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KIXP reaches 1Gbps of traffic
by Michuki Mwangi 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Dear Listers, This afternoon the KIXP reached its highest peak of 1Gbps for local traffic exchanged. A sincere appreciation and congratulations to all those behind this achievement, Fiona, her team and the partners KDN, Google and others. Well done. Its indeed a significant achievement and the next ceiling is 10Gbps. Regards, Michuki.

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Lawrence E. Strickling, says UN-IGF in Nairobi will provide a good opportunity to enhance Multi stakeholder Internet governance
by Alice Munyua 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

* * *Remarks by Lawrence E. Strickling* *Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information* *Internet Governance Forum--USA* * Washington, DC July 18, 2011* * * "Thank you for the opportunity to speak once again at the IGF-USA. I want especially to thank Marilyn Cade for her work in pulling together the third edition of this meeting and I am glad to have had the opportunity to speak at each of these sessions. We are at a critical time in the history of the Internet. Last month I spoke at the Internet Society's INET meeting in New York City where the question before the house was "What kind of Internet do I want?" I answered that I wanted an Internet that is open, innovative, growing and global and that continues to rely on the established global Internet institutions for guidance and direction. But in the last year we have seen more and more instances of restrictions on the free flow of information online, disputes between various standards bodies and even appeals from incumbent carriers in Europe for government intervention on the terms and conditions for exchanging Internet traffic. We have seen statements by international organizations and even some governments to regulate the Internet more directly. All of these events only strengthen my view that now is truly a time for all to get involved who are concerned about maintaining a vibrant and growing Internet and who want to preserve established global Internet institutions. When we speak of global Internet institutions, we are referring to multistakeholder organizations, like the Internet Society, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), that have played a major role in the design and operation of the Internet. A top priority of the Obama Administration, and in particular, NTIA, is to preserve and enhance the multistakeholder model that has been a hallmark feature of the global Internet institutions that have been responsible for the success of the Internet. Maintaining the openness, transparency, and user choice of today's Internet can only be sustained and advanced in a world where all stakeholders participate in relevant decision making, not one where governments, or other stakeholders, dominate. We believe that preserving our existing institutions while extending this model to other aspects of Internet policymaking is important for ensuring the continued growth and innovation of the Internet. Today, I would like to discuss some recent events where we have made substantial progress on our goal to protect and enhance the multistakeholder process for Internet governance. First, many of you know that I have devoted a lot of time in speeches to the accountability and transparency of ICANN, the multistakeholder organization that coordinates the Domain Name System for the Internet. Starting last year, as one of its commitments to the global Internet community set forth in the Affirmation of Commitments, ICANN undertook a detailed review of its accountability and transparency. I had the privilege of participating on the team that conducted this review. It was truly multistakeholder, with members from around the globe including China, Egypt, and South America, representing elements of the global Internet community such as registries, registrars, users, and governments. The team completed its review last December and issued a report with 27 recommendations to the ICANN Board for improving accountability and transparency at ICANN. A little more than three weeks ago, at its meeting in Singapore, the ICANN Board adopted these recommendations as proposed by the review team. I am very pleased by the Board's action, which demonstrates a commitment to improving the accountability and transparency of ICANN and to the multistakeholder process of Internet policymaking. Now the focus turns to ICANN management and staff, who must take up the challenge of implementing these recommendations as rapidly as possible and in a manner that leads to meaningful and lasting reform. These recommendations, when implemented in a thorough and meaningful way, will measurably improve the accountability and transparency of the organization. And while a lot of people worked very hard to get to this point with ICANN, I think the success of the effort so far illustrates an important point about multistakeholder organizations. Multistakeholder institutions derive their legitimacy from the support and active participation of all stakeholders. Accordingly, they are more likely than regulatory or treaty-based organizations to adapt to change and evolve when the stakeholders demand it. It is difficult to imagine employing a similar process to reform more traditional regulatory agencies as quickly or as thoroughly. The other big news in Singapore was ICANN's decision to move forward to expand the number of generic top level domains, or gTLDs. While that decision may not have satisfied everyone, the process used by the Board to reach its decision is worthy of note. In response to long-standing concerns held by governments about the expansion proposal, the ICANN Board held a number of focused exchanges with the Government Advisory Committee to resolve as many of the issues as possible. These exchanges represented the first meaningful interactions between the GAC and the ICANN Board since ICANN's inception and it is critical that the lessons learned through these recent interactions result in clear, predictable processes for the ICANN Board and the GAC going forward. ** From our perspective, ICANN improved the new gTLD program by incorporating a significant number of the GAC proposals. The fact that not all of the GAC's proposals were adopted does not represent a failure of the process or a setback to governments; rather, it reflects the reality of a multistakeholder model.**More important is the fact that the ICANN Board now recognizes the need to bring governments into its multistakeholder policymaking in a more meaningful way. If we are to combat the proposals put forward by others, such as to grant the International Telecommunication Union the authority to veto ICANN Board decisions, we need to ensure that our multistakeholder institutions have provided a meaningful role for governments as stakeholders. A second major achievement of the last month was the action taken by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris at the end of June to adopt a set of Internet policymaking principles.** The occasion was the OECD's High Level Meeting on the Internet Economy for senior decision-makers from governments, the private sector, civil society, and the technical community and it was an unprecedented opportunity to advance the global consensus around the working multistakeholder model that we believe is critical to the Internet's continued success. Participants at the meeting agreed to a communiqué on policy-making principles that will create the conditions for an open, interoperable, secure, and continually innovating Internet. The communiqué reflects a growing global consensus on the value of the multistakeholder approach towards addressing Internet challenges. The principles are not intended to harmonize global law, but rather provide a common framework for companies and governments as they consider Internet policy issues. The OECD member nations endorsed the policymaking principles as did the business and technical advisory committees. The civil society advisory committee could not endorse the entire document due to its concern with provisions relating to online protection of intellectual property. However, everyone supported the plank encouraging multistakeholder cooperation in policy development processes. So, with these actions in Singapore and Paris, where do we go next? What is the call to action for all of you? First and foremost, do not take the OECD principles as the end of the work. Really, we are just at the beginning. Reaching an agreement on the OECD language was a challenge, but our history with those member states and ideological similarities gave us confidence that we would eventually reach consensus. However, some other nations, many with less experience with the multistakeholder model, may be inclined instead to support treaty-based structures for Internet governance. It is our job to advocate for this model and highlight how this multistakeholder process protects their national interests. The United States is most assuredly opposed to establishing a governance structure for the Internet that would be managed and controlled by nation-states. Such a structure could lead to the imposition of heavy-handed and economically misguided regulation and the loss of flexibility the current system allows today, all of which would jeopardize the growth and innovation we have enjoyed these past years. The OECD's policymaking principles are perhaps the clearest statement yet that the United States and like-minded nations oppose treaty-binding regulation of the Internet. Now our challenge is to convince the rest of the world of the advantages of the multistakeholder approach. Next November, the United States will participate in the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). This treaty negotiation will conduct a review of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), the general principles which relate to the provision and operation of international telecommunication services. We can expect that some states will attempt to rewrite the ITRs in a manner that would establish heavy-handed governmental control of the Internet and cybersecurity. These are the countries that we, including all of us in this room, must reach to promote the multistakeholder model, and our work must begin right away. The IGF in Nairobi will provide us all with an excellent opportunity to get started on this important task. I will use speaking opportunities at the IGF and the Government of Kenya's Ministerial meeting to explain why we feel multistakeholder Internet governance is so valuable to preserving and enhancing a dynamic Internet and how it can be most useful in countries with little tradition of employing it. My team at NTIA will also work extensively at the bilateral level over the next year to spread the message. We ultimately hope to attain a global consensus on Internet governance that will preserve an open, interoperable, secure, and continually innovating Internet. But we need your help. Before I close, I would like to remind everyone of the July 29th deadline for responses to NTIA's Further Notice of Inquiry on the IANA functions contract. This process is the first comprehensive review of the IANA functions contract since the award of the initial contract in 2000. We have been conducting what I hope the community agrees is an open and transparent process on the contract. Based on comments received to our original notice, we have gone back to the global community to confirm that we interpreted correctly what was said in the comments. We set forth our tentative conclusions in response to the comments and then provided a draft Statement of Work for public comment. This is the first time NTIA has sought public input on the draft Statement of Work. In keeping with our commitment to the multistakeholder model, NTIA is actively seeking the input of global stakeholders. I encourage you to all carefully read the Further Notice and submit comments by the deadline. In closing, let me assure all of you that the United States government is committed to the multistakeholder model of Internet policymaking. We are encouraged by the fact that support for the model is the consensus view of the participants in this conference and we look forward to working with all of you to build a global consensus on this principle with nations around the world. Thank you". --

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Lawrence E. Strickling, says UN-IGF in Nairobi in Sept. will provide a good opportunity to support Multi stakholder intrenet governance
by Alice Munyua 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

* * *Remarks by Lawrence E. Strickling* *Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information* *Internet Governance Forum--USA* * Washington, DC July 18, 2011* * * "Thank you for the opportunity to speak once again at the IGF-USA. I want especially to thank Marilyn Cade for her work in pulling together the third edition of this meeting and I am glad to have had the opportunity to speak at each of these sessions. We are at a critical time in the history of the Internet. Last month I spoke at the Internet Society's INET meeting in New York City where the question before the house was "What kind of Internet do I want?" I answered that I wanted an Internet that is open, innovative, growing and global and that continues to rely on the established global Internet institutions for guidance and direction. But in the last year we have seen more and more instances of restrictions on the free flow of information online, disputes between various standards bodies and even appeals from incumbent carriers in Europe for government intervention on the terms and conditions for exchanging Internet traffic. We have seen statements by international organizations and even some governments to regulate the Internet more directly. All of these events only strengthen my view that now is truly a time for all to get involved who are concerned about maintaining a vibrant and growing Internet and who want to preserve established global Internet institutions. When we speak of global Internet institutions, we are referring to multistakeholder organizations, like the Internet Society, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), that have played a major role in the design and operation of the Internet. A top priority of the Obama Administration, and in particular, NTIA, is to preserve and enhance the multistakeholder model that has been a hallmark feature of the global Internet institutions that have been responsible for the success of the Internet. Maintaining the openness, transparency, and user choice of today's Internet can only be sustained and advanced in a world where all stakeholders participate in relevant decision making, not one where governments, or other stakeholders, dominate. We believe that preserving our existing institutions while extending this model to other aspects of Internet policymaking is important for ensuring the continued growth and innovation of the Internet. Today, I would like to discuss some recent events where we have made substantial progress on our goal to protect and enhance the multistakeholder process for Internet governance. First, many of you know that I have devoted a lot of time in speeches to the accountability and transparency of ICANN, the multistakeholder organization that coordinates the Domain Name System for the Internet. Starting last year, as one of its commitments to the global Internet community set forth in the Affirmation of Commitments, ICANN undertook a detailed review of its accountability and transparency. I had the privilege of participating on the team that conducted this review. It was truly multistakeholder, with members from around the globe including China, Egypt, and South America, representing elements of the global Internet community such as registries, registrars, users, and governments. The team completed its review last December and issued a report with 27 recommendations to the ICANN Board for improving accountability and transparency at ICANN. A little more than three weeks ago, at its meeting in Singapore, the ICANN Board adopted these recommendations as proposed by the review team. I am very pleased by the Board's action, which demonstrates a commitment to improving the accountability and transparency of ICANN and to the multistakeholder process of Internet policymaking. Now the focus turns to ICANN management and staff, who must take up the challenge of implementing these recommendations as rapidly as possible and in a manner that leads to meaningful and lasting reform. These recommendations, when implemented in a thorough and meaningful way, will measurably improve the accountability and transparency of the organization. And while a lot of people worked very hard to get to this point with ICANN, I think the success of the effort so far illustrates an important point about multistakeholder organizations. Multistakeholder institutions derive their legitimacy from the support and active participation of all stakeholders. Accordingly, they are more likely than regulatory or treaty-based organizations to adapt to change and evolve when the stakeholders demand it. It is difficult to imagine employing a similar process to reform more traditional regulatory agencies as quickly or as thoroughly. The other big news in Singapore was ICANN's decision to move forward to expand the number of generic top level domains, or gTLDs. While that decision may not have satisfied everyone, the process used by the Board to reach its decision is worthy of note. In response to long-standing concerns held by governments about the expansion proposal, the ICANN Board held a number of focused exchanges with the Government Advisory Committee to resolve as many of the issues as possible. These exchanges represented the first meaningful interactions between the GAC and the ICANN Board since ICANN's inception and it is critical that the lessons learned through these recent interactions result in clear, predictable processes for the ICANN Board and the GAC going forward. ** From our perspective, ICANN improved the new gTLD program by incorporating a significant number of the GAC proposals. The fact that not all of the GAC's proposals were adopted does not represent a failure of the process or a setback to governments; rather, it reflects the reality of a multistakeholder model.**More important is the fact that the ICANN Board now recognizes the need to bring governments into its multistakeholder policymaking in a more meaningful way. If we are to combat the proposals put forward by others, such as to grant the International Telecommunication Union the authority to veto ICANN Board decisions, we need to ensure that our multistakeholder institutions have provided a meaningful role for governments as stakeholders. A second major achievement of the last month was the action taken by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris at the end of June to adopt a set of Internet policymaking principles.** The occasion was the OECD's High Level Meeting on the Internet Economy for senior decision-makers from governments, the private sector, civil society, and the technical community and it was an unprecedented opportunity to advance the global consensus around the working multistakeholder model that we believe is critical to the Internet's continued success. Participants at the meeting agreed to a communiqué on policy-making principles that will create the conditions for an open, interoperable, secure, and continually innovating Internet. The communiqué reflects a growing global consensus on the value of the multistakeholder approach towards addressing Internet challenges. The principles are not intended to harmonize global law, but rather provide a common framework for companies and governments as they consider Internet policy issues. The OECD member nations endorsed the policymaking principles as did the business and technical advisory committees. The civil society advisory committee could not endorse the entire document due to its concern with provisions relating to online protection of intellectual property. However, everyone supported the plank encouraging multistakeholder cooperation in policy development processes. So, with these actions in Singapore and Paris, where do we go next? What is the call to action for all of you? First and foremost, do not take the OECD principles as the end of the work. Really, we are just at the beginning. Reaching an agreement on the OECD language was a challenge, but our history with those member states and ideological similarities gave us confidence that we would eventually reach consensus. However, some other nations, many with less experience with the multistakeholder model, may be inclined instead to support treaty-based structures for Internet governance. It is our job to advocate for this model and highlight how this multistakeholder process protects their national interests. The United States is most assuredly opposed to establishing a governance structure for the Internet that would be managed and controlled by nation-states. Such a structure could lead to the imposition of heavy-handed and economically misguided regulation and the loss of flexibility the current system allows today, all of which would jeopardize the growth and innovation we have enjoyed these past years. The OECD's policymaking principles are perhaps the clearest statement yet that the United States and like-minded nations oppose treaty-binding regulation of the Internet. Now our challenge is to convince the rest of the world of the advantages of the multistakeholder approach. Next November, the United States will participate in the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). This treaty negotiation will conduct a review of the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), the general principles which relate to the provision and operation of international telecommunication services. We can expect that some states will attempt to rewrite the ITRs in a manner that would establish heavy-handed governmental control of the Internet and cybersecurity. These are the countries that we, including all of us in this room, must reach to promote the multistakeholder model, and our work must begin right away. The IGF in Nairobi will provide us all with an excellent opportunity to get started on this important task. I will use speaking opportunities at the IGF and the Government of Kenya's Ministerial meeting to explain why we feel multistakeholder Internet governance is so valuable to preserving and enhancing a dynamic Internet and how it can be most useful in countries with little tradition of employing it. My team at NTIA will also work extensively at the bilateral level over the next year to spread the message. We ultimately hope to attain a global consensus on Internet governance that will preserve an open, interoperable, secure, and continually innovating Internet. But we need your help. Before I close, I would like to remind everyone of the July 29th deadline for responses to NTIA's Further Notice of Inquiry on the IANA functions contract. This process is the first comprehensive review of the IANA functions contract since the award of the initial contract in 2000. We have been conducting what I hope the community agrees is an open and transparent process on the contract. Based on comments received to our original notice, we have gone back to the global community to confirm that we interpreted correctly what was said in the comments. We set forth our tentative conclusions in response to the comments and then provided a draft Statement of Work for public comment. This is the first time NTIA has sought public input on the draft Statement of Work. In keeping with our commitment to the multistakeholder model, NTIA is actively seeking the input of global stakeholders. I encourage you to all carefully read the Further Notice and submit comments by the deadline. In closing, let me assure all of you that the United States government is committed to the multistakeholder model of Internet policymaking. We are encouraged by the fact that support for the model is the consensus view of the participants in this conference and we look forward to working with all of you to build a global consensus on this principle with nations around the world. Thank you". --

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Re: [kictanet] Does Anyone Know If "254" Had a Meaning? (Was ITU: Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan)
by Shem Ochuodho 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Friends, Sincere thanks for the compliments. However, there wasn't really any magic: we simply happened to be in the right places at the right time. Thanks to history! Nonetheless, for those of us who might not have been there at the time Kenya acquired its code: could there be any in our midst who knows "why 254"? I know it is NOT the prerogative of a country to choose a code. But in the same vein, I am aware it is not prohibited for countries to request. Word has it "292" had been earmarked for us (after Eritrea - "291")! On receiving this information, a Ugandan friend remarked: "You mean such 'pretty' numbers existed ........ better TZ's '255'"! No wonder US/North America 'picked' "1", and Great Britain "44"! Can someone enlighten me why "254"? Thanks too to those inquiring about the ccTLD (Internet Domain). I can only say: "Coming Soon". Numerous steps to go through, but nearly there. Best rgrds, Shem ________________________________ From: Michael A. Asudi <michael.asudi(a)gmail.com> To: NVK-Mageuzi(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: g47-kenya(a)yahoogroups.com; Madaraka Party <madaraka-kenya(a)yahoogroups.com>; ProgressiveMinds <progressiveminds(a)yahoogroups.com>; NVK-Mageuzi Juba-Caucus <NVK-M-Juba-Caucus(a)yahoogroups.com>; NVK Youth <nvk-youth(a)yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 20:52 Subject: Re: [NVK-Mageuzi] Re: [g47-kenya] Congratulations Dr. Shem (Was ITU: Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan) Great work Now S. Sudan joins the global world Keep up Doc On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Silas Owiti Mudekhere <mudekhere(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >Dr. Ochuodho, > >Congratulations are perfectly in order! Last evening, while attending to one of my "Juakalis" I got that info and was very delighted. What thrills me is the sacrifice some of you visioners have made to make some of these things work. As important as the symbolism of the code numbers assigned are, I am alive to the tribulations that the technical people and the kind of capacity building processes required to make this a reality. I am yet to see an Engineer and IT geek that is so committed, yet humble to work behind the scenes in difficult conditions to achieve results timely as you have! Congratulations again my senior for guiding this process! I do not want to believe that you did all this simply because they are your Luo brothers :)...As the commentator said, the code issue may look like a small things but to me as a communications facilitator, I very well understand what it takes/means to be shut out of Gateway-God forbid if such a thing was to happen. Anyhow, my understanding is that in about a month we should be able to permanently divorced from the 249! > >That gets me to wonder, how do we as Kenyans, recognize our heros? For me, this is a case I want to put to the NVK-M (at least the Juba Caucus) for consideration. > >Stay well bro, and God be with the Republic of South Sudan > >Silas > > > >--- On Tue, 7/19/11, Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>From: Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho(a)yahoo.com> >>Subject: [g47-kenya] Fw: ITU: Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan >>To: "NVK-Mageuzi Members List" <nvk-mageuzi(a)yahoogroups.com> >>Cc: "Madaraka Party" <madaraka-kenya(a)yahoogroups.com>, "ProgressiveMinds" <progressiveminds(a)yahoogroups.com>, "NVK-Mageuzi Juba-Caucus" <NVK-M-Juba-Caucus(a)yahoogroups.com>, "NVK Youth" <nvk-youth(a)yahoogroups.com>, "G-47 Kenya" <g47-kenya(a)yahoogroups.com> >>Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 8:17 AM >> >> >> >>Fyi! >> >> >>Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon) >>Senior Advisor >>Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services >>Government of South Sudan (GoSS), Juba >>Commonwealth Telecom Organization (CTO/GoSS) 2010 African Internaut Award Recipient >>Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) 2007 Excellence Award Winner >>AfricaOnline 2005 Industry Pioneer Award Recipient >>Father of Internet in Kenya (Computer Society of Kenya - CSK 2000) >>Cell: +249-955-021-040/+256-477-232025/+254-725-016679 >>Skype: shem.ochuodho >> >> -- Michael Asudi International Telecommunication Union Youth Forum Fellow KAAD Scholar Certified Pasha Manager Founder & Chair Model-I.T.U Youth Org Email:michael.asudi@gmail.com <Email%3Amichael.asudi(a)gmail.com> Our approach, what I call the Third Way, is to manage that process of change to extend opportunity and prosperity for all-*Tony Blair*

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MPESA mess up
by warigia bowman 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Dear colleagues I had a really bad experience with MPESA tonight. Not sure if the problem was the dealer, or Safaricom in general. I was at Fone Directs, at Yaya Center, on the ground floor. My goal was to register my phone with MPESA, and send 1000 shillings to my sister in Nyeri. Let me start with three big constructive suggestions, and then I will tell my story. 1) If a client stands patiently in line for over 30 minutes without making noise, and without complaining, please serve her first, and resolve her concern, before you deal with the people standing behind her. Safaricom/Fone Direct, please train your employees in customer service. 2) If you are in the customer service industry, your job is to resolve the problem, and complete the transaction, if at all possible. It is not helpful to tell the client that "I have finished my part of the transaction. The rest of it must be dealt with by customer care.": In my business, safaris, my job is to make the client happy, not to "finish my part of the transaction." Safaricom, please do a better job of training your employees. 3) Fone Direct, *please* get a second person to handle MPESA activity at your Yaya branch. I was trapped in your store for over an hour and the entire time, the line snaked out the door. It is a simple principle of qeueing theory and operations research that having more lines prevents traffic jams. Hence, Nakumatt has several lines for customer checkout. Unaelewa? FYI, the workers told me that they have asked several times for a second person, and that management has not acted. Not fair to customers, and not fair to workers. Okay, there you go on the constructive advice. Now, for the story. I arrived at Fone Directs at Yaya at 4:00 p.m today. I had a simple transaction in mind. Register my phone for MPESA, and send my sister 1000 shillings. Simple, right? I had my passport, and I had my phone. I have never had an MPESA account before. I stood in line quietly and patiently for 40 minutes. I did not complain, and I did not berate the girl at the counter. I just waited my turn in line. This is because I went to Kindergarten in the US. We take standing in line very seriously in the US. Cutting in line is a hanging offense. When I got to the head of the line, I asked the girl to set up an MPESA account for me. Her name was ANN. ANN at Fone Direct. *To her credit, she remained calm throughout*. She took my passport, and tried to set up my account, but when we attempted to enter the code that MPESA sent, the Safaricom system would not accept it. We tried a few times to no avail. At that point, Ann told me I had to call customer care. I told her "no, I am in a big Safaricom store. This is your job. Please do it. You call customer care." She did call customer care. At that point, she began handling the transactions of the people behind me. This got on my nerves, because I had waited patiently behind 5 people, and not tried to get my transaction handled ahead of people who are ahead of me. This is simply bad manners on the part of both the people in line, and the customer service agent. I complained, but I can see the situation from her perspective.She was in a bad situation, with a line snaking out the door. *Management, get this girl some help. * She did call customer care, and they tried to work on the situation. At that point, they said they would send me an MPESA menu. I waited for twenty minutes, while Ann continued to serve the people behind me. After twenty minutes, (It was 4:55 at this point) I asked her what was going on. She said that we were waiting for the menu. She then said, "I have completed my part of the transaction, I am only waiting on customer care. The rest of this is their job." I told her that her job is not to do her part of the transaction. Her job is to serve her customer, so why did she not call customer care? I also told her that I am in the industry, and that I suggest she serve me, since it was my turn. She did that, and lo and behold, they sent the menu right away!!! Amazing! After I complained three times, they did their job promptly! So at 5:15, after an hour and a quarter of waiting, and a lot of negotiating with the staff to get them to fulfil their duties, Ann was able to assist me to send my 1000 shillings. I told her I would ask for help for her. Hence, I am writing this email. Thoughts? Other than I am very kali? Yours, Rigia

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ITU: Country Code 211 Officially Assigned to South Sudan
by Shem Ochuodho 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Fyi! Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon) Senior Advisor Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services Government of South Sudan (GoSS), Juba Commonwealth Telecom Organization (CTO/GoSS) 2010 African Internaut Award Recipient Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) 2007 Excellence Award Winner AfricaOnline 2005 Industry Pioneer Award Recipient Father of Internet in Kenya (Computer Society of Kenya - CSK 2000) Cell: +249-955-021-040/+256-477-232025/+254-725-016679 Skype: shem.ochuodho

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Zuku Fibre Service
by S.Murigi Muraya 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

First, need to say that demand for Zuku Fibre service is higher than they can literally manage. We (clients) were denied entry to a Wananchi Online tech support office -- after being referred their by their own sales staff. For over 3 months have been asking Wananchi Online to help resolve a complicated situation at my location. It is not their fault (the building is not very modern) but Wananchi Online could show more leadership in the matter. Nani atasaidia?

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INVITATION TO 2010 KENYA IGF
by David Wambua 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Dear Listers, The Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) and other participating organisations wish to invite you to the 2011 Kenya IGF to be held at AFRALTI (see map below) on Friday 22nd,July 2010 from 7.00 am to 4:00 pm. The 2011 Kenya IGF is a follow up to the 2010 national IGF and the regional East Africa Internet Governance Forum 2010. The national and the regional forums aim at creating awareness,instituting a consensus building process to develop a common understanding of local IG issues as well as building capacity to enable meaningful participation in global Internet policy, governance and development processes and initiatives. The Kenya IGF will therefore provide Kenyan Internet stakeholders with an opportunity to increase their understanding of Internet governance issues and the links with socio-economic, political and cultural development and strengthen the internet governance community of practice evolving in the East Africa region. As Kenya will be hosting the 2011 global United Nations Internet Governance Forum (UN-IGF) the Kenya and EA forums will support the goals of the UN-IGF and the continued evolution of the open, multi-stakeholder internet. The outcomes of the K-IGF will be submitted and presented at the 2011 East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EA-IGF 2011) to be held in Kigali, Rwanda in August and subsequently to the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting to be held in Nairobi ,Kenya, from 27-30 September 2011. More information can be found on the National IGF website http://www.eaigf.or.ke/nigfs/kigf.html For planning purposes, kindly send an email to kenya(a)eaigf.or.ke confirming your attendance. Regards, ............................. David I. Wambua dot KE for Every Name in Kenya! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by KeNIC MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC)

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orange email hosting service
by robert yawe 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Hi, I have been having problems with my mail hosted at Orange/Telkom/Jambo over the past 2 weeks is there anyone else out there who might have been experiencing the same problems? 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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SMS Delivery
by Odhiambo Washington 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Hello world, is there a way to make/force Airtel to deliver my txt msgs and give me a delivery report? I've complained to them, to CCK, but no solution!! Well, perhaps it's easy to just stop using them but feels defeatist, because me thinks they have an obligation to deliver, unless the license terms say theirs is a 'best effort' service. Serikali itusaidie. Tunalipa na hatupati huduma. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Digital early reading content
by Judy Njogu 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Listers; I am looking for digital content for early education with a bias towards reading (pre-primary to say standard 4) in the various local languages. Does anyone have this or can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you! Judy. ##################################################################################### NOTE: All emails sent from Safaricom Limited are subject to Safaricom�s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here to read the policy. #####################################################################################

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Fwd: [igf_members] Good news! Contact with Tarek Kamel!
by waudo siganga 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Dear Listers - those who know Tarek Kamel, lately ICT Minister in Egypt, may be interested in his contacts as below: ----- Original message ----- From: "George Sadowsky" <george.sadowsky(a)gmail.com> To: igf_members(a)intgovforum.org Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:44:50 -0400 Subject: [igf_members] Good news! Contact with Tarek Kamel! All, Thanks to Nashwa Abedel-Baki, I made contact with Tarek yesterday, and we had a very good telephone call. Here are the highlights: - He is in Paris and has been for some time. He's being treated at the American Hospital for a malignancy of the stomach and intestine. (We did not go into detail.) According to Tarek, his doctor gives him a very good prognosis for beating the disease. - He is living at an apartment hotel in Paris, connected to the Egyptian embassy. - His wife is with him in Paris, and his children are with his wife's parents in Egypt. - He is interested in resuming a professional career, most probably in the international sphere, and he is beginning to put out feelers and to re-establish his professional network. Some of us, or course, are a part of that network. I told him that he has many friends internationally, here in this group as well as elsewhere, and that he could count on whatever help we could give him. - Depending upon his medical condition, he talked about possibly visiting the United States (Washington, New York, maybe elsewhere) at the end of summer or early fall. - He now has a new e-mail address, independent of the Egyptian government: "Tarek Kamel" <tmkamel(a)gmail.com> I encourage you to write to him. - He has a mobile phone number: +33 6 26 48 78 35. When I talked with him, he seemed somewhat tired, but his spirits were good, and he enjoyed the contact. My sense is that he has some preference for e-mail contact, but that's my sense only and I could be wrong, and it clearly depends upon the nature of the conversation. When he is in the hospital for treatment he probably doesn't have access to his phone very much; in the U.S. the use of mobile phones is restricted when around any significant medical instrumentation. I hope that as a group, we have sufficient imagination, knowledge, contacts, and perseverance to help him to secure a really good position in which he can be effective, one that he richly deserves. Regards, George _______________________________________________ igf_members mailing list igf_members(a)intgovforum.org http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igf_members_intgovforum.org

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Planning Digital Villages Visit
by warigia bowman 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Dear colleagues. I now have a list of Safaricom villages and also Pasha villages. Safaricom has asked me as a courtesy to meet with them before I venture out. So I will do that. I have a conference I have to attend in Nairobi from July 25th until August 6th. I would like to take the second week of August to go visit as many villages as I can afford to. Does anyone have a preference regarding visiting Safaricom or Pasha? I guess that in theory, we could visit both in the same county. I have heard from two people who are seriously interested in coming with me. If it is only two, I will just rent a car, not a safari van. Again, it would be helpful, if you could pitch in 500 shillings for the gas, but it is not required. I know that the economy is tight right now. I just thank God that I have a good job. *Illhamdillulah*, as we say in Egypt. Anyway, get in touch at warigia(a)gmail.com if you SERIOUSLY want to accompany me. Yours, Rigia

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What are the core system and hosting requirements of the Open Data Inititative?
by aki 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

--For those involved in the end user data creation creativity, please ignore this thread as the system is operational therefore this thread does not affect you-- If KICBT could respond, it would be help establish some parameters of this project. As a matter of national interest to all Kenyan Software Developer Companies, Telcos, ISPs and Data Centre Operators, please provide the requirements. The project also seems a very interesting study for the University Level Students in Computer Sciences. These are some of the basic questions I can think of: 1) How is the Data captured at local level i.e Is it a manual or automated process? 2) Is the data a push type or pull type of sevice? 3) What data formats does the Govt data provide? 4) What are the data visualization requirements? 5) Is each Ministry provided a module or template that allows for uniform data collections? 6) What were the bandwidth, system location, electricity, security, system security and redundancy requirements for a public hosted system? 7) How is the data integrity and accuracy ensured or what check mechanisms ensure data reliability? 8) What are the financial performances required to fulfill the project continuty? 9) In keeping with the large display Mobile and the 7inch screen devices ( such as iPad and the rest ), what requirements are placed on the core system? Thank you.

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AITEC East Africa ICT Summit, Nairobi, 2-3 November 2011
by Sean Moroney 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Dear Listers, This years Summit will focus on three key subject areas: Ø Cloud computing Ø Data security Ø Mobile apps The Call for Papers is attached. Please send me your presentation proposals. Regards, Sean Moroney Chairman AITEC Africa seanm(a)aitecafrica.com UK Tel: +44(0)1480-880774 UK Mobile: +44(0)7973-499224 Skype: <mailto:seanmoroneyseanm@aitecafrica.com> seanmoroney seanm(a)aitecafrica.com <http://www.aitecafrica.comfollow/> www.aitecafrica.com Follow us on twitter: <http://twitter.com/aitecafrica> http://twitter.com/aitecafrica Forthcoming Events: <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/71> Broadcast & Film Africa <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/72> AITEC East Africa ICT Summit <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/73> AITEC Mozambique ICT Congress <http://www.aitecafrica.com/event/view/74> AfriHealth

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Indian techie's site helps blast victims - CNN.com
by saguyo＠yahoo.com 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

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Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?
by arap Kirui 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Paul, Can we consider a data set on the legislature, the institution that remains shrouded in secrecy yet key in the governance of our country? Kipkemoi arap Kirui Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: Paul Kukubo Sent: 14/07/2011 10:23:01 To: arapkirui(a)gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit? Thank you or your email and your request. Indeed we don't have transport Data yet and I shall take this up as it has come up a few If you go onto thewebsite you will see that there is a page where we ask for data suggestions and there is a long list. I shall confirm to you what the status is on this later. PS Ndemo has been working with other permanent secretaries to champion the issue of availing data to the public. There are are very many data sets that people have written to request for and this is an on-going process. Paul Kukubo CEO Kenya ICT Board On Thursday, July 14, 2011, James Muendo <timrick(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Paul, > You asked what data is missing? We haven't been able to access data that is in regards to the transport sector. Is it possible to have it? Am trying to put together an application that needs me to get the data/statistics in-order to have a concrete application. Any help? > > Regards, > > On 13 July 2011 20:12, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> wrote: > > > I would like to shift the discussion if I may to what people can do > with the data? What data is missing? how citizens are using it. What > possible value additions we can have? > > Socrata.com is an online hosted service that enables data to be > visualized to enable graphs and charts and data comparisons with ease. > This visualization is what gives meaning to the data in a way that the > common citizens can view it. The benefits of doing this quickly for > launch and citizen access far outweigh the cost of waiting for the > time it would have taken for us to develop a similar online > application locally. One the same website we have published the same > lists of data in their original formats. > > Indeed we have spoken to many software developers who have suggested > that they can replicate this The data is there for anyone to replicate > it on any website. What we have indicated to software developers is to > take the plunge into imagining solutions that are based on have access > to that data. This is where the greatest value is. > > The issue of local hosting has our attention and we will resolve it, > not just with a local data centre, that is not the limitation, but the > replication of a similar online tool to visualize the data. > > This campaign has to be about the benefits of open data. Knowledge, > empowerment, commerce entrepreneurship, citizen participation. By > crusading for, lobbying and obtaining data that was previously only in > thick books, PS Dr Ndemo has broken ground for us. By launching this > HE President Kibaki has demonstrated Kenya's commitment to citizen > access. > > Once the entrepreneurs developers have a system that can replicate or > even improve or add value to Socrata, or even improve on Socrata and > Google's public data tools, the hosting decisions will be easy. As an > implementing agency, we are committed to working with all to make this > happen. There is much to be done. > > Thank you to those who have emailed us with specific suggestions of > encouragement and improvements to this process. The journey has just > began. > > > Sent from my iPad > > Paul Kukubo > CEO Kenya ICT Board > Tweeter: @pkukubo > > On 13 Jul 2011, at 17:04, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is indeed a healthy discussion which I really appreciate. >> However, as a layman, just as someone pointed out, what exactly is a >> (open) data centre? And how does it differ to what NBK, KPLC(?), >> Equity bank have? >> Where the Kenya Govt Open Data is, sets a curios question: doesn't the >> govt have plans to have it located locally? And if there are >> challenged reeling, can't it be brought to the fore, so that we may >> put our heads together and brainstorm? >> The idea of some sections of the government classifying information >> does not go well since the government is nopt an exclusive members >> club. >> If by what has been said, of Paul Kukubo 'sitting' on some resources, >> then it would be prudent to look at the matter in a sober manner and >> see how they can be put into good use. >> And, if there are no plans for Kenya to have the data centres locally >> based for the next three years, then why are we talking of Konza >> (Malili) ICT City, which would be a perfect place for piloting this >> DC? >> A lot of deliberation needs to be made, to realize the establishment >> of our own DC here. >> >> My 2 cents. >> >> On 13/07/2011, Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Robert, >>> >>> On 7/13/11 3:31 PM, robert yawe wrote: >>>> Hi Michuki, >>>> >>>> Thank you for the information, please give us the following missing >>>> information. >>>> >>>> 1) An Operators license from CCK - ISP, Mobile, etc >>>> >>>> I will follow up on the license requirements from CCK but out of >>>> curiosity what license do UNON, KRA & NBK have >>>> (http://www.tespok.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Ite… >>>> <http://www.tespok.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Ite…>) >>>> just >>>> to get a better understanding of the entire process?<-- > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/timrick%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. > > > -- 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 _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arapkirui%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Re: [kictanet] Kenya IGF 2011 Mailing list discussion Closure and Draft Report
by Barrack Otieno 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Dear Listers, We have come to the end of this years Kenya IGF Mailing List Discussions. We would like to thank all those who contributed for their enthusiam and zeal. There was good participation from the government, private sector, technical community and civil society. The following topics were discussed over the ten day period our theme being *Internet as a Catalyst for innovation and developement.* * * - *Impact of Mobile Internet* - *Cloud Computing* - *Cyber Security and Privacy* - *Broadband* - *Principles of Internet Policy Making* * * As per the notice sent out earlier the face to face meeting which will feature diverse panelists drawn from the public sector, industry, civil society and technical community in line with the multistakeholder nature of the Internet Governance Forum will be held on 22nd July 2011. It will be preceded by presentation and validation of the online report. Herewith please find the draft report for the mailing list discussions that were held over the ten day period, you may submit your comments before Wednesday 20th July for compilation of the final report. For more information keep checking www.igf.or.ke and www.eaigf.or.ke. Thank you Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno

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Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC
by Paul Kukubo 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

*Listers* * * * * *The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of Communications will launch a new Government Open Data Portal on July 8, 2011 at the KICC that will, for the first time, make several large government datasets available to the general public in an easy to search and view format.* The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki . Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow. The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and display national and county level data in graphs and maps and allow for easy comparison and analysis between datasets. **** ** ** For web and software developers, the portal will avail data in useable formats like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset.**** ** ** The portal will be one of the first and largest government data portals in sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among developing countries in the adoption of open data - a movement that is gathering momentum globally. **** * * *What is open data?***** Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much public data is already available by law but it's often not usable because it is in a format that is not easy to find, use and re-use. Published PDF files do not constitute "open data" and are not helpful to large-scale users.**** ** ** To be open, data must be:**** - easily found through search engines (meta-tagged)**** - available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF)**** - accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable)**** - allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use (e.g Creative Commons Licences)**** Open Data not only increases transparency and accountability but also promotes greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by allowing users to easily consume and interpret data**** ** ** This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door on your arrival. 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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Khan; solution to teacher shortage
by robert yawe 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi, We need to get this issue out and in the classroom, listen to Khan explain his site and get an appreciation of how we can level the education gap by using technology. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4gLk&feature=player_embedded 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] Open Data - Where does it sit?
by robert yawe 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi Paul, The government data centre is at tender stage as we think which indicates that we shall not be bringing the data home for at least 3 years. Does't this indicate a failure in the KICT Board that we do not have a data centre of international standards? I noted someone indicate that hosting is being done in the US because there is better hosting facilities a situation that was the responsibility of the board to remedy. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: paul kukubo <paulkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Mon, 11 July, 2011 14:04:30 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit? Robert Right now the website sits on the platform at Socrata, who are hosting the visualization platform. This will be migrated to the government data centre as soon as the hosting resources are in place. Because the data is open, any user can download and deploy the data as they wish, as long as there is reference to the opendata source. may regards. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:01 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >C:\>tracert opendata.go.ke > > >Tracing route to opendata.go.ke [216.227.229.160] >over a maximum of 30 hops: > > > 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.2 > 2 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 41.139.207.241 > 3 4 ms 9 ms 15 ms 41-139-255-93.safaricombusiness.co.ke [41.139.25 >5.93] > 4 4 ms 4 ms 4 ms 41-139-255-94.safaricombusiness.co.ke [41.139.25 >5.94] > 5 5 ms 5 ms 4 ms 41-139-255-49.safaricombusiness.co.ke [41.139.25 >5.49] > 6 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 196.201.222.33 > 7 93 ms 93 ms 98 ms if-4-2-2.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net [209.58.105 >.25] > 8 314 ms 295 ms 294 ms if-8-1-0-0.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net [180.87. >38.17] > 9 297 ms 298 ms 297 ms if-2-2.tcore2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net [180.87.38.2 >] > 10 289 ms 289 ms 289 ms if-6-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.130. >5] > 11 293 ms 296 ms 300 ms if-7-2.tcore2.NJY-Newark.as6453.net [80.231.130. >54] > 12 298 ms 295 ms 304 ms if-9-0-0-1108.core3.NTO-NewYork.as6453.net [66.1 >98.111.50] > 13 296 ms 288 ms 288 ms cr2-pos-0-8-0-3.nyr.savvis.net [208.173.129.29] > > > 14 351 ms 350 ms 349 ms cr1-pos-0-3-1-1.Seattle.savvis.net >[204.70.200.6 >] > 15 * 387 ms * hr2.se2-pos-9-0-0.se2.savvis.net [208.172.81.222 >] > 16 342 ms 343 ms 342 ms 209.67.77.62 > 17 * * * Request timed out. > 18 * * * Request timed out. > 19 * * * Request timed out. > 20 * * * Request timed out. > 21 * * * Request timed out. > 22 * * * Request timed out. > 23 * * * Request timed out. > 24 * * * Request timed out. > 25 * * * Request timed out. > 26 * * * Request timed out. > 27 * * * Request timed out. > 28 * * * Request timed out. > 29 * * * Request timed out. > 30 * * * Request timed out. > > >Trace complete. Robert Yawe >KAY System Technologies Ltd >Phoenix House, 6th Floor >P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >Kenya > > >Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > > > > > ________________________________ From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> >To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Sent: Thu, 7 July, 2011 18:48:50 >Subject: [kictanet] Government to Launch Open Data July 8th @KICC > > >Listers > > > > >The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Information of Communications >will launch a new Government Open Data Portal on July 8, 2011 at the KICC that >will, for the first time, make several large government datasets available to >the general public in an easy to search and view format. > > >The launch will be presided over by HE President Mwai Kibaki . > > >Program commences at 9.30 tomorrow. > > >The web portal will allow citizens and the private sector to search and display >national and county level data in graphs and maps and allow for easy comparison >and analysis between datasets. > >For web and software developers, the portal will avail data in useable formats >like cvs, Excel and will even include APIs for each dataset. > >The portal will be one of the first and largest government data portals in >sub-Saharan Africa. With this launch, Kenya will become a leader among >developing countries in the adoption of open data - a movement that is gathering >momentum globally. > >What is open data? >Public information and searchable information are two different things. Much >public data is already available by law but it's often not usable because it is >in a format that is not easy to find, use and re-use. Published PDF files do not >constitute "open data" and are not helpful to large-scale users. > >To be open, data must be: > * easily found through search engines (meta-tagged) > * available in machine readable formats (CSV, XML, APIs not PDF) > * accessible by third party tools/applications (interoperable) > * allow others to use and re-use for non-commercial and commercial use (e.g >Creative Commons Licences) >Open Data not only increases transparency and accountability but also promotes >greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services by >allowing users to easily consume and interpret data > >This is therefore to invite you to the launch. You can register at the door on >your arrival. > > > >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >Unsubscribe or change your options at >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/pkukubo%40ict.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. > -- 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 personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Kenya Open Data Initiative
by Dennis Kioko 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

I find the idea of a government owned data centre quite tricky,given government's track record in running businesses. Should they be involved past the policy level? On 13 July 2011 09:47, Boniface <mboteb(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I get your point gentle men. I particularly like the idea of having a > government owned data center (Preferably in Konza) to guide the rest of us > who are skeptics. The 'old rich' ok, senior citizens can even setup backup > centers and new centers for cloud computing. I think I will approach one > senior citizen but am still skeptical. > > /Bonz > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Gregory Okoth <gregory.okoth(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Nice thoughts ... but alas!!! not even a Kenyan flag or the national >> colors somewhere to make it have a Kenyan look? :-( >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi(a)gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Morning Peter, >>> >>> On 7/12/11 7:36 AM, Peter Karunyu wrote: >>> > I think I get your point now; invest in the infrastructure now instead >>> > of the amazon quick fix. >>> > >>> >>> Spot on. >>> >>> >>> > I thought the govt already had some sort of data center? >>> > >>> >>> Last time i heard the datacenter(s) were under construction. I dont know >>> if they were completed though threads on similar discussion on Kictanet >>> list seem to indicate that they are. >>> >>> Well i hope to see in the near future a tender to build, run and operate >>> a Govt cloud based system. That would be a good start. >>> >>> However, in addition to the Govt DC's we need to see more facilities >>> built. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michuki. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> 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, >> Greg >> -------- >> Life is not a rehearsal, you only live once! >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > 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 > -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Examples Open Data in New York
by Paul Kukubo 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Listers Sorry for cross posting. This article appearing on mashable.com online is very interesting in illustrating how open data can be deployed. As Kenya is the first country in Africa to open up it's data, we must seek examples that encourage our entrepreneurs and our policy makers as well. Enjoy.. Local Governments Motivate App Developers With Contests Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 04:42 PM | Sarah Kessler The past two years, New York City has hosted contests for mobile apps that use city data. Now New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is launching a similar contest of its own. A number of cities, including Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, have made their data publicly available. It makes sense: Apps that improve parking situations or make public transportation easier to navigate benefit the city without sucking its resources. But New York City, and now New York State, are some of the first governments to add a contest to the process in order to incentivize developers to make such apps. To be eligible for “MTA App Quest” and its $15,000 in cash prizes, the biggest requirement is that apps need to use at least one of the MTA’s data sets. The MTA first posted databases online for developer use in January 2010, and 40 or so apps have been created using the data. But many of these, like NYC Way [iTunes link], were entries in New York City’s BigApps contest, which borrowed several MTA databases. For its own contest, the MTA has released six new or updated data sets, including one that shows where platforms, elevators, turnstiles and station agent booths are located inside subway stations. Beyond that, the two contests are pretty similar, despite one being run by the city and the other by the state. The MTA has partnered with the same contest platform that NYC did, ChallengePost. In this case, ChallengePost is putting up the prize money for the contest. Usually, it collects money to run crowdsourcing contests for clients like the World Bank and Michelle Obama. ChallengePost CEO Brandon Kessler says that NYC was the first city to use a contest on his platform for an open data app contest. Now that New York State has also caught on to the publicity method, we wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not the last. More About: BigApps, MTA, new york, public transportation Paul Kukubo CEO Kenya ICT Board Kenya ICT Board Facebook:KenyaICTBoard, tweeter: @TANDAAKenya Personal: Tweeter: @pkukubo FB: www.facebook.com/pkukubo -- 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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visiting digital villages
by warigia bowman 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Dear Listers I am in Nairobi now. The Permanent Secretary has kindly provided me with a list of safaricom digital villages. I would like to go visit them. I am waiting to get more detailed addresses from the ICT Board so I can schedule visits. I wanted to start with Central and Eastern. If anyone wants to come with, I could hire a safari van if people can pitch in a little gas money. Yours, Rigia

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Finance Policy - Tech Startups
by Phares Kariuki 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi, Question, for those who have run tech startups, how do you deal with excessive revenue? Given that tech firms many times operate on high margins, let's, for the sake of example, say you have a product that, with an expense book of roughly 1M (Rent + Salaries), and your monthly revenue is 8 M KES. What do you do with the remaining 7M? Some say invest in product development but even then, you will still have quite an amount of change. What happens to that change? Invested in a bank? Or in some form of Fixed Income Securities (Bonds, T-Bills etc). What's the general practice in .ke? -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 720 406 093 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares | B: http://www.kaboro.com/ |

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