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Sh74 billion needed to bridge Kenya’s yawning digital divide
by Grace Githaiga 28 May '13

28 May '13

Kenya must spend at least Sh74 billion to supply telecommunication services to the marginalised parts of the country.Data compiled by the Communications Commission of Kenya indicates that 72 per cent of all Kenyans do not have access to internet services, 11 per cent do not have access to voice services while 90.5 per cent of former sub-locations do not have a post office. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Sh74-billion-needed-to-bridge-Kenyas-…

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IEBC Voting Day Technical Audit
by Mark Mwangi 28 May '13

28 May '13

Listers, Now that the elections are long over and nation building is ongoing, is there an Audit being prepared by the IEBC to explain exactly what happened. If there is none then why not? Are we to accept that the billions spent are gone and accept the results of the wastage? -- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke

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How Digital is our Government?
by Walubengo J 28 May '13

28 May '13

With a relatively youthful cabinet, the government formed by an equally youthful Jubilee coalition complete with a "digital" manifesto, Kenyans are eager to reap the dividends. Talk of going digital is high on government agenda - which is a welcome continuation of what the previous government had tried to pursue over the last ten years. But do we all have the same understanding of what digital government is? Does reading government speeches from a Touch-pad imply the government is digital? Or is it about having high-ranking government officials being active on social media like Facebook and twitter? Perhaps, for many others, digital government may simply imply giving laptops to standard one pupils. So what exactly is digital government? read more @ http://tinyurl.com/nocr9je thought folks at connected government summit in MSA may wish to interrogate this... walu.

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'Things I don't want to hear at Connected Government'
by Andrea Bohnstedt 28 May '13

28 May '13

http://www.kachwanya.com/things-i-dont-want-to-hear-at-connected-kenya-2013…

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What's your take? Is Kenya Power justified in demanding a rise in tariffs? How about the new reports of freezing new connections?
by Ali Hussein 27 May '13

27 May '13

Listers Kenya Power is said to freeze new connections. Who is right? Should the government allow Kenya Power to operate without interference? Should the government fully liberalize the energy sector like it did the Telco sector? It is said that Egypt's power costs are 50% Kenya's. is this really true? Are there government subsidies attached to this? The issue of power in this country needs to urgently be addressed or we can kiss goodbye to vision 2030. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Kenya-Power-now-freezes-n… Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Here you go......
by Eric Osiakwan 25 May '13

25 May '13

http://m.europe.wsj.com/articles/a/SB10001424127887323975004578503350402434… Eric here Sent from my iPhone

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S.Africa police website hacked, informers exposed
by Grace Githaiga 24 May '13

24 May '13

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/S-Africa-police-website-hacked-informer…

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Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified?
by Ali Hussein 24 May '13

24 May '13

In a move that is likely to open up a new battlefront in the Digital TV migration saga in Kenya, CCK announces that it will not after all award a 3rd digital signal distributor license to Kenyan Broadcasters. Saying that the international regulatory environment has since changed and that it would be difficult to go ahead with the plan, the DG asked broadcasters to either partner with Signet, a subsidiary of KBC or buy shares in Pan African Network, the other distributor of digital signals. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/CCK-now-rules-out-third-digital-signa… The Media owners are definitely going to come out fighting. What's your take? Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Kenya’s One Laptop Per Child Marketplace Center
by Walubengo J 23 May '13

23 May '13

Funny, this topic refused to go away. Anyone from Bungoma who can collaborate this beautiful pics @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/smallsolutionsbigideas with an even better write up below? ~~~~~~ In the Bungoma district, up in the hills one OLPC Kenya project has opened a marketplace center bringing their One Laptop Per Child XO programs to any child who comes. On weekends this center has been servicing 50 – 100 children since last January. For children to really become proficient in using technology for learning, school classroom allotted hours don’t fill the hunger that children have to master the technology. For these students who are able to come to their local marketplace center, hours spent on weekends accelerate learning and engagement. Children come at 9 o’clock in the morning don’t want to leave. There are not enough laptops for all children to have one to themselves. These children are good at collaborating. Now they are proficient enough to create Scratch animations, use Turtle Art, and Paint effectively and research issues on the internet. The leaders of the program are continuing to engage children in community concerns, using the laptop to interview, video, photograph and document local attitudes towards issues such as farming, HIV/AIDs, and trash disposal. This team led by Fred Juma Wakasiaka and Bonaventure Masika was started in 2009 building a program with a small number of XO laptops. Three years later they have a strong program with 6 – 8 trained teachers working in classrooms at three schools during the week, at the markeplace on the weekends. The access to the internet at the marketplace was helpful during last fall’s teacher strike, as students were able to download archived exams to prepare for their examinations. the center. walu.

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Internet Governance issues come out in the open in Kenya as Telkom Kenya & Google Clash
by Ali Hussein 23 May '13

23 May '13

Listers This is of interest to all those who intend to start or are in the business of creating and owning content online. This story which appears in the business daily highlights the pitfalls we face when business models start eroding and companies look for life lines without fully understanding what is disrupting their business models. This particular issue of telcos demanding that content providers like Google, Facebook and Ma3Racer pay them for access was a major bone of contention during WCIT12. So what you think? Should we all pay the Telcos for the right to allow them to give their customers access to their content online? If this succeeds what is to stop Telkom Kenya or any other Telco to demand that if I want my little blog to be accessed by their customers I need to pay them access charges? http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-and-Google-clash-o… This is one of the reasons that Kenya didn't sign WCIT12. It is now interesting that the same argument is being raised by Telkom Kenya. Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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