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Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into KICTAnet 2.0
by Matunda Nyanchama 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

Friends, Great discussion, taking stock of kictanet. Personally, I have found discussions here most informative; in a way, kictanet offers the idealism (free ideas sharing, focus on problem-solving and openness to new ideas, etc.) Adapting to the changing times in terms of how we communicate, issues of the day, changing attitudes, and the like is key. I found the following interesting; written in 1995 as the Internet was about to take off in earnest, it is worth reading and consideration. I am sure the kictanet (in one form or other) is one of those that would live "happily hereafter". Enjoy. ----------- The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists, revisited Online tools and places have changed enormously over the past ten years, not least with the development of personal blogs to complement community forums... to the extent that these have been labelled 'old skool'. One old tool that has survived and grown is the mailing list, with systems like Yahoogroupsand Smartgroups offering anyone free add-on facilities far more sophisticated than we enjoyed in 1994 (calendars, file stores, polls, picture galleries and so on). I'm finding lists less inviting these days, with more than enough mail, and the shift of many hitherto list contributors to blogging. I'm unsubscribing, or checking the web interface occasdionally. But what new? Enthusiasms wax and wane. Here's a reminder from that earlier age. The Natural Life Cycle Of Mailing Lists by Kat Nagel, December 1994 Every list seems to go through the same cycle: Initial enthusiasm (people introduce themselves, and gush a lot about how wonderful it is to find kindred souls). Evangelism (people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm recruitment strategies). Growth (more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional off-topic threads pop up). Community (lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as well as less experienced colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are welcomed with generosity and patience; everyone -- newbie and expert alike -- feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and sharing opinions). Discomfort with diversity (the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is fascinating to every reader; people start complaining about the signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if *other* people don't limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1; person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone gets annoyed). Finally: Smug complacency and stagnation (the purists flame everyone who asks an 'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze- producing level of a few minor issues; all interesting discussions happen by private email and are limited to a few participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list). OR Maturity (a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks; many people wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly ever after). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation…" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Fwd: Your confirmation is required to leave the kictanet mailing list
by Brian Munyao Longwe 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

Hmm....seems like someone wants me to leave the list? Hehehehe, Mblayo ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: < kictanet-confirm+b5f3e3b40f5c530aef3fc1250890c06439b5326a(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:02 PM Subject: Your confirmation is required to leave the kictanet mailing list To: blongwe(a)gmail.com Mailing list removal confirmation notice for mailing list kictanet We have received a request from 62.24.111.251 for the removal of your email address, "blongwe(a)gmail.com" from the kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke mailing list. To confirm that you want to be removed from this mailing list, simply reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact. Or visit this web page: http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/confirm/kictanet/b5f3e3b40f5c530aef3fc1… Or include the following line -- and only the following line -- in a message to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke: confirm b5f3e3b40f5c530aef3fc1250890c06439b5326a Note that simply sending a `reply' to this message should work from most mail readers, since that usually leaves the Subject: line in the right form (additional "Re:" text in the Subject: is okay). If you do not wish to be removed from this list, please simply disregard this message. If you think you are being maliciously removed from the list, or have any other questions, send them to kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke. -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: +254715964281 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com "Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."

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Kictanet spam settings: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
by Kivuva 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

I also tried to respond to an email and my response was categorized as spam. Something wrong with the list settings? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon(a)googlemail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:57:25 +0000 Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) To: lordmwesh(a)gmail.com Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550-Blacklisted URL in message: kictanet.or.ke. See 550 http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup.lasso?dnsbl=domain. (state 18). ----- Original message ----- DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:cc:content-type; bh=hlJQShqfvSXD3ZTGHCk8rqpU8mYzSh7oSDmfpm2Lkso=; b=dbNSYcF5jDKg/z+iiMxswo2LuiZ5Mj9W0RfgwZNqV7E/I/uXVEizKc7fy1xIfRF3Lb lY1MrB07uP1v47iDScuPkKXdCOoimrOEk6BcKSxhpCTuSRSSxphrG9h+TRJJBidKkgJH GBIxY14vaIx0q0k/644zT1Ba5VeQ+H5ya6dy8afJYJIoUKDhID99Ld8sArkKCMk9RgZO 6K/BkauxkNqxZuSmN1mAvd3ue2BYyEo4mYBvefaNIQjGgRb8MIXeaOBkoyb+uViJAZC3 0qRy8LT4nm4ef/QI2OJWmqEF3tRklXd8OPRCvRWMpLGOQFU6eDa6u+1IEPPMPfozro3Z msvA== Received: by 10.112.85.230 with SMTP id k6mr2721191lbz.49.1334141808275; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:56:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lordmwesh(a)gmail.com Received: by 10.152.145.133 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:56:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1334078971.15402.YahooMailClassic(a)web161702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1334078971.15402.YahooMailClassic(a)web161702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> From: Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:56:28 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2SczzVfAM9w9noxnWaGty2gHZUE Message-ID: <CAEhPqwqtVFRZLKnuT497XWRkGOteD0QR3r5i7G-quXqqn1AxTg(a)mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: [AfriNIC-rpd] AfriNIC-16 Fellows/Scholarships Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0401fa118ff23e04bd6518e8 Thanks Walubengo, I will represent. Regards On 10 April 2012 20:29, Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Looks like one of our own is one of the succesfull chaps who got a > scholarship to attend the upcoming AfriNIC-16 meeting in Gambia. Congrats > are in order for Kivuva Mwendwa. Hope u learn something to keep the > internet fire burning in Africa. > > walu. > > --- On *Tue, 4/10/12, Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha(a)afrinic.net>* wrote: > > > From: Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha(a)afrinic.net> > Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] AfriNIC 16 Fellows > To: rpd(a)afrinic.net > Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 9:00 AM > > Dear Colleagues, > > AfriNIC is pleased to announce that the fellowship selection process is > now complete and the following applicants (from 67 applications > received) were selected to receive a fellowship to attend the AfriNIC-16 > Public Policy Meeting which will be held from 12 to 18 May 2012, The > Gambia. > > The fellows are: > 1. Rising Osazuwa from Nigeria > 2. Mathias Hougbo from Benin > 3. Mwendwa Kivuva from Kenya > 4. Alex Kisakye from Uganda > 5. Towela Jere from Malawi > > Congratulations to the winners and we look forward to collaborating with > you in Internet development initiatives in the African Region. > > We wish to thank you all for your applications and interest in attending > AfriNIC events and we look forward to your participation! > > Please be advised that fellowships will also be offered for AfriNIC-17 > and the community will be informed when the application period opens. > > There will be remote participation for those who will not be able to > join us in The Gambia, further details will be available on our > website shortly. > > Additional information regarding the meeting is available on the > following URL:https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-16/ > > > Regards, > > AfriNIC Meeting Team > > > _______________________________________________ > rpd mailing list > rpd(a)afrinic.net <http://mc/compose?to=rpd@afrinic.net> -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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FW: Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into KICTAnet 2.0
by Grace Githaiga 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Sharing this with all of you. From Former PS Stanley Murage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go forth and rule the World! > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into KICTAnet 2.0 > To: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com > From: stanley_murage(a)yahoo.com > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:25:46 +0000 > > Dear madam, > My name is Stanley Murage and I am one of those present on the list in an unobtrusive way. This way, we so called lurkers, facilitate open and free discussion without officialdom, exercise of privilege, and duress. KICTAnet, alive this way and with its lurkers, influences national policy more than is known or appreciated. Most lists like this will, necessarily have their key players, but invariably, will have their lurkers nationally and internationally. > > I tried to have a list like this in the late nineties (as PS for Transport and Communications) for public responses on Kenya's first Internet Policy, and could only raise a few commentators like Eng Rege (then not a honourable but a wonderful professional), Dr Ochuodo, and a few others. See where we are today. We are interpreting and concluding ad we listen unobtrusively. > > KICTAnet should therefore, in my view, soldier on but, of course, with innovation, vision, and relevance to the challenges of the times. > > Hope my views help. > > Stanley Murage > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> > Sender: kictanet-bounces+stanley_murage=yahoo.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:36:29 > To: <stanley_murage(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kictanet alive.. kickin, or kicked into KICTAnet 2.0 > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/stanley_murage%40yahoo… > > 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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Fwd: Anita Borg Change Agent Awards 2012 nominations now open – Deadline is May 15, 2012
by Alice Munyua 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Dear All, Thousands of women throughout the world are leading technological innovation. They often go unnoticed and unrewarded. The Anita Borg Institute <http://anitaborg.org/> has created a set of awards to honor these distinguished women and those who are working towards the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in technology. *Please review this brief summary of the awards currently open and nominate a deserving team or candidate or forward this information to someone who might be interested.* Anita Borg Change Agent Awards <http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/awards/change-agent-awards/> *2012 nominations now open ? Deadline is May 15, 2012* /The Change Agent Awards honor technical women that live and work outside the United States. They are change agents in their community ? working to attract and support women in technology in their region. Recipients are recognized for their technical leadership and advocacy work. The award recipients will be honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Baltimore, Maryland in October 2012./ /Please let me know if you have questions about the /Anita Borg Change Agent Awards <http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/awards/change-agent-awards/>. /Thank you,/ /Muthoni /

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Opendata dataset access
by David Lemayian 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hello Robert, I've been working with the Opendata platform for a while now and I could be of assistance. Kind regards, David Lemayian. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: Kictanet Mail list <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:57:14 +0100 (BST) Subject: [kictanet] Opendata dataset access Hi, I requested for a data set on the Opendata platform and received an email confirming that the dataset was now available unfortunately no instructions where given on how to access it and I have finally given in. Is there anyone out there who is familiar with accessing specific data sets, any assistance at this stage will definitely reduce my hair loss. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 -- David Lemayian E: dlemayian(a)gmail.com | T: +254721107650 | Skype: David.Lemayian | Twitter: @DavidLemayian <http://twitter.com/DavidLemayian> | W: www.davidlemayian.com Techpreneur . Hiker . Photographer . Tech Consultant . Developer . Winner Google ADC Sub-Saharan Africa

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Re: [kictanet] Opendata dataset access
by robert yawe 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hi Linet, Here is a link to the request that we made on Opendata https://kenya.socrata.com/nominate/197 Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Linet Kwamboka <lkwamboka(a)ict.go.ke> To: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> Cc: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2012, 10:01 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Opendata dataset access Robert, Please let me know which datasets you are looking for and i will be of assistance. Thanks On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> wrote: Robert > > >Linet Kwamboka the open data coordinator will be in touch with you about this shortly. Normally the data sets you see on the site at www.opendata.go.ke are all that's available online for download. > > >Let us know if the issue is unresolved. > > >Paul Kukubo >CEO, Kenya ICT Board > >On Thursday, April 12, 2012, robert yawe wrote: > >Hi, >> >> >>I requested for a data set on the Opendata platform and received an email confirming that the dataset was now available unfortunately no instructions where given on how to access it and I have finally given in. >> >> >>Is there anyone out there who is familiar with accessing specific data sets, any assistance at this stage will definitely reduce my hair loss. >> >> >>Regards >> >>Robert Yawe >>KAY System Technologies Ltd >>Phoenix House, 6th Floor >>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >>Kenya >> >> >>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > >-- >Paul Kukubo >Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board >PO Box 27150 - 00100 >Nairobi, Kenya > >12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street > >Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 >Fax: +254 20 2211962 >website: www.ict.go.ke >local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya >twitter:@tandaaKENYA >BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke >Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke > > >personal contacts >_______________ > >Cell: + 254 717 180001 > > >skype: kukubopaul >googletalk: pkukubo >personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke >personal twitter: @pkukubo > > >____________________ >Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub > >Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment > -- -- Linet Kenya Open Data Initiative. Open Government Partnership. Kenya ICT Board

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Opendata dataset access
by robert yawe 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hi, I requested for a data set on the Opendata platform and received an email confirming that the dataset was now available unfortunately no instructions where given on how to access it and I have finally given in. Is there anyone out there who is familiar with accessing specific data sets, any assistance at this stage will definitely reduce my hair loss. 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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Startup Genome Project
by robert yawe 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

Hi, I have just finished using the startupcompass benchmarking tool for an incubatee that I also mentor and the results are just mind blowing. This tool is what all those agencies running around giving away money and awards to technology startups need to use to separate the chuff from the grain. The report is critical for the country as a whole to ascertain if we have the right ecosystem for the nurturing of technology startups. Here is the link to the report http://blog.startupcompass.co/pages/startup-genome-report-1, the link to the survey tool is https://www.startupcompass.co/survey. I strongly recommend that everyone out there working on a startup or providing services to the sector should carry out the survey for the organisations. 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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Media and Local Content
by Barrack Otieno 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Guys, I think media houses are doing a good job promoting local content, today i actually watched a translated Kikuyu Sitcom featuring one Githendu on Kiss TV from start to finish, despite a few grammatical errors the message was quite clear, natulenge juu. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fw: [Apcwomen-meet] GRANTS FOR HACKER SCHOOL
by Florence Etta 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

FYI Sorry for cross posting! --------------------------------------------- Women, want to sharpen your computer & internet skills? Etsy offering 20 grants to "Hacker School" for women: http://d.pr/3KYC Today, in conjunction withHacker School, Etsy is announcing a new scholarship and sponsorship program for women in technology: we’ll be hosting the summer 2012 session of Hacker School in the Etsy headquarters, and we’re providing ten Etsy Hacker Grants of $5,000 each — a total of $50,000 — to women who want to join but need financial support to do so. Our goal is to bring 20 women to New York to participate, and we hope this will be the first of many steps to encourage more women into engineering at Etsy and across the industry. Hacker School Hacker School is a New York-based project described by its founders (David Albert, Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock, and Sonali Sridhar) as “a three-month, immersive school for becoming a better programmer. It’s like a writers’ retreat for hackers.” I love their focus on open-source software, on coding over building a startup, and especially on having a productive classroom environment that’s free from the negative conversational habits that all nerds sometimes fall into. They establish rules such as, “No feigning surprise — ‘You don’t know who RICHARD STALLMAN is!?’” Working to make a comfortable and supportive classroom environment is a great example of their educational insight and approach, and helps to address one of the big points of dissatisfaction female computer science students tend to experience. In Hacker School’s current batch, however, there is only one female student out of 20 (and yes, I am working on hiring her). Talking with them, they said all the same things I Read more at link: http://d.pr/3KYC _______________________________________________ Apcwomen-meet mailing list Apcwomen-meet(a)lists.apcwomen.org http://lists.apcwomen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/apcwomen-meet

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AfriNIC is now hiring an IP Number Analyst (Hostmaster) .
by Alice Munyua 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

This might be of interest to some. Best Alice http://www.afrinic.net/job/jobs2012/afjob_ia201204.htm About AfriNIC AfriNIC is the Registry for Internet Number Resources for Africa, and the Indian Ocean region. AfriNIC is a non-governmental, and not for profit organisation registered in Mauritius to provide Internet number resource management and some coordination services to ISP in Africa and Indian Ocean. AfriNIC also develops and operates user services for its members across the continent, and serves the Internet community as a whole by providing registration services for number resources allocated in its service region.

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Even Safaricom these days thinks KIXP is non-existent!
by Michuki Mwangi 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi Prof, Very good points you raise. Please see my comments inline. On 4/11/12 6:35 AM, Meoli Kashorda wrote: > Dear John G and Michuki, > > Why are we not using traffic statistics to answer all these questions? > How much traffic are the different ASes at KIXP generating or picking? > Give us the statistics in the last one month then we shall know if they > are really at KIXP! How much of the traffic is due to Google or Akamai > caches? > Majority of the networks connected at KIXP are eyeball networks. The only content based networks being KRA and KENIC. By extension Google Cache is available via KDN. Of these the Google cache is responsible for at least 80% of the aggregate traffic at KIXP. The rest of the traffic is split across http and email access between the different ASN's with KRA being the largest generator of http traffic. Akamai traffic is not yet finalized therefore no measurements are available at the moment. We however estimate that it will equal to the current 600 - 800mbps of traffic generated by the Google cache. > The real problem in Kenya is not at the KIXP, it is in the ASes and user > network that are not hosting or generating much local traffic. Well observed. The challenge is attracting International content providers by leveraging the large eyeball network at KIXP. > Who is > really promoting local content and local hosting? That is the area that > needs to be regulated not IXP - read about I-Node in Japan to see how to > support the SMEs that will generate content. I predict that the Kenyan > data centers will soon start offering IXP services without further > regulation. > This is where KIXP plans to be at every carrier neutral data center in Kenya. However, as your rightfully observe content development and hosting is something that needs strategic engagement. The bit i like is that hosting has acquired a new buzz word aka "cloud". If only all those taking the cloud services would settle for Kenyan based cloud solutions. FYI, Africa has an estimated 84,000 square meters of raised floor data center capacity or 39% of London’s capacity is 215,000 square meters (by end 2011). Most of the space/capacity being located in South Africa. This means that we need to look at hosting from a strategic point of view if we are remain competitive in the region. The probable place to start is by repatriating the "local content" thats hosted abroad. But this will require incentives for the content owners to consider the option. > By the way, the Gambia is very far and it is very expensive to get > there! Start by visiting the 10 top ASes or the ASes that seem to be > having problems - not hard since over 90% of Internet traffic generated > by mobile operators according to CCK. > This is an ongoing process and we are in constant communications with the members. For instance, what we observed is that the routing issues experienced are as a result of the changes implemented during the submarine cable cuts. It is evident that training needs to be done to resolve the technical issues. For the next phase, the issue is how to grow content and that is not just a policy issue but a business consideration as well. Regards, Michuki.

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Even Safaricom these days thinks KIXP is non-existent!
by Michuki Mwangi 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

Hi Brian, et al, See my comments inline. On 4/10/12 2:32 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe wrote: > 1. Tom Omariba (MTN Business)- Chairman > > 2. Chris Senanu (Access Kenya)– Vice Chairman > > 3. Kenneth Munyi (Iway Africa)- Treasurer > > 4. Michuki Mwangi (Internet Society) – Chief Technical Officer > > 5. Tejpal Bedi (Chair,Kenya IT and Outsourcing Society)- Director > > 6. Michael Terik (Kenyaweb.Com)- Director > > 7. Beatrice Mudhune (Internet Solutions)- Director > > 8. Abduaziz Osman (Sahannet Ltd.)- Director > > 9. Laurnet Giraud (Orange Kenya)– Director > > > > This is the crux of the matter. Anyone familiar with company law knows > that the directors and shareholders of the company can elect at any time > to amend the articles and memorandum (within the confines of the Company > Act). If TESPOK really wanted KIXP Ltd to be independent they would have > taken this action ages ago. Which brings me back to my original point - > KIXP Ltd is captive to TESPOK whims. It might be difficult to unentangle > the two now that their fortunes have been so closely mixed up. All of > KIXPs income is paid into TESPOK accounts, and thereby subject to > discretionary use by TESPOK. Is there a governance problem here? I think > so... for years the dust has been swept under the carpet, can we grow up > and make sure that our institutions, especially those as critical as > KIXP have the right structures in place? > > Brian, considering that you were involved in the process of setting up TESPOK and KIXP, and in understanding of the list of members (that connect to or get services from KIXP) help me understand the following. 1. What was the objective of TESPOK at setup?. 2. Why was TESPOK involved in the setup of KIXP - what was the objective then. Does it mean that if CCK did not pose a license requirement then KIXP Ltd would not have been setup? 3. What would be the objective of changing this TESPOK/KIXP model today - what has changed?. 4. What would be different about the board of the KIXP from the current TESPOK board. (see 2 above). 5. In your earlier post you referred to KIXP as "weak KIXP that cannot seem to consistently engage newcomers to the industry with the benefits of local traffic exchange." Could you please substantiate your comments. In your earlier post "how many of the TEAMs/SEACOM/EASSY bandwidth-holders are peering at KIXP?". I think a more appropriate question would be what percentage of Kenyan Networks (ASN's according to AfriNIC) are visible at KIXP. To this i can answer. We have over 80% of Kenya's ASNs. 52 of the 62 allocated by AfriNIC are visible at KIXP (as at Jan 2011). Though its 90% since some of the ASNs are of companies that have been acquired, closed shop or using satellite only, etc. In addition, there were 55 ASN's from outside Kenya visible from the KIXP of which >30 were from East African countries and 13 from US. In summary there are 107 ASNs from 17 countries reachable via KIXP. Therefore and selectively quoting your earlier email "KIXP would become the de-facto facility for providing industry actors with data interconnection and interchange." and i will add "not just for Kenya but the entire African Region." quoting your earlier post "KIXP be given full autonomy ....be run as a business, similar to LINX in the UK, and other successful IXPs around the world." You will be surprised to know the extent at which the TESPOK Board has gone to learn from LINX, AMSIX and other IXPs in the world. For your information, KIXP is a member of the European-IXP Association - https://www.euro-ix.net/news-and-events and the objective is to learn. In this regard, we are well aware of the models used by LINX and others. The fundamental components being that; 1. They all remain non-for-profit entities like TESPOK/KIXP 2. They opened their IXPs to non-ISPs for services. Same for KIXP. 3. They have a business model which bills on port speed. Same for KIXP 4. They are virtual IXPs located in more than one site - KIXP has started this as well (few carrier-neutral data centers in Nairobi). 5. Routers not required at IXP locations (remote peering) - Started since Jan 2012 to reduce entry and operating overheads. 6. LINX has a policy engagement model with Govt. A role played by TESPOK 7. etc. I believe this gives a good overview of the Governance of TESPOK/KIXP in comparison with others. Remember the IXPs and ccTLDs alike are very contentious on governance model since one size doesnt fit all. It is however clear that a successful governance model is what works best for the local Internet community. Our current model is inherent of legacy issues that are still present to date i.e a license from CCK amongst others. However, it has not restrained us from growth, ability to collaborate with stakeholders or deliver on the objective compared to other IXPs setup at the same time in the region. We are the 2nd largest IXP in Sub-sahara Africa after JINX. So my question and its of particular interest to me since am on the board. 1. What would you like to see different with respect to the Governance of TESPOK/KIXP?. 2. What would be the objective and goals of the proposed model? my 2 cents. Regards, Michuki.

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Fw: [AfriNIC-rpd] AfriNIC-16 Fellows/Scholarships
by Walubengo J 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

Looks like one of our own is one of the succesfull chaps who got a scholarship to attend the upcoming AfriNIC-16 meeting in Gambia. Congrats are in order for Kivuva Mwendwa. Hope u learn something to keep the internet fire burning in Africa. walu. --- On Tue, 4/10/12, Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha(a)afrinic.net> wrote: From: Babusha Radhakissoon <babusha(a)afrinic.net> Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] AfriNIC 16 Fellows To: rpd(a)afrinic.net Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 9:00 AM Dear Colleagues, AfriNIC is pleased to announce that the fellowship selection process is now complete and the following applicants (from 67 applications received) were selected to receive a fellowship to attend the AfriNIC-16 Public Policy Meeting which will be held from 12 to 18 May 2012, The Gambia. The fellows are: 1. Rising Osazuwa from Nigeria 2. Mathias Hougbo from Benin 3. Mwendwa Kivuva from Kenya 4. Alex Kisakye from Uganda 5. Towela Jere from Malawi Congratulations to the winners and we look forward to collaborating with you in Internet development initiatives in the African Region. We wish to thank you all for your applications and interest in attending AfriNIC events and we look forward to your participation! Please be advised that fellowships will also be offered for AfriNIC-17 and the community will be informed when the application period opens. There will be remote participation for those who will not be able to join us in The Gambia, further details will be available on our website shortly. Additional information regarding the meeting is available on the following URL:https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-16/ Regards, AfriNIC Meeting Team _______________________________________________ rpd mailing list rpd(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd

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Censorship & Independence
by robert yawe 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

Hi listers, I have noticed that sometimes posts do not appear but when someone responds you notice that their are posts one did not get. My response to Brian Longwe did not appear on the list but when he responded I noticed that he had received it most likely because I had copied the mail directly to him. This issue has come up before and I believe it needs to be put to rest, is there censorship of posts being done and if so how independent then is KICTANET? 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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VoIP Legal Question-set-Assistance please
by Musya Michael 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

I am appealing for help in answering the Attached questions based on our(Kenya) regulations. -- Regards, Michael Musya. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

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Bye bye SOPA/PIPA, welcome CISPA
by Odhiambo Washington 10 Apr '12

10 Apr '12

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/322396 -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Even Safaricom these days thinks KIXP is non-existent!
by Brian Munyao Longwe 08 Apr '12

08 Apr '12

Well Peter, As mentioned, about 7 or 8 years ago, when I was still on the board of directors of TESPOK, I suggested a governance structure that gave KIXP independence from TESPOK, it's 'mother' institution. The main rationale here was to ensure that KIXP maintains a separate, independent existence, regardless of what happened to TESPOK. This was during a TESPOK strategy meeting where the key message was "The African ISP is dead, long live the African ISP" based on a paper by Russell Southwood of Balancing Act Africa. The essence of which was that with the onslaught of mobile operators going into internet access provision, the only way that ISPs would survive would be through consolidation via mergers/acquisition or a complete redefinition of business focus and strategy. What was evident to me (but seemingly not to others) was that as the ISP industry transformed, there would be fewer players, and thus, less democracy - especially with regards to governance issues. At the same time, KIXP was attracting plenty of interest from non-ISPs and already had non-ISP members such as KENIC, KRA and others - it was evident that the interest would continue, especially as the sector evolved with greater participation from content creators, hosting companies, data-centres etc... KIXP would become the de-facto facility for providing industry actors with data interconnection and interchange. For those of you unfamiliar with KIXP's history - we had to register a company KIXP Ltd, and file for an IXP license from CCK, in order to become operational after the forced closure of the IXP in 2000. My proposal was that KIXP be given full autonomy, have a board of directors appointed by members in full standing, and be run as a business, similar to LINX in the UK, and other successful IXPs around the world. As part of my proposals I shared the attached diagram (which I have just found in my archives). The Board would identify and appoint a CEO, who would then identify suitable staff to meet organisational growth. Being a business, some implied issues were self-sustainability, a business plan with clear growth, and social or financial returns for the 'shareholders'. My proposals fell upon deaf ears and it is sad for me now to see a frail and seemingly weak KIXP that cannot seem to consistently engage newcomers to the industry with the benefits of local traffic exchange. A simple question - how many of the TEAMs/SEACOM/EASSY bandwidth-holders are peering at KIXP? As mentioned by someone else, some of our traffic is being exchanged in exotic places like Mumbai, London etc... So, I continue shaking my head... Brian On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > @Brian, would you mind sharing these recommendations? It doesn't hurt to > know :-) > > > On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> I had a conversation a couple of weeks ago with some folk about the >> governance of KIXP. I made some recommendations about 8yrs ago regarding >> the setup of a structure that would allow for the unfettered growth and >> resilience of the exchange. It is sad that individuals at that time who >> wanted to control the exchange resisted these. Now, when we are faced with >> these, and other symptoms of the root cause, some of us can only shake our >> heads. (Yes, I am doing a lot of that lately) >> >> Pole kwetu, >> >> Mblayo >> >> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Kinuthia Ngugi <kinuthia.ngugi(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I think this is problem is recent and serious! all this easter weekend >>> i've been having timeouts while browsing local sites, yet sites outside .ke >>> are loading normally.... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Okay. In the same breath, would you be able to fix the routing of the >>>> 197.x.x.x towards 196.200.26.x, please?? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 19:49, John Gitau <jgitau(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think we can easily fix this. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> On 7 Apr 2012, at 18:41, Brian Ngure <brian(a)pixie.co.ke> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I think I mentioned this some time ago. Kenyan ISPs don't know KIXP >>>>> exists. >>>>> >>>>> Or maybe they get more $$ by not using KIXP somehow? >>>>> >>>>> Regard's >>>>> >>>>> Brian Ngure >>>>> >>>>> On 7 Apr 2012 14:14, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> WAN Configuration Type >>>>>> Connection Type 3G/UMTS >>>>>> Login Status Connected >>>>>> Signal Status -40 DBm >>>>>> Connection Uptime 17:19:48 >>>>>> IP Address* 41.81.20.209 * >>>>>> Subnet Mask 255.255.255.255 >>>>>> Gateway 10.64.64.64 >>>>>> DNS 1 196.201.208.2 >>>>>> DNS 2 209.244.0.3 >>>>>> DNS 3 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> C:\Users\Washington>tracert 196.200.26.114 >>>>>> >>>>>> Tracing route to 196.200.26.114.accesskenya.com [196.200.26.114] >>>>>> over a maximum of 30 hops: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1 <1 ms <1 ms 2 ms DD-WRT [192.168.1.1] >>>>>> 2 * * * Request timed out. >>>>>> 3 66 ms 78 ms 68 ms 196.201.217.2 >>>>>> 4 66 ms 78 ms 108 ms 196.201.217.3 >>>>>> 5 107 ms 68 ms 78 ms 192.168.161.110 >>>>>> 6 137 ms 229 ms 138 ms 192.168.128.134 >>>>>> 7 108 ms 70 ms 77 ms 192.168.128.5 >>>>>> 8 145 ms 78 ms 78 ms 192.168.128.5 >>>>>> 9 159 ms 78 ms 78 ms 192.168.153.13 >>>>>> 10 78 ms 78 ms 78 ms 192.168.128.77 >>>>>> 11 158 ms 158 ms 148 ms if-4-2-2.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net >>>>>> [209.58.105.25] >>>>>> 12 98 ms 128 ms 168 ms 196.201.208.43 >>>>>> 13 158 ms 148 ms 148 ms TenGE-2-1-BP_CORE01.accesskenya.com[196.207.31.146] >>>>>> 14 210 ms 217 ms 218 ms ix-4-1-1.core1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net[209.58.105.142] >>>>>> 15 1178 ms 196 ms 158 ms 196.200.26.114.accesskenya.com[196.200.26.114] >>>>>> >>>>>> Trace complete. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >>>>>> Nairobi,KE >>>>>> +254733744121/+254722743223 >>>>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >>>>>> I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. >>>>>> <image001.png>Please consider the environment before printing this >>>>>> email. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>>>> ------------ >>>>>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>>>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>>>> ------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>>>> ------------ >>>>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>>> ------------ >>>>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>>> ------------ >>>>> >>>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>>> ------------ >>>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>>> ------------ >>>>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>>> ------------ >>>>> >>>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>>> ------------ >>>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >>>> Nairobi,KE >>>> +254733744121/+254722743223 >>>> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >>>> I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. >>>> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skunkworks mailing list >>>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>>> ------------ >>>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>>> ------------ >>>> >>>> Skunkworks Rules >>>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>>> ------------ >>>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> ------------ >>> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >>> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> ------------ >>> >>> Skunkworks Rules >>> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >>> ------------ >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Brian Munyao Longwe >> e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com >> cell: +254715964281 >> blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com >> meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com >> >> "Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand >> for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything." >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Peter Karunyu > ------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: +254715964281 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com "Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."

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DOMAIN NAMES AND COPYRIGHT
by Moses Muya 07 Apr '12

07 Apr '12

All, Do we have any provisions in our laws that allow for copyrighting of domain names. I know domains like facebook.com or amazon.com are protected by copyright. Is it possible to register a company that is primarily based on a domain name - like in the case where there is only an online store and no 'Brick and Mortar' shop? -- Kind Regards, Moses Muya.

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(no subject)
by alice＠apc.org 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

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Connected.Go.Ke - Appreciation & Questions
by S.M. Muraya 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Anyone who tried to communicate with the Kenyan government in the 90's or earlier will appreciate what connected.go.ke is trying to do. Some questions under #connectedke went unanswered. Here are two. (i) Can IT firms which win go.ke automation tenders, report, without losing out, bad public officials who obstruct go.ke automation? The late John Michuki prove, you will have quicker implementation of solutions where less corruption & more ethics are practiced. ERP's may improve revenue collection, but without CRM's, poor citizen service will continue. ERP's / CRM's will help gauge organizational performance - who or what is promoting or hindering integrity, efficiency, liquidity, courtesy, etc. (ii) How much $$ do we need on average, per annum, per police station, to provide working transport & technology to make Kenyan police more accessible? With increasing threats to national security, this is no doubt a pressing issue. For a Peaceful Easter Weekend.

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An Easter weekend read
by robert yawe 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Hi, The following is a good read for the forthcoming long weekend http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html#f4n 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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Voice over Internet Protocol Re-defined!
by Edith Wanjiku 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

The Kenyan corporate world needs a telecommunications company like Enterprise Data Freedom Limited to revolutinalise the way business communicate. Read http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgrassroots.co.ke%2Fbusiness%2F…

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Fw: [afgwg-discuss] Local consultation on .MU management structure
by Walubengo J 05 Apr '12

05 Apr '12

Mauritius is undergoing a review of its ccTLD (their dot.KE equivalent) structures and operations. perhaps something for us to read through before the KENIC AGM? walu. --- On Wed, 4/4/12, Adiel Akplogan <adiel(a)afrinic.net> wrote: From: Adiel Akplogan <adiel(a)afrinic.net> Subject: [afgwg-discuss] Local consultation on .MU management structure To: afgwg-discuss(a)afrinic.net Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 6:45 PM ==== [French below] ==== Dear colleagues, During our past meetings and discussion within this group the topic of ccTLDs management has come-up frequently. I would like to share with you this call for public comment of the Government of Mauritius that is going through a process of restructuring its ccTLD management. I know some of you on this list are going through similar issue and looking at what other are doing in the region may give you ideas and insight on how to manage you own process locally. You can access the document from http://telecomit.gov.mu/or directly have a look at the new structure proposal at:http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/telecomit/file/ProposedModel.pdf AfriNIC wil provides its input to this as we have been formally consulted the MCIT and also for being hosted in the country. Kind regards. ===================== French =====================Chers collègues, Durent les précédentes réunions et discussions de ce groupe de travail, le débat sur la gestion des ccTLD est revenu plusieurs fois. J'aimerais partager avec vous cet appel à commentaire du Gouvernement de l'Ile Maurice qui est actuellement en cours de restructuration de la gestion de son ccTLD (.MU). Je sais que certain sur cette liste ont à gérer une situation similaire, et savoir ce qui se passe ailleurs dans notre région peut donner des idés sur la marche à suivre localement et les options qui existent. Vous pourriez accéder au document (en Anglais) à partir du sitedu ministère des TIC: http://telecomit.gov.mu/ (en haut à droite)ou accéder directement aux nouvelles propositions a: http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/telecomit/file/ProposedModel.pdf AfriNIC soumettra son avis sur la nouvelle proposition ayant étéformellement contacte par le Ministère Mauricien et aussi du fait que nous opérons à partir de Maurice. Cordialement. ______________________________________________________________________Adiel A. Akplogan Tel. +230 403 51 00Chief Executive Officer, AfriNIC Fax: +230 466 67 58adiel(a)afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net sip: adiel(a)voip.afrinic.net -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ afgwg-discuss mailing list afgwg-discuss(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/afgwg-discuss

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World War 3.0
by Alice Munyua 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/internet-regulation-war-sopa-pipa… World War 3.0 When the Internet was created, decades ago, one thing was inevitable: the war today over how (or whether) to control it, and who should have that power. Battle lines have been drawn between repressive regimes and Western democracies, corporations and customers, hackers and law enforcement. Looking toward a year-end negotiation in Dubai, where 193 nations will gather to revise a U.N. treaty concerning the Internet, Michael Joseph Gross lays out the stakes in a conflict that could split the virtual world as we know it. By Michael Joseph Gross <http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/michael-joseph-gross>Illustration by Stephen Doyle <http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/stephen-doyle> *TWO FUTURES?* Privacy, piracy, security, sovereignty---the divisions on these issues reflect an even deeper split between those who want tight control and those who want unfettered freedom. I. Time Bomb In 1979 the Dubai World Trade Centre dominated the skyline of Dubai City, on the horn of the Arabian Peninsula. Today, the World Trade Centre looks quaint, like an old egg carton stuck into the ground amid a phantasmagoric forest of skyscrapers. But come December the World Trade Centre will once more be the most important place in Dubai City---and, for a couple of weeks, one of the more important places in the world. Diplomats from 193 countries will converge there to renegotiate a United Nations treaty called the International Telecommunications Regulations. The sprawling document, which governs telephone, television, and radio networks, may be extended to cover the Internet, raising questions about who should control it, and how. Arrayed on one side will be representatives from the United States and other major Western powers, advocating what many call "Internet freedom," a plastic concept that has been defined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the right to use the Internet to "express one's views," to "peacefully assemble," and to "seek or share" information. The U.S. and most of its allies basically want to keep Internet governance the way it is: run by a small group of technical nonprofit and volunteer organizations, most of them based in the United States. On the other side will be representatives from countries where governments want to place restrictions on how people use the Internet. These include Russia, China, Brazil, India, Iran, and a host of others. All of them have implemented or experimented with more intrusive monitoring of online activities than the U.S. is publicly known to practice. A number of countries have openly called for the creation of a "new global body" to oversee online policy. At the very least, they'd like to give the United Nations a great deal more control over the Internet. Mediating these forces in Dubai will be a man named Hamadoun Touré. Charming and wily, he is a satellite engineer who was born in Mali, educated in the Soviet Union, and now lives in Geneva. He serves as secretary-general of the U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union (I.T.U.). Touré abjures pallid diplomatic doublespeak, instead opting for full-on self-contradiction that nonetheless leaves little doubt where his sympathies lie. In one breath Touré says, "The people who are trying to say that I.T.U. has an intention of taking over the management of the Internet simply do not know how the I.T.U. is functioning." In the next, noting that Internet users in America represent only a tenth of the total, he says, "When an invention becomes used by billions across the world, it no longer remains the sole property of one nation, however powerful that nation might be. There should be a mechanism where many countries have an opportunity to have a say. I think that's democratic. Do you think that's democratic?" There is a war under way for control of the Internet, and every day brings word of new clashes on a shifting and widening battlefront. Governments, corporations, criminals, anarchists---they all have their own war aims. In February, the Swedish Supreme Court refused to hear appeals from three founders of the Pirate Bay, the world's largest illegal file-sharing Web site, who had been sentenced to prison for copyright infringement. The same day, one of those men issued an online call to arms, urging users to abandon the entertainment industry: "Stop seeing their movies. Stop listening to their music.... Remix, reuse, use, abuse." Shortly after that, Google was discovered to have been secretly bypassing privacy settings on Apple iPhones and computers that use the Safari browser; the company was monitoring Web activity by people who believed they'd blocked such tracking. Around the same time, the European Union proposed that companies such as Google must obtain explicit consent from individuals for data collection; but these regulations would not take effect for years, by which point digital dossiers on almost every Internet user will have been bought and sold by marketers many times over. Meanwhile, the F.B.I. has been distributing "See something, say something" flyers to Internet-café owners in the U.S., warning that the use of certain basic cyber-security measures could be considered grounds for suspicion of possible terrorist activity. In response to the F.B.I.'s growing preoccupation with virtual insurgents, guerrilla hackers operating under the name Anonymous posted online an audio recording of F.B.I. and Scotland Yard officials discussing how to handle Anonymous attacks. Then Interpol, together with American and European authorities, busted 31 suspected Anonymous hackers---including the one who covertly recorded that conference call---and an F.B.I. official declared victory over LulzSec, one of the most prominent Anonymous splinters, with the boast that "we're chopping off the head" of that faction. The War for the Internet was inevitable---a time bomb built into its creation. The war grows out of tensions that came to a head as the Internet grew to serve populations far beyond those for which it was designed. Originally built to supplement the analog interactions among American soldiers and scientists who knew one another off-line, the Internet was established on a bedrock of trust: trust that people were who they said they were, and trust that information would be handled according to existing social and legal norms. That foundation of trust crumbled as the Internet expanded. The system is now approaching a state of crisis on four main fronts. The first is sovereignty: by definition, a boundary-less system flouts geography and challenges the power of nation-states. The second is piracy and intellectual property: information wants to be free, as the hoary saying goes, but rights-holders want to be paid and protected. The third is privacy: online anonymity allows for creativity and political dissent, but it also gives cover to disruptive and criminal behavior---and much of what Internet users believe they do anonymously online can be tracked and tied to people's real-world identities. The fourth is security: free access to an open Internet makes users vulnerable to various kinds of hacking, including corporate and government espionage, personal surveillance, the hijacking of Web traffic, and remote manipulation of computer-controlled military and industrial processes. There is no agreement about how any of these problems should be solved. There isn't even agreement on how to define the basic terms of debate. "Internet freedom," for instance, is the avowed objective not only of the U.S. secretary of state but also of WikiLeaks, which published hundreds of thousands of classified State Department diplomatic cables. One way to think about the War for the Internet is to cast it as a polar conflict: Order versus Disorder, Control versus Chaos. The forces of Order want to superimpose existing, pre-digital power structures and their associated notions of privacy, intellectual property, security, and sovereignty onto the Internet. The forces of Disorder want to abandon those rickety old structures and let the will of the crowd create a new global culture, maybe even new kinds of virtual "countries." At their most extreme, the forces of Disorder want an Internet with no rules at all. A conflict with two sides is a picture we're used to---and although in this case it's simplistic, it's a way to get a handle on what the stakes are. But the story of the War for the Internet, as it's usually told, leaves out the characters who have the best chance to resolve the conflict in a reasonable way. Think of these people as the forces of Organized Chaos. They are more farsighted than the forces of Order and Disorder. They tend to know more about the Internet as both a technical and social artifact. And they are pragmatists. They are like a Resistance group that hopes to influence the battle and to shape a fitful peace. The Resistance includes people such as Vint Cerf, who helped design the Internet in the first place; Jeff Moss, a hacker of immense powers who has been trying to get Order and Disorder to talk to each other; Joshua Corman, a cyber-security analyst who spends his off-hours keeping tabs on the activities of hackers operating under the name of Anonymous; and Dan Kaminsky, one of the world's top experts on the Internet's central feature, the Domain Name System. Although they may feel a certain kinship with one another, they are not an organized group. Their main point of agreement is that the Internet has changed the world forever, in ways we are only beginning to understand. They know that Order is impossible and that Disorder is unacceptable. They understand that the world is a messy place whose social arrangements come and go. But they are united in the conviction that what must be preserved and promoted at all costs is what the forces of Order and Disorder, in their very different ways, are both intent on undermining: the integrity of the Internet itself as a reliable, independent, and open structure. II. Free-for-All Vint Cerf knew from the start that there was a problem---he just couldn't fix it. The year was 1975, and Cerf was on a team of computer scientists at Stanford University under contract to finish a new communications network for the U.S. military. The goal was full cryptographic capability---a system that allowed all messages to be authenticated from both sides---on a network that could be used anywhere in the world. Two things prevented the scientists from making this network as secure as they would have liked. One obstacle was institutional: "The only technology that would have allowed for such security was still classified at the time," Cerf recalls. The other obstacle was simple momentum. Before the developers could implement truly secure encryption, Cerf explains, "the system kind of got loose," meaning that problems would have to be fixed on the fly. Cerf is frequently referred to as "the father of the Internet." His most celebrated achievement, for which he shares credit with the engineer and computer scientist Robert Kahn, was creating the TCP/IP protocol, the system that allows computers and networks all over the world to talk to one another. He was an early chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or icann, which maintains the Domain Name System, the virtual address book that shows your computer where to go when you type the name of a Web site into your browser. He now works as Internet Evangelist---that's his actual title---for Google. Most of the Internet's problems, Cerf believes, stem from the issue of state sovereignty. The Internet was designed to ignore national boundaries. It was designed this way, Cerf says, because "it was intended to deal with a military problem": how could soldiers exchange messages without letting their enemies know where they were? Cerf and others solved that problem by building a decentralized network that routed messages from place to place using addresses that had nothing to do with physical locations. This was something new. International telephone transmissions were marked with country codes that named their origins and end points and had to pass through central switches in the countries at both ends. Radio transmissions, similarly, had to hop from the fixed points of towers. On the Internet, by contrast, traffic skittered from place to place on a network whose shape could be in constant flux. The Internet had no center at all. With one exception. The sole centralized feature of the Internet was the Domain Name System. The United States created that system, which lives on root servers, and Americans maintained it even as the Internet started spreading. The first thing your computer does when you type a Web site or e-mail address into your browser is to ask a local D.N.S. server for the numerical IP address of that destination. Because the D.N.S. servers are the first stop, the D.N.S. is not just the Internet's address book. It's also the corner post office. Whoever runs the D.N.S. system can potentially control whether your browser requests get to the proper place and thus control where you can and can't go online. By the mid-1990s, the Internet was teeming with life, some of it dangerous or unpleasant. Certain aspects of the unpleasantness were inadvertently self-created. Since World War II, the U.S. government had classified cryptography as a munition, subject to stringent export controls. In the Internet's first decades, those restrictions made it difficult to do business securely online. No one liked the prospect of making financial transactions on the Web without strong encryption, and international transactions were impossible unless parties in both countries used the same encryption techniques. So in 1997, President Bill Clinton relaxed export controls on encryption. This had the unintended effect of giving criminals new ways to steal intellectual property: now they could easily encrypt what they took and send it out of the country, to Russia, China, or elsewhere. Those criminals pioneered the systematic exfiltration of intellectual property that plagues American business today. Loosening export controls also had the effect---and this was very much intended---of commercializing the Internet. In fact, the Clinton administration was creating something close to an online free-for-all with its determined efforts to make the Net an engine for business. But even after the encryption export controls were relaxed, businesses outside the U.S. remained wary of the Internet, thinking of it as a de facto American protectorate. Its one centralized feature, the Domain Name System, remained under U.S.-government control. Clinton had seen that problem coming, and had already set out to turn the D.N.S. over to the private sector. The result was icann, a nonprofit body whose advisory committees include representatives of more than 100 countries and scores of corporations. Technically, icannremains under the Commerce Department's authority, but other governments have a meaningful say in the group's decisions. For instance, Xiaodong Lee, one of China's Internet czars, is icann's vice president for Asia. The creation of icann signaled that the Internet would be something akin to global patrimony, not an online version of American soil. This shift helped set the Internet free. But the more the global economy came to depend on the Internet, the harder it was for governments to tame or limit it. This, too, was intentional. To ensure a surge of e-commerce, the administration systematically pushed aside or revised whatever might stand in the way, including taxes, tariffs, regulations, and intellectual-property standards. Grabbing with both hands for the Internet economy meant letting go of old ideals of governance. Whole new problems eventually arose as markets and communications moved online, and as all these online exchanges were preserved digitally and became searchable. Who owned all this data? Who should have access to it? Corporations such as Microsoft, Google, and Facebook began butting heads with the government. They also began butting heads with their own customers. Corporate ambitions are a huge issue, but "the real War for the Net," Cerf believes, "is governments who want to control it, and that includes our own government. If you think about protecting the population and observing our conventional freedoms, the two are really very much in tension." Cerf cites the debate over the U.S.A. Patriot Act, enacted in 2001, which greatly expanded the U.S. government's domestic-surveillance authority. He also cites efforts by Middle Eastern governments to control online communications, particularly as the Arab Spring began to unfold, in 2011. And then there's the vast example of China, whose Great Firewall puts severe limits on what Chinese users can view online. On the Internet, what constitutes a "government" anyway? When Google announced in 2010 that it had fallen victim to Chinese hackers, it chose to publicize the fact that the Gmail accounts of Chinese political dissidents had been compromised. Congressional staffers asked company officials at the time about rumors that Google's data losses were in fact far more extensive. They recall tense conversations with Google executives, who in effect asserted executive privilege. One Hill aide recalls, "Clearly these people are used to having their way with everybody, which pissed us off. Because they are not a state within a state, even though they practically claim sovereignty." III. The Dark Tangent Dead Addict remembers his hand trembling as he dialed the number. What, he wondered, was the point of even making the call? He stopped, reminding himself: the Dark Tangent was counting on him. In 1992, a very young man named Jeff Moss, whose hacker name is the Dark Tangent, wanted to meet some friends he'd made online. So he organized a summer gathering in Las Vegas, which he planned to call "Def Con," short for "defense condition" (defcon), the military's term for its worldwide alert posture. Changes in defcon---a numbered scale from 1 (war) to 5 (peace)---had cued the turning points in /WarGames,/ a movie that made the young Jeff Moss aspire to become a hacker in the first place. Moss had high hopes. For one thing, he wanted Def Con to be a great party. He also wanted to start "building a system of checks and balances" between hackers and law enforcement, two cultures that were becoming bitter adversaries. So when his friend Eli, who goes by the name Dead Addict, volunteered to help Moss plan the gathering, Eli got the job of calling one of the hackers' arch-nemeses, an assistant attorney general in Arizona named Gail Thackeray, and inviting her to come. Two years earlier, Thackeray had helped the U.S. Secret Service run Operation Sun Devil, one of the first crackdowns on illegal computer hacking. A lot of hackers hated Thackeray, and Dead Addict was not surprised when she responded to his invitation with the words "No. I wouldn't go to a convention of car thieves, either." Hackers are nothing if not persistent, and Thackeray was eventually persuaded to spend a few days in the kiln that is Vegas in July. In a fire-engine-red blazer, she listened impassively while hackers as young as 14 described how to crack into every imaginable "secure" computer system. The hackers, for their part, eagerly picked Thackeray's brain, to learn the legal implications of their recent and planned adventures. As Moss remembers, Thackeray frequently interrupted their questions to insert the word "hypothetically" in order to make herself feel a little better about being there. Every summer, Moss uses Def Con to promote conversation between the Internet's forces of Order and Disorder. He has become the go-between who translates his subculture's concerns to the culture at large, and vice versa. Each year, more and more law-enforcement, military, and intelligence personnel go to Def Con. On the cusp of early middle age, Moss remains boyish-looking. He wears rimless oval glasses and favors long, silk-lined Shanghai Tang coats. Moss has become a powerful man. He sits on the U.S. government's Homeland Security Advisory Committee, and he serves as the chief security officer for icann. Where Vint Cerf argues that sovereignty lies at the heart of the War for the Internet, Moss---who as a hacker cut his teeth gaining access to systems and information that belonged to others---argues that the heart of the matter may be intellectual property. As Moss points out, before the Internet, when copyrighted information existed mostly in the form of physical objects, it was inconvenient to violate copyright law, for purely practical reasons. Then the Internet created a giant mashup of Alexandria, the Louvre, the /Times-Herald-News-World-Journal-Tribune,/ and all of television, Hollywood, and the music industry. People started to feel existentially entitled to this wealth of information. As it became normal to post songs, video clips, essays, and stories---all copyrighted by other people---on Web sites, that sense of ownership increased. In many minds, it became not just a convenience but a right. This transformation occurred during the same years the Internet became a place to do business. When social-media sites such as Twitter and Facebook merged those two functions---turning the common person's scrapbook into a cash cow for corporations---they sparked the Internet's next evolutionary adaptation. The consumer and the citizen now combined to form a complicated new species, most of whose members experienced the change as extremely empowering---even as they were also becoming extremely vulnerable. Individuals were using their free access to intellectual property to express themselves to one another---our Facebook "likes" equaled our actual "selves"---creating a phenomenon that is, for governments as well as corporations, the most tempting target imaginable. This trove of information is to an ordinary census database what a super-collider is to a slingshot. Privacy advocates sounded alarms about the problem, but the 2009 Green Revolution protests in Iran were a major turning point. The ease with which the Iranian government spied on its own citizens---using techniques that anyone could deploy, with free and open-source software---showed the fundamental insecurity of all unencrypted data (which is almost all data) on the Internet. Iranian-government authorities were able to read citizens' e-mails, diagram their social networks, and keep watch on almost anything else they wanted to observe. The spectacle of that violation, Moss says, underscored for everyone that the character of the Internet had fundamentally changed. It had evolved from, as he puts it, a place "to put pictures of your cat" to a place where "your liberty's at stake." Even so, the most influential Web sites, such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter, balked at adapting to the new reality they'd helped bring into existence. No communications on any of those sites were fully encrypted yet. Without mockery, Moss recites their arguments in a plain tone, strained only by mild weariness: "It's too expensive. We never designed it to be all encrypted. And, you know, the Net is not a private place anyway. It's not really our problem." His response, in the same tone, is that, since these corporations built their empires by encouraging everybody to share everything, they have a responsibility to provide security. During that violent week in 2009, Iran also blocked its citizens' access to popular dissident Web sites. Government authorities hijacked the Internet's address book---using a technique called D.N.S. blocking---so that when people tried to organize via Facebook or Twitter, they got sent elsewhere. Today, as chief security officer for icann, Moss is implementing a set of technical changes that will eventually make it more difficult for anyone to engage in D.N.S. blocking---difficult, but not impossible. "I'm curious if it's fixable," Moss admits. "Everybody always calls it rebuilding the airplane in flight. We can't stop and reboot the Internet." Technical constraints are complicated by politics. Not everyone approves of the changes Moss promotes. This winter, Congress considered two bills designed to stop online piracy. The Protect Intellectual Property Act (pipa) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (sopa) could have allowed the U.S. government to mandate D.N.S. blocking---the technique that Iran had used---to prevent Americans from seeing unauthorized postings of copyrighted material on social-media or search-engine sites. The bill might also have made those sites responsible for removing links to pirated material. The D.N.S.-blocking provision was dropped from the bills, whose other problematic features were still subject to revision. But a ferocious Web revolt, incited, in part, by Internet giants such as Reddit, Google, and Wikipedia, invoked the specter of censorship. The legislation was effectively killed. According to Moss, people who want more government control of the Internet are saying, "Well, we'll just do this. We'll just do that." He says, "It's like, You just don't /do/ that with the Internet. Don't have the legislator who doesn't understand how anything works make the decisions. The biggest fear is that you'll have governments around the world legislating technical standards. And then everything comes crashing down." Besides, he goes on, "the more government tries to regulate, the more people will try to build an Internet that is uncensorable and unfilterable and unblockable"---with tools such as darknets, which are hidden networks that run on privately owned machines. On the other side, authoritarian governments want to build their own private Internets. The Iranian government has in fact launched a "halal" Internet, cut off from the rest of the world. Even Moss, who participates in the highest-level discussions about global Internet policy, finds himself unable to keep up with all of the efforts to control the Internet that are happening right now. He says, "If you're using an analogy of Internet wars, the battles are coming faster." No sooner had sopa and pipa been scuttled than other legislation sprang up in their place in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere. In January, after Poland signed an international copyright agreement that included provisions similar to those in sopa and pipa, a group of Polish legislators protested the vote by wearing Guy Fawkes masks---the visual emblem of Anonymous---inside the Polish parliamentary chamber. One thing is clear. After this winter's debates on piracy, it will be difficult for legislators to handle Internet policy the way they've handled so many other issues: by gentlemen's agreements among interested parties. The intensity of protest will make that impossible. And the guerrillas have powerful weapons. IV. The Summer of Lulz The man known as Jericho said, "Raise your hand if you were never an asshole at some point in your career." Not many hands went up. Last August, hundreds of people jammed into a ballroom at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas for a Def Con panel on hackers who operate under the name of Anonymous. The event was called "Whoever Fights Monsters"---a reference to Nietzsche: "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he himself does not become a monster." Jericho's line was a reference to Aaron Barr, the former C.E.O. of the cyber-security firm HBGary Federal. Several months earlier, Barr had plotted to discredit WikiLeaks by faking documents to make the group look unreliable. Then Barr investigated the Anonymous hackers who were supporting WikiLeaks, and boasted to the/Financial Times/ that he had "collected information on their core leaders, including many of their real names." In retaliation, Anonymous hackers annihilated Barr's Web site, spilled HBGary's archive of 71,000 e-mails onto the Web, raided Barr's Twitter account, and remotely deleted everything from his iPad. Stephen Colbert summarized the event memorably: "Anonymous is a hornet's nest, and Barr said, 'I'm gonna stick my penis in this thing.'" Jericho is known to the outside world as Brian Martin, a Denver cyber-security consultant. The objective of his discussion was to talk about---and to---Anonymous hackers. Some of them were in attendance. Jericho was hoping to nudge them toward using their power in constructive ways that minimize collateral damage. He sat at a table onstage with Joshua Corman, whose day job is as director of security for a firm called Akamai. Corman, a compact, bearded man, tapped his fingers on the table, fiddling with his Starbucks coffee cup. A few months later, in Corman's dining room in the small New Hampshire town where he lives, we watched a video of the discussion. He recalled being almost paralyzed with nerves. After the HBGary hack last February, the public image of Anonymous went split-screen. On the one hand, Anonymous operations supported the Arab Spring (and, later, Occupy Wall Street). On the other hand, a group of hackers identifying itself as a splinter of Anon, called LulzSec ("lulz" means "laughing out loud" at the victim of a prank; "sec" means security), launched a series of attacks that trashed all standards of privacy and security. The attacks, known as "the summer of lulz," were, on the whole, as pathologically anarchic as something the Joker might have done. LulzSec hacked Fox.com and leaked the contestant database for the show /X Factor,/then posted a fake news story about Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur on the PBS Web site. When Arizona passed a Draconian immigration bill, LulzSec spilled online the personal contact information of hundreds of the state's policemen. In many cases, Corman recalls, "there was no moral, or righteous, or freedom cause" behind the actions. "It was about having fun and breaking stuff." When he decided to speak publicly, Corman endorsed the goals of using the Web to effect political change and expose corruption, goals that Anonymous hackers sometimes cite. Even so, he could not stop worrying that by doing so he was putting himself and his family in harm's way. Reporters generally refer to Anonymous as a "group" or, somewhat more accurately, as "a loose collective." Anonymous, Corman explains, is not really a group, and it is a "collective" only insofar as there is some overlap among the individuals who perform the deeds attributed to Anonymous. "Anonymous is more like a brand or a franchise," Corman says---it's a term used by many individuals and groups with many ideologies for many kinds of actions. Hacking by Anonymous generally expresses a hunger for the complete transparency of governments and corporations. Anonymous hackers often oppose surveillance and promote self-government. Beyond these principles, there is little consensus. Corman compares Anonymous to a Rorschach blot, in which the forces of Order and Disorder alike see what they want to see. With Jericho, Corman started tracking Anonymous last year. (This effort has nothing to do with his day job at Akamai.) On Corman's blog, the two offer what may be the most clear-eyed analysis of the Anonymous phenomenon available anywhere. Why, given the risks, does Corman pursue it? In some ways, the arc of his life seems to leave him little choice. He became the man of the household at age 14, after his parents' divorce. Like many children who prematurely take on adult responsibilities, he developed a fascination with power. For Corman, that fascination was nourished by the comic-book adventures of Spider-Man, a six-foot plastic statue of whom stands in the foyer of his house. He often quotes a famous Spider-Man line---"With great power comes great responsibility." Corman sometimes escaped from the burdens at home by diving into his computer. He compares his early experiences of programming, and of the Net, to a kind of sorcery. Corman believes that the spread of "hacktivism," which first made mainstream headlines when Anonymous attacked the Church of Scientology in 2008, demonstrates that "those who can best wield this new magic are not nations. They're not politicians. The youngest citizens of the Net don't even recognize allegiance to a country or to a political party. Their allegiance is to a hive. In some ways this is very exciting. In other ways this is terrifying." The terrifying part, for Corman, is that the Web gives individuals immense power without instilling the "compassion, humility, wisdom, or restraint to wield that power responsibly." Corman once jokingly referred to himself as "the guy with the Spider-Man statue who's gnashing his teeth in New Hampshire." Like everyone who understands the decentralized structure of the Internet, he is skeptical of government attempts to control it. He does harbor some hope, and it's partly a legacy of those comic books: "The most badass hackers I know get no satisfaction out of attacking. They prefer defending, because it's harder." He wonders if we're about to see the rise of another form of Internet vigilante, who will create tools to vanquish Anonymous attacks and deliver the miscreants by the scruff of the neck, as Superman would, to the government's doorstep. "Do the Avengers need to rise?" Corman asks. "When do they rise? They rise when the system doesn't sufficiently fight evil." In the meantime, Anonymous has spawned a tiny cottage industry that keeps a very low profile: mercenary fighters hired by major corporations to protect them from attacks. HBGary used to perform this kind of service, until it was ambushed. These mercenaries conduct surveillance on the Internet chat rooms where Anonymous hackers congregate, hoping to warn corporate clients of potential peril. They also develop virtual weapons that companies can buy to defend themselves. It is hard to defend against the media, however, which has mainly served the purposes of Anonymous. One Fortune 100 mercenary I spoke with laid out the typical template in the press: "The stories are: Insert high-value target here; something bad happens; attribute it to Anon. And people are eating that up." At the "Whoever Fights Monsters" panel discussion in Las Vegas last summer, Joshua Corman says, one hacker in the audience asked, "Why doesn't Anonymous do something more discreet instead of these huge attacks that cause collateral damage, and just tell the press what you did?" Another hacker, who is known to participate in Anonymous operations, answered instantly: "They don't cover it. We tried." Listening to that exchange, Corman says, he realized, "The media is a player in this drama. They're not observing or describing. They're being played." And they're being played by all parties. The bust of Anonymous and LulzSec in March was hailed even by many leading cyber-security bloggers as "the end of Anon." The idea that any faction of Anonymous has a "head" that could be chopped off, as the F.B.I. claimed, suggests either a fundamental lack of understanding of the phenomenon or a willful misrepresentation of it. (It may well be the latter. According to the F.B.I., the most prominent among the hackers who were arrested, Hector Monsegur, known as "Sabu," had been an F.B.I. informant since the previous June---a period during which he rallied LulzSec hackers to attack the F.B.I.) Corman says, "Even if every current participant of Anonymous were arrested, someone would take up the design of this activity, if not the mantle." In other words: as an instrument of disruption, Anonymous may be too resilient ever to be killed. V. Organized Chaos Anew telecom treaty is unlikely to result in either side achieving total victory. At the very least, however, the negotiation in Dubai will move countries to put their cards on the table and declare just how much control they want to assert over Internet governance. The Net has given more individuals more power in a shorter period of time than any new technology in history. And unlike many other world-changing technologies, there is no institutional barrier to access. This has made it, on balance, mostly destructive of institutional authority, especially that of nation-states. National sovereignty encompasses many powers, but one of its core elements has been a monopoly on the control of overwhelming force. Now that hackers are able to penetrate any and all computer networks, including military ones, that monopoly no longer exists. Nation-states, not surprisingly, resist the erosion of their power and seek ways to reclaim it. Hamadoun Touré, who will be running the show in Dubai, says he seeks nothing more than a "light touch" on the Internet's operations. He in fact chuckled when he uttered those words in the course of an interview. At least three big issues are very likely to be on the table in Dubai, and there's nothing light about them. One is taxation---a "per click" levy on international Internet traffic. Western countries and business organizations oppose such a tax, as you would expect. China and many Third World countries favor it, saying the funds would help build the Internet in developing countries. A second issue is data privacy and cyber-security. Authoritarian governments want to tie people's real names and identities to online activity, and they want international law to permit national encryption standards to allow government surveillance. The third issue is Internet management. Last year, Russia, China, and some pliant allies jointly proposed a U.N. General Assembly resolution (which failed) suggesting the creation of a global information-security "code of conduct" and---as if declaring open season on icann and the other non-governmental groups currently in charge---asserting that "policy authority for Internet-related public issues is the sovereign right of states." All of these proposals amount to a wish list by the most extreme elements of the forces of Order. The forces of Disorder have no official voice at the negotiations---obviously they're not invited---but they represent a wild card. Although they have thus far shown no apparent interest in Dubai, some of them have announced plans to perform a technical feat beyond anything done so far. In what is being called Operation Global Blackout, they want to bring down the Domain Name System itself---and thus halt all Internet traffic completely---with a springtime attack on the root servers, all in the name of protesting "sopa, Wallstreet, our irresponsible leaders, and the beloved bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of sheer sadistic fun." Whether that happens (or even could happen), the announcement was an obvious warning flag. Internet experts take the threat seriously. Even if it fails, it presages future attempts. In the War for the Internet, is there a middle way? The forces of Organized Chaos are not an organized group, don't call themselves by any name, and disagree on many points. In what follows, I'm going to try to distill a synthesis of their views. The commitment that unanimously binds them is to make the Internet as reliable as possible. One leading apostle of reliability is Dan Kaminsky, a security analyst and D.N.S. expert and the head of a new stealth start-up. He is a close friend of Jeff Moss's---and, like Moss, a self-appointed ambassador to Washington. He sometimes opens meetings on the Hill by saying, "There are bad guys on the Internet. Unfortunately, you're helping them." He is a serial entrepreneur whose current mission is to augment passwords with other ways for Internet users to prove their identities that are more robust, easier to use, and harder to crack. "The only thing everyone agrees on," says Kaminsky, "is that the Internet is making everyone money now and it's got to keep working." As they devise new systems of authentication, Kaminsky and others are working to be sure that these authentication systems preserve the qualities of privacy and online anonymity---even though anonymity has contributed to, if not created, almost every problem at issue in the War for the Internet. The task at hand is finding some way to square the circle: a way to have both anonymity and authentication---and therefore both generative chaos and the capacity for control---without absolute insistence on either. It is a neat philosophical trick: Sun Tzu meets John Locke meets Adam Smith meets Michel Foucault. No one can say exactly how these sorts of standards would be defined and applied, or who would be their custodians. World governance doesn't work. It has been pursued for eons by hardheaded pragmatists and woolly-brained eccentrics. Time and again it has been defeated by the vagaries of human nature and the opportunistic conflict of competing interests. In the case of the Internet, the number of interested parties runs into the billions, and they come from divergent cultures and pursue irreconcilable objectives. As Vint Cerf points out, this basic reality seeps through every aspect of the War for the Internet. Around the world and across generations, people have different tolerances for civility, incivility, and invasion of privacy. "I think it will be very hard to resolve this in a way that's globally acceptable," he says. Freedom in human society, by definition, includes some concept of boundaries. Freedom on the Internet has, thus far, lacked any real concept of boundaries. But boundaries are being invented. It seems certain that nations, corporations, or both will create more zones on the Internet where all who enter will have to prove their real-world identities. Google and Facebook are already moving in this direction. The most heavy-handed suggestions entail a virtual passport or ID, which could include biometric data. Some see stringent, universal, and mandatory authentication of identity as a commonsense solution to a number of the Internet's biggest problems. If all of our alter egos were brought into line with our analog selves, wouldn't we all behave better? Wouldn't online criminals stop using the cloak of anonymity to steal from and spy on people? Wouldn't people pay for the books, music, movies, and newspapers that many now take for free? The forces of Organized Chaos reject this argument. Vint Cerf says, "When I hear senators and congressmen complaining about anonymous speech, I want to stop them and say, you should read your own history. The anonymous tracts that objected to British rule and rules had a great deal to do with the American Revolution. Weren't you paying attention in civics?" Given the radically decentralized nature of the Internet, the most important thing that anyone can do is to try to make the center hold---but not too tightly. That means protecting the Domain Name System, the Internet's sole central feature, from government control while keeping governments involved in maintaining it. The point is: there is no single "safe pair of hands," whatever the forces of Order might say. Any safe pair of hands is a dangerous pair of hands. At the same time, the security of the D.N.S. itself needs to be radically upgraded, to obstruct hijacking and surveillance. Software-coding languages must become more secure, to make programs more difficult to hack and manipulate. Breach-reporting standards must be established, at least for critical infrastructure, to help corporations and law enforcement share knowledge about hacking threats. Metrics for security and privacy---two qualities that most people value but no one knows how to measure---need to be defined. Finally, "network neutrality" must be preserved. Net neutrality is almost as plastic a concept as Internet freedom, but to the forces of Organized Chaos, it means maintaining the telecommunications infrastructure as a level playing field. The Internet is open to everyone; service providers can't discriminate; all applications and content moves at the same speed. To accomplish any of these things, governments will need to create formal mechanisms to give the people who know the most about the Internet---including computer engineers and hackers---a meaningful voice in making policy. Basic Internet literacy is now as critical to good governance as basic knowledge about economics or public health, yet Washington is still full of what Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, of California, calls "Wite-Out-on-the-screen people." Dan Kaminsky says that hackers, for their part, have to stop focusing exclusively on "breaking stuff " and also start focusing on "fixing stuff." And if Internet companies do not want intrusive regulation, whether from their own governments or from treaties such as the one to be negotiated in Dubai, they will need to start solving the Internet's problems on their own. Melissa Hathaway, who led cyber-security strategy for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, points out that "the top 20 Internet service providers in the world carry 90 percent of the Internet traffic. They can see when you're infected by a botnet. They can see when you've been hacked." Hathaway has defined a set of general principles that Internet companies and governments might get behind, such as a "duty to warn if in imminent danger." As she puts it, "It's just like the law of the sea: the duty to assist." Beyond this core agenda, the forces of Organized Chaos, by and large, think that the Internet should be allowed to evolve on its own, the way human societies always have. The forces of Organized Chaos have a pretty good sense of how it will evolve, at least in the short term. The Internet will stratify, as cities did long ago. There will be the mass Internet we already know---a teeming bazaar of artists and merchants and thinkers as well as pickpockets and hucksters and whores. It is a place anyone can enter, anonymously or not, and for free. Travel at your own risk! But anyone who wishes can decide to leave this bazaar for the security of the bank or the government office---or, if you have enough money, the limousine, the Sky Club, the platinum concierge. You will always have to give something up. If you want utter and absolute privacy, you will have to pay for it---or know the right people, who will give you access to their hidden darknets. For some services, you may decide to trade your privacy and anonymity for security. Depending on circumstance and desire, people will range among these worlds. Aside from wealth or arcane knowledge, the only other guarantor of security will be isolation. Some people will pioneer new ways of life that minimize their involvement online. Still others will opt out altogether---to find or create a little corner of the planet where the Internet does not reach. Depending on how things go, that little corner could become a very crowded place. And you'd be surprised at how many of the best-informed people about the Internet have already started preparing for the trip. --

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Interconnection to Other Telcos
by Mwaniki Njoroge 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Dr. Ndemo, Can you or anyone one in the forum please clarify the rules for the Interconnection with other Carriers in Kenya. Especially the 4 Mobile operators and in the case of Orange .... for both. It would appear to me that given the current mode of operation, the Interconnections are handled more like a Catel type of operation. Interconnection to these companies unfornately is like being inducted to some kind of a priveledged members only club yet CCK is proud to offer you a licence to operate. It's similar to being sold Tickets to concert legitimately but when you get to the Concert, you're informed that this is by invitation only. What a Joke! this such failure in policy, and or lack of enforcement of if there is one it goes beyond reason. It shocked me recently when I was talking to one of the Very Senior Executives at Orange, who bluntly told me and I quote.... "We don't listen to them" implying CCK this was after I informed this official our company Enterprise Data Freedom Ltd. (EDF) had filed grievances with the CCK. And I was like sure you don't because its been over a year since we initially complained to CCK and nothing has come out it. What are we paying CCK for I wonder if they can't even safe guard the interests of their stakeholders? I hate to bring this up but I'm left no options, my background in this business has been in the United States and as we may all be able to attest to, they're very advanced when it comes to communications....but this is not because the government incubates some Telcos and turns the face away on the small players....NO! NO! this is simply because they have a government that believes ideas come BIG and SMALL and the environment they create is one that suits all participants regardless of the amount of Taxes they pay to the Govt. It's a great idea for this Goventment to encourage growth in the ICT sector but if field unto which the game is played at is not even, then a lot of those great ideas that come from the small and agile companies. Dr. PS I have had a chat with you on this matter one on one in your office but I cat tell you that even I did all you recommended, nothing has happened. So your comment to the general public on this matter would be very much appreciated. Mwaniki Njoroge, CEO, EDF mwaniki(a)edf.co.ke www.edf.co.ke www.yealink.com

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Customer Service in ICT
by Majala Mlagui {Maarifa} 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Does the ICT Board have a training service on Customer Service ? Client Relations? Some of our companies urgently need the service. A number of web-design / graphic design firms in Nairobi tend to have extremely terrible customer service manners going to the the extent of believing that being rude and hanging up on clients who are asking for clarification of services is an acceptable thing to do. Kehl Design Agency<http://kehldesign.com>is an offending firm. Does anyone know their Directors ? I don't know if this is solely tagged to the fact that creatives are known to be volatile but if we are to create a culture of good customer service within our industry then such instances should have repercussions e.g. #gotissuez #twitterbigstick and more... Majala

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Dr Ndemo - Yawe for Something in Posta
by Agosta Liko 04 Apr '12

04 Apr '12

Dr Ndemo Now that this ( http://bit.ly/HceUMy - Posta board tells minister to sack Hussein Ali ) is happening, how do we lobby for Robert to get his day at Posta. He is Ready, Able and Willing .... Thanks

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Rwanda: Africa's Singapore - The Economist
by Matunda Nyanchama 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Perhaps Kenya needs a strongman like Kagame to transform this country. Read on. http://www.economist.com/node/21548263 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation…" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Connected Kenya Summit
by Harry Hare 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hello All, If you are not in Diani for Connected Kenya Summit, you can follow the proceedings live through here http://bit.ly/d9p2MQ Harry Hare Director African eDevelopment Resource Centre PO Box 49475 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Tel +254 20 4041646 Cel +254 725 650044

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Khan but closer home
by robert yawe 03 Apr '12

03 Apr '12

Hi, An African solution by an African http://www.afterschoolafrica.com/2012/04/nigerian-internet-entrepreneur-lau… Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Fwd: [igf_members] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension
by waudo siganga 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

The information below from the IGF Secretariat could be of interest to some colleagues on the list. ----- Original message ----- From: Chengetai Masango <[1]cmasango(a)unog.ch> To: igf Forum <[2]igf_members(a)intgovforum.org> Subject: [igf_members] Workshop Proposal Deadline Extension Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:18:43 +0200 Dear All, Due to stakeholder requests the deadline for the submission of workshop proposals has been extended to 20 April 2012. We have also put up a resource person registration form on the website for people who want to be selected as panelists or resource people for workshops. Finally, registration for the May consultations will be the same registration form as the one for the WSIS forum: [3]http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/meetings/ed rs.registration.form?_eventid=1000065 All this information is up on the IGF Website and I would be grateful if you could also inform your respective stakeholder groups. Best regards Chengetai _______________________________________________ igf_members mailing list [4]igf_members(a)intgovforum.org [5]http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igf_members_intgo vforum.org References 1. mailto:cmasango@unog.ch 2. mailto:igf_members@intgovforum.org 3. http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/meetings/edrs.registration.form… 4. mailto:igf_members@intgovforum.org 5. http://mail.intgovforum.org/mailman/listinfo/igf_members_intgovforum.org

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In pictures: Kenya's mystery murals
by Alice Munyua 02 Apr '12

02 Apr '12

Very interesting <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17548225> best Alice

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Fwd: try it out for yourself!!
by robert yawe 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

<p>Best Way to Earn. $140/day<br><a href="http://telemicroscopie.ro/currentevents/15JasonJackson/">http://telemicroscopie.ro/currentevents/15JasonJackson/</a></p>

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KENYA: SURVEILLANCE WHO'S WHO
by Grace Githaiga 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

This took place three years ago but it may be of interest. Surveillance Who's Who exposes the government agencies that attended six ISS World conferences between 2006 and 2009. ISS world is a surveillance trade show known to industry insiders as 'The Wiretappers' Ball'. 3 government agencies that attended the wiretappers' ball are NSIS, CCK and KACC. For more see the links below. https://www.privacyinternational.org/big-brother-incorporated/countries/Ken… https://www.privacyinternational.org/big-brother-incorporated/countries https://www.privacyinternational.org/big-brother-incorporated/surveillance-… RgdsGG

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 58, Issue 141
by Angela Nganga- Mumo 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

----- Original Message ----- From: kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 02:58 PM To: Angela Nganga- Mumo Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 58, Issue 141 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://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. Customer Service in ICT (Majala Mlagui {Maarifa}) 2. Re: #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers (Lucy Kimani) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:46:53 +0300 From: "Majala Mlagui {Maarifa}" <majala(a)maarifa.co.ke> To: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Customer Service in ICT Message-ID: <CAF3q4X0x5SYwUb52GibMxfqKz4qhEJHkqMUXXh=nD1uVTCpyRA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Does the ICT Board have a training service on Customer Service ? Client Relations? Some of our companies urgently need the service. A number of web-design / graphic design firms in Nairobi tend to have extremely terrible customer service manners going to the the extent of believing that being rude and hanging up on clients who are asking for clarification of services is an acceptable thing to do. Kehl Design Agency<http://kehldesign.com>is an offending firm. Does anyone know their Directors ? I don't know if this is solely tagged to the fact that creatives are known to be volatile but if we are to create a culture of good customer service within our industry then such instances should have repercussions e.g. #gotissuez #twitterbigstick and more... Majala

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Regarding Oil in Turkana
by Matunda Nyanchama 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

There is a good read in the title "It's the Oil Dude" by Lynda McQuaig, a Canadian author. She tracks the history of the industry and associated tribulations caused by BIG OIL, once termed "The Seven Sisters". Written following the Iraq invasion by George W, she demonstrated the incestuous relationships between BIG OIL and western governments, specifically the USA. One can underdstand, on reading the book, why/how Col Qaddafi's Libya became rich (by squeezing better deals than others) with BIG OIL, ensuring that the country got a better share of proceeds than others. ... one could almost foresee the recent invasion and overthrow of the Libyan leader. BIG OIL, sleeping with government officers (including presidents) has impoverished Nigeria than if they didn't have it, complete with consequences of environmental degradation and the like. I hope Kenya will get tough negotiators rather than people focused on fat foreign bank accounts so that we can get fair return for the country and especially local communities. We can learn from where there has been success (Venezuela under Chavez, Libya and Canada). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation…" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Internet Society Global INET 2012
by Alice Munyua 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

*Global INET 2012* Join the Internet Society at Global INET 2012 in Geneva, April 22-24, to celebrate 20 years advancing the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world. Meet and network with policy makers, technologists, government representatives and business executives from around the globe to learn how they are addressing issues that will shape the Internet's future. Visionary keynotes, industry leaders, Internet pioneers and futurists will share their insights and inspirations as we consider how to preserve an Internet responsive to all stakeholders while extending its access and power as an engine for education and economic growth. Be part of our 20th anniversary, as the inaugural class of honorees is inducted into the "Internet Hall of Fame", and join the celebration as we highlight the history and personal stories of the Internet's pioneers - past, present, and future. For more information: http://www.internetsociety.org/events/inet-conferences/global-inet-2012 --

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4 CEOS in 5 years? Something doesn't seem right at KENIC
by Brian Munyao Longwe 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Rebecca asks some pertinent questions in this article about KENIC http://ht.ly/9K21N Having previously served as a director on the KENIC board I can only ask "what is amiss?" There seems to be trouble with either selection of a CEO or retention or both. Brian -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: +254715964281 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com "Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything."

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DNS Security Stability and Resiliency review draft report
by alice＠apc.org 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

ICANN's Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR -RT) released its Draft Report and Recommendations for public comments . Comment period closes April 30, 2012. see: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/ssrt-draft-report-15mar12-en.htm Best Alice

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Beyond KhanAcademy
by robert yawe 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Hi, What happens to the proliferating colleges and universities when basic education is offered free online? http://www.udemy.com/courses Regards PS. It s slow day Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Startups to watch
by robert yawe 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Hi, Thought the following link would be of interest to the list's members. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-hot-sf-startups-you-need-to-watch-201… 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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Konza, a rethink
by robert yawe 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Hi, I have just finished reading the following article, link below, and it makes we wonder if we are truly aware of what is happening in the outsourcing arena or whether we are making longer term decisions based on short term expectations. http://www.silicon.com/technology/it-services/2012/03/27/offshoring-slows-a… 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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Bill on Tribal Balance in Social Media
by robert yawe 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

Hi, Going through my list of friends on facebook I realised that there is a tribal imbalance for example I have no friends from Turkana or even an El Molo. This got me thinking that with the requirement from government for ethnic reporting and balancing within ministries combined with the CCK/NSIS notification of spying will we soon see a bill on ethnic balancing for social media tabled in parliament? It will be interesting when you send a friend request and get the message "you have exceeded your current assignment for tribe X friends, to increase your quota please follow the suggestions below" 1. Add 2 friends from tribe Y and you will be able to add 1 more from tribe X 2. Add 1 friend from tribe Z and you will be able to add 5 more from tribe X 3. Add 10 friends from tribe Q and you will be able to add 20 more 1 from tribe X or an even more scary one "Your current ethnic balance contravenes the laws of Kenya if you do not correct this anomaly within 7 days from the date of this notification your account shall be suspended" Have an ethnically balanced week 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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ALIN bags UNESCO-IPDC Prize for Rural Communication:
by Alice Munyua 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Congratulations ALIN. Best Alice UNESCO-IPDC Prize for Rural Communication: The Kenyan Arid Lands Information Network and Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists are the co-winners of the 2012 edition of the UNESCO-IPDC Prize for Rural Communication, which recognizes meritorious and innovative efforts to improve communication for rural communities in developing countries. The two laureates will share the US$ 20,000 Prize, which recognizes meritorious and innovative effort to improve communication for rural communities in developing countries. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/intergovernmenta… Best regards James Nguo (Ashoka Fellow) Regional Director Arid Lands Information Network Eastern Africa Groud floor AAYMCA Building, State Hse Crescent off State House Avenue | P.O. Box 10098 - 00100 | Nairobi - Kenya email jnguo(a)alin.net | tel +254 (20) 2731557 | fax +254 (20) 2737813| cel +254 733888164 web http://www.alin.net --

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 58, Issue 137
by Herbert Nyukuri 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Lucy and anyone interested,Talking about healthcare and comparing Cuba and USA, you should see SICKO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko a documentary produced and directed by Michael Moore. Will help put into perspective some of these issues about access to necessary services. Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJyyyRYbSk Herbert --- On Wed, 3/28/12, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: From: kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 58, Issue 137 To: herbertwamalwa(a)yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 12:00 PM Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://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: #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers (arebacollins(a)gmail.com) 2. Re: #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers (Lucy Kimani) 3. Re: #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers (Kivuva) 4. When they came for my neighbour . . . (robert yawe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:38:30 +0300 From: arebacollins(a)gmail.com To: "mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke" <mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers Message-ID: <DAB5C079-42E7-4654-B398-19FA44730DE2(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Also in addition to mugokibati's comments... Big oil is currently run by an international cartel of players called opec, with both ability and means to wreak destabilizing interference in a way no one could. My suggestion would be a strategic approach to play game, seek a miniscule scale and then grow our involvement with time. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2012, at 6:51 PM, mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke wrote: > Just for the record. We should not be reworking Vision 2030 just yet. We still need to ascertain commercial viability over the next few months and even then it will take years to attain that commercialization. Some thinking can start of course but for now that's about it. > Sent from my BlackBerry? > > -----Original Message----- > From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:31:22 > To: Mugo Kibati<mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mugo%40vision2030.go.ke > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arebacollins%40gmail.c… > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:36:25 -0400 From: Lucy Kimani <lkimani(a)yahoo.com> To: "mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke" <mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers Message-ID: <9400AF88-6753-4F7A-A4CE-44FFD32E59C7(a)yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mugo, eh didnt think I should let you go unchallenged vis-vis I thought you were already reworking Vision 2030 to change that "unattainable" MDG on infant mortality:-) Today I heard that Cuba has a lower infant mortality than the U.S so question is what are they doing differently to achieve this on a shoe string budget and also somehow they have managed to attain a life expectancy of 80 years for their women? I know, I know not ICT related but you could start planning how to "USF" some of that oil revenue going towards making the MDG attainable:-) In the meantime perhaps bw. PS will let you use some of his USF to research and look at Cuba's best practices/lessons learned..... Lucy Sent from my iPad On Mar 27, 2012, at 11:51 AM, mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke wrote: > Just for the record. We should not be reworking Vision 2030 just yet. We still need to ascertain commercial viability over the next few months and even then it will take years to attain that commercialization. Some thinking can start of course but for now that's about it. > Sent from my BlackBerry? > > -----Original Message----- > From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:31:22 > To: Mugo Kibati<mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mugo%40vision2030.go.ke > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at http://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. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:32:07 +0300 From: Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers Message-ID: <CAEhPqwr=o-B2g7JXfK5Q+5xUTmSbzfuQOD3=WZKJ25ZRATw_1Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Some spanner in the works: A cabinet minister sold the gamia1 well to Tullow Oil at 800Million. Wow. Then with the best estimate of 2million barrels, Kenya has already put in place revenue sharing arrangement for the next 4 years, with Tullow oil getting 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% respectively. After that the resource goes back to Kenya, after which it might be COMPLETELY dry. OPEC cartels work with speed with minimum waste. Kenya is already screwed Regards. Lordmwesh On 28/03/2012, Lucy Kimani <lkimani(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Mugo, eh didnt think I should let you go unchallenged vis-vis I thought you > were already reworking Vision 2030 to change that "unattainable" MDG on > infant mortality:-) Today I heard that Cuba has a lower infant mortality > than the U.S so question is what are they doing differently to achieve this > on a shoe string budget and also somehow they have managed to attain a life > expectancy of 80 years for their women? I know, I know not ICT related but > you could start planning how to "USF" some of that oil revenue going towards > making the MDG attainable:-) > In the meantime perhaps bw. PS will let you use some of his USF to research > and look at Cuba's best practices/lessons learned..... > > Lucy > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 27, 2012, at 11:51 AM, mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke wrote: > >> Just for the record. We should not be reworking Vision 2030 just yet. We >> still need to ascertain commercial viability over the next few months and >> even then it will take years to attain that commercialization. Some >> thinking can start of course but for now that's about it. >> Sent from my BlackBerry? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:31:22 >> To: Mugo Kibati<mugo(a)vision2030.go.ke> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mugo%40vision2030.go.ke >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and >> development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://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 > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kivuva%40transworldafr… > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for > people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:04:55 +0100 (BST) From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] When they came for my neighbour . . . Message-ID: <1332914695.22468.YahooMailNeo(a)web27805.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi All, I see with the arrest of a blogger the fear seems to have reduced us to safe posting, here is mine. http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+long+and+winding+road+to+ICT++succ… ? ?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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When they came for my neighbour . . .
by robert yawe 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Hi All, I see with the arrest of a blogger the fear seems to have reduced us to safe posting, here is mine. http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+long+and+winding+road+to+ICT++succ… 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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A Vision of a Smarter Nairobi
by Marie-Ann Kinyanjui 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Listers, Alert! Shameless plug follows... but I hope it will be of genuine interest :-) Yesterday IBM launched a white paper titled "A Vision of a Smarter City - How Nairobi can lead the way to a prosperous and sustainable future" - while it does not claim to hold all the answers for Nairobi, I think its a nice starting point for more discussion on how technology can resolve some of Nairobi issues. I particularly liked one suggestion in the white paper - using mobile signal density to track traffic flow. You can download it here: http://www-05.ibm.com/za/office/pdf/IBM_-_A_Vision_of_a_Smarter_City_-_Nair… Hope you find it useful. Kui.

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Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers
by Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

On 27 March 2012 08:12, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Oil is not entirely a curse in Africa...Angola is a bright and shining > example of what oil can do in just a few years...Good things, Great things > I must add.They don't have it all figured but hey they are trying. > > Kenya must also focus on how well they want to utilise these resources for > we can find negatives in everything as human beings...the challenge is to > find positives and I pray even as we proceed with even greater caution, > that we should focus on Hope, Hope for a greater Turkana, sights of better > equiped schools, hospitals, roads and utilities for if we set the bar too > low by expecting only the worst then we will miss out on the best that this > brings... > > JustSaying! > While it is not any right to think the discovery of Oil is a problem to Africa, I think if we have good policies that govern the use and distribution of resources, then we can go very far. If greedy leaders are not elected, then we can manage resources equitably If the foreign nations are not allowed to manage 100% of our resources, then we would do great in this regard. What knows what happened of the Titanium project at the Coast? > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com > > wrote: > >> >> >> On 26 March 2012 17:06, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It shocks me that people go to the BBC to confirm news that has been >>> reported by local media. >>> >> >> I wish there was a like button to this post. I'd have said the same. >> Maybe we have 'lost' confidence and trust with the local media. >> >>> >>> On 26 March 2012 16:00, Daniel Waweru <daniel.waweru(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Confirmed by the BBC about an hour ago. >>>> >>>> Daniel Waweru >>>> www.kenyaimagine.com >>>> Art and analysis; debate and opinion. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 26 March 2012 13:36, mudii aradi <mudii_aradi(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oil is not new to Africa nor will renew our economy, for as long as >>>>> we want to eat the cake before we bake it we shall all but be kicking each >>>>> other in the teeth trying to allocate ourselves a natural resource found in >>>>> the midst of forgotten Kenyans. With all its resource wealth, DRC Congo is >>>>> still a battlefield. lets all vote in leaders not preachers, statesmen and >>>>> women not people who will make the Turukanas stateless. god save Kenya from >>>>> our gluttony and greed then maybe then will our oil become our wealth 10 >>>>> years down the road , hope we live to still have a country to be proud of >>>>> and not another Ogoni massacre >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:09:08 -0700 >>>>> From: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] #TurkanaOil-Kenya Discovers >>>>> CC: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>> To: mudii_aradi(a)hotmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> #TurkanaOil <https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23TurkanaOil> is now >>>>> trending worldwide on Twitter. >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering, @ Mugo Kibati, >>>>> >>>>> do re-write our V2030? Particularly sections relating to BPO/ITES...it >>>>> might be that our answer to being a middle-income country by 2030 is >>>>> through black gold and not ICTs? >>>>> >>>>> walu. >>>>> >>>>> --- On *Sat, 3/24/12, alice(a)apc.org <alice(a)apc.org>* wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: alice(a)apc.org <alice(a)apc.org> >>>>> Subject: [kictanet] DNS Security Stability and Resiliency review draft >>>>> report >>>>> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >>>>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>> Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 9:55 PM >>>>> >>>>> ICANN's Security, Stability & Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR >>>>> -RT) released its Draft Report and >>>>> Recommendations for public comments . Comment period closes April 30, >>>>> 2012. >>>>> >>>>> see: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/ssrt-draft-report-15mar12-en.htm >>>>> >>>>> Best >>>>> Alice >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> kictanet mailing list >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<http:///mc/compose?to=kictanet%40lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>> >>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com >>>>> >>>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >>>>> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy >>>>> and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>>>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>>>> >>>>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>>>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>>>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>>>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list >>>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or >>>>> change your options at >>>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mudii_aradi%40hotmail.… 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 >>>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>>> >>>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/daniel.waweru%40gmail.… >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >>>>> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy >>>>> and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>>>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. >>>>> >>>>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>>>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, >>>>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do >>>>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> kictanet mailing list >>>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmbuvi%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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> with Regards: >>> >>> blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kictanet mailing list >>> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >>> >>> Unsubscribe or change your options at >>> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/solo.mburu%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 >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/oloo.khisa%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. >> > > > > -- > > "One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within > three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven > years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do."Earl Nightingale > 1921-1989 > * > Oloo Khisa > P.O. Box 24324-00100 > Nairobi > 0721321086/0734321086 > http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa* > >

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