> An:
kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Betreff: Re: [kictanet] Cable issues
>
>
>
> Greetings Eric,
>
> Thanks for your enlightening comments, the biggest challenge is that the
> kind of Information you are sharing should be availed at all levels in
> Society, at Chiefs Baraza's, Churches, anywhere where people congregate
> and
> can be educated since knowledge is power, looking through the eight
> sectors
> i can only say we are too ignorant, in short we must marshal resources
> and
> educate the public on the issues you have mentioned, Mulika Mwizi might
> help but it could be a short term measure, i was once taught that "he who
> knows why is always at the mercy of he who knows how", if we addressed the
> way we would not have situations where technicians from competing
> companies
> mess each others cables as i got it from Kai's post.
> Awareness is Key
>
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Eric Aligula <
jairah@kippra.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Just to expand the discourse on the cable issues and place it into some
> wider perspective. As far back as 1997, the US Government identified eight
> sectors it deemed critical to the national security and the essential
> functioning of its economy. These were:
>
> 1. Telecommunications
> 2. Transportation
> 3. Water supply
> 4. Oil and gas production
> 5. Banking and finance
> 6. Electrical generation
> 7. Emergency services, and
> 8. Essential government functions
>
> A President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection ("PCCIP")
> in
> October 1997, highlighted the topic of critical infrastructures and made a
> series of specific recommendations for their protection.
>
> What does this have to do with the issue of “cut cables”? At the height of
> the post election violence and in some incidents thereafter, the movement
> of
> produce and goods in Kenya became a serious issue. In fact as a
> consequence, ALL of the neighbouring countries are actively identifying
> and
> developing alternative access routes for their products and services.
> Kenya
> Vision 2030 is predicated on an export led growth strategy that is and
> will
> be heavily dependent not only on networked transport services, but also on
> the fibre optic cable. The investment in transport and ICT infrastructure
> are premised on the desire to establish Kenya as the region's preeminent
> communications hub. The assurance that Kenya can and will consistent,
> reliable and affordable access to these critical infrastructures is
> critical
> to achieving these goals.
>
> It is thus important that players in the ICT Sector team up with other
> sectors to insist on the development of a national, perhaps East African
> wide Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy complete with accompanying
> reviews and enhancements in the legal and institutional frameworks. It is
> the only consistent way through which we shall be able to ensure security
> for investments so expensively and patiently built.
>
> A piecemeal approach will work for a short while and we shall be
> firefighting to eternity. The effort should focus on a comprehensive
> intervention, while obviously dealing with the issues in the short term.
>
> My two cents worth.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kai wulff [mailto:
kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke]
> Sent: Fri 06/11/2009 22:14
> To: Eric Aligula
> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
> Subject: AW: [kictanet] Cable issues
>
> It would help if we could get our day in court. Vandalism is one thing,
> negligence another. We as Operators spend huge amounts on staff we attach
> to
> contractors to make sure they don't destroy our cable plant .. If they do,
> we never get compensated. Taking them to court takes years and you might
> only get awarded the cost of the cable plus the labor ..
>
> Frustrated
>
> Kai
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>
> Von: kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=
kdn.co.ke@
lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:
kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=
kdn.co.ke@
lists.kictanet.or.ke] Im
>
> Auftrag von
jairah@kippra.or.ke
> Gesendet: Friday, November 06, 2009 20:40
> An:
kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke
>
>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>
> Betreff: Re: [kictanet] Cable issues
>
> Colleagues
>
> What I would suggest is to have a law to protect critical infrastructure
> from vagabonds such as those that destroy cables and other infrastructure
> that we need to sustain the enabling environment for doing business. The
> penalties this guys receive are a joke and the law needs to target the
> entire value chain, at least on the Kenyan perhaps East African side.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Eric Aligula
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jevans Nyabiage <
jnyabiage@nation.co.ke>
> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:07:21
> To: <
jairah@kippra.or.ke>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<
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> Subject: [kictanet] Cable issues
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