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The KeNIC we want: Stakeholder engagement and Operations
by Mwendwa Kivuva 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

The debate on revitalising our .ke ccTLD registry continues today. Yesterday, we tackled Governance issues. Suggestions were made, the major ones dealing with Transparency at the .ke registry, and Equality on representation. Thank you for contributing, reading, and listening. Please feel free to continue contributing to that thread, as we go to the theme of the day. Today we will tackle Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Issues. Public / Stakeholder Engagements 1. Should KeNIC hold Annual General Meetings? Is there value in holding the AGMs? 2. When was the last AGM held? 3. Can the annual reports, and deliberations of the AGMs be published on the KeNIC website? 4. Should the AGM be open to the public? 5. Accountability: How accountable is KeNIC? To whom does it account to? Operational Issues 1. A great effort has been made to popularise the .ke brand, including some popular advertisements, using patriotism to encourage Kenyans, and opening up the second level. But numbers don't lie. Currently, we are at around 80,000 .ke domains, while South Africa is at 1.3million. Is there more work that can be done to make .Ke popular? 2. What are the challenges in selling the .ke brand? What are the opportunities? 3. Is there a challenge in generating content for the KeNIC website? Some pages as noted yesterday have not been updated for some years now. 4. What support does KeNIC give to Registrars? Here are some statistics that I had shared on Tuesday, that may help in stimulating the debate. Germany population 82.67 million .de domains: 16 million domains (one domain for every 5 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 19% .de is the third largest registry in the world and is ran by DENIC which is a non-regulated not-for-profit cooperative owned by registrars. South Africa Population 56 million .za domain: 1.3 million domains (one domain for every 46 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 2.3% .za is the largest ccTLD in Africa, managed and regulated by ZADNA which is an agency of South African government under the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. Kenya population 50 million .ke domain: 79,773 domains (one domain for every 627 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 0.16% .ke is managed by KeNIC which is envisioned as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) entity Looking forward to a fruitful debate.

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Hacked or leaving the list
by Peter Wakaba 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

I keep getting notification to confirm leaving the list. Is this legit or phishing? -- *Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up, it knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a gazelle or a lion. When the sun comes up, you better start running. - In "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman.*

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African IGF Registration 4-6 November, Khartoum Sudan
by Keith Andere 11 Oct '18

11 Oct '18

Dear Listers, The registration for Africa Internet Governance Forum, to be held in Khartoum, Sudan is now open. Please register here: https://www.afigf.africa/?q=Register2018 There will be a limited travel grant for selected participants. KeSIG Fellows, I highly encourage you all to apply. Apologies for any cross posting and possible duplications. Regards, Keith Andere Twitter: @AndereKE https://www.linkedin.com/in/andereke/ "Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us" ~ James Comey Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail or it’s contents.

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Building Bridges - Community/Police
by S.M. Muraya 10 Oct '18

10 Oct '18

Dear Listers, We have an Access to Information situation (deficiency). http://www.kenyapolice.go.ke/pages/links/27-about-us/69-community-policing.… As reliable as they may be (and they often are) OCS numbers keep on changing as they are re-deployed. Do you know any non changing (working phone) number of the police station closest to you? How do we emulate >> https://www.police.uk/contact/ | https://data.police.uk/ ?

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SuperMicro-based Servers compromised by China!
by Ngigi Waithaka 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Listers, If you are using Super-Micro based servers in your networks, they're most probably compromised by the Chinese Govt! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-u… -- *Regards,* *Wait**haka Ngigi* Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T +254 20 525 0750 |Office Mobile: +254 716 201061 | M +254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke

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The KeNIC we want
by Mwendwa Kivuva 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

The debate on revitalising KENIC will seek to tackle the following : 1. Governance Issues 2. Public /Stakeholder Engagements 3. Operational Issues Today Day1, we will seek to address the Governance issues. There is no restriction to debate the other two issues, or any other issue you feel is important, although we will strive to answer the other two issues tomorrow. How is the board currently constituted? KENIC was licensed by CA in 2015 to manage the .ke namespace following gazzettement of new Information and Communication Regulations. Currently. The KENIC board comprises members from Kenya Education Network (KENET), Domain Registrars Association of Kenya (DRAKE), ICT Authority (ICTA), and Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK). There are associate directors comprising the immediate past Chairman of the board, and some three other organisations (Google, KO Associates, and ICEA Lion). More clarification on the current board is needed since their website is blank on this. The KENIC page on the board was last updated in 2014 http://kenic.or.ke/index.php/en/home/kenic-board-management Questions that come to mind at this point are a) Is a review of the governance structure at KENIC due? How would that structure look like? b) Which Organisations should nominate Directors? Which stakeholder groups should be involved? c) What are the term limits for Directors? d) How should the Chairperson of the board be selected? Additional questions are welcomed, as we get suggestions from the wider community on the best way to manage our .ke registry. Take it away.

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Inside raging battle for the control of key eCitizen system
by Victor Kapiyo 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Puzzling developments given the current row over the management of the eCitizen portal. Even as it unfolds, there is need to start thinking of a better way to manage such an important e-government programme and have it embedded in a specific policy, law and institution. ________________ A court battle between the eCitizen developer, a company that has been collecting funds through the system, and the Treasury has not only revealed several holes in the project implementation, but has also complicated matters. Goldrock Capital, which has been collecting money and remitting to government from the platform, has sued the Treasury for locking it out of the mobile money collection portal. Goldrock has made party to its suit Webmasters Kenya which developed the portal and which contracted it to do the collections. As soon as the Treasury finally wrested control of the digital payments system, it began regularisation of the entire project but the process has sparked a three-way standoff. https://www.nation.co.ke/news/battle-for-control-of-key-eCitizen-system/105… *Victor Kapiyo* Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP* *Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | **Web: www.lawmark.co.ke <http://www.lawmark.co.ke> * ==================================================== *“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar*

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ICT Fraud (Kenya) vs Efficiency (Singapore)
by S.M. Muraya 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

Dear Listers, Just FYI.. Fortunately decent public officials in Kenya are now fighting the culture of insider trading which only promotes trickery/treachery (locking out genuine local solution providers:) https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/city-businessman-loses-sh89m-tender-f… In the other two he was asked to supply 797 laptops to the ICT ministry at > Sh125.9 million and software at Sh28.7 million. > > On his affidavit, Mr Buro said one of the suspects introduced himself as > the acting head of procurement at the ICT ministry. “I would even meet him > at the ministry’s offices on either the 9th or 10th floor,” he said. Now compare with Singapore (population, below 6 million) ..building up local focus, ethics + economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_(Singapore) https://www.techgoondu.com/2017/05/25/singapore-government-call-s2-4-billio… https://www.techgoondu.com/2017/05/25/singapore-government-call-s2-4-billio… Singapore government to give out S$2.4 billion in ICT tenders this year May 25th, 2017 | by Alfred Siew The Singapore government will give out contracts worth S$2.4 billion in the current financial year to boost efforts in smart nation and digitisation efforts in the country. The money will be spent on national projects that include a national digital ID system, cashless payments with the monetary authorities and a smart nation sensor network. Unveiling this yesterday, the government technology agency called GovTech said there would be a tender for data analytics and another for communications infrastructure to link up data centres and IoT (Internet-of-Things) sensors. Robotics will be one area of focus. Temasek Polytechnic, for one, will be looking for an industry partner to build an inventory robot to scan the print collection and navigate in its library. This will help the library carry out more and faster inventory stock-takes to boost productivity and efficiency, as well as provide early detection of missing or wrongly shelved books. At the same time, the government is seeking to shore up defences against cyber attacks. One area it is looking to spend on is the fight against malware infiltrating its computer systems using advanced threat analytics and automation. This year’s government infocomm technology spending is projected to be lower than last year’s, which stood at S$2.8 billion. Speaking to attendees from the industry, GovTech chief executive Jacqueline Poh said it was looking to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take on some of the new jobs. “Besides the established companies, we are glad that there is a growing pool of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have stepped up and embraced new technologies,” she noted. “Last year, SMEs accounted for about two-thirds of the total number of ICT contracts awarded.” One local technology SME cited by GovTech is DC Frontiers. Since winning a contract last year from the government, it now helps analyse networks of connections between people and companies to give users insights into, among other things, legal ownership, conflicts of interest and possible fraud. Last year, it began working with procurement and internal audit teams in the government to enhance and automate checks for conflict of interest.

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Adequacy status for our data protection framework
by Grace Bomu 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

Dear listers, Today the Taskforce on Data Protection/Ministry of ICT held a public participation forum where stakeholders made submissions on the proposed policy and bill. Some golden threads in the discussions: independence of data protection authority ; funding and how the policy will be implemented; cross border transfers/localisation of data; access to personal data by state agencies such as KRA; how public agencies/government controllers and processors will be treated by the law; and how other regulators eg financial services will interact with the framework. On process, policy makers stated that the draft Bill will be published by the National Assembly and merged with the Senate one. Most of these issues have been discussed here in one way or another. One interesting side discussion apart from the above was on how the law, once enacted, could be submitted to Europe for assessment for adequacy status. Under GDPR, adequacy status may be granted by the European Commission to non-EEA countries who provide a level of personal data protection that is "essentially equivalent" to that provided in European law. Morocco is one African country that has been pursuing adequacy status. The public participation forum continues tomorrow from 9am -1pm at the Louis Leakey Auditorium , National Museums of Kenya. -- Grace Mutung'u Skype: gracebomu @Bomu PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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The KeNIC we want
by Mwendwa Kivuva 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

Over the years, Kenyans have come to rely on the unique .ke domain brand to announce their presence to the world. Recently, there have been board wrangles at KeNIC, affecting the performance and operations of the organisation. There have been preliminary discussion on this list regarding the state of KeNIC. We will have a two day moderated debate starting on Thursday on the KICTANet list for the community to give their views on which way KeNIC should take, and the corporate governance structures that should be put in place to have a professionally run, and efficient Country Code Level domain (ccTLD) for Kenya. Members are welcomed to ask hard questions, and give suggestions, and way forward for KeNIC. Just some background on the ccTLD market around the world, and comparison to the much famed Silicon Savannah. Are we punching below our weight? China population 1.379 billion .cn domains: 21 million domains (one domain for every 65 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 1.5% .cn is the second largest registry after .com and is ran by the CNNIC which is a department of China Ministry of Industry and Information. Germany population 82.67 million .de domains: 16 million domains (one domain for every 5 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 19% .de is the third largest registry in the world and is ran by DENIC which is a non-regulated not-for-profit cooperative owned by registrars. South Africa Population 56 million .za domain: 1.3 million domains (one domain for every 46 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 2.3% .za is the largest ccTLD in Africa, managed and regulated by ZADNA which is an agency of South African government under the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. Kenya population 50 million .ke domain: 79,773 domains (one domain for every 627 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 0.16% .ke is managed by KeNIC which is envisioned as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) entity Looking forward to a fruitful debate. See you on Thursday 4th October, 2018 on this list. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

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