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JOB VACANCY
by Jotham Kilimo Mwale 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

Hi, Please see attached. Regards, Jotham

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Pay for information
by robert yawe 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

Hi, It is shocking how we have been spoilt by VOK by giving us free TV, we are so well schooled in receiving free things that we have a problem paying for anything however beneficial it is to us. University students wanting free transport and going to the extend of wanting to burn down their campus. So the web site live.mystocks.co.ke has indicated that they will be charging for the useful information they have been providing the serious technical trader I believe so as to meet their operational costs. Instead of understanding and support all that has been circulating in certain sites is anger and bitterness. Let us support our young developers without cash they will continue to languish in intellectual poverty. This link will explain my anger with us all, who want cha bure, remember "inchi ya kitu kidogo ni inchi ya watu wadogo" http://stockskenya.com/newsite/stkForumTopic.aspx?stk=0&top=17882

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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Technology and Entrepreneurship Forum
by Phares Kariuki 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

>Special thanks to Alex Gakuru and KDN. Might MMU (Multimedia Univ College) attract some thanks as well? ================================================ My profound apologies for the glaring omission. MMU are providing the venue, and have been more than supportive to Skunkworks. >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Facebook, Youtube maybe free but not really....
by aki 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

- Facebook monthly electricity bill = 1 Million USD , and adds new servers every few days because users appetites for adding photos keeps growing. - Youtube monthly bandwidth consumption= 25PetaBytes ( 1000 Terabytes ) I don't have the excat amounts but the above is a harsh reality of operating such services. Though their financial standings show as mighty, I wonder how long can they sustain just running just on large adverts? Rgds.

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Technology and Entrepreneurship Forum
by Phares Kariuki 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

There will be a Tech & Entrepreneurship Forum on the 29th September, 2009, 4th Floor Teleposta Towers, from 5.30 PM. Content will be as follows: - Why go into business? Do you have to? What do you aim to achieve? Is it better to start a Non-profit (Ushahidi)? - What objectives must one set in order to succeed. Stop flying blind - Dealing with government/registration etc - Finance, how to raise funding - Loans, VC, Angel investors? - Patenting ideas - How to make money from ‘soft capital’. - Making money. Chasing the numbers. Speakers will include: 1. Liko Agosta - Founder and CEO of Verviant Limited - www.verviant.com, leading Web Developing firm and BPO Provider 2. Joshua Wanyama - Founder and CEO of Pamoja Media - www.pamojamedia.com, a TED fellow. 3. Caroline Juma of KCR Kenya, leading recruitment firm that specializes in identifying key human resource in the IT industry. 4. Kahenya Kamunyu - CEO, ViRN Instruments. Involved with Zuqka, previously worked for BT, Yahoo, Sanyo Business, and Sony Playstation. Currently developing smart ideas and providing Venture Capital to small enterprises. Special thanks to Alex Gakuru and KDN. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Re: [kictanet] Kenya communication regulations 2009
by muriuki mureithi 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Hi Am sure the MOIC the convenor has developed a wonderful programme taking advantage of the process of regulations 2001, policy in 2005 and many other stakeholders engagements in the past. Based on this wealth of experience, I suspect the MOIC will have a framework like the following to make best use of the two day engagement i.e. Thurs morning - preliminaries , opening statements , high level presentation positioning the regulations in the policy regulatory terrain , principles undergirding the regulations and of course taking into account a changing market scenario over the life of incoming regulations for the coming decade to 2019 and linkage to vision 2030. A discussion of the structure of the stakeholder workshop - perhaps establish workgroups to review in -depth the various regulations, the capacity of the stakeholder workshop , and finally the tors of the workgroups. High level issues may be addressed in this session Next session could be breakout sessions which will address details at these sessions which may run the rest of the day and perhaps early the following day Friday sessions may be dominated by plenary to receive comments from workout sessions and address cross cutting issues . a final issue may be to establish a small team to help polish the comments into cohesive regulations The structure worked in the past , and most likely will Cheers Muriuki From: Eng. Thomas Senaji [mailto:tasenaji@gmail.com] Sent: 26 September 2009 17:55 To: mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya communication regulations 2009 Bw. Mureithi I am also not aware how it will be structured; the previous practice is where the regulator receives comments, synthesises them and makes a presentation which is followed by discussions and possible agreement. Best regards Senaji On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:23 PM, muriuki mureithi <mureithi(a)summitstrategies.co.ke> wrote: Hi all Just wondering how the stakeholder session for the regulations will be structured. I can't see the programme on the CCK website Such a programme is necessary to know what is discussed when and of course the time available for submissions What is the capacity of the stakeholder workshop - is it a comments gathering or a negotiation platform where necessary? Regards Muriuki Mureithi . _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: tasenaji(a)gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/tasenaji%40gmail.com

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Two Information Securty Presentations
by Matunda Nyanchama 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Friends, Here are two presentations I made while visiting Nairobi recently. 1. Fraud & IS Audit - to ISACA Chapter in Nairobi 2. Information Security & Risk Management - to UoN Computer Science Click here for Information Security & Risk Management Training information. Let me know if anyone is interested in either follow up or work in the area of IT Security. Enjoy! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”- George Bernard Shaw ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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ICANN assures US lawmakers of its long term commitement to a long term formal relationship
by alice＠apc.org 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090923_5203.php?oref=topnews ICANN seeks to quell concerns on the Hill By Andrew Noyes, CongressDaily 09/23/2009 The California-based entity that administers the world's Internet addresses has assured lawmakers it is committed to a "long-term, formal relationship" with the U.S. government. It made its pledge in a letter Tuesday, a week before the expiration of an agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and National Telecommunications and Information Administration. ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom told House Judiciary ranking member Lamar Smith and House Judiciary Courts and Competition Subcommittee ranking member Howard Coble, R-N.C., in the letter that he is working with NTIA to set guidelines under which ICANN would promise to remain a U.S.-based nonprofit and continue its focus on transparency and accountability. The letter from Beckstrom, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who had served as director of the Homeland Security Department's National Cybersecurity Center, mirrored written testimony by ICANN Chief Operating Officer Doug Brent, who appeared at a House Judiciary Courts and Competition Subcommittee hearing today to vouch for the organization's planned expansion of top-level domains such as .biz, .info and .us. ICANN has faced scrutiny on Capitol Hill and among industry stakeholders as it seeks more independence from federal oversight, as well as the ability to bring potentially hundreds of new domain names to market. Beckstrom's predecessor, Paul Twomey, weathered a hostile House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee hearing this summer. Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman and Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., urged Commerce Secretary Locke in August to press for a set of enduring principles to "place beyond doubt the value of the current [relationship]" and prevent any one entity from controlling the underpinnings of the Internet. Meanwhile, NTIA Associate Administrator Fiona Alexander and senior adviser Larry Atlas quietly visited Asia, Europe and South America this month to share details about the path forward for the United States and ICANN with their foreign counterparts. Key Hill aides have also been briefed on the new agreement, sources said.afri

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Fw: story on cyber laws
by michael Ouma 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi all: hope you're well. pls follow this link for story on EAC cyber laws: http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/660788/-/qyeq0nz/-/index.html

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Fwd: [Skunkworks] Do commercial web portals and sites fall into Content Service Provider category?
by Barrack Otieno 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Interesting discussion that might have some policy implications in light of the shift towards content management ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:44 PM Subject: [Skunkworks] Do commercial web portals and sites fall into Content Service Provider category? To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Does anyone know if the above case is so? And what happens to the informal ICT sector where professional, experienced individuals or small office/home office types, self employed want to develop the above as legit business? Looking into the details of the category license, reveals a concealed fate for small investors, which means a non-starter : -"*Content Services*" means information of any kind normally provided at a fee and is delivered over electronic communications networks and services. They include broadcasting content, financial information services and other information society services. -Within NINE (9) months from the Effective Date, the Licensee shall establish and maintain efficient information services to assist any person to answer questions regarding products, services, and any other reasonable questions relating to the Licensed Services - Within nine (9) months from the Effective Date, the Licensee shall submit to the Commission the accounting principles which relating to the running of the Licensed Systems and which allows the recording of investments, expenses and revenues in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in Kenya.15.2. Within sixty (60) days of the end of each fiscal year of the Licensee, the Licensee shall deliver to the Commission its balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of operations, equity and cash flows, in each case accompanied by a report thereon of independent auditors stating that such financial statements fairly present the financial position of the Licensee at the dates indicated and were prepared in accordance with accounting principles submitted to the Commission in accordance with 15.1 above. -In particular, by the 15th July of every year or as agreed by the Commission, the Licensee shall submit a Compliance Report detailing the performance of the previous operational year ended 30th June. - The Licensee shall pay to the Commission:21.1. An initial Licence fee amounting to Kenya Shillings one hundred thousand (KShs.100,000). -On 1st July of each year, an annual operating fee equivalent to zero-point-five percent (0.5%) of the audited annual gross revenues accruing from the Licensed Services during the previous financial year or Kenya shillings one hundred thousand (KShs. 100,000) only whichever is higher. *I highlight these point as at some stage it will affect many. Who knows, you could be selling things from your site portal using mpesa/zap etc and the next thing you know you are operating illegally.* ** *Rgds.* _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- Barrack O. Otieno Administrative Manager Afriregister Ltd (Ke) P.o.Box 21682 Nairobi 00100 Tel: +254721325277 +254733206359 Riara Road, Bamboo Lane www.afriregister.com ICANN accredited registrar.

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