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Re: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

So...when all is said and done, can we in a point format (an I mean 1, 2, 3....n) format list what we need to do and get started in doing it? I will start: Consolidate all the ICT /quasi-ICT associations into 1 formidable organization. In that process, define the working modalities, mandates, etc of the organization Set timelines on when and how the above will happenThe rest will follow naturally - oh....and we all promise to check our selfish peculiar habits at the door for the sake of the industry. Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: harry(a)comtelsys.co.keTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 3/13/13 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at Aye..! Dear Edith, Actually, on the contrary, I was one very vocal Kenyan, about the issue last week.. You do not remember..? Maybe the gist of what I raised as a pertinent issue in my earlier email got lost somewhere within. So again, here, my rejoinder. 1. The IEBC ICT systems failed last week during a very crucial national process We all agree they failed, and so spectacularly for that matter. 2. We on the list here, were up in arms - some highlighting, criticizing, demanding answers, and an audit of the happenings on the ICT front of the process, and some coming to its defense 3. Were we fronting different positions, only based on how each of our candidates was performing in the tallying process, or it was to deal with an anomaly irrespective..? Is it for the love of country, or love of self, me, us and I..? 4. We loosely agreed for a post-election audit, but quickly the issue fizzled out. The main process was concluded, putting the matter to rest, so it seems. No follow-up mechanism in place etcetra. Thankfully Brian, just indicated a discussion will be held on the issue. But we may need a credible, independent body/ taskforce to deal with the issue and report back to Kenyans. 5. Early this week saw the list jump to another component of this national process The media. Again, one cannot help but see the divergent views taking a tangent thats all too familiar. Again, this will fizzle out once positions are firmly cemented in place and the whole issue will come to naught. Do we seem to have a diversionary streak in us..? What is it thats our main undoing..? 1. We have deep seated and deep rooted issues, within us that inform the divergent views/opinions/positions we hold and a two-year old will have little difficulty seeing through the masks we put on. 2. We talk a lot. On the list, in our gatherings, streets, villages everywhere. But we need to really put mechanisms in place to go beyond the talk-shop. Can we start on this list. 3. Lets be unselfish and strive to consider and front country and each other first and we will progress much, much more. Harry We need to take a lead on matters ICT that affect this nation, based on principle/substance and avoid at all costs taking divergent opposing positions that best answer to the Question, - what is in it for me/us ( read partisan). From: Edith Adera [mailto:eadera@idrc.ca] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:35 PM To: harry(a)comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: RE: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC Harry, Not sure you were in Kenya or buried your head in the sand! Its a fact that the system did not work and IEBC had to revert to the manual system as reported by the Chair of the IEBC on TV. We need to learn to tell the truth as a country and confront our issues. Someone suggested on this list, cant remember who, that as an ICT industry an audit should be carried out so we know what went wrong and learn for the future. Why do we always turn to the easy targets.tribalism, partisan interests etc when hard questions are asked? Edith From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Harry Delano Sent: March 12, 2013 3:22 PM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC Aye..! Could someone please aver what the furor was all about on this list when systems failed at IEBC last week. I thought it was so that we could address systemic issues in that part of the election process..? Please someone correct me, but I seem to be settling on this conclusion that we collectively only raise hue and cry when the system(s) are perceived to be working against us, or not in our interests whichever side of divide each one of us sits. Once they serve our interests, we quickly move on.. So where is posterity in all this..? A pattern emerges where well calculated intellectual arguments everywhere nowadays, that thinly veil and mask the real motives in us. We completely bury our heads in the ground and deny that we have deeply rooted issues that stem from tribe, class etc and as a result, we are caught up in this vicious cycle that we cannot seem to free ourselves from and which clouds our entire vision as a nation. Who will free us, if we do not take initiative ourselves..? How and when will we as a nation confront this monster head on, by first of all acknowledging it exists. Then moving to deal with it. Can this list be at the forefront of it..? If so, lets start now.. Harry

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Sili Con Savanna
by robert yawe 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

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New Pay Phones (booths) for New York City
by robert yawe 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Hi, It is said that the show isn't over until the fat lady/man sings, with many mobile phone batteries running out of juice by mid day the booth will definitely come in handy. http://www.gizmag.com/nyc-reinvent-payphone/26560/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscr… 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] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC
by Sam Aguyo 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Edith, an audit can be done, but what happens when one is found calpable? Bankers, have - KBA, Lawyers - Law Society, Doctors, Engineers, these bodies have teeth and can deregister a member, therefore feared. ICT have the highest number of registered loose organisations addressing different objectives, does it mean there is no common factor or the rapid developments in the ICT sector is too desruptive, does it mean ICT is just a tool and remains one like a tractor to ploughing however you can have an association for drivers? Sam Aguyo ------------------------------ On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 4:35 PM AST (Arabian) Edith Adera wrote: >Harry, > >Not sure you were in Kenya or buried your head in the sand! > >It's a fact that the system did not work and IEBC had to revert to the manual system as reported by the Chair of the IEBC on TV. > >We need to learn to tell the truth as a country and confront our issues. Someone suggested on this list, can't remember who, that as an ICT industry an audit should be carried out so we know what went wrong and learn for the future. > >Why do we always turn to the easy targets....tribalism, partisan interests etc when hard questions are asked? > >Edith > >From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Harry Delano >Sent: March 12, 2013 3:22 PM >To: Edith Adera >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >Subject: [kictanet] Our Response to Systematic ICT Systems Failure at IEBC > > >Aye..! > >Could someone please aver what the furor was all about on this list when systems failed at IEBC last week. I thought it was so that >we could address systemic issues in that part of the election process..? Please someone correct me, but I seem to be settling on >this conclusion that we collectively only raise hue and cry when the system(s) are perceived to be working against "us", or not in >"our" interests - whichever side of divide each one of us sits. Once they serve 'our' interests, we quickly move on.. So where is >posterity in all this..? A pattern emerges where well calculated intellectual arguments everywhere nowadays, that thinly veil and >mask the real motives in us. We completely bury our heads in the ground and deny that we have deeply rooted issues that stem >from tribe, class etc and as a result, we are caught up in this vicious cycle that we cannot seem to free ourselves from and which >clouds our entire vision as a nation. Who will free us, if we do not take initiative ourselves..? How and when will we as a nation >confront this 'monster' head on, by first of all acknowledging it exists. Then moving to deal with it. Can this list be at the forefront >of it..? > >If so, let's start now.. > >Harry

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Safaricom
by Edith Adera 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Listers, It just occurred to me to ask if anyone knows whether you can convert airtime to mpesa money and effect a transfer via mpesa? If not, has Safaricom thought of this innovation? Edith

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how positive can foreign media be?
by Evans Ikua 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Wow, this is a gem from Time: "At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral body with a new — though not glitch-free — electronic voting system, Kenyans’ determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. *The popular mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats have been warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the poll*. *Foreign journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as prejudiced if they predicted chaos and disaster.* And a central message of most candidates’ campaigns was strident, patriotic self-determination." Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victo… -- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,*

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IEBC: Failure from the top!
by Odhiambo Washington 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Well, it just looks like the failures of this man, Hassan Ahmed Isaack, were foreseen. Two articles by Sarah Elderkin and by Miguna Miguna appear to paint the picture of "failure from the start - and from the top" Miguna-Miguna: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-56375/iiec-chair-isaack-does-not-des… Sarah Elderkin: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmi… Back to my rusty cocoon. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.

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Re: [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be?
by Warigia Bowman 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Brian, Plus one (+1) ndugu Wenzangu, I am all for complete press freedom and I think I was outspoken about censorship on this very list before this election. Now that the election is over is certainly a legitimate time for us to uncover corruption and bad behavior. However, there is no need for the foreign press to focus obsessively on the 6 police persons who were killed, or that the winner is in front of the ICC. A selection from my (usually beloved) *New York Times* from this morning. Mr. Kenyatta, who has been accused by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague of bankrolling death squads during Kenya’s last election crisis, cleared the 50 percent threshold and avoided a runoff by the thinnest of margins, about 8,000 votes out of 12 million, or .07 percent. >From my perspective as a "foreigner" with very strong Kenyan ties and roots, I think about 40 people should be in the Hague, and am dissapointed that only five or so are there! Al Jazeera and the Times can do a better job of reporting on this election, I think. Kind regards, Warigia On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com>wrote: > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be? > To: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > > Dear All, > > First and foremost let me go on record here (I have already done so > elsewhere) and congratulate/thank the local media for their part in > ensuring a peaceful election. > > As for the International media - I think that the tirade against them by > Kenyans is an indictment against the (foreign) fourth estate. > > The local media already went through their indictment in 2008 - and this > time round voluntarily opted to adhere to a code of conduct and certain > protocols. > > One example was not airing live any press statements by political parties > or aspirants and subjecting any such footage to strict vetting according to > the standards voluntarily adopted. The fact that international media aired > many of these press statements where their local counterparts did not is > (sufficient?) grounds for the sharp criticism launched against (all of) > them by Kenyans. > > Andrea - by now you should know that being a member of the fourth estate > means that you are right in there with the good, the bad and the ugly and > it is only one measuring stick that is used for all of you, so if enough of > you fall short - that is the measure that will be used for all. Pole sana > for your feeling under attack, this is exactly how local media who did not > propagate hate speech in 2007/2008 felt. > > Nevertheless, it is clear that the point that Kenyans made has sunk home > because there has been a clear change in the tone and language of pieces > coming from the foreign media. > > Power to the people! > > Best regards, > > Brian > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> wrote: > >> Andrea >> >> I know it may not be a popular thing to say right now but I agree with >> you entirely. Let's not throw the baby with the bath water. >> >> I personally was very disappointed with the lack of creativity and use of >> data to extrapolate, analyze and give intelligent synopsis of what was >> happening. I felt let down by the fact that the information was there but >> none of the mainstream local media used it to give us more than what the >> IEBC was giving us on their screen. I found it particularly dumbfounding >> when we started counting the votes again when we had reached almost >> 4million votes. That was an opportunity for a good narrative that Kenyans >> needed to hear. But no..we focused so much on the message of peace (not >> that I am against peace) that we forgot that the whole process had to be so >> much above board as to render anyone who questioned the results seem like a >> joke. Unfortunately we lost that opportunity. >> >> Now we have another opportunity to stress test our new constitution and >> institutions. This may be a silver lining that God has given us so let >> those who are dissatisfied with the results have their day in court without >> them being vilified as being unpatriotic. >> >> My pesa nane.. >> >> Ali Hussein >> >> +254 773/713 601113 >> >> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Mar 11, 2013, at 9:52 PM, Andrea Bohnstedt < >> andrea.bohnstedt(a)ratio-magazine.com> wrote: >> >> Maybe Kenya would have been important enough anyway to cover the >> elections? And I know of many Kenyans who also stocked up on food as well >> (when they haven't left the country) - you just needed to spend a bit of >> time in supermarket queues before the elections to see that it was a very >> solid mix of everyone who lives here. >> >> Any Kenyan would rightly take offense with being wholesale painted as >> tribal murderers based on 1,500 people having died in 2007/early 08. But >> what you do is turn around and do exactly the same thing to 'foreign >> media'. >> >> Yes, there were completely idiotic, wrong, stereotypical articles, and >> they should be ridiculed every single one. But there were also many >> competent, insightful, sober pieces. And there are many members of the >> international who don't just swoop in for elections, but actually live >> here. Maybe we can judge them one by one rather than condemning all of them >> wholesale? >> >> In this forum, it will probably be a tricky argument to make that some of >> the international media actually still (soberly, factually) reported where >> the local media just shut up. So I won't make it. >> >> And in the meantime, I hope that everyone who's so irritated with the >> international media will apply the same amount of scrutiny and criticism to >> the local media and the corruption inside that system. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11 March 2013 20:18, Warigia Bowman <warigia(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Personally, I am feeling very angry at the foreign media. Thanks Evans >>> for this shocking ridiculousness. we need to expose them! >>> >>> I wrote this yesterday. >>> >>> >>> http://digitaldemocracykenya.blogspot.com/2013/03/feeling-frustrated-with-c… >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Wow, this is a gem from Time: >>>> >>>> >>>> "At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral >>>> body with a new — though not glitch-free — electronic voting system, >>>> Kenyans’ determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. *The >>>> popular mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats >>>> have been warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the poll >>>> *. *Foreign journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as >>>> prejudiced if they predicted chaos and disaster.* And a central >>>> message of most candidates’ campaigns was strident, patriotic >>>> self-determination." >>>> >>>> Read more: >>>> http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victo… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *---------------------------------------------------- >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> Evans Ikua,* >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/warigia%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>>> >>>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Warigia Bowman >>> Assistant Professor >>> Clinton School of Public Service >>> University of Arkansas >>> wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu >>> http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> View my research on my SSRN Author page: >>> http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/andrea.bohnstedt%40ra… >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrea Bohnstedt <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/andreabohnstedt> >> Publisher >> >> www.ratio-magazine.com >> www.africa-assets.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com >> >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/blongwe%40gmail.com >> >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > > > -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------

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Czech Regulator halts spectrum bidding because bids were to high
by Dennis Kioko 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

In what should be an eye opener and probably a good move to follow, the Czech regulator has halted bidding for 3 spectrum bands after the bidding reached triple what it was targeting. The regulator is afraid that the high pricing will slow network roll outs or make data pricing unaffordable. http://www.mobileworldlive.com/czech-regulator-halts-spectrum-auction-as-bi… I wonder if other regulators look at such. with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 70, Issue 94
by Baiju Shah 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Hi Areba, M-Kurt good idea but we will know who voted for whom as there is a digital signature, it is important that it one person right to maintain their privacy, therefore M-Kurt will not be a viable option, there will be polling stations, that will have some kind of booths, electronic ballot papers and a way to confirm you have been to the polling station to vote. The biometric technology deployed was to ensure one person votes and also there are few approaches in profiling the individual, here the civil biometric specification is used, the criminal biometric registers hold a lot more data and and require some heavy processing. The approach on the biometrics was ill implemented as there is not a proper central register, let's ask the IEBC to confirm this, as if there was then you can cast your vote at any polling station within your local area and not only the polling station, here I mean by I am able to cast my vote for Westlands at any of the 4/5 polling stations, this can evenly distribute the crowds, by telling and individual the length of a queue and where the shortest waiting times are, we can be cute in providing this type of Information... Hey the country came to a halt for many days. Coming to the transmission technology, it was not tested and hardened and settled as a technology. Again, when we spoke to IFES we were told that they were being held up by the IEBC. Coming to the national plundering of funds, that only the Financial Reporting Centre team can pin point who is bring in large sums of cash from large companies and take them to task on Antimoney laundering regulation combined with the financial and foreign currency bureaus, we will leave them to do their jobs professionally. Finally, we have also set a precedence that this plundering is allowed in the spirit of public interest, this only happens in Africa and the rest of the world. It is very interesting all claim not to participate in the corrupt practices, in some part of the world they have a set rule of 7% - 8%, here we have what can we get away or the best offer on the table, and result is failed IT system that require a bit more planning and care in implementation, but these guys have had their bonuses and do they care, it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The great thing to see it has been a peaceful elections, and that is a great start to the next 50 years..... Thanks Best Regards, Baiju Sent from my iPad On 11 Mar 2013, at 21:31, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: how positive can foreign media be? (Warigia Bowman) > 2. Re: Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections (Areba) > 3. Re: Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections (Victor bwire) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:18:01 -0500 > From: Warigia Bowman <warigia(a)gmail.com> > To: Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] how positive can foreign media be? > Message-ID: > <CACeY99RBicafnGSE8QtMcpFunaAYA5Nd2ZcekoD=Xi4Puim+gQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Personally, I am feeling very angry at the foreign media. Thanks Evans for > this shocking ridiculousness. we need to expose them! > > I wrote this yesterday. > > http://digitaldemocracykenya.blogspot.com/2013/03/feeling-frustrated-with-c… > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wow, this is a gem from Time: >> >> >> "At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral body >> with a new ? though not glitch-free ? electronic voting system, Kenyans? >> determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. *The popular >> mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats have been >> warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the poll*. *Foreign >> journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as prejudiced if >> they predicted chaos and disaster.* And a central message of most >> candidates? campaigns was strident, patriotic self-determination." >> >> Read more: >> http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victo… >> >> >> >> -- >> *---------------------------------------------------- >> Kind Regards, >> Evans Ikua,* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/warigia%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > > > > -- > Dr. Warigia Bowman > Assistant Professor > Clinton School of Public Service > University of Arkansas > wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu > http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com > ------------------------------------------------- > View my research on my SSRN Author page: > http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 > -------------------------------------------------- >

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Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by Edith Adera 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Listers, It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY! what went wrong? Edith

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Re: [kictanet] [mediaeditors] Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections
by Harry Delano 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Aye..! Methinks we can treat the media stance this time around, a natural reflex in response to the horrifying aftermath dating 5 years ago. The same media was variously negatively cited as playing a prominent role then. While we can criticize media for any other shortcomings, I suppose we can applaud their huge role in preaching peace run-up, through, and after this campaign. Perhaps they overdid it, and did not strike a balance between keeping the peace, and objective reporting. Am least qualified to judge. Having said that, at times I really marvel at how fast we forget critical issues on this list. In fact they literally slip through our fingers. Just last week we agreed to do a post audit of the failed technology process of this election. Are we still going to seek some answers to understand and possibly remedy what happened..? Bwana Ps, where do we start...? Meanwhile, lets entrust the legal framework to deal with the other aspects arising, that are beyond us.. Just me, HarryEdith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote:A+ From: David Makali [mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com] Sent: March 11, 2013 5:18 PM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [mediaeditors] [kictanet] Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections I disagree: This boils down to the role of the media in a democratic society. Is it to abet the erosion of rights or to promote transparency and the expression of the popular will of the people? i see people on this forum trying to tweak the responsbiility of the media to their selfish interests - peace, investment and other pr concerns. those whose rights have been trampled by a fraudulent election are portrayed as a distraction in the grinding mill of our oh-so-good democracy and pretended peace. their protests are being pooh-poohed as anti-peace. i would rather not be part of this peace and tranquility bandwagon and stare the hard facts in the face. i would rather opt for the painful truth and justice path. it is the route to long lasting peace and democracy. it is the rationalisation of injustice and wrongdoing that breeds dictatorship and oppression. we must decline the popular excuses at every election that we are young and maturing, that in the interest of peace, we gloss over our failures and move on. this time, let us get it right. there should be no violence, but neither should threats of incitement be used against those who pursue their rights or the truth. the media has an obligation not just to give voice to those who are aggrieved but to go out on a limb to establish the veracity of their grievances. they cannot abdicate that responsibility as they have so far done on the pretext of keeping the peace. a sleeping press is not good even for peace. no. - makali _______________ "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." — Isaac Asimo, Columbian Author and Scientist _______________ PO Box 3234 00200 Nairobi, Kenya cell: +254 722 517 540 From: Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> To: dmakali(a)yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum <mediaeditors(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [mediaeditors] [kictanet] Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections Eric et al, Suppressed opinions can be worse! I happened to witness, first-hand, the Ghanaian campaigns and read about the elections; and the comments from Kenya’s IEBC chair, who was an observer, about how they were conducted, how the media gave the citizens the space to air views even when things did not work including during the challenging of the elections. You know and can attest to the fact that Ghanaians are NOT the lot to silence (your Nigerian brothers are even more vocal). Ghanaians speak their minds and air their views freely. A Ghanaian once told me “when it comes to politics, every Ghanaian is a political analyst; when it comes to football, every Ghanaian is a football commentator”…you can’t silence them. Why do you want us to be different? Don’t talk about Post-election violence, as Ghana has gone through worse. My point, why did we have this effect of silencing voices? What are the implications of the deafening silence from the citizenry? Edith From: Eric Osiakwan [mailto:ericosiakwan@me.com] Sent: March 11, 2013 12:37 PM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Role of the Media in Kenyan Elections Edith hello: Sometimes, it is better not to say nothing or pretend to be stupid for life to go on than to speak (demand your right) and end up with "violence" and life retrogresses - just saying..... I think you Kenyans should really commend yourselves, you have raised the bar on electoral conduct and peaceful outcomes no matter how long it takes -- the level of maturity exhibited by the average Wananchi is awesome. I saw first hand the level of investment that went into this election by government, media, parties etc and by all means those investments must pay off -- democracy is an expensive enterprise. Something just hit me, Nigeria elected a 55year old President and Ghana followed suit by electing a 54year old and now you Kenyans have elected a 51year old -- the youngest President if am not wrong (i stand corrected) and i have noting against the older folks but i think this is significant.... Edith, in other words what am saying is, dont beat yourself too hard, Nigeria invested in a voters register that did not turn out well but their elections was scored above board, Ghana invested in biometrics for our last elections and it did not work out well but we scored above board and Kenya has done same, raising the bar. Offcourse we need to do introspection and better the processes and systems for the future, starting now. For now, am just excited for Africa, we would fix this continent of ours and make it the best place for generations to come #AfricaIsInMotion. Good day and great week, ya all. Eric here On 11 Mar 2013, at 08:34, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote: Listers, For the 2007 elections, Bwana Ndemo is on record here (KICTANET) condemning the role of the media in fueling the violence. In 2013, the media played a different role. If you now reflect back – deep and hard – it occurred to me that the over-rated, over-hyped, over-done "call for peace" was actually a "tool of oppression"!! Why do I say this? Many a Kenyans found themselves speechless and voiceless….you were not given a chance to speak your mind, to question, to freely air your opinions or liberally reflect on the going ons. You were promptly slapped with the "peace call” which immediately silenced you! Why should I feel silenced by “a call for peace”? Our national anthem talks of “peace and liberty”, what happened to “liberty” during this period? Most Kenyans locked themselves in their houses, scared stiff of the unknown. Reflecting back it was truly a "silence tool". In my view, what is going on in Kenya is God’s birth of a NEW KENYA. It is NOT (and I repeat NOT) about THE WINNER or THE LOSERS (Do NOT get me wrong – I don’t mind about that). It is about laying a NEW FOUNDATION for Kenya that is built on TRUTH (RIGHTEOUSNESS) and JUSTICE, especially during this Jubilee period (50 years of our existence as a nation as we enter into the next 50 years – the next Jubilee). From now on, and as our national anthem aptly states, JUSTICE will truly be our SHIELD and DEFENDER. Sustainable peace (not FALSE PEACE) is built on the foundations of TRUTH (righteousness) and JUSTICE. Reflective Edith Quote: I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice (Albert Camus) _______________________________________________ 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/ericosiakwan%40me.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. Eric M.K Osiakwan +233244386792 _______________________________________________ mediaeditors mailing list mediaeditors(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/mediaeditors This message was sent to: dmakali(a)yahoo.com Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/mediaeditors/dmakali%40yahoo.c…

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Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by n_macharia＠yahoo.co.uk 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Listers do We recall this!? Electronic Voting Systems in Africa ICT Africa Writer February 26, 2013 With the help of Google and mobile phone companies in Kenya, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is implementing an electronic voting system. The commission has come up with a plan that will guarantee election transparency and quick delivery of election results. "Results from each of the polling stations will be transmitted to three counting centres, using the Electronic Results Transmission (ERT) platform. With rapid delivery of results, suspicion of results tempering will hopefully be put to rest." After Kenya has pioneered this form of voting system in Africa, we hope other countries in Africa, including Zimbabwe, will follow their steps. We have always maintained that Africa should be able to by-pass some technologies and adapt the latest and most appropriate applications for our unique situations. We should not be held back from pioneering new voting technologies just because they may not be widely adapted in the developed world. And this why we need to investigate what happened. Its no wonder the process is suspect. The objective as captured in "election transparency and quick transmissiopn of results" was guaranteed...who is fooling who? Nancy ------Original Message------ To: Gilda Odera To: kictanet Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Sent: Mar 7, 2013 10:01 AM This is a case of unethical behaviour! As professionals we know the key requirements of this sort of a system interms of design and deployment, hence what and how to test(reliability, security, accuracy, scalability, performance and concurrency). In the IEBC case, the minimum expected would have been sufficient planning for integration and testing with reliable test cases and test data. From the start, this did not happen! What shuld we expect out of WYSIWYG) what you see is what you get)! Lets not blame technology when defeated in harnessing its power. The BVR did not work in some polling stations, some laptops lost power and its then that staff started looking for sockets and cables.. then no sockets... If this is replicated at the tallying centres national or county levels, what has technology to do with this? This country has stamped its mark on the world map as the centre of many technovations In my opinion, IEBC failed to adequately prepare. Various tests including, stress test, performance tests, path tests, load/traffic tests etc were not performed to a satisfactory level. The ICT staff performed simulations (black box) testng of a very rudimentary nature. The best we could with water now under the bridge is to do a post term begining with requirements specification all the way to implementation, system conversion strategy and alignment. The process needs to be driven by user centered philosophy and participatory in approach to address key stakes. This is my reflection. Nancy ------Original Message------ From: Gilda Odera Sender: kictanet To: MS Nancy Macharıa Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Sent: Mar 6, 2013 3:56 PM Listers, My view is that we cannot keep refusing to perfect what we do. No doubt that systems fail but it is a terribly lame excuse considering that the article in The Star confirms that the prior tests failed. Why did they proceed to use a problematic system? We must learn to accept where we fail if we are to improve I future. How else do other democracies vote electronically if we are excusing ourselves that systems fail? It is because they plan, plan, plan and test, test, test way beforehand to ensure all is well and all back-ups will work. Remember we are still going to have elections in 5 years time so let us face the truth and discuss here what should or should never happen again. Regards, Gilda Odera On Mar 6, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: Roland The governance experts are saying - lack of governance The networking experts are saying - lets get better VPNS The server experts are saying - we should have used HP or SUN or IBM The database experts are concerned Oracle was used (Open Source Guys would want MySQL) Software Developers - why use language X and not you Software Testers - want more testing Everyone is pitching their wares ... no one is sure what happened ....... ... and the job is over this week :) On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Roland Omoresemi <roland(a)tezzasolutions.com> wrote: Can we really blame ICT when the true culprit appears to be the lack of proper testing of the systems in play? IEBC could have performance tested (both load and stress) their systems to see how they would react under varying loads. The tools and human resources were right there in Kenya but it is obvious we failed to apply them to help create a different result than what we currently face. What we are witnessing is a classic case of what happens when we fail to adequately test our applications. Our non-conformance cost skyrockets...IEBC now has to worry about the cost of doing damage control on the biggest stage ever when it could have spent a fraction of the same cost to perform load or str Sent from my BlackBerry®

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If its any consolation - Five EU states miss end-2012 target for digital switchover
by Ali Hussein 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Five EU states miss end-2012 target for digital switchover By Jamie Beach March 11th, 2013 Last year is being hailed as a “significant watershed” for digital terrestrial television in the European Union, with 22 of its 27 member states achieving the recommended deadline of switching off analogue terrestrial television by the end of 2012, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory. Over the course of last year, countries including Ireland, the UK, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal and the Slovak Republic hit the recommended deadline. Other European nations which are not formally part of the EU like Croatia, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland have also completed analogue switch-off. Switch-off should also be completed in Greece, Poland and Bulgaria this year, while Hungary should do so in 2013 or 2014 (along with the “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and Bosnia and Herzegovina). Albania, Romania, Russia, Montenegro and Turkey have planned to complete the process in 2015, enabling them to meet the June 2015 deadline of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) GE-06 agreement. Read on http://www.iptv-news.com/2013/03/five-eu-states-miss-end-2012-target-for-di… Regards Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 773/713 601113 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad

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Re: [kictanet] Congrats Mr. President- Elect
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

+1 ----- Original Message ----- From: ericosiakwan(a)me.comTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 3/9/13 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Congrats Mr. President- Elect Yes, this is a big ..... deal, you Kenyans have made yourselves and Africa proud -- a very loud applause. Not only would I like to congratulate President elect, UK but i would also like to put on record the statesmanship of non-elected President, RO for deciding to seek redress through the legal regime -- this sets a precedent across the continent #AfricaIsInMotion. Now, lets all relegate our political, tribal and ethnic persuasions to secondary and put on our Kenyan identity and get down to business -- this nation building exercise must continue in ernest. "What others have done, we can do also" -- Marcus Garvey. Eric here On 9 Mar 2013, at 20:37, Lucy Kimani <lkimani(a)yahoo.com> wrote:Walu, Indeed congratulations are in order for Mr. President-Elect, VP-Elect, and indeed ALL Kenyans for keeping the peace. Kenya has a bright future, and I too am happy to see so much energy that will be needed as we move Vision 2030 forward. Uhuru na Kazi you all:-) God bless Kenya --- On Sat, 3/9/13, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [kictanet] Congrats Mr. President- Elect To: lkimani(a)yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 11:14 AM Just thought it funny that #Kenya, #Uhuru Kenyatta been trending worldwide on Twiter for the last 6hrs and locally no comment on our list here? Yes it is an ICT list and not a Political one but I just need to say that UK may not have been my candidate, but he is my President-Elect and for that, it is a big congratulations. The zeal and determination they have shown to triumph against all odds is by any standard absolutely remarkable. If the same energy will be put into dealing with our perennial problems (of corruption, tribalism, security, etc), then perhaps we can easily become the Silicon Valley way before 2030. walu. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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/lkimani%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/ericosiakwan%40me.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. Eric M.K Osiakwan+233244386792

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Re: [kictanet] Kenyans!! Did you just have an over 86% voter turnout???
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Maybe we can have the breakdown of the voter turnout and other stats per county/constituency put up on open data. It will be very interesting to see how the spread is. Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: ict.researcher(a)yahoo.comTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 3/8/13 6:52 PM Subject: [kictanet] Kenyans!! Did you just have an over 86% voter turnout??? You're an incredible people! - - - - A total of 14,337,399 Kenyans registered as voters for the 2013 general elections (ref: http://www.mwakilishi.com/content/articles/2012/12/20/iebc-releases-final-v…) According to IEBC's final results just released at Bomas of Kenya 12,338,667 turned out and cast their ballots Which means a voter turnout > 86.05 % Which means even better the US during Obama's first term election (BUT NOT AS GOOD as the Maltese...) "Different countries have very different voter turnouts. For example, in the United States 2008 presidential election turnout was 63% and 68% among African Americans (generally credited to Barack Obama's candidacy). In Belgium, which has compulsory voting, and Malta, which does not, participation reaches 95%. These differences are caused by a mix of cultural and institutional factors." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout - - -

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Was the IEBC hacked? An insider's view
by Rebecca Wanjiku 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Just in case you were wondering whether it was hacked, the person who did the pen test and monitored the network says no. Read the views...... http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2013/03/was-the-iebc-network-compromise-an-insider…

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Congrats Mr. President- Elect
by Walubengo J 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Just thought it funny that #Kenya, #Uhuru Kenyatta been trending worldwide on Twiter for the last 6hrs and locally no comment on our list here? Yes it is an ICT list and not a Political one but I just need to say that UK may not have been my candidate, but he is my President-Elect and for that, it is a big congratulations. The zeal and determination they have shown to triumph against all odds is by any standard absolutely remarkable. If the same energy will be put into dealing with our perennial problems (of corruption, tribalism, security, etc), then perhaps we can easily become the Silicon Valley way before 2030. walu.

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Re: [kictanet] Congrats Mr. President- Elect
by ICT Researcher 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Eric, Mtu wangu, yenyewe! Juu, hata msee Mutunga ni riitho sana. Hapa base tumerudia kuhusle kikawaida bila nona. Flag yetu inatufunika vipoa sana. Baadaye, Anonymous Coward:-) ------------------------------ On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 12:40 AM MSK ericosiakwan(a)me.com wrote: >Yes, this is a big ..... deal, you Kenyans have made yourselves and Africa proud -- a very loud applause. > >Not only would I like to congratulate President elect, UK but i would also like to put on record the statesmanship of non-elected President, RO for deciding to seek redress through the legal regime -- this sets a precedent across the continent #AfricaIsInMotion. > >Now, lets all relegate our political, tribal and ethnic persuasions to secondary and put on our Kenyan identity and get down to business -- this nation building exercise must continue in ernest. > >"What others have done, we can do also" -- Marcus Garvey. > >Eric here > > > >On 9 Mar 2013, at 20:37, Lucy Kimani <lkimani(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> Walu, >> >> Indeed congratulations are in order for Mr. President-Elect, VP-Elect, and indeed ALL Kenyans for keeping the peace. Kenya has a bright future, and I too am happy to see so much energy that will be needed as we move Vision 2030 forward. >> >> Uhuru na Kazi you all:-) >> >> God bless Kenya >> >> --- On Sat, 3/9/13, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> >> Subject: [kictanet] Congrats Mr. President- Elect >> To: lkimani(a)yahoo.com >> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 11:14 AM >> >> Just thought it funny that #Kenya, #Uhuru Kenyatta been trending worldwide on Twiter for the last 6hrs and locally no comment on our list here? Yes it is an ICT list and not a Political one but I just need to say that UK may not have been my candidate, but he is my President-Elect and for that, it is a big congratulations. >> >> The zeal and determination they have shown to triumph against all odds is by any standard absolutely remarkable. If the same energy will be put into dealing with our perennial problems (of corruption, tribalism, security, etc), then perhaps we can easily become the Silicon Valley way before 2030. >> >> >> walu. >> >> >> >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/lkimani%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/ericosiakwan%40me.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. > >Eric M.K Osiakwan >+233244386792 > >

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'PRESS STATEMENT' : Kenyans Vs. International Media
by Moses M.G 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Greetings ladies and gentlemen of the international press - the CNNs, France24s and BBCs of the west. We trust that you are well, and you must be considering you have not spent the last few days ducking rubber bullets fired by the Kenya Police to disperse 'rowdy Kenyan locals'. First of all, my apologies on behalf of all my fellow 'natives'. We, Kenyans have disappointed you greatly. It is completely unfair for media houses of great esteem, such as you are, to spend all the money to send their reporters to come and report on the post-election violence in Kenya - only for them to return home empty handed! [Continue reading here : http://mwanicks.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/press-statement-09032013-for-immed…] -- Kind Regards, Moses M.G.

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Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by Roland Omoresemi 09 Mar '13

09 Mar '13

Can we really blame ICT when the true culprit appears to be the lack of proper testing of the systems in play? IEBC could have performance tested (both load and stress) their systems to see how they would react under varying loads. The tools and human resources were right there in Kenya but it is obvious we failed to apply them to help create a different result than what we currently face. What we are witnessing is a classic case of what happens when we fail to adequately test our applications. Our non-conformance cost skyrockets...IEBC now has to worry about the cost of doing damage control on the biggest stage ever when it could have spent a fraction of the same cost to perform load or stress tests which would have helped them identify issues/bottlenecks in their systems long before now. This is also not much different from what some of our local companies do...we deploy critical systems without proper testing and we then pray and hope nothing happens. It is saddening that we don't see much value in setting aside adequate time for testing our applications (most especially those that are customer-facing) or we push whatever little testing we do to the very last minute when its practically too late to make any difference...or until the "s..." hits the ceiling and we then start to wonder why any of our issues could be happening. Could we really blame ICT here or should we be looking closely at our lack of proper software testing? - Roland ------Original Message------ From: Edith Adera Sender: kictanet To: Roland Omoresemi Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Sent: Mar 6, 2013 12:55 AM Listers, It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY! what went wrong? Edith _______________________________________________ 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/roland%40tezzasolutio… 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. --------------------------------------------- Roland Omoresemi | CEO Tezza Business Solutions Ltd p: +19139612234 e: roland(a)tezzasolutions.com w: http://www.softwaretestingafrica.com skype: banfii gmail: rolandomoresemi(a)gmail.com

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Re: [kictanet] Poll Ping Pong With Kenyan Minds
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

They might have to do that, else, with their carefree attitudes risk losing an electorate base that they will find it quite an uphill task to recapture. ----- Original Message ----- From: odhiambo(a)gmail.comTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 3/7/13 11:27 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Poll Ping Pong With Kenyan Minds IMHO, you seem to be. I personally don't see the need to involve "sugar-coating" in this. Let's get it in black & white, like we do in the courts. IEBC is a judge between several competing interests, unless you also want the political parties to employ PR gurus for the same purpose:) On 8 March 2013 00:39, <eonchari(a)lynxbits.com> wrote: Listers, Am I the only one here that finds it extremely strange that - "the exchange between parties and IEBC is absolutely inappropriate and strange?. Shouldn't the IEBC be having top Lawyers and PR Gurus to keep such at bay - (for public interest of course ;)? Furthermore, where were the media gagging "cops" when all this was happening? Edwin _______________________________________________ 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/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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Poll Ping Pong With Kenyan Minds
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Listers, Am I the only one here that finds it extremely strange that - "the exchange between parties and IEBC is absolutely inappropriate and strange?. Shouldn't the IEBC be having top Lawyers and PR Gurus to keep such at bay - (for public interest of course ;)? Furthermore, where were the media gagging "cops" when all this was happening? Edwin

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Poll Ping Pong With Kenyan Minds
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Listers, Am I the only one here that finds it extremely strange that - "the exchange between parties and IEBC is absolutely inappropriate and strange?. Shouldn't the IEBC be having top Lawyers and PR Gurus to keep such at bay - (for public interest of course ;)? Furthermore, where were the media gagging "cops" when all this was happening? Edwin

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Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

I AM crude in saying this but I will say it non-the-less...why are we all sugarcoating all his while we all know very well that it will come haunting us in 2017 unless we fix it now for good? The processes at IEBC are messed up PERIOD(manipulated or otherwise)!!!! Let us clean it up - NOW While cleaning it up...let us stop being selfish and put practical measures in place (devoid of political interference) to avoid the same scenario in 2017 - hire experts (foreign if need be) in this for heavens sake How difficult can that be- am sure it will cost less that 9B KSHS? Unless of course we continue leeching and hope to call upon the "usual culprits" in GOK to come to our aid!! Can't we act on our own and say - this is enough? What happens if " they" were not there? Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: ericosiakwan(a)me.comTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 3/7/13 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Folks: Whiles this post-motem is relevant, i think the timing is out of sync. In my view the most relevant "to do" now is "how do we get the RESULTS out PEACEFULLY and below is what i suggest members of this list consider; 1. Lets calm tempers and do our best to reduce the tension,2. Lets find ways of helping the IEBC to deliver on it's mandate of collating and declaring the results,3. Let all parties be ready to accept the results and if they are not satisfied, approach the law courts instead of the media and streets. Unfortunately, distance wont allow me to help in this exercise but i trust it can be done, peacefully. Then we can do the post-motem properly. Eric here On 7 Mar 2013, at 18:31, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Time to mutually agree that those whom voted electronically continue indulging in ICT nitpicking while those whom voted manually concentrate on manual results announced by electoral authority? From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo(a)gmail.com> To: ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? @Edith, Safaricom cannot explain anything to do with IEBC Servers and laptops and even the Nokia phones IEBC used! I'll try to elaborate slightly: 1. Safaricom gives connectivity, much like a highway to drive on at a certain maximum speed. They ensured that IEBC got this and I must emphasize I was a witness to this, having sat with Bob Collymore and other Safaricom's top Manager at the Safaricom Network Monitoring Centre (NMC) from 6.30pm on Monday to about 8am on Tuesday. During this time, myself and other representatives of political parties and representative from IEBC had unfettered access to the NMC and the Engineers on duty to ensure there were no issues affecting the "highway". I don't remember seeing any failures on the highway, and besides there was enough redundancy in place to mitigate that. 2. Safaricom DID NOT have access to IEBC servers - which form the "backend" of the transmission system. Neither did Safaricom have access to the mobile phones that were used as "frontend". These two were communicating via a VPN. The encryption within this VPN was IEBCs business. IEBC was responsible for configuring the frontend-backend communication. When IEBCs Server disk filled up (ran out of space) it was IEBCs business to fix, not Safaricoms. I remember when results stopped trickling in, I did raise the question and CORD's representative at the NMC went to Bomas, where he got the information that there had been issues with HDD storage. I also recall Safaricom's Nzioka Waita rushing to Bomas to get to establish what the real problem was. Of course it was beyond his mandate to manage IEBC's Server. This whole s*^t is IEBCs to answer for, NOT Safaricom. Look at the failure as being on the "Submission System" (frontend-backend) and not on the highway. I am not speaking on behalf of Safaricom, but as one person who has first hand information from Safaricom's NMC while representing a political coalition's interests. Oh, and Jubilee Coalition did not send a representative. I also don't recall seeing someone representing Amani coalition, but they all had invitation to attend. On 6 March 2013 20:10, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote: Despite Safaricoms press release, they were involved in transmitting the results. Can they explain why the transmission via their VPN failed? Edith From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Erik Hersman Sent: March 6, 2013 3:02 PM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Does anyone on the list have the contact information for Dismas Ongondi at IEBC? Dismas Ongondi - Director of Information Communication Technology As head of the ICT department, he has been in charge of the technological revolution at the commission. The implementation of the an electronic results transmission technology and biometric voter registration has been under his docket. He is the man Kenyans will be focusing on tomorrow when Presidential results are relayed electronically. Erik Hersman www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke www.whiteafrican.com | @whiteafrican On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: I would be curious to know when the selected vendor actually indeed receive their contract for the work to begin. My experience with public procurement (GoK, USAID, etc), once the bids are closed, it will usually take more than 30 days to get everything finalized internal to the buying organisation for a contract to be issued and hence works to begin. Considering this was a software project for custom tool and several integration requirements with several third party applications. The problems were are seeing are really a manifestation of how the preparedness process went. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: Agosta, I think it's clear that we all understand that tech issues happen, on this list we understand that better than most. However, how are you supposed to help if you don't know what's wrong? That's really what's at issue here. It's about understanding how it works first, then who's involved, then what's wrong, then what (if anything) we can do. Do you find something wrong in that train of thought? Erik Hersman www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke www.whiteafrican.com | @whiteafrican On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: Daudi My point is when people work on complex systems ... like the election system, things fail and most times they recover. Lets not have a public hazing exercise -- Unless we say we know for a fact what the problem is and in that case, first step would be to offer help to IEBC - or the staff there. We know them !! There are too many of us who are now offering solutions on blogs, websites etc etc Maybe this will bring in more grants ..... Thanks On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Daudi Were <daudi.were(a)gmail.com> wrote: On 6 March 2013 09:56, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: about the RFP ... ---------------------------------------- THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS THE EXCLUSIVE, CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES). IT MAY NOT BE COPIED, TRANSMITTED, OR DISCLOSED BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF IFES . BY ACCEPTING A COPY HEREOF, RECIPIENT AGREES TO (I) BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN (INCLUDING BUT NO T LIMITED TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISONS), (II) USE THE RFP (AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS) SOLE LY FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES AND FOR RESPONDING TO THIS RFP, AND (III) RETURN OR DESTROY THE RFP (AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS) UPON IFES REQUEST OR UPON YOUR DECISION NOT TO RESPOND TO THIS RFP ---------------------------------------- Liko, The RFP maybe belong to IFES (and that can be disputed), the election and the electoral process belongs to Kenyans. We not only have the right, we have the RESPONSIBILITY to question what is going on with the ICT systems at Bomas. Since you keep telling us to expect things to fail and then expect them to be fixed why don't you tell us WHAT failed and WHAT is being fixed. Simple enough. If you don't want to tell us what is failing and what is being fixed then tell us WHY you can not tell us. Is it that you don't know, in which case you should join is trying to find out WHAT is going on. The integrity of our election is much more important that a warning IN CAPS about which obscure company owns which document. We ask these questions are patriots, as concerned citizens who want our electoral commission to succeed. Obscure confidentially clauses or not. D _______________________________________________ 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. 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KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!! _______________________________________________ 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. 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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. _______________________________________________ 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/ict.researcher%40yaho… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ 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/ericosiakwan%40me.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. Eric M.K Osiakwan+233244386792

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Re: [kictanet] Is Kenyan Media Asleep?
by meshack emakunat 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

"Counting in Kenya's tightly contested election has slowed down, raising political tension in a country still scarred by the violence that broke out after the disputed 2007 poll. The two main contenders in the..." Its sad and shame to Britain. I just cut and paste these from the BBC. Is it there buainess to "kutuchunguza NA kuleta vitina " ------------------------------ On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 6:07 AM PST S.M. Muraya wrote: >Actually it is "the New Yorker".... > >In their racist world, if Euros (such as the BBC reporter who claimed to >have evidence of Mungiki Meetings at State House) accuse Africans, then we >must be guilty of crimes against humanity. > >Also remember, we have a "Distinguished" Kenyan Professor of Western >"Values" in New York who believes the ICC process is more important than >the masses being restrained by our accused politicians. >On Mar 7, 2013 3:31 PM, "Sam Gichuru" <gichuru(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> NY times call Uhuru Kenyatta an International Fugitive :) >> >> >> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/03/when-a-criminal-leads… >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Where are the Media Owners Association (MOA) who run the presidential >> debate? Can they get together very quickly and agree on a media blackout >> for politicians sharing defeatist info. >> >> Otherwise, the principal purpose of the presidential debate and media-led >> peace campaigns might be quickly eroded...MOA led Kenya for Kenyans, Bring >> Zack Back Home and many more. I am sure they can do this. >> >> MOA has to come out and say they will cover the tallying process and >> encourage the rule of law! >> >> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote: >> >>> Listers,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> With the information revolution, news makes round at the speed of light. >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Why should we be getting breaking news of this kind (below) from >>> international news? Why not from our local media? Should our source of >>> information be by international media houses? **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> The media is represented on this list, what’s going on?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 11:44 AM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013: >>> #BREAKING: Running mate of Kenya PM Odinga - one of the frontrunners in >>> Monday's presidential polls - alleges vote-rigging**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) tweeted at 0:02 PM on Thu, Mar 07, >>> 2013: >>> Party of 2nd-placed candidate in Kenyan elections, Raila Odinga, says it >>> has evidence that results are being "doctored"**** >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmuthoni%40gmail.com >>> >>> >>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>> >>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthoni >> >> My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mahatma Gandhi once said:- >> >> First they ignore you, >> Then they laugh at you, >> Then they fight you, >> AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/gichuru%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. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Warm Regards, >> ------------------------ >> Sam Gichuru >> >> >> twitter: | @samgichuru <http://twitter.com/samgichuru> >> Blog: | www.samgichuru.com >> Facebook: | Sam.gichuru <http://www.facebook.com/sam.gichuru> >> Skype: Sam.gichuru >> Cellphone: | +254-722-730565 >> >> Co-founder/ Director /Nailab Incubation >> Location: | Nairobi >> Website: | www.nailab.co.ke >> twitter: | @thenailab >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/murigi.muraya%40gmail… >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>

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Re: [kictanet] Is Kenyan Media Asleep?
by meshack emakunat 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

"Counting in Kenya's tightly contested election has slowed down, raising political tension in a country still scarred by the violence that broke out after the disputed 2007 poll. The two main contenders in the..." Its sad and shame to Britain. I just cut and paste these from the BBC. Is it there buainess to "kutuchunguza NA kuleta vitina " ------------------------------ On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 6:07 AM PST S.M. Muraya wrote: >Actually it is "the New Yorker".... > >In their racist world, if Euros (such as the BBC reporter who claimed to >have evidence of Mungiki Meetings at State House) accuse Africans, then we >must be guilty of crimes against humanity. > >Also remember, we have a "Distinguished" Kenyan Professor of Western >"Values" in New York who believes the ICC process is more important than >the masses being restrained by our accused politicians. >On Mar 7, 2013 3:31 PM, "Sam Gichuru" <gichuru(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> NY times call Uhuru Kenyatta an International Fugitive :) >> >> >> http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/03/when-a-criminal-leads… >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Where are the Media Owners Association (MOA) who run the presidential >> debate? Can they get together very quickly and agree on a media blackout >> for politicians sharing defeatist info. >> >> Otherwise, the principal purpose of the presidential debate and media-led >> peace campaigns might be quickly eroded...MOA led Kenya for Kenyans, Bring >> Zack Back Home and many more. I am sure they can do this. >> >> MOA has to come out and say they will cover the tallying process and >> encourage the rule of law! >> >> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote: >> >>> Listers,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> With the information revolution, news makes round at the speed of light. >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Why should we be getting breaking news of this kind (below) from >>> international news? Why not from our local media? Should our source of >>> information be by international media houses? **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> The media is represented on this list, what’s going on?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 11:44 AM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013: >>> #BREAKING: Running mate of Kenya PM Odinga - one of the frontrunners in >>> Monday's presidential polls - alleges vote-rigging**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) tweeted at 0:02 PM on Thu, Mar 07, >>> 2013: >>> Party of 2nd-placed candidate in Kenyan elections, Raila Odinga, says it >>> has evidence that results are being "doctored"**** >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmuthoni%40gmail.com >>> >>> >>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>> >>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthoni >> >> My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mahatma Gandhi once said:- >> >> First they ignore you, >> Then they laugh at you, >> Then they fight you, >> AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/gichuru%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. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Warm Regards, >> ------------------------ >> Sam Gichuru >> >> >> twitter: | @samgichuru <http://twitter.com/samgichuru> >> Blog: | www.samgichuru.com >> Facebook: | Sam.gichuru <http://www.facebook.com/sam.gichuru> >> Skype: Sam.gichuru >> Cellphone: | +254-722-730565 >> >> Co-founder/ Director /Nailab Incubation >> Location: | Nairobi >> Website: | www.nailab.co.ke >> twitter: | @thenailab >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/murigi.muraya%40gmail… >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>

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Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by meshack emakunat 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

I do concur with you!!!! ------------------------------ On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 9:53 PM PST Joseph Mucheru wrote: >Dear Listers, > >Is this the right time to be asking Dismas to answer questions or getting >him to get the results out? Let's focus on the BIG issue at the moment, the >results are not out yet and this is the number one priority for IEBC and >the staff and the country. After the results are out, we can call an open >public forum that will give everyone time to respond. Right now political >parties, candidates and the country are waiting for results and it would be >unfair to expect IEBC to be answering questions on the systems right now. > >my two cents > > >On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone on the list have the contact information for Dismas Ongondi at >> IEBC? >> >> *Dismas Ongondi - Director of Information Communication Technology* >> >> As head of the ICT department, he has been in charge of the technological >> revolution at the commission. The implementation of the an electronic >> results transmission technology and biometric voter registration has been >> under his docket. He is the man Kenyans will be focusing on tomorrow when >> Presidential results are relayed electronically. >> Erik Hersman >> >> www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> >> www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | @whiteafrican<http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> >> >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I would be curious to know when the selected vendor actually indeed >> receive their contract for the work to begin. My experience with public >> procurement (GoK, USAID, etc), once the bids are closed, it will usually >> take more than 30 days to get everything finalized internal to the buying >> organisation for a contract to be issued and hence works to begin. >> >> Considering this was a software project for custom tool and several >> integration requirements with several third party applications. The >> problems were are seeing are really a manifestation of how the preparedness >> process went. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: >> >> Agosta, >> >> I think it's clear that we all understand that tech issues happen, on >> this list we understand that better than most. However, how are you >> supposed to help if you don't know what's wrong? >> >> That's really what's at issue here. It's about understanding how it >> works first, then who's involved, then what's wrong, then what (if >> anything) we can do. Do you find something wrong in that train of thought? >> >> Erik Hersman >> >> www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> >> www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | @whiteafrican<http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Daudi >> >> My point is when people work on complex systems ... like the election >> system, things fail and most times they recover. >> >> Lets not have a public hazing exercise -- Unless we say we know for a >> fact what the problem is >> >> and in that case, first step would be to offer help to IEBC - or the >> staff there. We know them !! >> >> There are too many of us who are now offering solutions on blogs, >> websites etc etc >> >> Maybe this will bring in more grants ..... >> >> Thanks >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Daudi Were <daudi.were(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6 March 2013 09:56, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> about the RFP ... >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS THE EXCLUSIVE, CONFIDENTIAL, >>> PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS >>> (IFES). IT MAY NOT BE COPIED, TRANSMITTED, OR DISCLOSED BY ANY MEANS >>> WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF IFES . BY ACCEPTING A COPY HEREOF, >>> RECIPIENT AGREES TO (I) BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED >>> HEREIN (INCLUDING BUT NO T LIMITED TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISONS), (II) >>> USE THE RFP (AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS) SOLE LY FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES AND >>> FOR RESPONDING TO THIS RFP, AND (III) RETURN OR DESTROY THE RFP (AND ANY >>> RELATED DOCUMENTS) UPON IFES REQUEST OR UPON YOUR DECISION NOT TO RESPOND >>> TO THIS RFP >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Liko, >>> >>> The RFP maybe belong to IFES (and that can be disputed), the election >>> and the electoral process belongs to Kenyans. >>> We not only have the right, we have the RESPONSIBILITY to question what >>> is going on with the ICT systems at Bomas. >>> Since you keep telling us to expect things to fail and then expect them >>> to be fixed why don't you tell us WHAT failed and WHAT is being fixed. >>> Simple enough. If you don't want to tell us what is failing and what is >>> being fixed then tell us WHY you can not tell us. Is it that you don't >>> know, in which case you should join is trying to find out WHAT is going on. >>> >>> The integrity of our election is much more important that a warning IN >>> CAPS about which obscure company owns which document. >>> >>> We ask these questions are patriots, as concerned citizens who want our >>> electoral commission to succeed. Obscure confidentially clauses or not. >>> >>> D >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmuthoni%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthoni >> >> My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mahatma Gandhi once said:- >> >> First they ignore you, >> Then they laugh at you, >> Then they fight you, >> AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/mucheru%40google.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. >> > > > >-- >Joe Mũcherũ >Regional Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa >Google Kenya >7th Floor, Purshottam Place >Westlands Road >P O Box 66217 - 00800 Westlands >Nairobi, >KENYA > >+254 20 360 1701 Office >+254 20 360 1100 Fax >+254 20 360 1000 Switch Board (Regus) > >+254 722522135 Mobile > > >http://www.google.com > >This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this >communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please >erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to >the wrong person. Thanks.

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Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by meshack emakunat 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

I do concur with you!!!! ------------------------------ On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 9:53 PM PST Joseph Mucheru wrote: >Dear Listers, > >Is this the right time to be asking Dismas to answer questions or getting >him to get the results out? Let's focus on the BIG issue at the moment, the >results are not out yet and this is the number one priority for IEBC and >the staff and the country. After the results are out, we can call an open >public forum that will give everyone time to respond. Right now political >parties, candidates and the country are waiting for results and it would be >unfair to expect IEBC to be answering questions on the systems right now. > >my two cents > > >On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone on the list have the contact information for Dismas Ongondi at >> IEBC? >> >> *Dismas Ongondi - Director of Information Communication Technology* >> >> As head of the ICT department, he has been in charge of the technological >> revolution at the commission. The implementation of the an electronic >> results transmission technology and biometric voter registration has been >> under his docket. He is the man Kenyans will be focusing on tomorrow when >> Presidential results are relayed electronically. >> Erik Hersman >> >> www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> >> www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | @whiteafrican<http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> >> >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I would be curious to know when the selected vendor actually indeed >> receive their contract for the work to begin. My experience with public >> procurement (GoK, USAID, etc), once the bids are closed, it will usually >> take more than 30 days to get everything finalized internal to the buying >> organisation for a contract to be issued and hence works to begin. >> >> Considering this was a software project for custom tool and several >> integration requirements with several third party applications. The >> problems were are seeing are really a manifestation of how the preparedness >> process went. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: >> >> Agosta, >> >> I think it's clear that we all understand that tech issues happen, on >> this list we understand that better than most. However, how are you >> supposed to help if you don't know what's wrong? >> >> That's really what's at issue here. It's about understanding how it >> works first, then who's involved, then what's wrong, then what (if >> anything) we can do. Do you find something wrong in that train of thought? >> >> Erik Hersman >> >> www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> >> www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | @whiteafrican<http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Daudi >> >> My point is when people work on complex systems ... like the election >> system, things fail and most times they recover. >> >> Lets not have a public hazing exercise -- Unless we say we know for a >> fact what the problem is >> >> and in that case, first step would be to offer help to IEBC - or the >> staff there. We know them !! >> >> There are too many of us who are now offering solutions on blogs, >> websites etc etc >> >> Maybe this will bring in more grants ..... >> >> Thanks >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Daudi Were <daudi.were(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6 March 2013 09:56, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> about the RFP ... >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS THE EXCLUSIVE, CONFIDENTIAL, >>> PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS >>> (IFES). IT MAY NOT BE COPIED, TRANSMITTED, OR DISCLOSED BY ANY MEANS >>> WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF IFES . BY ACCEPTING A COPY HEREOF, >>> RECIPIENT AGREES TO (I) BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED >>> HEREIN (INCLUDING BUT NO T LIMITED TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISONS), (II) >>> USE THE RFP (AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS) SOLE LY FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES AND >>> FOR RESPONDING TO THIS RFP, AND (III) RETURN OR DESTROY THE RFP (AND ANY >>> RELATED DOCUMENTS) UPON IFES REQUEST OR UPON YOUR DECISION NOT TO RESPOND >>> TO THIS RFP >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Liko, >>> >>> The RFP maybe belong to IFES (and that can be disputed), the election >>> and the electoral process belongs to Kenyans. >>> We not only have the right, we have the RESPONSIBILITY to question what >>> is going on with the ICT systems at Bomas. >>> Since you keep telling us to expect things to fail and then expect them >>> to be fixed why don't you tell us WHAT failed and WHAT is being fixed. >>> Simple enough. If you don't want to tell us what is failing and what is >>> being fixed then tell us WHY you can not tell us. Is it that you don't >>> know, in which case you should join is trying to find out WHAT is going on. >>> >>> The integrity of our election is much more important that a warning IN >>> CAPS about which obscure company owns which document. >>> >>> We ask these questions are patriots, as concerned citizens who want our >>> electoral commission to succeed. Obscure confidentially clauses or not. >>> >>> D >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmuthoni%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthoni >> >> My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mahatma Gandhi once said:- >> >> First they ignore you, >> Then they laugh at you, >> Then they fight you, >> AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/mucheru%40google.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. >> > > > >-- >Joe Mũcherũ >Regional Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa >Google Kenya >7th Floor, Purshottam Place >Westlands Road >P O Box 66217 - 00800 Westlands >Nairobi, >KENYA > >+254 20 360 1701 Office >+254 20 360 1100 Fax >+254 20 360 1000 Switch Board (Regus) > >+254 722522135 Mobile > > >http://www.google.com > >This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this >communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please >erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to >the wrong person. Thanks.

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Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by meshack emakunat 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

I agree! !!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------ On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 9:53 PM PST Joseph Mucheru wrote: >Dear Listers, > >Is this the right time to be asking Dismas to answer questions or getting >him to get the results out? Let's focus on the BIG issue at the moment, the >results are not out yet and this is the number one priority for IEBC and >the staff and the country. After the results are out, we can call an open >public forum that will give everyone time to respond. Right now political >parties, candidates and the country are waiting for results and it would be >unfair to expect IEBC to be answering questions on the systems right now. > >my two cents > > >On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone on the list have the contact information for Dismas Ongondi at >> IEBC? >> >> *Dismas Ongondi - Director of Information Communication Technology* >> >> As head of the ICT department, he has been in charge of the technological >> revolution at the commission. The implementation of the an electronic >> results transmission technology and biometric voter registration has been >> under his docket. He is the man Kenyans will be focusing on tomorrow when >> Presidential results are relayed electronically. >> Erik Hersman >> >> www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> >> www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | @whiteafrican<http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> >> >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I would be curious to know when the selected vendor actually indeed >> receive their contract for the work to begin. My experience with public >> procurement (GoK, USAID, etc), once the bids are closed, it will usually >> take more than 30 days to get everything finalized internal to the buying >> organisation for a contract to be issued and hence works to begin. >> >> Considering this was a software project for custom tool and several >> integration requirements with several third party applications. The >> problems were are seeing are really a manifestation of how the preparedness >> process went. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: >> >> Agosta, >> >> I think it's clear that we all understand that tech issues happen, on >> this list we understand that better than most. However, how are you >> supposed to help if you don't know what's wrong? >> >> That's really what's at issue here. It's about understanding how it >> works first, then who's involved, then what's wrong, then what (if >> anything) we can do. Do you find something wrong in that train of thought? >> >> Erik Hersman >> >> www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> >> www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | @whiteafrican<http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Daudi >> >> My point is when people work on complex systems ... like the election >> system, things fail and most times they recover. >> >> Lets not have a public hazing exercise -- Unless we say we know for a >> fact what the problem is >> >> and in that case, first step would be to offer help to IEBC - or the >> staff there. We know them !! >> >> There are too many of us who are now offering solutions on blogs, >> websites etc etc >> >> Maybe this will bring in more grants ..... >> >> Thanks >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Daudi Were <daudi.were(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6 March 2013 09:56, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> about the RFP ... >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) IS THE EXCLUSIVE, CONFIDENTIAL, >>> PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS >>> (IFES). IT MAY NOT BE COPIED, TRANSMITTED, OR DISCLOSED BY ANY MEANS >>> WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF IFES . BY ACCEPTING A COPY HEREOF, >>> RECIPIENT AGREES TO (I) BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED >>> HEREIN (INCLUDING BUT NO T LIMITED TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISONS), (II) >>> USE THE RFP (AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS) SOLE LY FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES AND >>> FOR RESPONDING TO THIS RFP, AND (III) RETURN OR DESTROY THE RFP (AND ANY >>> RELATED DOCUMENTS) UPON IFES REQUEST OR UPON YOUR DECISION NOT TO RESPOND >>> TO THIS RFP >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Liko, >>> >>> The RFP maybe belong to IFES (and that can be disputed), the election >>> and the electoral process belongs to Kenyans. >>> We not only have the right, we have the RESPONSIBILITY to question what >>> is going on with the ICT systems at Bomas. >>> Since you keep telling us to expect things to fail and then expect them >>> to be fixed why don't you tell us WHAT failed and WHAT is being fixed. >>> Simple enough. If you don't want to tell us what is failing and what is >>> being fixed then tell us WHY you can not tell us. Is it that you don't >>> know, in which case you should join is trying to find out WHAT is going on. >>> >>> The integrity of our election is much more important that a warning IN >>> CAPS about which obscure company owns which document. >>> >>> We ask these questions are patriots, as concerned citizens who want our >>> electoral commission to succeed. Obscure confidentially clauses or not. >>> >>> D >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmuthoni%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthoni >> >> My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mahatma Gandhi once said:- >> >> First they ignore you, >> Then they laugh at you, >> Then they fight you, >> AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/mucheru%40google.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. >> > > > >-- >Joe Mũcherũ >Regional Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa >Google Kenya >7th Floor, Purshottam Place >Westlands Road >P O Box 66217 - 00800 Westlands >Nairobi, >KENYA > >+254 20 360 1701 Office >+254 20 360 1100 Fax >+254 20 360 1000 Switch Board (Regus) > >+254 722522135 Mobile > > >http://www.google.com > >This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this >communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please >erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to >the wrong person. Thanks.

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Is Kenyan Media Asleep?
by Edith Adera 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Listers, With the information revolution, news makes round at the speed of light. Why should we be getting breaking news of this kind (below) from international news? Why not from our local media? Should our source of information be by international media houses? The media is represented on this list, what's going on? Agence France-Presse (@AFP) tweeted at 11:44 AM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013: #BREAKING: Running mate of Kenya PM Odinga - one of the frontrunners in Monday's presidential polls - alleges vote-rigging BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) tweeted at 0:02 PM on Thu, Mar 07, 2013: Party of 2nd-placed candidate in Kenyan elections, Raila Odinga, says it has evidence that results are being "doctored"

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Re: [kictanet] Lessons from the failing RTS
by John Kieti 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Hey Brian, Gilda, Listers, As many have observed, there must have been a serious planning lapse or a last minute change of requirements with respect to acquisition of the Results Transmission System (RTS) component - the EVID issues aside. Drawing from experience in a Government ICT function, by the time the Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued late December 2012, the election being only two and a half months away, IEBC must have been in panic mode. In such cases the escape route is usually to ask the funding partner to use their less rigorous procedures to procure for you. So apparently IFES had to bear the risk of conducting a rushed procurement worsened by tight timelines for implementation and testing. What's interesting though is; in government, departments do not merely decide to procure goods or services. Such items-must be in an annual work plan and the procurement plan by July (start of fiscal year). What would be useful to learn from Dismas and his team is - by July 2012, what did they have in their 2012/2013 annual plans for providing the RTS service. I do not believe they deliberately waited to have an RFP issued on December 21st with a 14 calendar day submission deadline in the middle of the festive period; and for a service required exactly 2 months after RFP submission.. I look forward to seeing some of the enormous lessons that will be presented to the Kenya ICT fraternity by this seemingly unfortunate scenario. Perhaps this will be an excellent Case Study for our Universities' MSc and BSc programs. Best Regards On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Gilda, > > As facts begin to emerge, it seems that the IEBC ICT team were part of the > problem. It is therefore likely that in the age old practice of covering > their behinds, they would obfsucate the problems, even to top management in > order to buy themselves time to firefight and hopefully fix things before > they got out of hand. This time, unfortunately, the bluff didn't work, and > with the whole country watching the only sensible thing management could do > is put the system aside and stick to manual tally, which is what we have > now. > > As I have said earlier - we will need to know what happened, and we will > need to see those responsible dealt with. > > Best regards, > > Brian > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Gilda Odera <godera(a)skyweb.co.ke> wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> I beg to differ here. It is about time we became perfectionists and >> stopped making excuses for our failure to ensure that the system was FULLY >> functional before the actual election took place. It is true that systems >> fail but in this case, it never really worked properly RIGHT FROM THE >> ONSET. If we keep adopting this attitude that 'systems fail' how will the >> processes and efficiencies ever be improved? It is wise to accept our >> weaknesses so we can improve on them. The moment the writing was on the >> wall, IEBC ICT Team should have advised of the risk of proceeding with the >> failing system in order for them to simply announce that they would have to >> run the elections on a dully manual system-expectations must always be >> managed, especially knowing how crucial these particular elections are for >> every party. Why is it that we don't normally read that systems failed >> during elections in all other countries. Probably because they fully >> prepare and have back up systems that work I event one fails! >> >> Regards, >> >> Gilda Odera >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: >> >> Agreed with Evans here. >> >> Every single tech system has problems, that IEBC does as well should be >> no surprise. I've been spending last night and this morning trying to >> better understand how the IEBC's data flow works, their lack of clarity >> here is the only problem that I can find. You can see my questions, >> sources and even the IEBC RFP for the system here: >> http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/ >> >> Polling station uses Safaricom SIM cards » >> App installed in phone, proprietary software from IFES » >> Transmitted via Safaricom’s VPN » >> Servers hosted/managed by Next Technologies (needs confirmation) » >> Google hosted website at http://vote.iebc.or.ke » >> Google hosted API at http://api.iebc.or.ke >> >> You'll note that, besides the IEBC itself, there are at least 4 (large) >> organizations that have to be in sync in order for the system to work >> (Safaricom, IFES, Next Technologies, and Google). That's no small task, >> and as you can see by the list of companies involved, these are largely * >> not* local companies. >> >> >> Erik Hersman >> >> www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke <http://www.ihub.co.ke/> >> www.whiteafrican.com <http://www.afrigadget.com/> | @whiteafrican<http://twitter.com/whiteafrican> >> >> On Mar 6, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Edith, I beg to differ. Its not ICT that has failed here. Its the >> processes. Just throwing some expensive servers and plenty of bandwidth at >> a problem will not solve it. The top leadership has to fully understand >> their organization's ICT strategy. They have to internalize the >> opportunities that technology brings to the table, as well as the inherent >> risks that come with it. This cannot be left to techies, however good they >> may be. The reason being that if the organization that you lead fails (and >> the reason was technology), its you who is answerable, not the techies. >> This is the spirit of IT Governance. >> >> It would be interesting to know if the IEBC commissioners fully >> understand the risks of the technologies that they are relying on. >> Let us not blame the technology. >> >> Evans >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote: >> >>> Listers, >>> >>> It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is >>> given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral >>> process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY! >>> >>> what went wrong? >>> >>> Edith >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ikua.evans%40gmail.com >>> >>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>> >>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *---------------------------------------------------- >> Kind Regards, >> Evans Ikua,* >> lanetconsulting.com, >> lpi-eastafrica.org, >> ict-innovation.fossfa.net, >> Skype: @ikuae >> Cell: +254-722-955831 >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/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. >> >> >> _________________ >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Gilda Odera >> >> Regards, >> >> Gilda Odera >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/blongwe%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jkieti%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > -- My Blog - www.gmeltdown.com ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The ordinary just won't do

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IEBC Issues - a light note
by robert yawe 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Hi, The following link seems like a cut and post from this forum, it seems in-depth analysis and investigation are dead http://intelligencebriefs.com/?p=3413 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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(no subject)
by Gilda Odera 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

Listers, I beg to differ here. It is about time we became perfectionists and stopped making excuses for our failure to ensure that the system was FULLY functional before the actual election took place. It is true that systems fail but in this case, it never really worked properly RIGHT FROM THE ONSET. If we keep adopting this attitude that 'systems fail' how will the processes and efficiencies ever be improved? It is wise to accept our weaknesses so we can improve on them. The moment the writing was on the wall, IEBC ICT Team should have advised of the risk of proceeding with the failing system in order for them to simply announce that they would have to run the elections on a dully manual system-expectations must always be managed, especially knowing how crucial these particular elections are for every party. Why is it that we don't normally read that systems failed during elections in all other countries. Probably because they fully prepare and have back up systems that work I event one fails! Regards, Gilda Odera On Mar 6, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Erik Hersman <erik(a)zungu.com> wrote: > Agreed with Evans here. > > Every single tech system has problems, that IEBC does as well should be no surprise. I've been spending last night and this morning trying to better understand how the IEBC's data flow works, their lack of clarity here is the only problem that I can find. You can see my questions, sources and even the IEBC RFP for the system here: http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/ > > Polling station uses Safaricom SIM cards » > App installed in phone, proprietary software from IFES » > Transmitted via Safaricom’s VPN » > Servers hosted/managed by Next Technologies (needs confirmation) » > Google hosted website at http://vote.iebc.or.ke » > Google hosted API at http://api.iebc.or.ke > > You'll note that, besides the IEBC itself, there are at least 4 (large) organizations that have to be in sync in order for the system to work (Safaricom, IFES, Next Technologies, and Google). That's no small task, and as you can see by the list of companies involved, these are largely not local companies. > > > Erik Hersman > > www.ushahidi.com | www.iHub.co.ke > www.whiteafrican.com | @whiteafrican > > On Mar 6, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Edith, I beg to differ. Its not ICT that has failed here. Its the processes. Just throwing some expensive servers and plenty of bandwidth at a problem will not solve it. The top leadership has to fully understand their organization's ICT strategy. They have to internalize the opportunities that technology brings to the table, as well as the inherent risks that come with it. This cannot be left to techies, however good they may be. The reason being that if the organization that you lead fails (and the reason was technology), its you who is answerable, not the techies. This is the spirit of IT Governance. >> >> It would be interesting to know if the IEBC commissioners fully understand the risks of the technologies that they are relying on. >> Let us not blame the technology. >> >> Evans >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote: >> Listers, >> >> It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY! >> >> what went wrong? >> >> Edith >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ikua.evans%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> Kind Regards, >> Evans Ikua, >> lanetconsulting.com, >> lpi-eastafrica.org, >> ict-innovation.fossfa.net, >> Skype: @ikuae >> Cell: +254-722-955831 >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/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. > > _________________ Regards, Gilda Odera Regards, Gilda Odera

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Re: [kictanet] Is Kenyan Media Asleep?
by Patrick Mwangi Karanja 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

+1 Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 70, Issue 28
by Baiju Shah 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Listers, Very interesting debate, now lets look at lesson learnt and put the right measures in place to have successful delivery of projects. Best Regards, Baiju Sent from my iPad On 6 Mar 2013, at 21:01, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Results Transmission System (ICT Researcher) > 2. Re: Has the ICT Sector Failed? (dmakali(a)yahoo.com) > 3. Re: Has the ICT Sector Failed? (bitange(a)jambo.co.ke) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:29:11 -0800 (PST) > From: ICT Researcher <ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com> > To: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Results Transmission System > Message-ID: > <1362590951.61246.YahooMailNeo(a)web140006.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > A wake-up call to Kenyans to be wary of "put all your eggs in the glorious IT basket" peddlers?? Unless you built the platform, owned and operated it, then your best could be no more than a washer in the system, a rain drop in the ocean or a mere subject in the digital kingdom. In which case the manual system restores IEBC to its due authoritative standing. > > Some food for thought: > > > 'Engineering: Designed to Fail' - Henry > Petroski, American Scientist, Volume > 85 > > ?Failure in engineering, as in lif, > is considered a negative quality--something to be avoided. When we > hear that a system has failed or a device has broken, we begin to > look for causes and culprits even as we are caring for victims and > cleaning up the pieces. We want o identify how and why each failure > happened so that we can prevent it in the future. Was the design > defective? Were the materials flawed? Was the maintenance negligent? > Was the use excessive? Such are the questions of a failure analysis, > determined to get to the heart of the matter so that blame and > liability can be assigned, and things can be redesigned. In this > sense, failed things and their makers can be said to be vindicated; > they provide lessons for improvement and for the advancement of > civilization. > There is another aspect of failure, one > that from the beginning puts the usual pejorative connotation of the > word in a much more positive light. We actually want certain things > to fail and break, for otherwise we would be frustrated in their use > and possibly even harmed by their existence. The challenge to the > engineer in this case is to design systems and devices that have > well-defined and predictable failure and breaking points so that such > physical phenomena as collapse fracture happen in the way and at the > time they are supposed to." > > > JSTOR link: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/27856846?uid=3738336&uid=2129&uid=2&u… > ?? ? ? > > > ________________________________ > From: Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> > To: ict.researcher(a)yahoo.com > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 1:33 PM > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Results Transmission System > > > Why is another country paying for and procuring as critical and sensitive a national infrastructure and resource as our national election system? > > Total, absolute fail! > > Brian > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Now, there is loads of information that is becoming available about the system. I am sharing more that has come my way: >> >> >> 1. The RFP used to source a vendor:?http://buyersguide.ifes.org/procurement_pdf/1356124968.pdf >> 2. RFP was closing only?4th January, 2013, yes..only this January >> >> 3. An external party (US based) that seems to have been fully involved in the entire procurement process and i would imagine implementation as well is?http://www.ifes.org/.?See all details about their role in the RFP and others on their website. >> 4. Project was USAID funded. >> 5. A good blog with several discussions on this:?http://iebctechkenya.tumblr.com/ >> Before we blame anybody or feel sorry for any party, Please lets do a thorough review of the ongoings. I am sure we shall then address the IT problem in this case. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Edith Adera <eadera(a)idrc.ca> wrote: >> >> This story and another on safaricom being pressured not to support the transmission was in the public domain, as a sector, we should have discussed these ahead of time. >>> >>> these articles were in the public domain. >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.ca(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Dorcas Muthoni [dmuthoni(a)gmail.com] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 12:39 AM >>> To: Edith Adera >>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >>> Subject: [kictanet] Results Transmission System >>> >>> >>> Stories that we may have missed: >>> >>> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmi… >>> >>> Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013. >>> >>> I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us. >>> >>> -- >>> Muthoni >>> >>> My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ >>> -------------------------------------------- >>> Mahatma Gandhi once said:- >>> >>> First they ignore you, >>> Then they laugh at you, >>> Then they fight you, >>> AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthoni >> >> My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mahatma Gandhi once said:- >> >> First they ignore you, >> Then they laugh at you, >> Then they fight you, >> AND THEN YOU WIN!!! >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/blongwe%40gmail.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ict.researcher%40yaho… > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >

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Results Transmission System
by Dorcas Muthoni 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Stories that we may have missed: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-108148/iebc-must-fix-results-transmi… Story was published as early as Feb 19th 2013. I hope in future, departments like Directorate of e-Goverment launch competent QA and IS Audit teams that could be more involved in software projects at various agencies. It would be good for all of us. -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!

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Re: [kictanet] [ISOC_KE] Kenyas Elections; Where Has The Technology Hype (and Internet) Gone To
by Gideon 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

+1 Barrack, I think there is a spot at which these systems experience failure especially where there is not previous experience, the most important thing was to have back-up or alternative means of managing the process to ensure results are available despite the behavior of all systems involved. I think this comes with teething problems but i hope that at the end of the day we have credibility. Above all i also congratulate all those who exercised their democratic right by voting, lets all maintain patience, peace love and unity. Best regards, Gideon Rop On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:23 PM, WANGARI KABIRU <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > Jumatatu Yenye Baraka! > > The stakes in this case are too high. In the Public eye (the Customer > paying for it), it even seems to be 100% failure of the Technology yet a > lot of confidence had been generated due to the promise of this Technology. > > If this was a Business being launched, high chances that the said business > would have closed down and have major financial debts as it goes down. An > explanation that 70% projects fail wouldn't hold water, though very > alarming. > > As you point out, it takes People+Process+Tecnhology which are all driven > by People. During the Cybersecurity Master Plan launch, it was raised that > Kenya did not have skilled persons to meet the needs resulting in outsource > from other countries. The "People" gap could be evident here. > > I hope that after the whole Election season is over ISOCers may engage > candidly on the Kenyan Tech experience from this elections. > > > Have a pleasant day. > > Regards/Wangari > > --- > Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored > Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on > Earth". > > > --- On *Wed, 6/3/13, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Kenyas Elections; Where Has The Technology Hype > (and Internet) Gone To > To: "WANGARI KABIRU" <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: "isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke" <isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy > Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, "skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke" > <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>, "Daniel Otieno Omondi" <dottocomp(a)yahoo.com> > Date: Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, 15:45 > > > Hi Wangari, > > Technology is not an end in itself but a means to an end, what matters is > deployment. For a long time Gartner has always indicated that approximately > 70 % of all major ICT projects fail, there are many factors related to the > ecosystem within which the system operates that can ensure the success of > any technological intervention. It takes people+processes+technology to > achieve results, if this there key players are not in synch then you end up > with a problem. We are all aware of the challenges IEBC went through while > trying to acquire the technology, given the short span of time i did not > expect a miracle out of the KITS. Globally only India and Brazil have done > well in using electronic voting (i stand to be corrected), nonetheless, > there are great lessons to be learn from this election. Finally > congratulations to all who voted, let us maintain peace and respect the > rule of the law, love your neighbour as you love yourself. > > Best Regards > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:14 PM, WANGARI KABIRU <wangarikabiru(a)yahoo.co.uk<http://mc/compose?to=wangarikabiru@yahoo.co.uk> > > wrote: > > Baraka na amani tele nchini msimu huu na siku zijazo! > > On a light note; Baby born at the voting queue has been named Ballot-eli > > We have made great strides as a Nation during this National Elections. > Neighbors went out in droves. > > Perhaps our ICT savvy colleagues may enlighten us on why the Technology > invested in seems not to be up to the game; a good number of the voter > identification kits were not working or used (I did not run my finger on > any), some names were not traced in the computer etc. > > It just doesnt work for the citizenry when told that 'mtambo haufanyi > kazi", and the manual register is used just as in the past elections. A lot > of hype had gone into the need and role of the advanced Technology this > time round. > > There is a lot of hype on Technology being the turnaround for the Country > as an industry and also in other sectors. > > I do expect that in subsequent elections, the investment (financial, > human, time) in Technology will even be higher and this is a good point to > check how to up the game. > > Have a pleasant day. > > Regards/Wangari > > --- > Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored > Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on > Earth". > > > --- On *Sat, 2/3/13, Daniel Otieno Omondi <dottocomp(a)yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=dottocomp@yahoo.com> > >* wrote: > > > From: Daniel Otieno Omondi <dottocomp(a)yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=dottocomp@yahoo.com> > > > Subject: [ISOC_KE] Fw: Sustained Global Broadband Demand but Africa Still > Lags Behind > To: "isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke <http://mc/compose?to=isoc@orion.my.co.ke>" < > isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke <http://mc/compose?to=isoc@orion.my.co.ke>>, > "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<http://mc/compose?to=kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>, > "skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke<http://mc/compose?to=skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>" > <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke<http://mc/compose?to=skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> > > > Date: Saturday, 2 March, 2013, 12:14 > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* ICT Africa <info(a)ictafrica.info<http://mc/compose?to=info@ictafrica.info> > > > *To:* isoc(a)orion.my.co.ke <http://mc/compose?to=isoc@orion.my.co.ke> > *Sent:* Friday, March 1, 2013 5:35 AM > *Subject:* [ISOC_KE] Sustained Global Broadband Demand but Africa Still > Lags Behind > > [image: ICT Africa]<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001guENyk32nR4Enc70IJ3Pgh6IUSAsypacQTKXHFtNt-MD…> > > *February 28, 2013* > > *Sustained Global Broadband Demand but Africa Still Lags Behind* > On February 27, 2013, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) > released figures that show a strong increase in demand for global broadband > services. Growth in demand is attributed to falling Internet access prices. > But despite all the gains that Africa has experienced, especially through > the growth of mobile broadband access, the figures indicate that the > digital divide between Africa and the rest of the world continues unabated. Read > more...<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001guENyk32nR63YsxqWeTrxwsSPNlaS4sDupwqICshrLD-…> > > *Electronic Voting Systems in Africa* > In a previous article, we discussed how ICT can be effectively used in > elections in Africa. Our article focused primarily on Zimbabwe where > election disputes have been a major issue. We also pointed out that a > number of African countries had implemented some form of emerging > technologies in their election process - including biometric voter > registration. Read more...<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001guENyk32nR4JGUQUIjmohgwAjzS2rsuZNb2VhuDvAHCO…> > > *ICT in Africa on Internet Radio* > The ICT buzz in Africa - the mobile boom, deployment of submarine cables, > widespread deployment of terrestrial fibre optic networks and new > innovations such as mobile money - has caught the attention of many people, > including an Internet radio DJ. Read more...<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001guENyk32nR797GgyRjL7RN2pmB6nkHFtGhsh2Cm8AnL6…> > > *Cable theft and vandalism to telecom property - Africans are shooting > themselves in the feet.* > You ask most Africans about the shambolic state of their economies, and > the response is always quick - it is the government's fault. While > governments ultimately bear the responsibility for the performance of their > economies, some of the members of the African public have done a lot to > destroy their economies. The theft of cable and destruction of > telecommunication equipment is one area where some members of the African > public are helping to bring their economies down. 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Fwd: [East Africa Journalists' FORUM!] Two People have been arrested in regard to...
by Victor bwire 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Trying to get the source of the below story... Read on some site ** Godwin Agaba posted in East Africa Journalists' FORUM!<http://www.facebook.com/n/?groups%2F189465881176213%2Fpermalink%2F316411875…> [image: Two People have been arrested in regard to...]<http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=100000507991052&mid=7a13da1G50fd2…> Godwin Agaba<http://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=100000507991052&mid=7a13da1G50fd2…> 4:11pm Mar 6 Two People have been arrested in regard to Hacking of IEBC System Sources indicate that the I.E.B.C realized that their system had been hacked into. The programmer was given instruction to input a permanent difference between UHURU and RAILA with more than 400,000 votes. It had been realized that it could not be changed under any circumstances (after being programmed), unless they posted the data a fresh. 2 guys have been arrested, while 2 others are on the run. There is a lot of scrutiny at BOMAS and people are on high alert. Any form of inaccurate tally is put aside and INDIVIDUALS involved personally HELD RESPONSIBLE Having detected this at around 3pm yesterday, the Commission had no option but to fully go manual. It would have been worse had it not been detected. The figures are already changing. Poll results the main TVs are showing is old data. View Post on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/n/?groups%2F189465881176213%2Fpermalink%2F316411875…>· Edit Email Settings<http://www.facebook.com/n/?settings&tab=notifications&section=group_notific…>· Reply to this email to add a comment.

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 70, Issue 7
by Baiju Shah 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Hey Liko, Dennis, Ali, Please do not blame the IEBC their core role was to ensure this elections happen, which have happened. When speak about the quality of their delivery, are there standards that outline fit for purpose, like we see a KEBS sticker? As it is an Independent Board the right people would have been placed for such important jobs, as we say right people doing the wrong jobs. The results are evident, we have every procurement decision questioned by the public, the systems in place have been failing, let's look at the root of the issue and not delivery, to provide a lasting solution. When will the ICT world learn how to manage failure better, the rest of the industries do it elegantly, look at the Banks and finance house, but we still trust them with our cash, the Mobile Network Operators drop calls all the time we still pay them to provide us with a sub-standard service. My point here simple let us together define the right IT fit for purpose policy from the Scoping of new systems to the final acceptance of these systems, it will limit some of the innovations we have seen, but it will also deliver some surety. The IEBC official only fault was that they were too busy being biased and favouring certain companies and individuals rather than looking and the requirements and scope and being prudent about their delivery. I am sure they will claim lack of time, but it is down to good project management and operational practices that could have been put in place. They were all enjoying their new found material wealth after the BVR procurement windfall, including gym memberships, new cars etc. etc. It is an opportunity of a life time for the officials who are protected by the law and will get away with the failure to leave behind a legacy of a successful and peaceful elections, have I said this to early, let's wait for a few more days and see how the political system sets the tone for Economic progress, I believe if all play our part Kenya has a real opportunity to set the pace Africa wide purely from a ICT stand point. Thanks Best Regards, Baiju Shah -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+baiju=tele2media.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 06 March 2013 10:20 To: Baiju Shah Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 70, Issue 7 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Has the ICT Sector Failed? (Agosta Liko) 2. Re: Results Transmission System (Dorcas Muthoni) 3. Re: Has the ICT Sector Failed? (Roland Omoresemi) 4. Re: Has the ICT Sector Failed? (Agosta Liko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:12:12 +0300 From: Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> To: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Message-ID: <CAAgAc796W5jrv_yHCVuX8n=ADRGN0ZEcX-jRrt8126kkf6Aduw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dennis You are speculating ... about skills etc etc Unless you have insider information from IEBC ... and in that case am sure you would publish On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > How long will government agencies continue to be dumbfounded by IT > systems? The same way we have a CIRT, it's time to have a group of > revolving IT experts that can help troubleshoot government agencies > when in technical trouble, from KNEC servers to IEBC servers. > > Seems IT officers hired here are usually not that skilled or > experienced in such challenges. I'm sure they would learn if they had > experts and skilled guys seconded to them. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/agostal%40gmail. > com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT > policy and regulation. 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Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed?
by eonchari＠lynxbits.com 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

I do not believe so...what has failed us is the "process"....the procurement process was flawed, the system implementation process clearly was flawed, etc. ICT systems are only as good as "proper" requirements defined, implementation done correctly, etc....IEBC has failed miserably in this respect Edwin ----- Original Message ----- From: godera(a)skyweb.co.keTo: eonchari(a)lynxbits.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: 3/6/13 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Regards, Gilda Odera On Mar 6, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> wrote: Roland The governance experts are saying - lack of governance The networking experts are saying - lets get better VPNS The server experts are saying - we should have used HP or SUN or IBM The database experts are concerned Oracle was used (Open Source Guys would want MySQL) Software Developers - why use language X and not you Software Testers - want more testing Everyone is pitching their wares ... no one is sure what happened ....... ... and the job is over this week :) On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Roland Omoresemi <roland(a)tezzasolutions.com> wrote: Can we really blame ICT when the true culprit appears to be the lack of proper testing of the systems in play? IEBC could have performance tested (both load and stress) their systems to see how they would react under varying loads. The tools and human resources were right there in Kenya but it is obvious we failed to apply them to help create a different result than what we currently face. What we are witnessing is a classic case of what happens when we fail to adequately test our applications. Our non-conformance cost skyrockets...IEBC now has to worry about the cost of doing damage control on the biggest stage ever when it could have spent a fraction of the same cost to perform load or stress tests which would have helped them identify issues/bottlenecks in their systems long before now. This is also not much different from what some of our local companies do...we deploy critical systems without proper testing and we then pray and hope nothing happens. It is saddening that we don't see much value in setting aside adequate time for testing our applications (most especially those that are customer-facing) or we push whatever little testing we do to the very last minute when its practically too late to make any difference...or until the "s..." hits the ceiling and we then start to wonder why any of our issues could be happening. Could we really blame ICT here or should we be looking closely at our lack of proper software testing? - Roland ------Original Message------ From: Edith Adera Sender: kictanet To: Roland Omoresemi Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Has the ICT Sector Failed? Sent: Mar 6, 2013 12:55 AM Listers, It is a shame that for the first time in Kenya's history when IT is given a chance to bring credibility and efficiency in the electoral process, ICT has failed SPECTACULARLY! what went wrong? Edith _______________________________________________ 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/roland%40tezzasolutio… 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. --------------------------------------------- Roland Omoresemi | CEO Tezza Business Solutions Ltd p: +19139612234 e: roland(a)tezzasolutions.com w: http://www.softwaretestingafrica.com skype: banfii gmail: rolandomoresemi(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/agostal%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/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.

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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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