner states says the article. Objectives of the project include: improving collaborative management of trans-boundary natural resources of Lake Victoria basin as well as reduce environmental stress in the targeted pollution hotspots and selected degraded sub-catchment areas as a way of improving the livelihoods of communities who depend on the lake basins resources. One will hope that the project is supposed to physically remove water hyacinth from the lake to enable the people access the resources from the lake. However, in the past eight years the spread of this water menace has more than tripled and this is what prompted me we to re-examine the objectives as stated. If these objectives were to be re-stated in simplified English, the real meaning could be to help citizens of East Africa understand how to collaborate and manage their resources as well as reduce their stress. The project therefore has nothing to do with water hyacinth and hence the reason why the people are fighting over it. If the donor language were to be simpler, they would have thought about project sustainability in which case we did not need all the resources that is at the disposal of the fighting citizens. In my view we needed only US$50 (US$10 million for each country) to set up an organic fertilizer factory. Hyacinth has been found to be a good ingredient for organic fertilizer. Just recently I wrote a blog how soil nutrients have been depleted in densely populated districts with excessive land sub-divisions. Studies also show productivity levels dropping significantly that our food security and safety is at its worst threat. Further, chemical fertilizer may be poisoning our ground water and may be likely the cause of increased cancer cases in the region. There is greater urgency than ever before that we exploit every opportunity for developing organic fertilizer like hyacinth that would improve on productivity, ensure sustainable development and reduce its impact on our water resources. Our problems would only be solved by us and as such foreign interventions will not always be a universal remedy to our predicament. Ndemo. _______________________________________________ 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/roykoikai%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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Fw: [Itu2012chapters] ETNO Twitter Storm with Hamadoun Toure on October 10
by otieno.barrack＠gmail.com 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: "peter(a)hellmonds.net" <peter(a)hellmonds.net> Sender: itu2012chapters-bounces(a)elists.isoc.org Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:59:15 To: Sally Wentworth<wentworth(a)isoc.org> Cc: itu2012chapters(a)elists.isoc.org<itu2012chapters(a)elists.isoc.org> Subject: Re: [Itu2012chapters] ETNO Twitter Storm with Hamadoun Toure on October 10 Hi Sally, You could be right in your assessment that some of the pieces of the ETNO proposal could survive. I find troublesome only this section from the African Union meeting: "Regulatory measures may be imposed in case that this cannot be achieved through commercial arrangements and to the extent that such measures do not hinder competition." However, this is merely stating the obvious, i.e. that regulators may impose regulations. Let us recall the key points of the ETNO proposal and see how they fare: a) Sending Party Network Pays: * No chance for survival b) Prevent national governments from mandating network neutrality * governments will not accede to an international treaty limiting their choices in this respect c) allow commercial agreements on QoS based charging * no need to put this into an international treaty as the right to conclude commercial agreements already exists and nothing in the existing ITRs prevents anyone from doing so today d) help telco operators with their broadband investment issues * this issue needs to be addresses to national and regional regulators and does not need to be in an international treaty. Did I miss anything? Do I misinterpret the situation? Best regards, Peter H. Hellmonds Public & International Affairs Phone: +49 (160) 360-2852 E-Mail: peter.hellmonds(a)hellmonds.eu On 09.10.2012, at 01:07, "Sally Wentworth" <wentworth(a)isoc.org> wrote: > competition. _______________________________________________ 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.

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Re: [kictanet] Abuse of KICTANET forum by Biz.Daily journalist
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

Ory, Steve, There is usually a line at the bottom of the columnette stating that those are personal views... etc. In light of the fact that the owners may not be aware that their stories/blogs have been published, then there should be better attribution. I hope someone from Nation Media Group/Business Daily is reading this thread.... On 11/10/2012, Steve Muchai <smuchai(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) > <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [....] > >> Seems like a collection of stories from the public domain.... > > Then it should be attributed as such, the way it's been done it looks > like Ory contributed it. I haven't seen the print version but from the > online version there's nothing to put Ory's sentiments into context. > In my opinion this piece, without the rest of the information to > complete the picture, is as useless as the "ay" in okay. > > I agree with Ory. > > Regards, > Steve > -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu

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