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ITU to Support Kenya Cybersecurity Efforts By Rebecca Wanjiku
by Alice Munyua 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

http://www.csoonline.com/article/700755/itu-to-support-kenya-cybersecurity-… ITU to Support Kenya Cybersecurity Efforts UN agency to underwrite part of costs of KE-CIRT team By Rebecca Wanjiku February 23, 2012 --- The International Telecommunication Union has announced that it will support Kenya's cybersecurity efforts through budgetary support and personnel. In a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Geneva by the ITU and the Communications Commission of Kenya, the U.N. specialized agency will bear 30 percent of the cost of running the Kenya National Computer Incident Response Team Coordination Centre. The actual budget figures were not available from the CCK. "The ITU will provide staff resources for the coordination and management of the project and will be responsible for the overall management of the project implementation, supervision, monitoring, coordination, evaluation and hand-over to the Commission after six months," said Francis Wangusi, acting CCK director general in a press release issued after the ceremony in Geneva. The KE-CIRT team is expected to be the national trusted focal point for advising and coordinating responses to cybersecurity incidents in Kenya, but recent hacks of government websites and three banks, coupled with a lack of comment from KE-CIRT, has made information security experts in the country to question the effectiveness of the team. "As a representative of the security community in Kenya, I would love to see the KE-CIRT well-equipped with the right personnel and also have a positive outlook when dealing with cybersecurity issues; my fear is that this might be among the many initiatives which the government might try to implement without private sector involvement," said Tyrus Kamau head of security and risk at Cellulant, a mobile banking applications provider. The ITU is supporting Kenya under its global cybersecurity agenda framework, which seeks to enhance confidence in online security. --

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Job opportunities in Kenya at ICF international
by Warigia Bowman 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Hi friends, there are some really great job openings here with ICF in Kenya. I have done some small projects with them, and they are a good outfit. Just in case you have good people to recommend or know anyone who can. ICF is looking for a few good people in Kenya :-) 2. HIS MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, ICF INTERNATIONAL, NAIROBI****** Job Number: 1200000431)**** About ICF International**** If you want to work on the leading issues of the day, if you want your work to reflect your passion in life, if you truly want to make the world a better place, then you want to work at ICF International. **** Whether ensuring efficient use of energy resources, protecting the environment for generations to come, supporting cancer and HIV/AIDS patients and returning veterans, keeping young people in school and educators informed, delivering results in emergency preparedness, or breaking ground in any number of today’s issues, ICF works in the topics that lead the news. **** We have a passionate commitment to our work and to helping our clients achieve their objectives. We combine technical expertise with world-class analytics. We provide room for entrepreneurial thinking and grass-roots innovation to achieve compelling results for both our clients’ projects and our own company. All our work is done in a professional, collegial, and intellectual environment that allows individuals the latitude they need to perform work that parallels their passions.**** Job Description:**** The International Health and Development Division of ICF International (formerly Macro International Inc.) seeks an HIS/Program Associate to join our team. The Associate will support the strengthening of the Kenya Ministry of Health’s health information system. He/She will assist in strengthening data quality and integration of community-based reporting systems into the national HMIS. The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya and will co-locate with the relevant MOH Division.**** Specific responsibilities include: ****  Work with Kenya MOH and all stakeholders to strengthen and integrate community based reporting systems into one national health information system ****  Provide broad based support for implementation of activities planned for the project, as determined by technical leads including but not limited to meetings, workshops, data review processes and data quality assessments****  Support M&E processes for reporting of activities in line with project PMP and other ICFI reporting needs****  Participate in capacity building activities in group and individual settings including but not limited to trainings, workshops and skills transfer. ****  Support PEPFAR partner reporting as needed****  Contribute technical expertise to other projects and activities as needed**** Qualifications**** Basic Qualifications:****  Advanced University degree i.e. Masters in Public Health (MPH), or Masters Degree in health information strategy and policy, international health, demography, biostatistics or monitoring and evaluation****  5 years professional experience working in health information systems with a demonstrated experience and understanding of stakeholder consultations, requirements analysis, indicator harmonization, data quality improvements and information use****  Demonstrated experience in capacity building methodologies, collaboration with governments and non governmental entities****  Demonstrated understanding of community level health service delivery through the national community health strategy and non-government entities, as it relates to service delivery by the formal health sector****  Demonstrated skills in curriculum development and training facilitation****  Excellent English oral and written communication skills****  Ability to work in a team environment with people of diverse backgrounds****  Ability to work independently****  Ability to travel locally**** ICF offers a competitive compensation and benefits package and fosters a highly skilled, energized and empowered working environment**** ICF International is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/D/V**** For a listing of other career opportunities at ICF, please visit our Career Center at www.icfi.com/careers/****** ** ** 3. REGIONAL MONITORING & EVALUATION ASSOCIATES, ICF INTERNATIONAL ******** ** ** Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Associate, ICF International (Western Kenya) , **** Requisition ID 1100001899, KE-900-Kakamega **** Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Associate, ICF International (Rift, Kenya) **** Requisition ID 1100001898, KE-Rift Valley **** Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Associate, ICF International (Northeastern, Kenya) **** Requisition ID 1100001895, KE-500-Garissa **** Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Associate, ICF International (Eastern, Kenya) **** Requisition ID 1100001887, KE-Eastern **** Job Description:**** The International Health and Development Division of ICF Macro (formerly Macro International Inc.) seeks Monitoring and Evaluation Associates in various reagions to join our team. The Associate will work on the portfolio of public health related M&E activities under USAID’s technical assistance (TA) project for global health programs. The portfolio focuses primarily on the monitoring and evaluation of programs directed at improving quality, availability and use of essential health services. He/She will assist in providing technical inputs to strengthening community health and referral information systems in addition to supporting health programs in Kenya to better identify their information needs and developing and testing tools to support information use. Key function of this position will be capacity building among information systems users at the national, county, district and community levels of government and health facility personnel. **** Qualifications**** Key Responsibilities:****  Oversee the implementation of activities ****  Work extensively with government counterparts to build capacity and support health information strengthening activities ****  Support the assessment, testing, and documentation of specific interventions to improve the capture and use of health referral data ****  Assist project staff in planning for, implementing and documenting field activities ****  Monitor project activities ****  Provide information on the status and progress of program activities and disseminate information and public reporting results, per client instructions, to interested parties ****  Contribute technical expertise to other projects as needed**** Basic Qualifications: ****  Post-graduate degree in epidemiology, demography, statistics, infectious disease control ****  3-5 years experience in monitoring and evaluation of health programs ****  Experience in the development of M&E frameworks and performance management plans ****  Experience in production of customized dashboards for data presentation and strategic information ****  Experience in data analysis, report writing, dissemination, use and knowledge management ****  Ability to undertake capacity building and technology transfer **** Preferred Skills/Experience:****  Prior experience in health programs and M&E systems in Kenya * ***  Experience working with GOK ****  Proof of technical writing a plus**** Professional Skills:****  Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills ****  Strong analytical and decision making abilities ****  Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment **** ICF offers an excellent benefits package, an award winning talent development program, and fosters a highly skilled, energized and empowered workforce.**** ICF International is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer - M/F/D/V**** For a listing of other career opportunities at ICF, please visit our Career Center at www.icfi.com/careers/**** **** -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas 1200 President Clinton Ave. Sturgis Hall Little Rock, AR 72201 501-683-5227 wbowman(a)clintonschool.uasys.edu http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com

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Agreement with ITU to trigger Kenya's cyber security framework
by Brian Munyao Longwe 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

A very interesting, and welcome development I must say. I do have a number of questions though, will try and seek answers directly at CCK since it seems that the ball rests squarely with them on this one. ----------------------------------------------- Kenya, ITU sign agreement on cyber security SECURITY By BiztechAfrica - Feb. 21, 2012, 8:10 a.m. http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/kenya-itu-sign-agreement-cyber-securit… Kenya has entered into an agreement with a United Nations Agency on the implementation of a national focal point for coordinating responses to cyber-security incidents in the country. CCK Director General, Francis Wangusi and ITU Secretary General, Dr. Hamadoun Toure, signed an Administrative Agreement for the implementation of Kenya National Computer Incident Response Team Coordination Centre (KE-CIRT/CC) in Geneva, Switzerland. According to the agreeement, CCK will fund about 70% of the total project cost and will work closely with the ITU in implementing the Project. The ITU will fund about 30% of the total cost. The ITU will provide staff resources for the coordination and management of the project and will be responsible for the overall management of the project implementation, supervision, monitoring, coordination, evaluation and hand-over to the Commission. The KE-CIRT/CC project will take approximately six months to implement. The KE-CIRT/CC will be the national trusted focal point for advising and coordinating responses to cybersecurity incidents in Kenya. Other functions will include liaising with the local sector Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRTs), gathering and disseminating technical information on computer security incidents, carrying out research and analysis on computer security, facilitating the development of Public Key Infrastructure and capacity building in information security. Wangusi underscored the importance of a safe online environment in Kenya. He added that the move was in line with the CCK's mandate of putting in place an enabling online environment for individual internet users, the government organisations and private businesses. ITU Secretary General Dr. Hamadoun Toure lauded Kenya for its high ICT penetration and for taking the lead to ensure confidence in online transactions through chairing the EACO Cybersecurity Task force and now in partnering with the ITU to implement a sound national cybersecurity management framework in Kenya. -- 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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Re: [kictanet] Power of Khanacademy
by robert yawe 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Ali, I hear you, its not about articulating an issue some of us just get angry and rant, try it it works. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: "info(a)alyhussein.com" <info(a)alyhussein.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Friday, 24 February 2012, 8:19 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Power of Khanacademy Robert That's really good....now if only we can get the Telcos to spread connectivity across the country to the furthest corners...There's that obscure 1% that telcos are charged for just that,,.I wonder what happens to it.,. You know not all of us can shout like Robert (sorry Robert :) ) so what happens to the majority who are unable to be as articulate? Ali Hussein Managing Partner Telemedia Africa Azania Technology Group +254 773/713 601113 "You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.". - E. St. Elmo Lewis, member, Advertising Hall of Fame On Feb 24, 2012, at 8:11 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi, > > >Just a quick update on my interaction with Khanacademy, my son improved his exam scores in mathematics and physics by 20%. He has been using Khanacademy every evening for an hour to reinforce the topics covered in class. > > >At this rate I will be vindicated in opting to install a WiMax link at home instead of DSTV, thanks to Safaricom for making this possible. > > >Now if only that link could be upgraded to fibre? > > >Just in case there is a deliverer out there, there is a fibre node 300 meters away at the BTS that Michael Joseph had installed to stop me from venting about my not having mobile signal while stretched out on the sofa. > > >Have an enlightened weekend. > > >Regards > >Robert Yawe >KAY System Technologies Ltd >Phoenix House, 6th Floor >P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >Kenya > > >Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 _______________________________________________ >kictanet mailing list >kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Re: [kictanet] [AfrICANN-discuss] The UN : A Threat to the Internet freedom??
by McTim 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Hi Alex, On 2/24/12, Ntoko, Alexander <alexander.ntoko(a)itu.int> wrote: > Read on! > > http://www.extremetech.com/computing/119481-fcc-fires-fud-at-the-idea-of-a-… > Seems to me the author doesn't truly understand how peering and transit relationships work. "Under the current unregulated peering system, foreign ISPs pay US ISPs a fee to carry internet traffic, which means US companies make a tidy sum of cash off foreign access." for example is incorrect. ISPs pay their upstream (transit) providers, these may or may not be located in the USA. They also peer to reduce their transit costs. Many transit providers are located outside the US and are not US companies. Since you are head of the ITU strategy department, perhaps you could share what the ITU strategy is in re: the ITRs and how it will impact Internet users? -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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Power of Khanacademy
by robert yawe 24 Feb '12

24 Feb '12

Hi, Just a quick update on my interaction with Khanacademy, my son improved his exam scores in mathematics and physics by 20%. He has been using Khanacademy every evening for an hour to reinforce the topics covered in class. At this rate I will be vindicated in opting to install a WiMax link at home instead of DSTV, thanks to Safaricom for making this possible. Now if only that link could be upgraded to fibre? Just in case there is a deliverer out there, there is a fibre node 300 meters away at the BTS that Michael Joseph had installed to stop me from venting about my not having mobile signal while stretched out on the sofa. Have an enlightened weekend. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] Blocking of Domain Names and Legal Frameworks sorrounding the domain name industry..
by meshack emakunat 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

In my opinion an upsurge in the domain name "environment" should not be viewed as a negative thing rather it is only a healthy competition that may result to new innovations.

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Re: [kictanet] Blocking of Domain Names and Legal Frameworks sorrounding the domain name industry..
by meshack emakunat 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

In my opinion an upsurge in the domain name "environment" should not be viewed as a negative thing rather it is only a healthy competition that may result to new innovations.

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Re: [kictanet] R.I.P. John Michuki
by Charles Mutsi 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

The Kenyan version of Dick Cheney. Conservative, seasoned government bureaucrat turned businessman turned politician. And ruthless as hell. You either loved him or hated him. And either way he felt nothing. One thing is for sure, he had an impact on our times. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Re: [kictanet] R.I.P. John Michuki
by Matunda Nyanchama 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Our sincere condolences. His effectiveness was not in doubt. He showed that it is possible "to do" and solve even what appears to be intractable problems (matatus menace, Nairobi River, Mungiki, etc.) Just imagine as a country we had 7 Michukis in cabinet (Health, Finance, Education, Transportation, Security, Agriculture+Environment, Commerce & Industry) and where the nation of Kenya would be. RIP Michuki. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [kictanet] Could growth of the Mobile phone industry in Africa be affecting uptake of ccTLDs?
by Barrack Otieno 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Listers, Just wondering aloud, whereas the mobile phone industry is a boon for the African continent, could it be stiffling growth of the domain name industry take an example we have over 10 million mobile phone subscribers, i dont know how many are using online services, there has been rapid growth over the last three years unfortunately the same case does not apply for the domain name industry, with all this apps being developed do we need domains and domain names? within the current scheme of things how can we spur content developement?, i know content can still be accessed using mobile devices but to what extent?, i will appreciate your thoughts on this subject -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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There role in vision 2030?
by robert yawe 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Hi, Over the weekend I had to hand around a "jua kali' garage and as I watched the hard working Kenyans at work I wondered what role has been assigned to them in achieving the pillars of the Vision 2030? Regards

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Re: [kictanet] Blocking of Domain Names and Legal Frameworks sorrounding the domain name industry..
by Barrack Otieno 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Listers, Considering the fact that ICT plays a critical role in our present environment, we are likely to see an increase in the number or websites and domain names that will be registered this is likely to bring about a myriad of issues. My concern is we may see an upsurge similar to what happened in the mobile phone industry, the question i have therefore is are we prepared from a legal perspective for possible conflicts that may arise should there be such an upsurge ? are our courts prepared for this kind of cases or shall we resort to out of court settlements, what lessons can we learn from the recent issue between google and mocality as an industry, i know it was easy to point fingers and blame but again is it possible that the staff involved engaged in malpractices our of ignorance which may have been due to the fact that there is no law, or statute for data protection and no clear dispute resolution mechanism , if this were enshrined in the law, it could be to educate the masses on the same. I will appreciate your thoughts.. Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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PCK - The giant stirs
by robert yawe 21 Feb '12

21 Feb '12

Hi Listers, It is with a positive outlook that I write this post which has been necessitated by two observations this week for which I will humbly not take credit. 1. On Sunday while passing near Tuskys Langata Road I noticed that PCK has opened a new outlet to offer specifically EMS and ParcelPost services 2. On Monday in the local press PCK had a full page advert indicating that they will be offering e-government services at all its outlets country wide. I am sure that the second event is as a result of Dr. Gitau's practicality in serving her customers, you and I. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing PCK back on its feet, unsupported. 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: [Skunkworks] How Swift-Global's Mabeshte became millions of times better than KDN's butterfly
by Brian Munyao Longwe 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

FYI - makes good reading ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Doe Smith Kamau KipNg'etich Jones <skunkworks.ku(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:38 PM Subject: [Skunkworks] How Swift-Global's Mabeshte became millions of times better than KDN's butterfly To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> well, Mabeshte is just-so-obviously-much-better than Butterfly. Its a good thing KDN gave it to swift-global. KDN din't know how to manage butterfly the way swift-global does... in fact, KDN did such a bad job, that swift-global had to rebrand it to Mabeshte. Me and swift-global are trully "mabeshte" :-). You see, Mabeshte is so much better than butterfly because...... 1) Butterfly was cheaper .... but eww!! who wants cheap things!? excuse me, but I like to live above my means. Butterfly had a monthly unlimited bundle that cost 2320..... but how was it cheaper if Mabeshte sells unlimited internet for 24hrs at 50 bob (i.e 1500 bob a month) ???? -> well... it turns out that you will never spend just 50bob on mabeshte to get their net. Oh nooo.... there's the 10bob transaction fee charged for the paybill payment..... and to that, add the 50bob cred you'll spend calling support coz their system won't automatically email/text you a username & pass to surf through mabeshte. If you're lucky, u may have to spend 100bob if the system “completely missed” the mpesa sms for some reason.... ...in fact, its taken 5hrs and a bamba 50 for me to start surfing on mabeshte to send this email. and as for reversal of a botched payment.... it could take up to 60hours for swift-global to initiate it … ( and, as my collegue experienced it, you may have to send them instructions [with screen-shots] on how perform a reversal) and how is that a good thing.... it turns out that the longer it takes for you to receive an mpesa sms, the sweeter it is when it gets there :-) and while the monthly payment to butterfly was apparently “more convenient” than paying 50bob daily to mabeshte, I like the way mabeshte helps me impress my friends because I appear to have money in my mpesa all the time :-), hehehehehe Additionally, calling their support number (020692100) will first give you a pre-recorded "hallo"... and then give you a dial-tone which is actually charged as if someone picked up the phone!! my friends now think i'm on post-paid!! Swaga aje aje!! try it now and see! Just call, get to dial-tones, hang-up, and see your cred Disclaimer: tested on safcom. 2) Butterfly was faster.... And yes... Swift-Global, in all their intelligence, know that capping speeds to 64kBps (kiloBYTES, not kilobits) helps reduce global warming and surges Kenya towards realisation of the vision2030 and Konza City.... …. and butterfly did the opposite... you see .... it was just *TOO* fast. And y'all know too much of something is deadly. When surfing at a butterfly hotspot alone (or late at night), butterfly indecently gave me its all!! can u imagine!! that's very, very.... veeeryyy "tabia mbayaaa".... hebu imagine that i would clock 1.5mBps (megaBYTES, not megabits)!! JEEZ!! It was so much that it was my slow comp that was the bottle-neck … not the network!! and that's just wrong!! It made me feel really bad that KDN would mock my decade-old laptop with speeds that could have possibly killed it!! I mean.... how dare they!! ati 1.5mBps!! !!! NKT !!! swift-global's speeds... sigh... their capped speeds mean that the average ebook or mp3 will take 20 minutes to download, giving me ample time to focus on more important things.... like family.... or other even more important things... like solving world poverty, or eradicating world hunger and famine, or helping the flowers in my garden cross-pollinate... or trolling on the skunkworks mailing list.... Very important things indeed!! and while I could stream at 720p or 1080p on butterfly, my comp could barely render the stream properly given its low specs.... but swift-globals cares for computers like mine, and cap their speeds to force me (and everyone else) to stream at 320p, which is good for my computer. Moreover, the capped speeds give me ample time to do other "important things" as I wait for the buffer to fill up! Kudos switf-global!! 3) Butterfly had tech-smart staff in their tech-support department .... WTF!? who wants to call support and get a know-it-all geek on the other end who speaks gibberish!? How i'm I, a skunkworks troll, supposed to make sense of... "have you confirmed that your computer is configured to receive network configuration data via DHCP"... JEEZ!! what on earth does that mean?! .... well.... ok.... i guess the butterfly tech team knew what they were talking about, and they did resolve down-times within an hour or two.... or ten-minutes. and yes.... they appeared to be well trained... but jeez!! I like tech support people who speak my language... tech support who tell me to "turn you computer off, then turn it back on, then install a good antivirus, then wait 15 minutes before connecting."..... and thats the kind of support swift-global gives!! Seeeee!!!! ... I told you swift-global support is much better! and sometimes, when you call swift-global support a lot (i.e more than two times), you'll get to talk to a woman with ATT!! and thats so cool!! I know y'all like women when they're all fiesty n ferocious :-) i know i do, heheheheh ….. and that's another good reason why swift-global needs to be more expensive. That fiesty tech-support lady is obviously paid a lot of money!! that kind of customer-support service doesn't come cheap!! ….. in fact... I think I'll call support again once I email this :-D 4) Butterfly was more reliable, with fewer downtimes... .... and that was a recipe for addiction to the internet!! Swift-global knows this, and that is why they let their downtimes last days on end. This also helps reduce global-warming, since computers produce less heat energy when they are not being used to browse ( or stream at 720p) … just ask any primary school science-teacher to verify this! and yes.. you guessed it... the down-times give me ample time to focus on important things.... and butterfly was rude enough to encourage internet-addiction by maintaining their network!! jeez!!.... after swift-global took over, one of their “nodes” (a pole with lots of transmitters) was toppled over by strong winds, and stayed like that for months!! and the node i'm currently connected to has had perenial power issues for 1 and a half years.... kudos swift-global :-)!! ... swift-global just knows how to run things. Earlier today, as I waited for a payment to go through on mabeshte (for five hours), I had ample time to do something important.... i.e. draft a solution for world-piece. And as I have penned it, the solution to world piece will start with swift-global handling the world's communications :-)... in fact, whoever named swift-global "swift-*global*" must have known this too! i bet he came up with the name after he got ample time to consider it during a down time :-) later guys.... the fiesty support-lady just picked up :-) _______________________________________________ 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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An MPesa moment
by robert yawe 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hi All, Hope you all had a nation building weekend, just came a cross and interesting issue that is developing in the USA "Obama's latest proposal is a $2.4 billion program to provide cell phones for the poor.Entitlement Mentality Destroying America" Carrying our a simple calculation that fund can equip 25.5 million (8.5% of the population) poor Americans with an android/windows smartphone. I doubt if the objective is to have them become more active on Facebook or Twitter but as a tether. From where I stand, the US government must have seen the benefits of using the mobile platform as learnt from the story of Kenya to meet social programme objectives such as healthcare (m-bima), market information (m-mukulima) and banking the unbanked (m-pesa, m-kesho). On the mobile front we have become inventors more the rest of the world more like Phillips was with the VCR, we hatch and prove new concepts then move on to other areas without innovating. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 57, Issue 65
by Titus Ngeno 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

Longwe, I would encourage Kenyan Banks working with the following companies to enable them fight hackers etc [Description: Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/Axiom%20Logo.JPG]<http://www.axiomc.com/index.aspx> Loyalty Management with Axiom Consulting This service provides the ability for you to present a broad customer loyalty program. [Description: Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/uni-source.jpg]<http://64.19.21.178/UniSourceCompanySite/> Collections with Uni-Source 2000, Inc. This solution helps you reduce past due loan delinquency ratios and charge offs, and improve account disposition reporting and tracking. [Description: Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/Logo%20PlusTechnologies.jpg]<http://www.plusti.com/> Fraud Monitoring with Plus Technologies & Innovations With fraud monitoring solutions you can target and manage issues that are of increasing importance in today's market such as fraud prevention, operational risk management, revenue assurance and more. [Description: Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/IBIS.png]<http://www.ibis-management.com/> SWIFT and ACH Payment Management with IBIS Management Solutions from IBIS enable your organization to gain productivity increases which in the end translates to enhanced profit margins. Titus Ngeno Ebix Inc -Corporate International -Africa Region -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+titus.ngeno=ebix.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+titus.ngeno=ebix.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 8:08 PM To: Titus Ngeno Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 57, Issue 65 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@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<mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke> You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-owner@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: Green ICT: Inside Hewlett-Packard (Interview) (James Kagwe) 2. Rwandese Hackers Hit 3 Kenyan Banks (Brian Munyao Longwe) 3. Re: Rwandese Hackers Hit 3 Kenyan Banks (Judy Okite) 4. On Kenyan Building Standards - accessibility & diversity (Matunda Nyanchama) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:03:38 +0300 From: James Kagwe <kagwejg(a)gmail.com<mailto:kagwejg@gmail.com>> To: Albert Mucunguzi <ed(a)pctechmagazine.com<mailto:ed@pctechmagazine.com>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Green ICT: Inside Hewlett-Packard (Interview) Message-ID: <4F3E17EA.7070203(a)gmail.com<mailto:4F3E17EA.7070203@gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Muchunguzi, The Green ICT area is one of great interest to me. Was just wondering on what in your opinion are the main concerns and possible research areas on Green ICT in our region. I welcome ideas from any other interested person. regards, James Kagwe On 2/13/2012 5:16 PM, Albert Mucunguzi wrote: > Dear All, > > For all interested, here is PC Tech's interview with HP's Environment > Manager (Annukka Dickens) on HP's policies on Green ICT and Climate > Change. > > http://bit.ly/zdqbhb > > Cheers. > > -- > Albert Mucunguzi > > Company URL: pctech.co.ug <http://pctech.co.ug>, pctechmagazine.com > <http://pctechmagazine.com> > Personal Web: www.almuc.me<http://www.almuc.me> <http://almuc.me> > Blog: almuc.me/blog <http://almuc.me/blog> > Twitter: @albertmuc > Facebook: facebook.com/almuc > Messenger: albertmuc(a)hotmail.com<mailto:albertmuc@hotmail.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@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/kagwejg%40gmail.c > om > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 57, Issue 65
by Titus Ngeno 18 Feb '12

18 Feb '12

Longwe, I would encourage Kenyan Banks working with the following companies to enable them fight hackers etc [Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/Axiom%20Logo.JPG]<http://www.axiomc.com/index.aspx> Loyalty Management with Axiom Consulting This service provides the ability for you to present a broad customer loyalty program. [Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/uni-source.jpg]<http://64.19.21.178/UniSourceCompanySite/> Collections with Uni-Source 2000, Inc. This solution helps you reduce past due loan delinquency ratios and charge offs, and improve account disposition reporting and tracking. [Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/Logo%20PlusTechnologies.jpg]<http://www.plusti.com/> Fraud Monitoring with Plus Technologies & Innovations With fraud monitoring solutions you can target and manage issues that are of increasing importance in today's market such as fraud prevention, operational risk management, revenue assurance and more. [Description: http://www.euronetsoftware.com/assets/images/IBIS.png]<http://www.ibis-management.com/> SWIFT and ACH Payment Management with IBIS Management Solutions from IBIS enable your organization to gain productivity increases which in the end translates to enhanced profit margins. Titus Ngeno Ebix Inc -Corporate International -Africa Region -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+titus.ngeno=ebix.com(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+titus.ngeno=ebix.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 8:08 PM To: Titus Ngeno Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 57, Issue 65 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@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<mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke> You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-owner@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: Green ICT: Inside Hewlett-Packard (Interview) (James Kagwe) 2. Rwandese Hackers Hit 3 Kenyan Banks (Brian Munyao Longwe) 3. Re: Rwandese Hackers Hit 3 Kenyan Banks (Judy Okite) 4. On Kenyan Building Standards - accessibility & diversity (Matunda Nyanchama) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:03:38 +0300 From: James Kagwe <kagwejg(a)gmail.com<mailto:kagwejg@gmail.com>> To: Albert Mucunguzi <ed(a)pctechmagazine.com<mailto:ed@pctechmagazine.com>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Green ICT: Inside Hewlett-Packard (Interview) Message-ID: <4F3E17EA.7070203(a)gmail.com<mailto:4F3E17EA.7070203@gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" Muchunguzi, The Green ICT area is one of great interest to me. Was just wondering on what in your opinion are the main concerns and possible research areas on Green ICT in our region. I welcome ideas from any other interested person. regards, James Kagwe On 2/13/2012 5:16 PM, Albert Mucunguzi wrote: > Dear All, > > For all interested, here is PC Tech's interview with HP's Environment > Manager (Annukka Dickens) on HP's policies on Green ICT and Climate > Change. > > http://bit.ly/zdqbhb > > Cheers. > > -- > Albert Mucunguzi > > Company URL: pctech.co.ug <http://pctech.co.ug>, pctechmagazine.com > <http://pctechmagazine.com> > Personal Web: www.almuc.me<http://www.almuc.me> <http://almuc.me> > Blog: almuc.me/blog <http://almuc.me/blog> > Twitter: @albertmuc > Facebook: facebook.com/almuc > Messenger: albertmuc(a)hotmail.com<mailto:albertmuc@hotmail.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@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/kagwejg%40gmail.c > om > > 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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On Kenyan Building Standards - accessibility & diversity
by Matunda Nyanchama 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Friends The recent discussion on Kenyan building standards is enlightening. Aside from safety, accessibility is another concern. I am wondering whether anyone has done a study with respect to accessibility, especially for people with handicaps (or disabilities as some term it) of one kind or the other. How business friendly, for instance, are building in our fast-growing corporate centre in Upper Hill? While working for one of the banks here in Canada, I served in the diversity committee and I am proud to say that the bank took and implemented almost all our recommendations and amended its building code accordingly. This meant all building had to have wheelchair access, parking spaces for people with disabilities, cafeteria food counters that can be reached at wheel-chair level, toilets, etc. This further extended to their ATMs (braille, wheel chair access, and keypads with digit-related sounds) and many more. Issues of disability and accommodation thereof are matter requiring attention in all our planning, be it the transportation system, buildings, name it. They are issues of diversity and inclusion, beyond ethnicity and gender. I am attaching a press release on recent doctoral thesis (which we have published a mass market paper back) that analyzes the issue of women with disabilities in Kenyan institutes of higher learning. It is insightful. Have a good weekend. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Rwandese Hackers Hit 3 Kenyan Banks
by Brian Munyao Longwe 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

1. Prime Bank 2. Development Bank 3. CFC Stanbic Bank Details at: http://pastebin.com/G6GVD5sz Still shaking my head.... -- 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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Green ICT: Inside Hewlett-Packard (Interview)
by Albert Mucunguzi 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Dear All, For all interested, here is PC Tech's interview with HP's Environment Manager (Annukka Dickens) on HP's policies on Green ICT and Climate Change. http://bit.ly/zdqbhb Cheers. Message body -- Albert Mucunguzi Company URL:pctech.co.ug, pctechmagazine.comPersonal Web:www.almuc.meBlog:almuc.me/blogTwitter:@albertmucFacebook:facebook.com/almucMessenger:albertmuc@hotmail.com

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Fwd: Invitation from African Broadband Forum to East Africa Com conference, Nairobi 17 April..Bill Hearmon
by Esther Wanjau 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

--- On Thu, 2/16/12, Esther Wanjau <estherwanjau(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Esther Wanjau <estherwanjau(a)gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Invitation from African Broadband Forum to East Africa Com conference, Nairobi 17 April..Bill Hearmon To: esther_wanjau(a)yahoo.com Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:36 AM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chairman of African Broadband Forum <chair(a)4gafrica.org> Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:32 AM Subject: Invitation from African Broadband Forum to East Africa Com conference, Nairobi 17 April..Bill Hearmon To: estherwanjau(a)gmail.com Dear Esther, PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL IN YOUR COMPANY East Africa Com 2012 17-18 April 2012, Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya THE ONLY EAST AFRICAN EVENT DEDICATED TO THE ENTIRE DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM Register to attend East Africa Com - Apply for your *FREE or discounted pass today VIP Code: EAF12/MP The East Africa region, led by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, has become a hotbed for digital innovation. 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Plus the exclusive Mobile MarketingSummit (In Partnership with the Mobile Marketing Association - MMA on Day 2) which will explore the growth and potential of the mobile channel as a means of connecting and engaging with consumers. For more information, click here http://comworldseries.msgfocus.com/c/14QzEnfPr8x3urt8Qk7C1Bfb Registrations for East Africa Com are now open - don't delay in securing your *FREE or discounted pass to East Africa’s http://comworldseries.msgfocus.com/c/14QzGN2irfMaDYLbVBGIkJoy digital event of the year. 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to tweet or not to tweet- interesting article
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

To tweet or not to tweet: that is the question by Luca Belli <http://www.medialaws.eu/author/luca-belli/> on February 13, 2012 If William Shakespeare were drafting Hamlet’s soliloquy nowadays, he would probably rejuvenate it in this way. Indeed, the popular and omnipresent social network has recently been the object of some heated discussion over its notorious tweets. The first debate directly concerned Twitter with regard to its new policy changes, whereas the second involved the unattended juridical consequences that may follow from a tweet. *The Inquisition 2.0?* On January 26th, Twitter announced<http://blog.twitter.com/2012/01/tweets-still-must-flow.html>that thanks to its latest technology improvements, it is now able to “reactively withhold content from users in a specific country”. This is the kind of announcement that immediately triggers apprehension and censorship suspicion: indeed, why should a social network withhold content if not to restrict one’s freedom of expression? However, if one keeps on reading Twitter’s statement and further explores the policy changes, one begins to understand that, in spite of unavoidable first-impressions, these policy modifications are indeed a positive improvement. In fact, as one may read on Twitter’s blog, the removed content will be kept available in the rest of the world whereas, previously, if a court ordered to remove a tweet, this would have been removed globally. Though the new policy is clearly motivated by Twitter’s yearning for market expansion, it actually enhances freedom of speech instead of diminishing it. Indeed, being blocked on a national level, one’s “illegal” expressions will still reach the majority of tweeters (*i.e.* in any country where the same content isn’t considered as illegal) that will keep on “enjoying” the content. Moreover, the withholding procedure won’t be *a priori*: instead, it will be put in place only in response to “a valid and applicable legal request”. *Those tweets shalt be cursed!* As Cain was cursed and marked for murdering his brother Abel, a sign will be appointed to the banned tweets, so that allowed users may identify the censored content. Though this option may appear as a form of balkanization, it will actually represent a great surplus value for human rights advocates. Indeed, tweets are going to be withheld locally while visible and marked globally. Therefore, it will be much easier to demonstrate which contents are arbitrarily censored and do not fit the International standards provisions such as article 19.3 (b) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights <http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm>. Twitter’s new technique will make it more difficult for authoritarian regimes to justify that harmless tweets, such as #democracy<https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23democracy>or open invitations to peacefully gather in order to demonstrate against oppressive measures, might be removed by virtue of some *ordre public*issue. Those who will order to remove innocuous content will have to do it openly vis-à-vis the internet and international community. Furthermore, the censored tweets will be taken down or marked according to the IP address of the users. This kind of measure will leave the possibility to keep on access the obscured content by simply changing the Country Setting<https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169220-how-to-change-the-country-set…>, therefore weakening the impact of censorship. *Mind the tweet!* Another interesting episode recently involved Twitter in an indirect way. Indeed, a bizarre accident shed light on the nature of tweets and on the limits to freedom of expression that one has to take into consideration. The unfortunate event involved a couple of Irish tourists who were stopped and handcuffed<http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4095372/Twitter-news-US-bars-frie…>at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) because of their “suspicious” tweets. Indeed, as many other social networks, Twitter is monitored by a considerable number of U.S. special agents that were – probably disproportionately – alerted when they figured out that Mr. Leigh Van Bryan, an Irishman, was tweeting: “*Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America*” After questioning the couple for some hours, and despite the fact that the two tourists stressed the euphemistic nature of the tweet, Homeland Security officials sent them back to Ireland arguing that they were not allowed into the country. Though this episode may sound really “peculiar”, it is not a first. In fact, in January 2010, another traveler had to face the unexpected consequences of his incautious tweet. This time it was Mr. Paul Chambers, a British citizen, who, according to the Guardian<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/sep/24/twitter-joke-trial-bomb-threat>, “had his computers and phones seized and was subsequently charged and convicted of causing a “menace” under the [U.K.] Communications Act 2003<http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127> ”. Mr. Chambers was indeed charged under “improper use of public electronic communication network” because, while colorfully complaining about snow problems at Robin Hood Airport, he expressed his disappointment asserting that were he prevented from reaching his girlfriend in Dublin, he would have “blow[n] the airport sky-high”. *A chilling effect or an Orwellian one? * Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, enshrined in binding and enforceable proscriptions on both sides of the Atlantic (*i.e.* First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitut…>and both Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights<http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/D5CC24A7-DC13-4318-B457-5C9014916D7A/0…>and Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union<http://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/pdf/text_en.pdf> ). The aforementioned episodes might seem to signal an anti-freedom-of-expression trend. However, one has to consider that even if Human Rights are both a justification and a limitation of power, any sovereign State has the right to define restrictions on people’s freedom of expression in order to protect national security or public order. What is worth remarking is that tweets are *non*-private messages. Hence, though one may argue that this kind of network policing and freedom-of-expression limiting may trigger a chilling effect, one has to recognize that the public nature of the tweet allows every individual to “follow” it. And a “follower” may be a naïve acquaintance or a special – and slightly Orwellian – agent. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

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World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT-12): A buisnes perspective
by alice＠apc.org 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has produced an important document concerning the World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT-12). This document provides useful guidance to for discussions for industry stakeholders who intend to participate at the WCIT-12. ICC submits recommendations for ITU World Conference success [http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/ebitt/index.html?id=47144] The document highlights that WCIT-12 as a critical opportunity to ensure that the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs) can support the future development of telecoms markets, services and technological innovation. To do this, given the contemporary pace of market change, it is vital for the ITRs to give guidance on high level strategic and policy issues relating to the provision of international telecommunications services, rather than adopting specific regulatory and technical rules. Keeping the ITRs at a strategic high level is important given the rapid pace of change in the sector, because an attempt to craft a treaty-level document that micro-manages the sector would risk either stifling the sector, or making the ITRs rapidly obsole It stresses that detailed rules for the establishment and settlement of accounting rate arrangements are no longer relevant in the contemporary competitive international marketplace, and this aspect of the ITRs should be significantly amended or removed. The ITRs should be minimalist in structure, to avoid undermining pro-competitive policies that have fuelled the massive growth of the telecommunications industry since 1988, when the ITRs were last negotiated. Another important ICC position in the paper; the ITRs should not address areas of Internet policy, such as international Internet connectivity, or the allocation of Internet addresses. Expanding the ITRs in this way would not be consistent with the Tunis Agenda agreed by heads of state at the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005 — and would undermine the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, which has underpinned the success of the Internet to date. The ICC stresses that rather than expanding the ITRs to include such areas of Internet governance, pro-competitive policies in each country will best achieve practical policy objectives, such as more efficient Internet interconnection flows. The paper concludes that ITU members should remain cognizant of the appropriate limits of the ITRs, and not attempt to expand the ITRs beyond those substantive and procedural limits. This paper provides useful factual background on ITU’s WCIT conference for policymakers and businesses, especially in light of the upcoming February WCIT preparatory meetings. Please do not hesitate to contact ICC Basis for further information. Ayesha Hassan International Chamber of Commerce Senior Policy Manager ICC’s Commission on the Digital Economy Executive in charge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy 38 Cours Albert 1er 75008 Paris, France tel: +33 1 49 53 30 13 fax: +33 1 49 53 28 59 Email: ayesha.hassan(a)iccwbo.org website: www.iccwbo.org BASIS website: http://www.iccwbo.org/basis/ --

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Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City?
by robert yawe 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hi again Daktari, Seems this discussion has been reduced to a two horse race, as no other lister seems to want to weigh in their two cents maybe we should take the discussion offline it will be more interesting as we can suspend decorum. In closing the public discussion I ask why didn't you pursue the approach of implementing the project in mouth size bits with the initial stage being to take over the Sameer Park as a spring board to Konza? I appreciate the politics that killed the location but wouldn't it have been more practical to change the location while maintaining the approach? My reason for bringing this up is because I have realised over time that as Kenyan's we tend to come up with grandiose plans but we seriously lack staying power, except in the marathon. President Moi reiterated this when he said "that the memory of the Kenyan is only 3 weeks long". Listers thanks for your tolerance and perseverance. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: "bitange(a)jambo.co.ke" <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: "bitange(a)jambo.co.ke" <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke>; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012, 16:57 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? Robert, The African story is very complicated. I do not know whether we are lazy as Hon. Kailemi Mwiria noted in his article in the Standard yesterday or we have a third world mentality in first world applications. This morning I was on KISS FM and both presenters wondered a loud how someone can walk on one of these new flyovers and hope to avoid an accident. Are we bringing modernity too quickly before our people can adopt urban life? Does this knowledge on the gap between modernity and culture stop us from doing those things that will take us forward? How does Africa adopt a Yes we can attitude? I am sure you know that I do not need anybody to bark for me. I can take care of myself. I am also quite sure that what we want to achieve in Konza is within the grasp of our knowldge to sustain it. Yes on occassions I have questioned our resolve to finish ignorance. We have spent more than 40 years fighting the same. We all have the responsibility to ensure that we deal with it as our founding fathers envisioned. In the developed world you sometimes see similar ignorance but they do not speak about it as we do. I found out that we speak because some of us are irreversible pesmists. Have some optimist day. Ndemo. > Hi Daktari, > > Thank you for the frank response to my question but I ask, now that you > know what is right why haven't you remedied the situation? > > I will give you a short story that might better explain why we cannot do > what you are proposing as relates to Konza unless we as individuals first > change within ourselves. > > As a technical manager for a IT company many years ago I kept having to > inspect equipment for cleanliness as they left the workshop going back to > the client as many of times no one took the effort to clean them well a > situation that kept pissing me off. > > While throwing aÂ tantrum about this issue it caught the attention of one > of the directors of the firm who called me to his office. Â He said > something that remains etched in my mind "how do you expect someone who > lives in an unclean environment, by your standards, to appreciate your > level of cleanliness". Â I solved the problem by implementing a procedure > on what must be done before any equipment left the premises from the > workshop. > > Daktari, as an individual I believe you share in my faith and must have an > appreciation to why a journey of a few weeks took 40 years. Â We suffer > from institutionalised mediocrity, for example,Â how doesÂ the City > Council of Nairobi on one hand say they need to reduce vehicular traffic > while on the other hand they insist that when building residential houses > be it flats or semi detached one must provide the equivalent of 1.5 > parking spaces per unit. > > From my response to Mr. Munyao, it is clear that Konza shall take > resources away from other areas which would mean the project shall not > create development rather it shall reassign development that was intended > for other areas, what is better known as a zero sum game.Â > > Machakos, Wote, Athi River and Kitengela haveÂ perennialÂ water problems > imagine how much worse the situation will get once the new City kicks off. > Â > > The countries growing demand for energy and water will not stop until > after Konza which is the reason why we must incorporate the project into > the national strategy and stop trying to built a moated castle - with time > the citizenry will build a bridge across. > > Konza is a great dream, but until all those involved get down from their > ivory towers that is all it shall remain. Â I have not asked for any > remuneration to praise, criticise or makeÂ recommendations, instead of > paying misguided individuals to try and silence my questions and your > taking pot shots at my person why not ask the simple question that I asked > Mr. Munyao - for who does he bark?Â > > Lets have a realistic week. > Â > Regards > > Robert Yawe > KAY System Technologies Ltd > Phoenix House, 6th Floor > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 > Kenya > > > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > > > ________________________________ > From: Bitange Ndemo <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> > To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Friday, 10 February 2012, 19:02 > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? > > > Robert, > Thank you for the clarification. When I built my house, the priority was > to cover myself against rain and sun shine. Walls and the grills to > protect me from any lateral attack. Just like my neighbour I knew nothing > about building codes. Today I realize if there is a small fire in my > house, I will not save myself. > > Such naivety should not be replicated in public buildings in this day and > age. We must begin to develop global standards buildings. That is why > Konza is not just a new city but an exemplar. > > Regards > > > Ndemo. > Sent from my BlackBerryÂ® > ________________________________ > > From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:36:31 +0000 (GMT) > To: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke<bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> > ReplyTo: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'<kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? > > Hi Daktri, > > Your silence was becoming a concern especially with the headline yesterday > of an impending reshuffle and or reduction of PSs. Â > > Welcome back, I see you thought this post through as it was not done on > your portable gadget. > > I will respond beginning with the last point, I am a great father and that > is not my inflated ego speaking but the opinion of my neighbours. Â My > children are the opinion leaders in their peer groups, they dictate the > groups direction, they are giving the space to speak their minds, they are > allowed to defend their positions and have been their own thinkers from an > early age. > > So Dr. Ndemo your daughter will be fortunate to have me as a father in law > and your grand children will have in me a great, insightful and broad > minded grand father which are essential to the development of mighty > leaders. > > The cost of rent is going up faster in Kenya than it is in China and you > can take that as fact not opinion because I am an active player in the > real estate realm. Â Commercial rent in Upper Hill has rising from 40/- > per square foot 5 years ago to 120/- today. Â > > The cost of land in Nanyuki 3 years ago was 120,000/- per acre, an area > that is less than 5 kilometres from the CBD, today the price is over > 600,000/-, I will not even try bringing up the issue of Kisumu as it is > literally obscene. We are not competitive at all in as far > asÂ infrastructureÂ is concerned so please lets stop deceiving ourselves > on that front, Tanzania is much cheaper and Southern Sudan is more of a > blank canvas. > > As we look at the issue of land and building note that we still build > using methods and standards that where used whenÂ BuckinghamÂ Palace was > being built, where the Chinese can build a 500 room hotel in 45 days it > would take us 3 years to do the same. Â > > The speed with which they can put up new developments complete with the > related infrastructure means that before you finish responding to this > post they will have moved 500 kilometres from Shanghai and begun building > a new city, complete with an international airport and a high speed rail > to Beijing, that will offer rents that are equivalent to one third or less > of what we shall be able to offer in Konza in 2015 (you see I can be > positive). Â The entire City will be ready for occupation before we finish > fencing Konza in 2013. > > On the man power front, we are busy churning out lawyers and > administrators clearly we are barking up the wrong tree. Â How many > lawyers and business administrators where there in the team that launched > Apple, Microsoft (1), Google, Facebook, Oracle, Amazon, MPesa, PesaPal, > Virtual City . . . Â I am sure someone is already writing a response to > this but note that the microsofts and googles of this world only brought > in the team of lawyers when they where big enough to get sued. > > Dr. Ndemo it is shocking that you can actual say on an open forum that > Kenya is unsafe and that investors should not come until the fenced City > of Konza is ready as it will offer a safe working environment. Â This is > an indication that you have moved to that exclusive 1% sector of society. > Â > > From your statement you are actually supporting and confirming what I said > in a previous post on this same issue that Konza shall be surrounded by > slums as the land around it is being subdivided into 50 ft x 100 ft plots. > Â > > As an investor I will invest elsewhere for now until Konza becomes a > reality at which point I will apply the wise man's principle "only a fool > never changes his mind" Â or the political one "in politics there are no > permanent friends or foes". Â > > Even Bill Gates, whoÂ initiallyÂ dismissed the Internet as a passing > cloud, did not hesitate to turn around and take full advantage of the new > opportunity when it became apparent, but he also realised that dealing > with IBM however lucrative it seemed on the onset was a marriage best > forgotten.Â > > My question to you and the team pushing Konza is , if today it became > clear that the project will have no viable economic impact will you be man > enough to pull the plug? > > As I indicated above we build castles which require as few entry/exit > points as possible, those in the real estate industry have been fighting > for the revision of the the building code since 1987 so as to get rid of > requirements such as the 45 degree pitched roof requirement which is > essential in countries where it snows. > > The plans for Konza will not be vetted by any new team of experts it will > be the same ones who are approving the plans for what we are building > today and what will be built tomorrow. Â City Hall Annexe, Nation Centre, > TelePosta, Nyayo House and many of the high rise buildings in the CBD are > fire traps yet they have had their occupation certificates renewed for > this year. Â Daktari I ask you,Â > > - Â does the kitchen in your house have a fire blanket and extinguisher? > Â > - Â do you have approval for the 7 foot wall around your house? > - Â when was the last time you where involved in a fire drill? > > If not you are in contravention of the council by-laws andÂ areÂ subject > to a fine and instead of us raising issues that have a direct impact on > our survival we are keeping the Council in court over issues of parking > metres and mobile toilet effluent discharge charges.Â > > I had the opportunity to see the winning design for the campus tower to be > developed at the University of Nairobi and it was most wanting. Â The > intellectual elite at the University still got swayed by pomp and colour > like in the case of Konza than function and application of global > standards. > > Strathmore University on the other hand went for the LEED certification > right from design stage, please send me the section in the Konza master > plan where LEED certification is mentioned as a requirement? Â We both > listened to the presentation about Hydrabad and the issues that arose > relating to its development how they where handled, why is it that you > refuse to carry out a SWOT analysis on the Konza project? Â We need to > move beyond dreaming towards the reality that is the Kenya we have.Â > > Listers please do not get confused with the presentation you are seeing in > the media, Konza City is still only a piece of empty land, many of you > react to my posts as if I am suggesting that we demolish an existing > structure. Â The images on TV are a simulation and are not real. > > We have massive cultural issues, baggage that we shall carry from birth to > death unless we face our demons andÂ conquer themÂ we shall not make any > progress. Â Confucius was Chinese and the Chinese child has grown on the > tenets of Confucius we have grown up on the tenets of Wangu wa Makere, > Oloibon Lenana, Lwanda Magere and Chief Nikango how can we leverage our > cultural heritage to improve our modern lives without trying to ape other > cultures? Â > > For example, it has been proven that no African dialect as a word that > means "maintenance" as we did not need it, we buried you inside your hut > and let it waste away while the Maasai . . . . > > In closing I will respond to my pet issue of my appointment as post master > general, I will start with a quote from the bible "what good can come out > of Nazareth, they said". Â > > PCK is lying flat on its back like an envelop (thanks Ntimama), so I agree > that if I was already PMG it would be on its knees today on the way to > standing up on its own two feet. Â > > Thank you for your confidence, I hope you will act on this as you push at > the next board meeting of PCK for my appointment. > > With that wise crack I clear my cache and exit the loop. > > Regards > Â > > Robert Yawe > KAY System Technologies Ltd > Phoenix House, 6th Floor > P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 > Kenya > > > Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > > > ________________________________ > From: "bitange(a)jambo.co.ke" <bitange(a)jambo.co.ke> > To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: bitange(a)jambo.co.ke; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012, 20:39 > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? > > Robert, > Had we hired you as PCK Chief with this kind of pessimism, the > organization will be on its knees.Â I see no reason for celebrating > contradictions of our policy makers.Â We have traveled this road before > and came through.Â You recall the registration of Teams that almost > derailed the entire process. > > Our culture lets us down in every aspect.Â We treasure negativity and > pray > that one falls in every positive step that is made.Â When Confucious > said, > " a journey of 1,000 miles starts with one step", he meant that that you > should not look at the challenges of covering the 1,000 miles but the > opportunities of moving at least one step.Â Yes we have seen white > elephants but that does not mean we don't try. > > Two of the world's outsourcing companies have been around searching for > real > estate to rent.Â Two months there is not one building in Nairobi that > meets international standards.Â Large buildings have only one fire escape > that if there was fire, people will die not from fire but because there is > no exit.Â Just look at any ceiling to check if there are water > sprinklers. > Some fancy buildings have only one toilet in a floor that accomodates > more than 300 people.Â I could say more.. > > Konza is not in any threat.Â This is our future where we shall create not > only employment but a safe work environment.Â I would bet that Robert > will > be among the first to seek opportunities at Konza. > > In the same paper that Robert extracted the Konza story from there was > another story about the rise of rental cost in China.Â A clear > opportunity > for us to start offering affordable destination and making it competitive > through partnership in capacity development (Read Carnigue > Mellon > University Partnership). > > Honestly as liberal I have said to myself that I will never intervere with > my daughter's choice of boyfriend but if I find her with Robert's son, I > will talk her out of it.Â Robert if you continue like this, you will make > a bad father in law. > > > > Ndemo. > > > > > >> Hi, >> >> Konza = public land = freeze by Orengo = national lands commissioner = >> spanner in the works >> >> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539552/1323050/-/56yje2z/-/index.htmlÃ… >> >> >> Regards >> Ã‚Â >> Robert Yawe >> KAY System Technologies Ltd >> Phoenix House, 6th Floor >> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >> Kenya >> >> >> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 >> >> >> > ________________________________ >>Â From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> >> To: 'robert yawe' <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 11:06 >> Subject: RE: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? >> >> >> Robert >> Ã‚Â >> I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t argue with your pointsÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ >> Ã‚Â >> We need realists. However having said that the suggestion would be to >> not >> shy aware from such developments but to ensure that mechanisms are put >> in >> place that we donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t have another Buruburu, Dandora on our hands. >> > Ã‚Â >> Guys, itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s good to be skeptical but its better still to offer >> solutions >> to avoid such eventualities. ThatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s why Risk Management will be a >> critical aspect of such potentially paradigm shifting endeavors. >> Ã‚Â >> Robert, we need your contrarian view points. Please do not lose that.. >> Ã‚Â >> PS. I am old enough to know what happened in EastlandsÃ¢â‚¬Â¦J >> Ã‚Â >> Ã‚Â >> Ã‚Â >> Ali Hussein|Managing Partner >> >> Telemedia Africa >> Azania Technology Group >> Chaka Court, Argwings Kodhek Road >> P O BoxÃ‚Â 14556-00100 >> +254 773/713 601113 >> Nairobi, Kenya >> Ã‚Â >> Ã‚Â >> Twitter: @AliHKassim >> Skype: abu-jomo >> Ã‚Â >> Ã‚Â >> From:robert yawe [mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:40 AM >> To: Ali Hussein >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? >> Ã‚Â >> Hussein, >> Ã‚Â >> Interesting that you bring up Buru Buru where I lived from the age of 5 >> years, when there where picket fences, kids swings, slides and nanny >> parks, until I left at the age of 18 when there were 7 foot stone fences >> with broken glass toppings, churches and bars in the places where I once >> swung, metal sheet granny houses and even entire houses demolished and >> replaced withÃ‚Â beaconÃ‚Â to beacon multi story structures. >> Ã‚Â >> Living in Buru Buru & going to school in Eastleigh I commuted from 1st >> Avenue, through Juja Road and then down Outer Ring Road watching the >> landscape > change. Ã‚Â I watched as Huruma went from a lovely middle class >> development to what it is today, Dandora transformed from a well thought >> out cluster development to the multi story structures you see today and >> then Umoja which well there is nothing to explain it. >> Ã‚Â >> All this happened right under the nose of a President, UNEP, Habitat, >> City >> Council of Nairobi, AAK, ISK, IEK, UON, Ministry of Housing, Ministry of >> Public Health, Ministry of Public Works, Parliament, Kenya Airforce and >> many others who could have stopped the carnage. Ã‚Â >> Ã‚Â >> Go to the areas around Konza, or just read the classifieds in the >> dailies, >> and watch the subdivision of plots from the initial seven acre parcels >> to >> plots of as small as an eight of an acre (50 x 100). Ã‚Â We are already >> replicating Nairobi only that now it is being done in reverse, > beginning >> with the surrounding slums and hopefully end with the glassy >> skyscrapers. >> Ã‚Â >> Ã‚Â >> The road to Konza shall be literally lined with slums andÃ‚Â shanties, >> then >> we shall have proposals to allow helipads, overpasses, windowless high >> speed trains and overhead cable cars to get the investors in and out of >> the technopolis without exposing them to the unsightly developments. >> Ã‚Â >> Also lets not forget that we have been unable to handle national >> projects >> to date yet we had a central government, come sometime in August 2013 we >> shall have 47 little governments all with their specific interests and >> agendas, what is the likelihood that Konza will get the support required >> to make it work? >> Ã‚Â >> Imagine Buru Buru happened to an estate that was fully developed, I saw >> it >> and you and many might be too young to have > lived through >> theÃ‚Â destructionÃ‚Â of a brilliant project but I was, so maybe you can >> now >> better understand my skepticism when it comes to our ability as a nation >> to control the development of a 5,000 acreÃ‚Â pieceÃ‚Â ofÃ‚Â empty >> pieceÃ‚Â land. >> Ã‚Â >> I am not a pessimist I am a realist, let the dreamers prove me wrong >> when >> I have history backing my position. >> Ã‚Â >> Regards >> Ã‚Â >> Robert Yawe >> KAY System Technologies Ltd >> Phoenix House, 6th Floor >> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 >> Kenya >> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From:Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> >> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 19:02 >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? >> Ã‚Â >> Robert >> Ã‚Â >> I would like to be more optimistic about Konza.Ã‚Â >> >> What you are describing is a Buruburu type land grab and I'm sure that >> isn't what was intended for Konza. >> Ã‚Â >> Have some faith my brother... In fact I think Robert there is room for >> speculation... Though I suspect not in the way we are used to... Think >> Speculation 3.0 with a dash of new tech... :) >> Ã‚Â >> Ã‚Â >> Ali Hussein >> Managing Partner >> Telemedia Africa >> Azania Technology > GroupÃ‚Â >> +254 773/713 601113 >> Ã‚Â >> "You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but >> in >> business what a man doesn't know does hurt.".Ã‚Â - E. St. Elmo Lewis, >> member, Advertising Hall of Fame >> >> On Feb 7, 2012, at 3:14 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> @Walu, >>>Ã‚Â >>>In short what the AG said was that government land cannot be assigned to >>> an individual or entity but must be offered to the general public. >>> Ã‚Â The >>> statement was initially targeted at the Airtel/Postal/IBM deal of the >>> plot opposite Yaya Centre but it spoke volumes as it gave a precedent >>> for >>> the way forward as relates to government land. >>>Ã‚Â >>>Konza is government land and is and will be governed by > the law of the >>> land as relates to such resource, therefore if Microsoft wanted to put >>> up >>> a campus in Konza on a 20 acre plot the government would have to tender >>> for its sell. >>>Ã‚Â >>>At which point Yawe and Co-speculators Inc. will tender and likely win >>> as >>> we shall play the nationalist, county and tribe card. Ã‚Â We will then >>> offer the same land to Microsoft at an inflated price who will reject >>> the >>> offer and opt to locate to the Lakeview Techno City next to RIAT with >>> views from the largest fresh water lake offering water sports. Ã‚Â >>>Ã‚Â >>>My group and I will then subdivide the 20 acres into broty of 50 x 100 >>> and sell them to the public to recover our investment. Ã‚Â Visit the >>> area >>> around Bamburi and London Distillers in Athi River/Mavoko area for a >>> living and breathing > example of what Konza will look like by the year >>> 2020, it is even more pronounced from GoogleEarth. Ã‚Â >>>Ã‚Â >>>That was the initial location of the EPZ before it was felt necessary to >>> relocate the same 2 kilometres down the road into Rift Valley Province. >>> Ã‚Â The architect of that relocation is an aspiring presidential >>> candidate, >>> what stops him from relocating Konza if he wins the election? >>>Ã‚Â >>>Let us not blind ourselves to the reality and return to the Kenya we >>> know, the EPZ continues to struggle many years later, JKIA remains with >>> hundreds of empty plots still being held onto by prospective investors >>> who where allocated the land over 30 years ago, Baba Dogo is turning >>> into >>> a large residential area and the KIE sheds in Industrial Area have >>> become >>> > stores. >>>Ã‚Â >>>Runda Closeburn will definitely fly, Tatu will limp along for a while >>> but >>> Konza will be a still birth. >>>Ã‚Â >>>Ã‚Â >>>What is the strategy for Konza and can someone answer these questions >>> for >>> us? >>>Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â will the land be sold to >>> prospective investors >>> better known as speculators or leased to investors? >>>Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â will the government >>> allocate the land to >>> prospective investors a.k.a Karurarists? >>>Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â how long will it take to >>> develop the >>> infrastructure noting that Nairobi still cannot provide sufficient >>> water, >>> sewerage services and > electricity to its residents 200 years down the >>> road? >>>Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â when the infrastructure is >>> complete and the land >>> allocated how long will it be before the first tenant moves in? >>>Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â if the first tenant moves >>> in sometime around 2030 >>> will the concept still be viable? >>>Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â is the rest of Africa, >>> Asia, Eastern Europe and >>> the Maldives sleeping? >>>Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â once Raila becomes >>> President, after beating a >>> joint force of Kalonzo, Uhuru & Ruto, what is the likelihood that he >>> will >>> allow that level of national resources to be > spent in that region instead >>> of relocate the same to for example Nyanza where there is already an >>> International Airport, is closer to Southern Sudan, the residents speak >>> fluent english plus has english like names to boot, it is >>> aÃ‚Â marginalizedÃ‚Â county (highest child mortality rate) and it gave >>> him >>> their vote as a block? >>>Ã‚Â >>>Until we get a comprehensive report from the various players >>> i.e.Ã‚Â treasury, ministry of information,Ã‚Â ministryÃ‚Â of lands, >>> AG's >>> Chambers, local government, county representatives and the President >>> the >>> project shall remain as dead as aÃ‚Â dodo irrespective of how many >>> flashy >>> advertisements are run by aÃ‚Â sub-entityÃ‚Â of aÃ‚Â sub-entityÃ‚Â of a >>> substantial participant in the project. >>>Ã‚Â >>>Walu, in your case which > ever way it goes nothing affects your setting up >>> a lab, but if I was the University I would look at putting up an entire >>> self sufficient campus. >>>Ã‚Â >>>Regards >>>Ã‚Â >>>PS. Ã‚Â China government is to build 1000 houses in Kisumu plus any >>> other >>> projects that they deem necessary to giving Kisumu the status becoming >>> of >>> a City. >>>Ã‚Â >>>Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box >>> 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 >>> >>>________________________________ >>> >>>From:Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> >>>To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >>>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy > Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:04 >>>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? >>>Ã‚Â >>>@Yawe, >>> >>>u seem to b on the inside loop on this one.Ã‚Â Konza City, >>> scuttled?Ã‚Â I >>> had advised my boss to book a university lab there and now I might need >>> guidance on what next? >>> >>>And thats me as a local stakeholder, what of the international >>> stakeholders - what would they make of your statement? >>> >>>walu. >>> >>>--- On Mon, 2/6/12, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >>>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ... >>>To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >>>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 5:25 PM >>>Listers, >>>Ã‚Â >>>Are we seriously having this discussion, please leave certification to >>> institutes of education such as Universities who already issue degrees >>> in >>> computer science and the like. >>>Ã‚Â >>>This is just another tax guzzling scheme like the Konza adverts being >>> run >>> on TV yet the AG has already scuttled the project,Ã‚Â >>>Ã‚Â >>>We are aware > that all the great software applications developed over the >>> past 3 decades have been done byÃ‚Â enthusiasts or as Philip Ochieng >>> recentlyÃ‚Â clarified amateurs, a situation that is not about to change >>> any >>> time soon. >>>Ã‚Â >>>KICT eat in peace. >>>Ã‚Â >>>Regards >>>Ã‚Â >>>PS. Ã‚Â Liko lets go look for something more productive to do with our >>> time, wachana na mambo ya certification na business plans.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â >>>Ã‚Â >>>Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box >>> 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 >>> >>>________________________________ >>> >>>From:Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> >>>To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk >>>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>>Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012, 14:00 >>>Subject: [kictanet] Weird Things ... >>>Ã‚Â >>>Samsung launched its 2nd Engineering Academy with a local Educational >>> Institution >>> >>>The ICT Board on the other hand is working with a Foreign Institution to >>> launch a Kenyan software development certification >>> >>>:) >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.… >>> >>>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. >>> >>>-----Inline Attachment Follows----- >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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/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. >>>Ã‚Â >> _______________________________________________ >>>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/info%40alyhussein.com >>> >>>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >>> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and >>> development. >>> >>>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >>> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, >>> respect >>> privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or >>> qualifications._______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bitange%40jambo.co.ke >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT >> sector in support of the national aim of ICT > enabled growth and >> development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >> bandwidth, >> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, >> do >> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City?
by robert yawe 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Hi, Konza = public land = freeze by Orengo = national lands commissioner = spanner in the works http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/539552/1323050/-/56yje2z/-/index.html Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> To: 'robert yawe' <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 11:06 Subject: RE: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? Robert I can’t argue with your points… We need realists. However having said that the suggestion would be to not shy aware from such developments but to ensure that mechanisms are put in place that we don’t have another Buruburu, Dandora on our hands. Guys, it’s good to be skeptical but its better still to offer solutions to avoid such eventualities. That’s why Risk Management will be a critical aspect of such potentially paradigm shifting endeavors. Robert, we need your contrarian view points. Please do not lose that.. PS. I am old enough to know what happened in Eastlands…J Ali Hussein|Managing Partner Telemedia Africa Azania Technology Group Chaka Court, Argwings Kodhek Road P O Box 14556-00100 +254 773/713 601113 Nairobi, Kenya Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo From:robert yawe [mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:40 AM To: Ali Hussein Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? Hussein, Interesting that you bring up Buru Buru where I lived from the age of 5 years, when there where picket fences, kids swings, slides and nanny parks, until I left at the age of 18 when there were 7 foot stone fences with broken glass toppings, churches and bars in the places where I once swung, metal sheet granny houses and even entire houses demolished and replaced with beacon to beacon multi story structures. Living in Buru Buru & going to school in Eastleigh I commuted from 1st Avenue, through Juja Road and then down Outer Ring Road watching the landscape change. I watched as Huruma went from a lovely middle class development to what it is today, Dandora transformed from a well thought out cluster development to the multi story structures you see today and then Umoja which well there is nothing to explain it. All this happened right under the nose of a President, UNEP, Habitat, City Council of Nairobi, AAK, ISK, IEK, UON, Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Public Works, Parliament, Kenya Airforce and many others who could have stopped the carnage. Go to the areas around Konza, or just read the classifieds in the dailies, and watch the subdivision of plots from the initial seven acre parcels to plots of as small as an eight of an acre (50 x 100). We are already replicating Nairobi only that now it is being done in reverse, beginning with the surrounding slums and hopefully end with the glassy skyscrapers. The road to Konza shall be literally lined with slums and shanties, then we shall have proposals to allow helipads, overpasses, windowless high speed trains and overhead cable cars to get the investors in and out of the technopolis without exposing them to the unsightly developments. Also lets not forget that we have been unable to handle national projects to date yet we had a central government, come sometime in August 2013 we shall have 47 little governments all with their specific interests and agendas, what is the likelihood that Konza will get the support required to make it work? Imagine Buru Buru happened to an estate that was fully developed, I saw it and you and many might be too young to have lived through the destruction of a brilliant project but I was, so maybe you can now better understand my skepticism when it comes to our ability as a nation to control the development of a 5,000 acre piece of empty piece land. I am not a pessimist I am a realist, let the dreamers prove me wrong when I have history backing my position. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From:Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 19:02 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? Robert I would like to be more optimistic about Konza. What you are describing is a Buruburu type land grab and I'm sure that isn't what was intended for Konza. Have some faith my brother... In fact I think Robert there is room for speculation... Though I suspect not in the way we are used to... Think Speculation 3.0 with a dash of new tech... :) Ali Hussein Managing Partner Telemedia Africa Azania Technology Group +254 773/713 601113 "You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.". - E. St. Elmo Lewis, member, Advertising Hall of Fame On Feb 7, 2012, at 3:14 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: @Walu, > >In short what the AG said was that government land cannot be assigned to an individual or entity but must be offered to the general public. The statement was initially targeted at the Airtel/Postal/IBM deal of the plot opposite Yaya Centre but it spoke volumes as it gave a precedent for the way forward as relates to government land. > >Konza is government land and is and will be governed by the law of the land as relates to such resource, therefore if Microsoft wanted to put up a campus in Konza on a 20 acre plot the government would have to tender for its sell. > >At which point Yawe and Co-speculators Inc. will tender and likely win as we shall play the nationalist, county and tribe card. We will then offer the same land to Microsoft at an inflated price who will reject the offer and opt to locate to the Lakeview Techno City next to RIAT with views from the largest fresh water lake offering water sports. > >My group and I will then subdivide the 20 acres into broty of 50 x 100 and sell them to the public to recover our investment. Visit the area around Bamburi and London Distillers in Athi River/Mavoko area for a living and breathing example of what Konza will look like by the year 2020, it is even more pronounced from GoogleEarth. > >That was the initial location of the EPZ before it was felt necessary to relocate the same 2 kilometres down the road into Rift Valley Province. The architect of that relocation is an aspiring presidential candidate, what stops him from relocating Konza if he wins the election? > >Let us not blind ourselves to the reality and return to the Kenya we know, the EPZ continues to struggle many years later, JKIA remains with hundreds of empty plots still being held onto by prospective investors who where allocated the land over 30 years ago, Baba Dogo is turning into a large residential area and the KIE sheds in Industrial Area have become stores. > >Runda Closeburn will definitely fly, Tatu will limp along for a while but Konza will be a still birth. > > >What is the strategy for Konza and can someone answer these questions for us? > will the land be sold to prospective investors better known as speculators or leased to investors? > will the government allocate the land to prospective investors a.k.a Karurarists? > how long will it take to develop the infrastructure noting that Nairobi still cannot provide sufficient water, sewerage services and electricity to its residents 200 years down the road? > when the infrastructure is complete and the land allocated how long will it be before the first tenant moves in? > if the first tenant moves in sometime around 2030 will the concept still be viable? > is the rest of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Maldives sleeping? > once Raila becomes President, after beating a joint force of Kalonzo, Uhuru & Ruto, what is the likelihood that he will allow that level of national resources to be spent in that region instead of relocate the same to for example Nyanza where there is already an International Airport, is closer to Southern Sudan, the residents speak fluent english plus has english like names to boot, it is a marginalized county (highest child mortality rate) and it gave him their vote as a block? > >Until we get a comprehensive report from the various players i.e. treasury, ministry of information, ministry of lands, AG's Chambers, local government, county representatives and the President the project shall remain as dead as a dodo irrespective of how many flashy advertisements are run by a sub-entity of a sub-entity of a substantial participant in the project. > >Walu, in your case which ever way it goes nothing affects your setting up a lab, but if I was the University I would look at putting up an entire self sufficient campus. > >Regards > >PS. China government is to build 1000 houses in Kisumu plus any other projects that they deem necessary to giving Kisumu the status becoming of a City. > >Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > >________________________________ > >From:Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> >To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:04 >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? > >@Yawe, > >u seem to b on the inside loop on this one. Konza City, scuttled? I had advised my boss to book a university lab there and now I might need guidance on what next? > >And thats me as a local stakeholder, what of the international stakeholders - what would they make of your statement? > >walu. > >--- On Mon, 2/6/12, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ... >To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 5:25 PM >Listers, > >Are we seriously having this discussion, please leave certification to institutes of education such as Universities who already issue degrees in computer science and the like. > >This is just another tax guzzling scheme like the Konza adverts being run on TV yet the AG has already scuttled the project, > >We are aware that all the great software applications developed over the past 3 decades have been done by enthusiasts or as Philip Ochieng recently clarified amateurs, a situation that is not about to change any time soon. > >KICT eat in peace. > >Regards > >PS. Liko lets go look for something more productive to do with our time, wachana na mambo ya certification na business plans. > >Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > >________________________________ > >From:Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> >To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012, 14:00 >Subject: [kictanet] Weird Things ... > >Samsung launched its 2nd Engineering Academy with a local Educational Institution > >The ICT Board on the other hand is working with a Foreign Institution to launch a Kenyan software development certification > >:) > > > >_______________________________________________ >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/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.… > >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. > >-----Inline Attachment Follows----- >_______________________________________________ >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/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/info%40alyhussein.com > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > >KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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FW: [DAADscholars] Kenyan scientists get sh400m grant
by Edith Adera 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

Ndemo for President Bwana Ndemo, what is your view on how stakeholders in the ICT sector could take advantage of these research funds to innovate? What would be some of the areas of innovation that would stand high chances for winning the grants? Edith From: DAADscholars(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:DAADscholars@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Kibwage Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:02 PM To: daadscholars(a)yahoogroups.com; academicstaff(a)seuco.ac.ke Subject: [DAADscholars] Kenyan scientists get sh400m grant http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000052096&cid=4&ttl=Kenyan scientists get sh400m grant By Joseph Masha The National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) has received Sh400 million from the Government to offer grants to Kenyan science researchers. The chief executive officer of NCST, Prof Shaukat Abdulrazak said the funds would be disbursed to individuals and learning institutions, which are interested in science research programmes. Speaking at Pwani University during a workshop on sensitization in Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Abdulrazak said scientific research was important for socio-economic development. He said the Government must support scientific research to achieve Vision 2030 targets. Prof Abdulrazak noted that Kenya was good in development of policies but poor in implementation. He challenged scientists to take the leading role to transform Kenya and achieve high standards of technology. Prof Abdulrazak said the Government was yet to fully tap the 250 nautical miles from the Indian Ocean for economic benefits. “The 250 nautical miles along the Coast of the Indian Ocean has a high potential, which if well utilized through marine research programmes, could boost the economy of the country,” said Prof Abdulrazak. Prof. Jacob K. Kibwage,PhD. South Eastern University College (A Constituent College of the University Of Nairobi) Dean, School of Environment & Natural Resources Management P. O. Box 170-90200, Kitui, Kenya Tel. +254 20 2413859 (Kitui), +254 20 2531395 (Nairobi) Mobile: +254-722-479061 Email: jkkibwage(a)yahoo.com<mailto:jkkibwage@yahoo.com> OR Project Leader, Bamboo as Alternative Crop and Livelihood to Smallholder Tobacco Farming Research Project (IDRC Supported) South Eastern University College Nairobi Project Office, Westlands, Peponi Road. Email: tobaccotobamboo(a)gmail.com<mailto:tobaccotobamboo@gmail.com> Tel: +254 20 2531395 (Nairobi) Project Website: www.tobaccotobamboo.org<http://www.tobaccotobamboo.org/> P Bamboo has over 2000 recorded uses!!!! It has high potential of improving rural livelihoods and conserve our environment that has been destroyed by tobacco farming. It grows fast and can be harvested upto 120 years!!! Learn more by contacting the project office above. __._,_.___ Reply to sender<mailto:jkkibwage@yahoo.com?subject=Re%3A%20Kenyan%20scientists%20get%20sh400m%20grant> | Reply to group<mailto:DAADscholars@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Kenyan%20scientists%20get%20sh400m%20grant> | Reply via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DAADscholars/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwcGtrNTVlBF9TAz…> | Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DAADscholars/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZnJqcGtkBF9TAz…> Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DAADscholars/message/4959;_ylc=X3oDMTM0ZW92ZT…> (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DAADscholars;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMzNxZmM0BF9TAzk3MzU…> [cid:image001.jpg@01CCEBD3.8F3BA7A0]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkNmdibDl0BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzg4M…> Switch to: Text-Only<mailto:DAADscholars-traditional@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change%20Delivery%20Format:%20Traditional>, Daily Digest<mailto:DAADscholars-digest@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20Digest> • Unsubscribe<mailto:DAADscholars-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . __,_._,___

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Property growth near Konza to be controlled
by Grace Githaiga 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

Listers In case you missed this one: The government has moved in to control property development around a multi-billion shilling ICT park in an effort to regulate its growth. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Property+growth+near+Konza+to+be+cont… RgdsGG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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!

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Call for Papers and Presentation- IDLELO 5-2012
by Judy Okite 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

*For your information, am sure, most of us, would be interested. * * * *Take note of the Closing date. * Kind Regards, IDLELO 5, the fifth biennial meeting of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) will be held on *March 19-23, 2012*, in Abuja, Nigeria. The 2012 Idlelo Program Committee thus invites proposals for papers and presentation of on the use of Free and open Source Software (FOSS), and Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) in general, to help attain the MDGs. Members of FOSSFA may submit more than one paper or presentation proposal. Sessions usually consist of three thirty-minute presentations, and proposals should be geared to that length. A different format for some sessions may be chosen by the Programmme Committee after the proposals have been reviewed. Session organizers may wish to propose different formats for their sessions, subject to Programmme Committee approval. *Themes*: The theme of Idlelo 5 is: *“Open Source Solutions for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.”* Under this rubric, IDLELO 5 will bring IT and FOSS experts from all over the African continent and the world to discuss the use of FOSS and ICTs to help the attainment of the MDGs in the following areas. 1. *Governance (e-government, advocacy, etc) * 2. *Poverty Alleviation (business, innovation, job creation, mobile technology) * 3. *Education (open educational resources, open learning, virtual learning, online universities) * 4. *Health * The Programme Committee seeks innovative proposals and sessions and hope to see cross-disciplinary participation wherever possible. For both the commissioned and the open sessions, we are looking for the broadest possible range of proposals of topics within and across all the disciplines. *Selection procedure*: Papers and Presentations will be evaluated for promise of quality and significance of topic. Session organizers make an initial selection of papers and submit a plan to the Programme Committee, which makes final decisions by *24th February 2012*. Notification of acceptance or rejection will take place shortly thereafter. The proposal must have two parts: (1) a cover sheet containing the proposer’s name, professional status, postal address, home and office telephone numbers, fax number (if available), e-mail address, and paper title; (2) a second sheet containing the proposer’s name, session for which the paper should be considered, paper title, 250-word abstract, and audio-visual equipment requirements. If the proposer will be at a different address when decisions are announced in March, that address should be included. *Submissions*: Proposals should be submitted to the Programme Committee idlelo5(a)fossfa.net *TOPICS * The Programme Committee solicits papers for the sessions listed below. For information about a specific session, contact the session organizer. 1. Government Roundtable - *Organizer: Ms. Dorothy Gordon * - *Co-Organizer: Diego Okenyodo * 2. Poverty Alleviation - *Organizer: CHALA * - *Co-Organizer: Cyril N. T * 3. Education - *Oganizer: Katim S. Touray * - *Co-Organizer: Seun Ojedeji * 4. Health - *Organizer: Francis Ohanyido* *Other topics*: The Programme Committee welcomes submissions on other topics and will organize additional sessions to accommodate the best submissions. *Session proposals: *The Programme Committee will consider proposals for entire sessions if their subject matter does not conflict with that of other sessions. Please consult with the Programme Committee chair before preparing a proposal. Session proposals require the same information as individual paper proposals; abstracts for the papers in the proposed session will be evaluated by the Program Committee. *Audio-visual equipment:* Requests for audio-visual equipment must be made with the proposal. *Student Prizes:* Special awards will be given to some students for papers judged meritorious by the program committee. To be eligible for an award students must, of course, be members of the FOSSFA and, once their proposed papers have been accepted for inclusion in the program, must submit complete papers to the Programme Committee by *24th February, 2012*. *The deadline for submission of proposals is 20th February, 2012. Please do not send proposals to session organizers*

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Close to 2,000 Kenyan websites hacked over past year
by Brian Munyao Longwe 14 Feb '12

14 Feb '12

According to http://www.zone-h.org/archive/filter=1/domain=.co.ke/fulltext=1/page=50 - almost 2,000 Kenyan websites have been hacked between February 2011 and February 2012 to varying degrees ranging from home page defacements, mass defacements and redefacements. Is it time for us to start seriously talking about how to go about addressing our online security as a national concern? Regards, Brian On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Also from Twitter today: > > "KCB Group - Informed your Info Sec guy of a Dir Listing and Privilege > Escalation vulnerability on your site. No action so far." > > Kenya Commercial Bank website continues with known vulnerabilities as > their IT sercurity personnel enjoy their fat salaries and benefits - > do we *really* have conscientious and professional Info-security > personnel in KE? > > Brian > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> From Twitter today: >> >> "Multiple Vulnerabilities found on Oriental Bank's website. Default >> configs for the site left shamelessly around." >> >> Kuna shida kweli, >> >> Brian >> >> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> ...and in other news, Rwanda hosts a cyber-security conference next month... >>> >>> http://aptantech.com/2012/02/rwanda-to-host-cyber-security-workshop/ >>> >>> Mblayo >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki(a)swiftkenya.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Brian, et al, >>>> >>>> On 2/11/12 9:28 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe wrote: >>>> > Hey Michuki, >>>> > >>>> > A group calling themselves "Rwandan-Hackers" compromised the Standard >>>> > Media website yesterday and published online a list of KTN Live members >>>> > which included username, encrypted password and email addresses, a >>>> > snippet follows: >>>> > >>>> >>>> So this brings on a new perspectives to the discussion. >>>> >>>> 1. The great connectivity that we have has not only exposed us to >>>> external threats but also to Internal threats. >>>> >>>> 2. It also clears the fact that it doesnt matter where your website is >>>> hosted since this website is hosted in the US just like the Toyota one. >>>> >>>> 3. The attack is through an SQL injection which IMHO exposes the depth >>>> of our web-developers. >>>> >>>> Point 3 above leads me to a conclusion that the CxO's are making the >>>> necessary investments. But it looks like the ball is dropped elsewhere. >>>> >>>> my 2 cents!. >>>> >>>> Mich >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Brian Munyao Longwe >>> e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com >>> cell: +254715964281 >>> blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com >>> meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> -- >> 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." > > > > -- > 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." -- 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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Online Security in Kenya needs to be mainstreamed
by Brian Munyao Longwe 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Today's(last night's) hacking of the Toyota Kenya website as evidenced by Moses Kemibaro's screenshot - http://t.co/w7RDDjfP - should serve as a wake up call to CxOs and any organization that has a web presence or online resources. Especially as it comes hardly 2 weeks after the shameful hacking of over 103 government websites by an amateur Indonesian techie. In this particular case it turns out that all 103 sites were hosted on the same physical server - a malpractice, as far as web-hosting and system administration goes. It is clear that the increase in online threats and cyber-security issues has a lot to do with Kenya's improved connectivity to the global Internet - with 3 submarine fiber optic cables opening the country and sub-region to cyber-criminals and pranksters alike.

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FW: Mobile Apps Worldwide Forecast 2011-2015
by Edith Adera 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Listers, Given Bwana Ndemo’s interview at KISS FM this morning, this might be an interesting read as we look into the future of mobile applications in Kenya. We should have a Kenyan version of the analysis that is free! Bwana Ndemo, maybe to beat the skeptics, we should start having these mobile applications being tested and used mashinani!...as we go the county way. For most “seeing is believing”. If we do not have these solving rural problems and being scaled (taken up by operators like mpesa), I worry that they will be stuck in iHUB, NaiLab, iLab….and the many Hubs/Labs coming up. Can we get the rolling out going! Edith From: John White [mailto:info@portioresearch.com] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:37 AM To: John White Subject: Mobile Apps Worldwide Forecast 2011-2015 Market research now available: February 2012 - Disruptive Mobile Applications and Services 2011-2015 Analysis of New Disruptive Apps and Growth Forecasts for the Worldwide Mobile Applications Market to 2015 Published Q3 2011 You can now take advantage of our special promotional saving: Save a massive 60% off the regular price! Even better VALUE for you. February 2012 ONLY. See below for details. About this new report The mobile apps space is exploding and user numbers are growing faster than anyone previously expected. You cannot afford to miss this rapidly expanding opportunity, and this is your essential guide to this fast-paced market, offering you full 5-year forecasts for mobile subscribers, smartphone shipments, apps users, apps downloads and apps revenues. 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ISOC community grants
by alice＠apc.org 11 Feb '12

11 Feb '12

The Internet Society will be accepting applications for the June 2012 round of the Community Grants Programme from 1 March to 30 March 2012, (note that applications will close at midnight pacific time). Award decisions will be made in mid-June. To prepare for this application round, we will be holding two information sessions via WebEx on 21 February at 1030 and 2000 UTC. More information on the Q&A sessions can be found at http://www.internetsociety.org/events/chapter-events?p=1460 If you plan to attend, please sign up for one of the two meeting times using the doodle poll link below : http://www.doodle.com/3tbfvagaq2piwnx8 Session notes will be made available on the Chapter Meeting webpage for those who are unable to attend. Programme information is available on the Internet Society website, for your review at: http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/communit… (note that this information will soon be available in French and Spanish). Those participating in a conference call are urged to read over the programme webpages in advance of the meeting. **New to the programme** In a continuous effort to improve the programme, a new intuitive online grant application system has been implemented. As a result : Online applications will be easier to complete The entire grants process will be web-based A step-by-step tutorial on how to submit your application will be available at all times. More information will soon be available in our website. **Programme Updates ** The Internet Society Strategic Objectives have recently changed: http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission/strategic-objectives The current, preferred Focus Areas for project applications remain: IPv6 Local content creation (encouraging demand for and use of the Internet for a specific community) Encouraging the multi-stakeholder approach to technical and policy issues Interconnection and traffic exchange It is important to note, that the above Focus Areas may provide direction in formulating project ideas. These are preferences only, so other project topics will be accepted. Any questions regarding the Community Grants Programme, please send them to projects[at]isoc.org. We look forward to your participation. Ilda Simao Grants Coordinator Internet Society www.InternetSociety.org Would you like to see what your peers are doing to breaking barriers? Watch the trailer : http://internetsociety.org/breaking-barriers-harlem-internet-computer-acces… _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu.

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Carbonkeeper?
by Brian Munyao Longwe 11 Feb '12

11 Feb '12

Hello all, Might this be one of those companies that is "harvesting" carbon credits from our region? Regards, Brian - Briefly: Carbon Keeper is a mobile and web-based software service for information management in rural energy businesses. It allows sellers of household energy products like efficient cookstoves, solar powered lanterns and water filters to collect customer information over mobile phones or the web, and lets them report on the data in ways that are helpful for managing operations, reporting to investors and donors, and monitoring greenhouse gas emissions. A prototype online in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania tracked about 13,000 transactions in 2012. Photos and description: http://bit.ly/sAnksU Full time posting on CL: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/eng/2828447857.html, I'm also happy to talk about shorter term commitments where there's a good fit. __ -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: +254715964281 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com

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VACANCY: ICT Manager Post
by Patrick Mburu 11 Feb '12

11 Feb '12

Good morning, Please see the below for your information. Appreciate if you may provide the information to the email specified, or you may pass through to me by Tuesday. Kind regards -- Best Regards, Patrick

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Transcription
by robert yawe 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Hi, I am looking for someone to do some transcription of video footage, the prices I am getting locally is 120/- per minute yet a company in India is charging me 40/- per minute. 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 COUNCIL AND CLASSIC105
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

NEWS Media Council furious at morning show SHARE BOOKMARK PRINT EMAIL RATING By AGGREY MUTAMBO amutambo@ ke.nationmedia. com Posted Wednesday, February 8 2012 at 18:22 The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has initiated disciplinary action against one of the country's top radio show for airing offensive material to an inappropriate audience. MCK chairman Levi Obonyo on Wednesday told reporters that the Council, the statutory regulator of media outlets in the country, would forward Classic 105 to its Complaints Commission for possible reprimand. Prof Obonyo said members of the public had complained about the content of a call-in programme on Tuesday morning. The programme's hosts had engaged their audience in a discussion on the use sex for material gain by women and probed the difference between commercial sex workers and married women. “The Media Council registers its strong objection to the broadcast carried by Classic FM on Tuesday and is forwarding the matter to the Complaints Commission for a hearing,” said Prof Obonyo. The MCK chairman said the station had gone against the code of ethics outlined in the Media Act in which offensive, vulgar or obscene language is prohibited. Prof Obonyo told the news conference that Classic FM erred by allowing callers to talk obscenities on air. According to MCK, the topic went against the “core of human moral values” and was abusive to the Kenyan public full story here: www.nation.co.ke/News/Media+Council+furore+over+racy+morning+show/-/1056/13… -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)

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On a lighter note
by robert yawe 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

This reminds me of an article I wrote explaining why my children are actually disadvantaged by being brought up in the city. For those who might want to get a glimpse of my other life read http://quadrantshift.co.ke/coaching/an-unfair-advantage Regards

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Kenya Blacklisted?- Paypal, Credit Cards
by Walubengo J 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Liko, others, Might you be in the know on the above issues? Just got wind that that international players are no longer respecting e-Transactions completed in kenya via Credit Cards issued and used in Kenyan digital space? What may have triggered such an eventuality? walu.

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Outsourcing trends
by robert yawe 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Hi, I have just finished going through an web presentation with a company in India, in the presentation this graph was displayed and my heart sunk. If infrastructure (data centres) is the growth area then our emphasis on BPO and the rest might be off the mark especially since in terms on infrastructure we remain one of the the most expensive worldwide. In all the presentations made about the Konza project I have seen no mention of how to reduce the cost of power or an emphasis on energy efficient environments. Are we embracing LEED and do we even have an idea what it is all about. We marvelled at the energy efficient data centre that was put up at the UNEP complex and then went back to our old habits. Google is floating data centres on barges others are setting them up in the north pole, how do we fit into this new dispensation? I saw the post by Mr. Kukubo about the software certification which he indicated was conceived 2 years ago, sorry sir but 2 years in the IT sector is like a decade in other areas. Konza was hatched over 5 years ago it needs a total rethink if we are to avoid putting up another white elephant. Regards

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Volunteers Sought to Help Evaluate Generic Top-Level Domain Applicants Seeking Financial Support
by alice＠apc.org 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Volunteers Sought to Help Evaluate Generic Top-Level Domain Applicants Seeking Financial Support New Panel Will Help Expand Internet¹s Reach >http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-3-03feb12-en.htm > > > >Marina del Rey, CaliforniaŠ The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names >and >Numbers (ICANN) is seeking volunteers who will assist in the evaluation of >those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic >Top-Level Domain (gTLD). > >³These volunteers will be key to ICANN¹s effort to assure that the >less-developed parts of the world are able to participate in the new >Domain >name program,² said Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President. ³The panel members >will make a real impact in ensuring that the opportunities for innovation >and economic development created by the Internet are open to everyone.² > >The volunteers will be chosen for their background and experience in areas >such as running a small business, operating in developing economies, >analyzing business plans, serving in the public interest, managing a >domain >name registry service, or awarding grants. > >The financial assistance component of the Applicant Support Program >offers a >limited number of qualifying applicants the opportunity to pay a reduced >evaluation fee of $47,000 instead of the full evaluation fee of $185,000. > >The selected volunteers will assist in the evaluation of financial support >applicants in the context of established public interest, financial >capabilities and financial need criteria as outlined in the ³Financial >Assistance Handbook ><http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assis >ta >nce-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf> .² > >Those who are interested in applying, should review the criteria, time >commitment and other expectations, which are detailed here: >http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/sarp-eoi-request >-0 >3feb12-en.pdf > >### >* To learn more about the Applicant Support Program, go here: >http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support. >* To read the New gTLD Financial Assistance Handbook, go here: >http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assist >an >ce-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf >* To learn more about the New gTLD program, go here: >http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program/materials >

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Survey: 80% Linux-using enterprises will increase Linux use
by Evans Ikua 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Almost 80% of enterprises that use Linux will be increasing their use of Linux over the next five years, and 84% of them increased their Linux use in the past year, despite the economic climate. More of these companies will be reducing the number of Windows servers they use (25.9%) than increasing them (21.7%) too. These figures are among the results from the Linux Foundation's <http://linuxfoundation.org/> Linux Adoption Trends 2012 Enterprise End User survey, which measured the responses of 1893 Linux users; the results of the survey focus on the 428 respondents from organisations with over 500 employees or sales greater than half a billion dollars. Please see this link to read more <http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Survey-80-Linux-using-enterprises-wi…> Apologies for cross-posting. Evans

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Weird Things ...
by Agosta Liko 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Samsung launched its 2nd Engineering Academy with a local Educational Institution The ICT Board on the other hand is working with a Foreign Institution to launch a Kenyan software development certification :)

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Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City?
by robert yawe 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Hussein, Interesting that you bring up Buru Buru where I lived from the age of 5 years, when there where picket fences, kids swings, slides and nanny parks, until I left at the age of 18 when there were 7 foot stone fences with broken glass toppings, churches and bars in the places where I once swung, metal sheet granny houses and even entire houses demolished and replaced with beacon to beacon multi story structures. Living in Buru Buru & going to school in Eastleigh I commuted from 1st Avenue, through Juja Road and then down Outer Ring Road watching the landscape change. I watched as Huruma went from a lovely middle class development to what it is today, Dandora transformed from a well thought out cluster development to the multi story structures you see today and then Umoja which well there is nothing to explain it. All this happened right under the nose of a President, UNEP, Habitat, City Council of Nairobi, AAK, ISK, IEK, UON, Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Public Works, Parliament, Kenya Airforce and many others who could have stopped the carnage. Go to the areas around Konza, or just read the classifieds in the dailies, and watch the subdivision of plots from the initial seven acre parcels to plots of as small as an eight of an acre (50 x 100). We are already replicating Nairobi only that now it is being done in reverse, beginning with the surrounding slums and hopefully end with the glassy skyscrapers. The road to Konza shall be literally lined with slums and shanties, then we shall have proposals to allow helipads, overpasses, windowless high speed trains and overhead cable cars to get the investors in and out of the technopolis without exposing them to the unsightly developments. Also lets not forget that we have been unable to handle national projects to date yet we had a central government, come sometime in August 2013 we shall have 47 little governments all with their specific interests and agendas, what is the likelihood that Konza will get the support required to make it work? Imagine Buru Buru happened to an estate that was fully developed, I saw it and you and many might be too young to have lived through the destruction of a brilliant project but I was, so maybe you can now better understand my skepticism when it comes to our ability as a nation to control the development of a 5,000 acre piece of empty piece land. I am not a pessimist I am a realist, let the dreamers prove me wrong when I have history backing my position. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 19:02 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? Robert I would like to be more optimistic about Konza. What you are describing is a Buruburu type land grab and I'm sure that isn't what was intended for Konza. Have some faith my brother... In fact I think Robert there is room for speculation... Though I suspect not in the way we are used to... Think Speculation 3.0 with a dash of new tech... :) Ali Hussein Managing Partner Telemedia Africa Azania Technology Group +254 773/713 601113 "You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.". - E. St. Elmo Lewis, member, Advertising Hall of Fame On Feb 7, 2012, at 3:14 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: @Walu, > > >In short what the AG said was that government land cannot be assigned to an individual or entity but must be offered to the general public. The statement was initially targeted at the Airtel/Postal/IBM deal of the plot opposite Yaya Centre but it spoke volumes as it gave a precedent for the way forward as relates to government land. > > >Konza is government land and is and will be governed by the law of the land as relates to such resource, therefore if Microsoft wanted to put up a campus in Konza on a 20 acre plot the government would have to tender for its sell. > > >At which point Yawe and Co-speculators Inc. will tender and likely win as we shall play the nationalist, county and tribe card. We will then offer the same land to Microsoft at an inflated price who will reject the offer and opt to locate to the Lakeview Techno City next to RIAT with views from the largest fresh water lake offering water sports. > > >My group and I will then subdivide the 20 acres into broty of 50 x 100 and sell them to the public to recover our investment. Visit the area around Bamburi and London Distillers in Athi River/Mavoko area for a living and breathing example of what Konza will look like by the year 2020, it is even more pronounced from GoogleEarth. > > >That was the initial location of the EPZ before it was felt necessary to relocate the same 2 kilometres down the road into Rift Valley Province. The architect of that relocation is an aspiring presidential candidate, what stops him from relocating Konza if he wins the election? > > >Let us not blind ourselves to the reality and return to the Kenya we know, the EPZ continues to struggle many years later, JKIA remains with hundreds of empty plots still being held onto by prospective investors who where allocated the land over 30 years ago, Baba Dogo is turning into a large residential area and the KIE sheds in Industrial Area have become stores. > > >Runda Closeburn will definitely fly, Tatu will limp along for a while but Konza will be a still birth. > > > > >What is the strategy for Konza and can someone answer these questions for us? >will the land be sold to prospective investors better known as speculators or leased to investors? > >will the government allocate the land to prospective investors a.k.a Karurarists? >how long will it take to develop the infrastructure noting that Nairobi still cannot provide sufficient water, sewerage services and electricity to its residents 200 years down the road? >when the infrastructure is complete and the land allocated how long will it be before the first tenant moves in? >if the first tenant moves in sometime around 2030 will the concept still be viable? >is the rest of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Maldives sleeping? >once Raila becomes President, after beating a joint force of Kalonzo, Uhuru & Ruto, what is the likelihood that he will allow that level of national resources to be spent in that region instead of relocate the same to for example Nyanza where there is already an International Airport, is closer to Southern Sudan, the residents speak fluent english plus has english like names to boot, it is a marginalized county (highest child mortality rate) and it gave him their vote as a block? > > >Until we get a comprehensive report from the various players i.e. treasury, ministry of information, ministry of lands, AG's Chambers, local government, county representatives and the President the project shall remain as dead as a dodo irrespective of how many flashy advertisements are run by a sub-entity of a sub-entity of a substantial participant in the project. > > >Walu, in your case which ever way it goes nothing affects your setting up a lab, but if I was the University I would look at putting up an entire self sufficient campus. > > >Regards > > >PS. China government is to build 1000 houses in Kisumu plus any other projects that they deem necessary to giving Kisumu the status becoming of a City. > >Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 > > >________________________________ > From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> >To: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:04 >Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ...Konza City? > > >@Yawe, > >u seem to b on the inside loop on this one. Konza City, scuttled? I had advised my boss to book a university lab there and now I might need guidance on what next? > >And thats me as a local stakeholder, what of the international stakeholders - what would they make of your statement? > >walu. > >--- On Mon, 2/6/12, robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >>From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> >>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weird Things ... >>To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 5:25 PM >> >> >>Listers, >> >> >>Are we seriously having this discussion, please leave certification to institutes of education such as Universities who already issue degrees in computer science and the like. >> >> >>This is just another tax guzzling scheme like the Konza adverts being run on TV yet the AG has already scuttled the project, >> >> >>We are aware that all the great software applications developed over the past 3 decades have been done by enthusiasts or as Philip Ochieng recently clarified amateurs, a situation that is not about to change any time soon. >> >> >>KICT eat in peace. >> >> >>Regards >> >> >>PS. Liko lets go look for something more productive to do with our time, wachana na mambo ya certification na business plans. >> >>Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Agosta Liko <agostal(a)gmail.com> >>To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk >>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >>Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012, 14:00 >>Subject: [kictanet] Weird Things ... >> >> >>Samsung launched its 2nd Engineering Academy with a local Educational Institution >> >>The ICT Board on the other hand is working with a Foreign Institution to launch a Kenyan software development certification >> >>:) >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.… >> >>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. >> >> >>-----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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/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/info%40alyhussein.com > >The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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Re: [kictanet] why safaricom has no competition
by robert yawe 07 Feb '12

07 Feb '12

Hi Hussein, I fully agree with you on that point, it not that Safaricom is doing anything better just that the rest are mediocre, as is said "in the land of the blind the one eyed man will be king". Just to prove your point, I have been trying to get a comprehensive pricing from Safaricom of their cloud offering and all I have been getting is twitter type responses. Why can't they just have a kiosk type menu where one can pick what they need without having to send 100 emails to 20 different departments/people a.k.a silos over a period of 2 months. Selling cloud is not new Amazon has been at it for years (now offering 5 GB free cloud storage), the Indians are doing it www.esds.co.in but the Kenyans are trying to recreate the wheel. "Self deception is the easiest form of deception" Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> To: 'robert yawe' <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012, 10:58 Subject: RE: [kictanet] why safaricom has no competition Robert You have made my day… JThough I must say that it’s a really sad day when the choice is between ‘iffy’ service and bad service… We have become so ‘pavloved’ to bad service in the Telco sector that we now just roll over and play dead.. Have a wonderful day! Ali Hussein|Managing Partner Telemedia Africa Azania Technology Group Chaka Court, Argwings Kodhek Road P O Box 14556-00100 +254 773/713 601113 Nairobi, Kenya Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo From:kictanet-bounces+info=alyhussein.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+info=alyhussein.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of robert yawe Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:34 AM To: info(a)alyhussein.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] why safaricom has no competition Hi, We are always giving Safaricom flack on all issues including the lack of rain but today I have realised that they are still the better option. I read on the Airtel website, http://africa.airtel.com/kenya/choose-your-number-148, about a service that allows you to choose your own number directly from your phone. So I dashed to the nearest Airtel Shop to purchase a SIM card, I asked the attendants whether this service is available and they said I should go to one of the customer service centres. This already indicates that the information on the web site is obsolete, how much does it cost to update a website, I wonder. So off I went to Kimathi Street service centre and for a minute I thought it was a classroom as there where rows of chairs facing the front, of the class. Any customer service centre that has more chairs than a post Michuku Matatu definitely has serious problems. As I had 10 minutes to kill I decided to pick a ticket just to go through the menu and there was no option for SIM card services so it seems that stopped offering this service and since there where more than 14 people already seated in the queue I decided that this was an exercise in futility. I decided to humour myself by buying an Airtel SIM card and try following the instructions on the web site, alas to no avail. The instructions do not correspond to the menus on the phone, then after cycling through a few options I get the correct one just to get the message that I cannot change the number because i have a pending "Kopa Kredo" balance and that I need to clear it before proceeding. Note that this is a brand new SIM card so does it mean that on purchase the SIM card already has a debit balance? I then go to the "Kopa Kredo" menu option and receive the message "dear customer the kopa kreda system is currently unavailable". After spending 30 valuable minutes on this exercise I got a flash of brilliance and instantly went into a trans. I felt an inner force in me remove the SIM card from the phone, fit it on my thumb and flick it into the direction of the bin where it bounced off the edge and went straight in, what a feeling of relief. I then put back my old trusted Safaricom SIM card and continued with my day. Now I understand why Safaricom had no issues with number portability as they say in Harlem "Once you go "green" they is no going back". Enjoy a connected weekend Regards Disclaimer: This post reflects the feelings of the writer and has been done without any monetary or other kind of incentive from the mentioned organisations. The tests where done under an impartial and controlled environment, you are free to try the same at home. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Funding opportunity: UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund Program
by Alice Munyua 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Dear all, An opportunity for up to USD25,000 grants for projects lead by youth piloting innovative approaches to good urban governance, employment etc. Best Alice ---------------------------------------------------- From: owner-accreditedngos(a)unep.org [mailto:owner-accreditedngos@unep.org] On Behalf Of UNEP Civil Society Sent: February-06-12 7:04 AM To: Eric.Luguya(a)unhabitat.org Cc: habitat.press(a)unhabitat.org Subject: UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund Program Dear Colleagues, Please find attached herewith a Press release on the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-HABITAT) Urban Youth Fund Program that is opening on February 15th and closing on April 15, as well as the Brochure on the fund. For more information, contact directly Eric Luguya (Eric.Luguya(a)unhabitat.org) or the UN-HABITAT Press& Media Relations Unit& Spokesperson ( habitat.press(a)unhabitat.org) The Major Groups and Stakeholders Branch United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) P.O. 30552 Nairobi, Kenya http://www.unep.org/civil_society/ If your organisation is engaged in the work of UNEP, please register its profile at http://www.unep.org/cso-sgb3/Register.aspx United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-HABITAT, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, KENYA Tel: +254-20 7623151, habitat.press(a)unhabitat.org, Website: www.unhabitat.org United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-HABITAT, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, KENYA Tel: +254-20 7623151, habitat.press(a)unhabitat.org, Website: www.unhabitat.org FOURTH CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO UN-HABITAT URBAN YOUTH FUND Nairobi, January 2012: The UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund will this year provide one million dollars to projects led by young people aged 15-32 years who are piloting innovative approaches to employment, good urban governance, shelter and secure tenure. Small development initiatives are eligible for grants up to $25,000. Of the one billion slum dwellers in the world today, it is estimated that more than 70% are under the age of 30. These young people have few resources available to improve their own living environments. There are many youth-led initiatives in slums and squatter settlements around the world that require support in their efforts to transform their communities. UN-HABITAT invites young people based in cities or towns from the developing world to apply for grants from the fund. The application opens on February 15th 2012 and closes on April 15th 2012. More information and details are available at www.unhabitat.org/youthfund. Background: This initiative sprang from the 21st session of the UN-HABITAT Governing Council in 2007 and has so far awarded grants to 172 projects led by young people from all over the world. Many of the project ideas have been aimed at alleviating poverty, improving employment opportunities, improving the environment and increasing youth participation in decision-making. The fund promotes the poverty-reduction aims of the Millennium Development Goals, and the Habitat Agenda for better, more sustainable and equitable towns and cities throughout the developing world. In his message for International Youth Day 2011, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated that far too many of the worlds more than one billion young people lack the education, freedom and opportunities they deserve. Yet despite these constraints and in some cases because of them young people are mobilizing in growing numbers to build a better future. The international community must continue to work together to expand the horizons of opportunity for these young women and men and answer their legitimate demands for dignity, development and decent work. For further information, please contact: Head, Press& Media Relations Unit& Spokesperson, or Media Liaison, Press& Media Relations Unit, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi; Tel: (254 2) 7623065, 7625518, Fax (254 2) 7624060, Email: habitat.press(a)unhabitat.org, Website: www.unhabitat.org

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Wezesha Laptop initiative, was it a trial run?
by Barrack Otieno 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

Listers, Anyone with an idea as to whether this initiative is still on, seem like the portal went down. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Kenya being exploited by unscrupulous "aid organisations"
by Brian Munyao Longwe 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

An interesting article on how one organisation plans to make millions of dollars from so called aid to Western Kenya. http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/thirty_million_dollars_a_little_bit_of_… Should we have some kind of mechanism in place to control, regulate or at least oversee projects that intend to use carbon credits generated in/from this country? Best regards, Brian -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: +254715964281 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com

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why safaricom has no competition
by robert yawe 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hi, We are always giving Safaricom flack on all issues including the lack of rain but today I have realised that they are still the better option. I read on the Airtel website, http://africa.airtel.com/kenya/choose-your-number-148, about a service that allows you to choose your own number directly from your phone. So I dashed to the nearest Airtel Shop to purchase a SIM card, I asked the attendants whether this service is available and they said I should go to one of the customer service centres. This already indicates that the information on the web site is obsolete, how much does it cost to update a website, I wonder. So off I went to Kimathi Street service centre and for a minute I thought it was a classroom as there where rows of chairs facing the front, of the class. Any customer service centre that has more chairs than a post Michuku Matatu definitely has serious problems. As I had 10 minutes to kill I decided to pick a ticket just to go through the menu and there was no option for SIM card services so it seems that stopped offering this service and since there where more than 14 people already seated in the queue I decided that this was an exercise in futility. I decided to humour myself by buying an Airtel SIM card and try following the instructions on the web site, alas to no avail. The instructions do not correspond to the menus on the phone, then after cycling through a few options I get the correct one just to get the message that I cannot change the number because i have a pending "Kopa Kredo" balance and that I need to clear it before proceeding. Note that this is a brand new SIM card so does it mean that on purchase the SIM card already has a debit balance? I then go to the "Kopa Kredo" menu option and receive the message "dear customer the kopa kreda system is currently unavailable". After spending 30 valuable minutes on this exercise I got a flash of brilliance and instantly went into a trans. I felt an inner force in me remove the SIM card from the phone, fit it on my thumb and flick it into the direction of the bin where it bounced off the edge and went straight in, what a feeling of relief. I then put back my old trusted Safaricom SIM card and continued with my day. Now I understand why Safaricom had no issues with number portability as they say in Harlem "Once you go "green" they is no going back". Enjoy a connected weekend Regards Disclaimer: This post reflects the feelings of the writer and has been done without any monetary or other kind of incentive from the mentioned organisations. The tests where done under an impartial and controlled environment, you are free to try the same at home. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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Can technology enhance musical experience and creativity? free lecture
by Paul Kukubo 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Event Details *[image: Tech on Music with Roger Dannenberg]* * * *Can technology enhance musical experience and creativity? * *Speaker: Roger B. Dannenberg, Associate Research Professor at the Schools of Computer Science, Art, and Music | Carnegie Mellon University speaking at the Micheal Joseph Centre, Safaricom House, Monday 6 Feb at 6pm.* ** *register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/register?orderid=68164151813&ebtv=C&eid=25560532… * Roger's research work in music and technology has earned him three patents. On Monday February 6, he will speak about his experience in using software engineering to create products that make music more accessible and interactive. Tech on Music will also feature Kenyan musicians speaking about their experience and use of technology and, of course, Kenya's best in a lively jam session. Who should attend? - Musicians interested in technology trends - Techies and software developers interested in music - Anyone interested in both music and tech *Join us, Monday February 6, 2012 at the Michael Joseph Centre* Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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