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Connectivity
by Harry Delano 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Is it just me, or some undersea cable serving a cross-section of ISP's has gone under..? Again, it might be just me.. or the election mood has truly descended.. Harry

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Powerful Message from a Child to Kenyans
by Edith Adera 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Listers, This morning my 10year old son surprised me with this message, he said mum! God says " I will chose a leader after my own heart, if that leader fails to obey my commandements, i will destroy him"? I keep the peace. Edith

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Kenic Closed
by Musya Michael 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Is Kenic closed for elections? Both phone numbers 0733790073 and 0715275483 not going through. The land-line not picked...Anyone with more info? -- Regards, Michael Musya, www.afriregister.co.ke I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

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Re: [kictanet] IEBC Open Access Results API
by ICT Researcher 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

________________________________ From: Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> To: ICT Researcher <ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] IEBC Open Access Results API Undoubtedly IEBC has a list, but this is what I'm finding: Nation looks the best: http://elections2013.nationmedia.com/ Opinion Yetu was doing a great job, but have been down for a while now: http://www.opinionyetu.com/election/results/ We're hacking some stuff together for the non-president data (which is difficult to find) from IEBC at Uchaguzi, but will be another hour or so before it's ready. Anyone have other links? How about Standard, etc? Erik Hersman www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke www.whiteafrican.com | @whiteafrican On Mar 5, 2013, at 12:55 PM, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Link: http://api.iebc.or.ke/ > >I would appreciate your direction to online applications that have used it. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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/erik%40zungu.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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IEBC technology challenges
by robert yawe 05 Mar '13

05 Mar '13

As IEBC seems to be having a few technology hitches would it not have made more sense for them to take up the services of Safaricom's cloud services especially since they are offering the connectivity component? I would think that such a move would be more cost effective than the rushed purchase of more powerful hardware (due to the short time all procurement procedures where therefore suspended) 8 days to the election date and yet that additional power will not be required after the 4th until the next major election in 5 years time when the technology will be obsolete. Vision 2030 and that other thing we launched a few weeks ago keep looking like more and more like pipe dreams. Regards PS. Have a wise and peaceful pre and post election 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’S FUTURE IMPATIENTLY WAITS TO RECORD HISTORY
by Eric Aligula 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Dear Friends / Listers Robert F Kennedy once said, *“*… *the future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present.” *This future, Eleanor Roosevelt said, *“*… *belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.*” Further, an African Proverb goes,* “*… *tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”* * * The year 2013 is Kenya’s year of Jubilee. Kenya will be 50 years old as a nation. That will be older than many Kenyans are or hope to be. So, 2013 is a year of great significance. On Monday, March 4, 2013, Kenya continues with the heady and momentous transition currently on going at all levels. This General Election will usher in Kenya’s fourth President, 47 Governors, 67 Senators, at least 348 Members of Parliament and up to 2,121 County Assembly Representatives. This will be in addition to major structural changes in government and governance across the country. With this effort, Kenya will be implementing a most ambitious social re-engineering programme. We, as a people, are on a journey that will either unite or divide us for a long time to come. We seat on the cusp of change with profound implications for generations born and yet to be born in this country, our region and continent. It is an ambitious project of rebuilding the Kenyan nation. The air is pregnant with possibility beyond our wildest imagination. But it is also fraught with dangers that could render Kenya unviable as we know it. Every voting Kenyan must ask what future they wish to bestow to their children as they queue, receive and cast their ballots. It is about our future, our children’s future, our nation Kenya. As a country we are facing several challenges. We have a high and rising population growth rate at 2.7 percent per annum, accompanied by an on-going demographic shift: a youthful, relatively skilled and urbanising population that is underemployed and unemployed. The youth, age 15 – 24, comprise 43% of Kenya’s population, with a 24% open unemployment rate. The population 34 years and below comprises 78.8% of the total population. The economy, growing at 4.4% in 2011 and expanding by 4.7% in the third quarter of 2012, is performing below the Kenya Vision 2030 targets of an average of 10% per annum. According to the Health Sector Working Group, Kenya’s disease burden remains high, with 80% of Kenyans vulnerable to Malaria infections, with an inpatient morbidity rate of 16%. We remain a water scarce nation, with 647 m3 per person per year compared to the benchmark 1000m3 per person per year. This has significant implications for the economy, food and nutrition security and general social order. Notwithstanding these challenges, there are bright spots that we can and must leverage. There remains enormous potential in the country if we successfully leverage the demographic dividend about to take place in the country. The emerging natural resource boom, comprising oil, gold, coal, rare earth metals and iron ore to name a few, well managed, is key to Kenya’s rapid and sustained economic take off. The peace dividend sweeping the region provides opportunities beyond measure for creation of long term wealth, for the region and for us. Our place as innovators per excellence has been established by the mobile money phenomenon that is MPESA. We are the global leaders. Realisation of the technopolis that is Konza City, the Silicon Savannah, will set us apart and establish us as *primus inter pares*in the region and continent. And who knows, globally. The challenges and opportunities we must deal with are set against a backdrop of global and domestic issues, including the global financial crisis, euro-zone crisis, aftershocks of the post-election violence and the threat of terrorism. This election represents the second door we must unlock and close, if we are to deal with our challenges and leverage the opportunities for our long term benefit. The first was promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. The hard work necessary for Kenya to progress is premised on pursuing a national development agenda that leverages Kenya’s assets. Domestically, we will need to focus on growing the economy, climate change adaptation, ensure food and nutrition security, dealing with inequality and poverty, create good jobs, make government work and rebuild trust in public institutions, as well as harness devolution and urbanization. Our infrastructure, though fairly developed, is still a major constraint for Kenya’s growth and the fortunes of its neighbours. This situation must be addressed by building infrastructure to support cost effective delivery of basic services as well as support meaningful regional integration. Kenya’s domestic prospects are linked to its ability to work well with and within the region and the continent. This requires that we pursue effective and meaningful regional integration and strengthen Kenya’s leadership role within the region. Kenya must effectively engage in regional peace and counter terrorism initiatives, especially considering that the emerging peace dividend in the region is still tenuous. As globalisation and regionalisation take root, it is necessary for Kenya to strengthen its ability to engage. We must pursue international and regional trade competitiveness and support bilateral and multilateral arrangements and focus on improving Kenya’s image in the world. The Kenya Scenarios Project identified four futures of development for us, namely El-Nino, Maendeleo, Katiba Road and the Flying Geese. Under El-Nino we descended into chaos and there was a collapse of social order. Maendeleo saw us focused on development only and nothing else mattered. On the other hand, the Katiba Road scenario saw political freedoms being exercised in economically strained times. The Flying Geese scenario combined political reform coupled with economic growth. These scenarios, which we have fairly ignored, are not about predicting the future but rather they should help us to understand the trending of events that will impact our welfare. Such knowledge is necessary if Kenyans have to progress. A review of Kenya’s performance, so far, shows elements of the first three scenarios and probably describes our below-expected-performance from independence to date. Kenya Vision 2030 is the country’s articulation of the Flying Geese Scenario. Implementation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010 is our initial down payment for realisation of the Kenya Vision 2030. Therefore, what trends will affect our future and how do we use or deal with them to ensure our overall prosperity? For Kenya, it is important to understand how, the demographic changes taking place, the diffusion of power brought about by implementation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, and the growing nexus between energy, water, land and food, will impact the country. How will they affect the future we want and who should we be partnering with to enable us manage our development? What should our development policy be? What should we manage, grow or ignore? Is our growth path acceptable? Are our development policies dependent on decisions or actions from sources far beyond our control and ability to influence? What must we do? Will Kenya be the same 50 years from now? What kind of Kenya are we looking to see and what must we do to achieve that future? There should be no doubt that the choices we make now will define the options and possibilities we can leverage tomorrow. A diagnosis of these issues suggests that there are significant weaknesses in the institutions of managing the nation, a matter that the Constitution of Kenya 2010 sets out to address. Governance is going to be key to carrying forward a united Kenya. But this is only part of the story. The details of the operationalisation, integration and coordination of these institutions will determine whether we will achieve Kenya’s ‘flying geese’ scenario and emerge as a strong, united and leading nation in Africa and the world or we will fail. Therefore, as Kenyans, on March 4, 2013 work towards the selection of the shepherds who will take them forward, we argue that Kenyans must ask their leaders what they intend to do about these issues. You must vote based on your answers to these questions. It is our responsibility to interrogate the solutions they propose and determine who offers the best solution. As the Chairperson of the Kenya Institute of Planners recently put it, *“… the next three years and the choices Kenyans make about the leadership at the national and county government levels will determine the outcome of Kenya’s nationhood going forward.”* * * Kenyans should listen to the African proverb that says, “when the music changes, so does the dance”. Whatever our differences, we still will remain as Kenyans. To do otherwise would be an unforgivable betrayal of those who sacrificed in the past and of the trust of those for whom we strive to build for tomorrow. If we believe in a future for Kenya, in the beauty of our dreams for it, we must vote peacefully and wisely. Because, the future Kenya records, depends on the decision, you and you alone, make at the ballot box. Kind regards Eric Aligula Magolo *"Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety." (Proverbs XI:14)*

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Kenya's e-agriculture strategies
by meshack emakunat 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Dear list Do Kenya have a well defined e-agriculture strategies or its just what is annexed in the national ICT strategies. Vote wisely and keep peace. Thank you Meshack

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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] Kenya IGF: Planning
by Ali Hussein 02 Mar '13

02 Mar '13

Paul Apologies for cross-posting. Great to see ISOC Kenya take up the mantle.. Looking forward to a successful IGF. Regarfds *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Paul M <paulitrix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear listers and fellow IGF stakeholders, > > Firstly, I would like to extend my appreciation to the organisers of last > year's Kenya IGF. The meeting was indeed a success and we witnessed in the > Kenya IGF and in subsequent meetings, how discussions and outcomes > regarding the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) > forged the policy position for the Kenyan delegation to Dubai. We hope in > this year's Kenya IGF, more can be accomplished. > > As you are all aware this year the ISOC Kenyan chapter will be planning, > hosting and co-ordinating the local IGF. The event is slotted for the month > of May. > > Because the IGF is a multi-stakeholder meeting, as such I believe > stakeholders should be consulted in the planning and preparation of such an > important meeting. Indeed as the chapter, we've just barely began the > ground work and we'll need all the necessary inputs from the wider > stakeholder community to properly plan and execute the meeting. > > I would like to suggest a first meet up in the second week of March (11th > - 16th). I have no qualms hosting the meeting at the iHub (coffee would be > on me :) but I'll leave the stakeholders to agree on what date and time > best suits them. Let me know what works for you. I'll also work with fellow > organisers to draft an agenda and circulate it in the list before the first > meet up. > > I welcome your contributions to this discussion. > > > Kind Regards, > > Paul Muchene. > _______________________________________________ > isoc mailing list > isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >

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Re: [kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again
by robert yawe 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hi, The information to be visualized is minimal as what is being received is only summaries from the polling stations and not each voters results which would mean that the data could be visualized quite comfortably with a spreadsheet on a 486 or lower processor so when they say that it was underpowered on what platform where they running the application, a Huawei ID10T "smart phone". This is a clear indication that all we remain is a silicon savanna where there is a scarcity of trees from which one can climb to get a vantage point into the future. (A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses.[1][2][3] Some classification systems[which?] also recognize a grassland savanna from which trees are absent.[4] This article deals only with savanna under the common definition of a grassy woodland with a significant woody plant component) Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Gabe Sailepo <gabe(a)kentelcom.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013, 0:15 Subject: RE: [kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again We are living in the day and age of Hardware Abstraction, Multi-core CPU, Hypervisors and Virtualization of physical resources. The statement “Server was under powered” does not inspire a lot of confidence in our nascent IT Industry. In my opinion, the physical hardware should no longer a limitation once you virtualize the Compute, Network and Storage Nodes? Did the engineers do any stress-tests and capacity planning? Did they even scale the System? It would be ironic and tragic if the Kenyan Elections failed due to some ID10T errors considering that Kenya is the African Silicon Savannah. “Never was so much owed by so many to so few” stolen from Churchill. Gabe Shompole From:kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+gabe.shompole=kentelcom.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of robert yawe Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:59 AM To: Gabe Shompole Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again Hi, I am shocked that none of the people of this list felt it necessary to the bring the following issues to light yet it could be a major issue if not resolved immeidate “Sunday when we had the transmission of results, there was something that didn’t work. We used a server of a lesser power than the one we thought we should use. We confirmed that all results were relayed to the server but it could not do visualisation,” Mr Oswago said. http://elections.nation.co.ke/news/System-to-relay-poll-tally-queried-/-/16… Shall we keep behaving like pathologists whose clients have no opportunity for a second opinion? Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 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.

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Interesting that it's foreign journalists sharing these stories rather than our locals
by Brian Munyao Longwe 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Geeks for PeaceBy MICHELA WRONG<http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/author/michela-wrong/> Michela Wrong NAIROBI — In a tower block overlooking the leafy Nairobi suburb of Kilimani, nine Kenyans sit at computer screens, silently trawling Web sites, blogs, tweets and Facebook conversations. This could almost be an upmarket Internet café, only it’s far too quiet and no one is surreptitiously watching hard-core porn. But what’s going on in the iHub has its own element of titillation. LATITUDEThe Campaign for Kenya A series about the country’s first general election under its new Constitution. - More from this series»<http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/author/michela-wrong/> The youngsters on the second floor are scanning Kenya’s online media for “dangerous speech”: phrases likely to foster paranoia, distrust, hatred and violence in the run-up to next week’s election. They work for the monitoring group Umati<http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/2013/02/phase-1-oct-2012-jan-2013-umati-report-r…> and are part of a multi-strand high-tech attempt, much of it by volunteers, to ensure that Kenya doesn’t come tothe brink of civil war<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1574179/Kenya-on-the-brink-of-civ…> as it did after its last election, in 2007. Working in five vernacular languages, Swahili and English, they are on the alert, in particular, for terms that reduce entire ethnic groups to the status of animals. “Cockroaches,” a favorite during Rwanda’s genocide, is also popular here. So are “worms,” “rats,” “vermin” and “jiggers” — a reference to a parasite that burrows under toenails. “The phrases are intended to hit you in the gut, and they do,” says Angela Crandall, research manager for Umati. Eighty percent of the inflammatory rants, Crandall says, occur on Facebook, and most of the authors make no attempt to conceal their identities. This suggests they are naive or cocky and believe there will never be any legal consequence for what they write — which probably is correct. Umati feeds its findings to Uchaguzi <https://uchaguzi.co.ke/> (Swahili for “election”), one floor below, where even more computer geeks tap at keyboards, fuelling themselves with espressos. Uchaguzi has prepared a Web-based, crowd-sourced map of Kenya that, starting this weekend, will track thousands of SMS messages, tweets, phone calls and emails from members of the public, civil society activists, election monitors and local officials, to build a picture of what is happening across the country. Uchaguzi has established a network of partnerships with grassroots organizations so that, anticipating trouble, it can send them warnings to prevent any escalation. “The partnerships are the key,” Daudi Were, one of the group’s founders, explained. He described how during the referendum on the Constitution in 2010, Uchaguzi had received a message about a group of young men with machetes gathering outside a polling station in Molo, a town in the Rift Valley. “Fifteen minutes later, although we are 200 kilometers away, two lorries of police drove up. That was because we had passed the information on to a local joint peace initiative with links to the security forces.” The geeks in the iHub — urban, hyper-educated and distinctly Western in their outlook — and their methods represent a generational challenge to an electoral system that feels sclerotic and stuck in the past, despite a new Constitution that reconfigures state structures. The main presidential candidates — Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta — are the sons of two men who dominated Kenyan politics in the 1960s<http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/hist/1960.htm>. Most of the candidates vying for lower posts are wearyingly familiar. On parking lots and street corners in Nairobi, politics is done the old-fashioned way. Men bark orders at mustered volunteers, doling out T-shirts, caps and cash payments. In rural areas, where Kenya’s destiny has usually been decided, politics also dominates a sense of routine, with villagers meekly waiting to be told by tribal elders who to vote for. I left the iHub thinking that Kenya is clearly teetering on the cusp of change but that real transformation still depends on massive structural repairs entirely beyond the reach of those Internet activists. As Were readily admits, preventing violence in Molo depended in the last resort on the intervention of the Kenyan police, a force renowned for its venality and political partisanship<http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Kenya-Police-most-corrupt-institution/-/1056/9…>. “We can’t compel organizations to act. We can support institutions, but we can’t replace them.” It’s the dilemma that confronts every aid organization: No matter how dysfunctional, the state can rarely be bypassed. ------------------------------ * Michela Wrong has covered Africa for nearly two decades, reporting for Reuters, the BBC and The Financial Times. She is the author of “It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower.” *

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Re: [kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

I have not seen any updates from IEBC or even from the Political parties on this one. Hope they have this sorted before Monday Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: krsnjo(a)gmail.comTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 2/26/13 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Techies to fail Kenya again Any news on the test? On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Gilda Odera <godera(a)skyweb.co.ke> wrote: Robert, It is really because sometimes we get so flabbergasted by the things we hear and read that it leaves us speechless for a day or so! Like this one.... Regards, Gilda Odera On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:58 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi, I am shocked that none of the people of this list felt it necessary to the bring the following issues to light yet it could be a major issue if not resolved immeidate “Sunday when we had the transmission of results, there was something that didn’t work. We used a server of a lesser power than the one we thought we should use. We confirmed that all results were relayed to the server but it could not do visualisation,” Mr Oswago said. http://elections.nation.co.ke/news/System-to-relay-poll-tally-queried-/-/16… Shall we keep behaving like pathologists whose clients have no opportunity for a second opinion? 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/godera%40skyweb.co.ke The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@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/krsnjo%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. -- If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. - Emerson M. Pugh

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First African Internet Measurements Lab site @ KENET
by Josphat Karanja 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Listers, KENET in collaboration with Google and the Measurements Lab project has setup the first Internet measurements lab site in Africa at KENET data center in Nairobi. This means you can measure the quality of your broadband connections (simply access the site from http://www.measurementlab.net/) This is going to be useful for consumers, researchers, policy makers and the broadband Internet regulator (CCK). Please try it out and give us feedback. Regards ........................................................... Josphat Karanja, * *

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Techies to fail Kenya again
by robert yawe 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Hi, I am shocked that none of the people of this list felt it necessary to the bring the following issues to light yet it could be a major issue if not resolved immeidate “Sunday when we had the transmission of results, there was something that didn’t work. We used a server of a lesser power than the one we thought we should use. We confirmed that all results were relayed to the server but it could not do visualisation,” Mr Oswago said. http://elections.nation.co.ke/news/System-to-relay-poll-tally-queried-/-/16… Shall we keep behaving like pathologists whose clients have no opportunity for a second opinion? 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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Fw: [ISOC_KE] allAfrica.com: Kenya: Poghisio Appoints USF Board Members
by Walubengo J 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

How comes me and Yawe never read our names on some of these boards? :-) walu ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Kelvin Githira <kgithira(a)gmail.com> To: isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:07 AM Subject: [ISOC_KE] allAfrica.com: Kenya: Poghisio Appoints USF Board Members http://allafrica.com/stories/201302230595.html Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ isoc mailing list isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc

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Consumer Protection and KPLC
by Andy G 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

So KPLC has proposed to ERC to be allowed to effect massive changes in elelctricity tariffs, to be based on your consumption band. This could be good or bad, depending from what point you look at it, either pro or anti KPLC. In effect this could have a huge impact in business and investments including ICT investments? I have no idea if this falls within the band of Consumer Protection, but give its impact on millions of consumers, could this be one issue that Cofek might have set its sights on and fight for the powerless Kenyan consumer? Just a thought for the weekend!

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Re: [kictanet] Consumer Protection and KPLC
by meshack emakunat 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

Maybe if we opt for renewable energy solution then we can diversify the our energy solutions. ------------------------------ On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 12:05 AM PST Odhiambo Washington wrote: >+1 > >Pray, one day, that the monopoly will have competition! > >You can see how Telkom Kenya (now Orange) pleads with customers to sign up? >This was unimaginable some years back. One had to grease hands and even opt >to "Watchman" column on the Nation to get a line. Time has a solution for >KPLC! > > >On 24 February 2013 23:27, Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> wrote: > >> While on the KPLC issue, I've always wondered why the monopoly always >> insists on charging poor Kenyans, including those in rural areas >> ksh32,000 for electricity installation. That cost is beyond the reach >> of many, while the infrastructure put in place still belongs to KPLC >> and now KETRACO, as well as the community. >> >> This cost hinders many from joining the national grid. >> >> On 24/02/2013, stephen Mutoro <smutoro(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> > For MOIC, it is cheaper to respond to Court issues than reply to a >> letter. >> > Like KPLC, set top boxes is a pricing issue. Good or bad, public policy, >> has >> > a price tag (overt or covert) ... >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: "bitange(a)jambo.co.ke" <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> >> > To: stephen Mutoro <smutoro(a)yahoo.com> >> > Cc: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >> > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; "margaret(a)cofek.co.ke" >> > <margaret(a)cofek.co.ke> >> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 10:44 PM >> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Consumer Protection and KPLC >> > >> > MOIC got to know from the courts. MOIC issue is a policy matter not a >> > pricing issue. >> > >> > >> > Ndemo. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks Andy, >> > >> > Unlike MOIC, KPLC took our concerns seriously. They responded to our >> > concerns and published them in today's Nation page 37. If you missed it, >> > you can catch it at: >> > http://www.cofek.co.ke/Kenya%20Power%20letter%20to%20Cofek.pdf >> > Further, there is a stakeholder consultation at KICC tomorrow morning. >> > >> > >> > Kind regards, >> > >> > Stephen Mutoro >> > www.cofek.co.ke >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Andy G <andy.gesora(a)gmail.com> >> > To: smutoro(a)yahoo.com >> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 10:18 AM >> > Subject: [kictanet] Consumer Protection and KPLC >> > >> > >> > So KPLC has proposed to ERC to be allowed to effect massive changes in >> > elelctricity tariffs, to be based on your consumption band. This could >> be >> > good or bad, depending from what point you look at it, either pro or >> anti >> > KPLC. In effect this could have a huge impact in business and >> investments >> > including ICT investments? >> > >> > I have no idea if this falls within the band of Consumer Protection, but >> > give its impact on millions of consumers, could this be one issue that >> > Cofek might have set its sights on and fight for the powerless Kenyan >> > consumer? >> > >> > Just a thought for the weekend! >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/smutoro%40yahoo.com >> > >> > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and >> > development. >> > >> > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >> bandwidth, >> > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, >> do >> > not spam, do not market your wares or >> > qualifications._______________________________________________ >> > kictanet mailing list >> > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> > >> > Unsubscribe or change your options at >> > >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/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. >> >> >> -- >> ______________________ >> 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/odhiambo%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > > > >-- >Best regards, >Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >Nairobi,KE >+254733744121/+254722743223 >_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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How technology can be used in pricing insurance premiums
by Davis Onsakia 25 Feb '13

25 Feb '13

A nice article by the Economist on usage of technology to help determine payable motor vehicle insurance premiums. This can help the IRA to better regulate the motor vehicle insurance industry rather than have some block figure like 7.5% value of car as annual premiums. Although there are privacy concerns, many people won't mind (including myself) being tracked for a couple of months to help my insurer determine what I really need to pay. The link to the article: http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21572237-gizmos-track-d… 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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Re: [kictanet] Consumer Protection and KPLC
by meshack emakunat 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

Just to understand cofek better "mjinga akierevuka muerevu huwa mashakani" ------------------------------ On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 11:44 AM PST bitange(a)jambo.co.ke wrote: >MOIC got to know from the courts. MOIC issue is a policy matter not a >pricing issue. > > >Ndemo. > > > >> Thanks Andy, >> >> Unlike MOIC, KPLC took our concerns seriously. They responded to our >> concerns and published them in today's Nation page 37. If you missed it, >> you can catch it at: >> http://www.cofek.co.ke/Kenya%20Power%20letter%20to%20Cofek.pdf >> Further, there is a stakeholder consultation at KICC tomorrow morning. >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Stephen Mutoro >> www.cofek.co.ke >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Andy G <andy.gesora(a)gmail.com> >> To: smutoro(a)yahoo.com >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 10:18 AM >> Subject: [kictanet] Consumer Protection and KPLC >> >> >> So KPLC has proposed to ERC to be allowed to effect massive changes in >> elelctricity tariffs, to be based on your consumption band. This could be >> good or bad, depending from what point you look at it, either pro or anti >> KPLC. In effect this could have a huge impact in business and investments >> including ICT investments? >> >> I have no idea if this falls within the band of Consumer Protection, but >> give its impact on millions of consumers, could this be one issue that >> Cofek might have set its sights on and fight for the powerless Kenyan >> consumer? >> >> Just a thought for the weekend! >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/smutoro%40yahoo.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and >> development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or >> qualifications._______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/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. > > > >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/memakunat%40yahoo.com > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Please join Digital Democracy Kenya
by Warigia Bowman 24 Feb '13

24 Feb '13

Dear colleagues, I have created a google group digitaldemocracykenya(a)googlegroups.com Please join if you are interested in this topic at all. If you want to join, just let me know. Does anyone know who "Maina of the ICJ" is? Thanks, Rigia -- 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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COFEK to pursue case against CCK
by Grace Githaiga 23 Feb '13

23 Feb '13

The consumer lobby group, Cofek, has said it will pursue to its full determination a case it filed against the telecommunication industry regulator. Cofek, which lodged the case challenging the appointments to the board of Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) in January, also termed the recent advertisement of a consumer representative position by the regulator as illegal. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Consumer-lobby-says-to-pu…

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Has IEBC Voter Register Been Compromised
by Harry Karanja 22 Feb '13

22 Feb '13

Listers, This morning I received the oddest message. Through a bulk sms provider, one of the aspirants for MP in my constituency sent me an SMS appealing me to vote for him in the upcoming elections? Now I say odd because to the best of my knowledge I have never communicated to this politician my number and my constituency. In fact the only person I have ever given this dual information is the IEBC during voter registration. Which begs the question, could IEBC or its registration clerks be making voter registers available to politicians for consideration or otherwise? I'm also curious if this is an isolated event or its happening elsewhere? Now I don't need to emphasize on the very serious implications if politicians are in possession of such specific data on the electorate. I previously blogged (http://www.startupkenya.info/2010/08/chopping-up-big-green-giant-safaricom.…) on the dangers of telcos in possession of too much personal data, but it is nothing compared to politicians with this data especially in a country that has experienced deadly post election violence. I'm curious what measures IEBC has in place for the protection of our personal information and if my experience this morning portends the compromise of all future governmently held e-data? Regards, Harry Karanja Sent from my iPad

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Looking for research support for Digital Democracy Team
by Warigia Bowman 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Dear colleagues, Greetings, hope you are well. I need your help. 1) Dr. Ndemo has informed me that "Maina of ICJ is on the Kictanet list" and can give me some support for my research. 2) Maina, are you out there? Does anyone know Maina? 3) Below please see what I am interested in! We now have about 10 people on the list who are assisting. 4) If anyone else is interested, please let me know. Thank you, Warigia > Dear Dr. Ndemo > > I hope you are very well. > > As you know, I am not yet a Kenyan citizen. I have tried through several > NGOs since July to get some observer status or affiliation. Is there any > way that you can get me approval to be near a polling station? > > I am flying in to Kenya for the election and would love to get a closer > look. I am mainly interested in the technology related questions. > > I am specifically interested in the use of telecommunications and IT in > the > voting and vote counting process. I am also interested in the use of SMS > to > send in votes, and to send around "hate speech" or invalid rumours. I will > be interested to see if the government shuts down the TV or twitter for > part of the election due to safety considerations and the justification > for > that, > > Is there any way you can assist me to get official research clearance for > my work so I can get fairly close to the polls? > Please advise. > -- 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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Commodity Exchange System - Revisited
by robert yawe 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Hi Listers, About 9 month ago (human gestation period) I mentioned the need for developers to start looking into the development of a futures exchange system and as always is with the village madman I was dismissed. On Wednesday 8th June 2011 the Capital Markets Authority advertised for a futures exchange system, rfp is open to both international and local vendors. Regards Hi, The National Cereals and Produce Board together with the East African Grain Council are working towards the creation of a commodity exchange to trade futures. This process is at an advanced stage which begun with a process called warehouse receipting and currently Equity Bank offers credit against the receipts. What does this have to do with us in the IT field? When the Nairobi Stock Exchange tendered for the automated trading system (ATS) and more recently for the Broker Back-office System no local IT company made it past the 1st round. The fact that companies like Virtual City are winning international awards for systems development and others like PesaPal are receiving large direct foreign investments means that we do have the skills to develop world class solutions. This is an appeal to all ICT experts in the country to prepare ourselves to make sure that the grain exchange system is locally developed and we stop being spectators in our own country. I know it is said that a prophet is never recognised in his own town, it is time we made this phrase redundant. NCPB and others are already shopping overseas for a solution so be warned that time is not in our hands and if we are to have an impact we need to move quickly. The proposed system is supposed to provide a trading platform, depository system, GIS for land information, settlement system, warehouse management, weather monitoring and seed planting information system (acreage, seed type, fertiliser, etc). Lets get off our high horses and put a together a world class solution for a local problem. No tears after the horse has bolted. Useful links http://dn.nationmedia.com/DN/DN/2010/09/03/ArticleHtmls/03_09_2010_030_014.… http://allafrica.com/stories/200904271171.html http://www.ratin.net/mainfeature.asp?id=40 http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Smart%20Money/-/688614/899436/-/bypmdxz/-… http://www.unctad.info/upload/SUC/LusakaWorkshop/WarehouseServicesKenya.pdf 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 http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.…

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The Innovation Triad
by Brian Munyao Longwe 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

After my post earlier today where I questioned our approach towards innovation, research and development, I had a few phone calls with individuals who shared their reactions with me. I've expanded my thoughts into the blog post "The Innovation Triad, what Africa needs" http://lumaita.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/the-innovation-triad-what-africa-ne… I would appreciate your feedback. Brian

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Three Myths About Corruption...
by Michael Bullut 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Greetings Listers, Please have a look at this *TEDTalk video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3TQoMjXTw> * I came across on YouTube vis-à-vis* *corruption and was wondering if we could draw parallels from Trinidad and Tobago's story. Warm regards, Michael Bullut. --- *Cell:* *+254 723 393 114. **Skype Name:* *Michael Bullut.* ***Twitter:** @Kipsang <http://twitter.com/Kipsang/> * *Blog: http://www.kipsang.com/* *E-mail:* *main(a)kipsang.com* * * *---*

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