Hi Florence, The more the independent reports outputs, the better. I think the audit will be be multi-tier: Tier 1 Inhouse(voluntary): from frontline journalists, report desks, stations, editors.... I consider the meeting I mentioned earlier to be in this tier Tier 2 External Audit- media owners, etc ending at (young)MCK Tier 3 Task Force - Government (Overall) This method ensures everyone participates even if just self-audit or reflection of their roles. New media, we propose additional approach methodologies. Regards, Alex --- Florence Etta <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all, I have been following this very interesting debate. Harry says in response to David that:- neither the Government nor the Media Council should do this audit. David had suggested:- 'Our suggestion remains, let MCK do the audit, otherwise we'll be accused of creating institutions just to kill them'.
In my humble opinion there could be two or even more audits but at least one would NEED to be commissioned but not necessarily done by the MCK. If it is commissioined by the MCK with government backing (and conducted as Harry suggests by independent and credible researchers/professionals) this presupposes that it (the audit) will recieve its (MCK) complete and unalloyed support so that the findings and possibly recommendations, when they do come out, would hopefully get fair reception and possibly use.
It is possible also even for KICTANET on behalf of the ICT community to seek support to commission an audit as well. This one could be stilted towards handhelds so that the full extent of the implication and use of these tools could be attempted and future scenarios constructed for the preservation and maintenance of both individual and collective rights and public order using these tools.
Cheers, FE
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----- Original Message ---- From: Harry Hare <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 13 February, 2008 4:49:43 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
David, neither the Government nor the Media Council should do this audit. It should be done by an independent research organization. The media council just like the ECK and other institutions have been too politicized to be objective and credible.
Regards Harry
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Dear colleagues, Having followed the debate on the media audit, I'm convinced there is consensus that it's important that we review how the media handled the elections, before, during and after. That is perfectly in order. What's alarming is the insistence that the government should do it, whereas there is an organisation, the Media Council, whose mandate includes checking how the media operates with a view to protect the producers and consumers of news.We've expressed our views as media practitioners about our disdain for a governmental audit and Dr Bitange knows about that. Our suggestion remains, let MCK do the audit, otherwise we'll be accused of creating institutions just to kill them. But it must be noted vilifying the media won't do when all of us know where the problem lies. It's human to take an easy route out of a crisis. The ministry of Information and Communications must not fall into that trap. Finally, I associate myself with a view expressed earlier by one contributor, namely, moderation in this discourse. David Aduda Nation Media Group ---------- From:
on behalf of [email protected] Reply To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:36 PM To: David Aduda Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables We are working towards that. We need private sector to push these developments. Government is not good in business. We can only intervene to facilitate especially the small enterprises. Ndemo
Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: "Eric Osiakwan" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:22:38 To:[email protected] Cc:KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
Nothing against all the big guns establishing in Kenya but what about a long term objective of building our own version of Akamai,googles, Limelights etc. Dont forget the real winners in the knowledge era are those who produce their own not use others. So our long term objective should be to have our own alongside others because it is a free market economy. Eric here
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Michuki Mwangi <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:14:04 +0300
[email protected] wrote:
Good news is that Etisalat (our partners in
Akamai are building an Internet Point of Presence (POP) in Fujaira thus eliminating long distance needs for Internet in
Teams) in conjunction with this region.
The long term objective should be to have the likes
of Akamai, Limelight
and google collocating their nodes in Kenya . This will essentially keep at least 50% of our Internet traffic local.
Regards,
Michuki.
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