My only question is what frequencies are they being given and are they exclusively going to be used for this security service or will they also be used commercially? How does the Sh7.4bn priced for those frequencies compare with what CAK would auction them for? James -----Original Message----- From: "Victor Kapiyo via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: 5/14/2014 23:22 To: "jgmbugua@gmail.com" <jgmbugua@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why State House made a call to Safaricom chief overinsecurity Anybody knows what this ''Security communication and surveillance system'' entails? I think that its important for the public to know what measures are being put in place by GoK under the guise of protecting them from terrorists. Further, and more importantly, it must be restated that human rights are sacrosanct and not even national security should be touted as a reason to claw back on them, especially where there is no lawful cause. Therefore, GoK should in my view and in the same speed and zeal it made the deal with Safaricom, fast track the Data Protection Bill which is long overdue. Victor This is one of those things, with hind sight, either comes out as a stroke of genius or we get to ask ourselves, what were we thinking! The difference is in the team that will and/or has already negotiated this and also will implement this. Get the right people in, we are ok, get certain characters in, and we've just made new Billionaires. I would, looking forward, ask how this could lead to a local industry. It is time Safaricom or GoK pushed money to the local techie community to come up with solutions that could be used in the security industry. Let them put out a bounty of Ksh 100M for the three most enterprising security solutions and you'll see what we could come up with. As an example, Ma3route, currently just giving you crowd-sourced traffic updates, with a really good investment, it would be possible to source a lot more open source intelligence... Finally, I hope GoK wakes up to the fact to seriously invest in building local technology firms. Its a lot easier to pull off such similiar deals as opposed to when you have to go through the RfP route only to get a foreign firm running your most sensitive of operations. And for CAK, who thought they would be 'banning' Safaricom for dropping Voice calls, they could as well as forget it now. They've got friends in high places :-) Regards On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Two months ago, at the height of terrorist attacks, State House made a call to Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore. Concerned that his government was losing grip of the situation, President Kenyatta wanted to know whether Safaricom would help security agents communicate better. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Why-State-House-made-a-call-to-Safaricom-chief-... _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ngigi%40at.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. -- Regards, Waithaka Ngigi Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Technologies | MCK Nairobi Synod Building T + 254 (0) 20 2333 471 |Office Mobile: +254 786 28 28 28 | M + 254 737 811 000 www.at.co.ke _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/vkapiyo%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.