Warm Greetings and pray the week has kicked off well! This statement comes from what we may term as the "highest authority in ICT in Kenya". I have no issue with nusu internet and etc from players out there who in their wisdom are attempting to bring some taste of the internet to people - run on with it even if it would be only one website accessible. However, words have power and they reflect where we are being taken to and we are going. By now access to the internet should be declared a public good, just as there is "national disasters declaration". The other ongoing discussion on this mtandao is about toilets and mobile phone, let me borrow from it also. Some have toilets inside the house, some do not have any thus, we dig pit latrines that are out of the house. Yes, both have access to the sanitation offered by use of a toilet. Is there an implication with respect to access to comfort which we call standard of living? To make it even better, we have the innovators who've come up with Poop-bags seeking to reach the toilet-unreachable communities; after your job inside your house or bush, the contents once inside the Poop-Bag turn into fertilizer for your home shamba... Overall, there is a facility to do your job with dignity whether we call it toilet, latrine or a bag. Many ways to skin a cat. Back to the internet access of a sites and the great value placed on this growing body of knowledge - what does it take to ensure all your people can access the world of the internet from the onset? The request is for our Leaders to hold and represent a visionary trajectory. Not from a copy-cat point of view or what may at times be trial and error tactics by players (which sometimes are successful too) as they seek for their individual business interests. Have a blessed day. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 29/2/16, Waithaka Ngigi <ngigi@at.co.ke> wrote: Subject: Re: [kictanet] Redefine Issue; Net neutrality 'first world' problem? To: "Wangari Kabiru via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: "Wangari Kabiru" <wangarikabiru@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Monday, 29 February, 2016, 10:27 Wangari, Good points you have... However, another way to look at it.... What was the first way most Kenyans ever accessed the Internet? WAP phones‎... WAP only worked on certain specific websites that published using WML... That was ok, since certain important sites had this functionality, but definately *not* even 20% of the Internet was accessible this way. Yet, WAP was the only option for a lot of people, who then migrated to more capable platforms as time went by. 10 yrs ago, what was the most prevalent way of transport across the country? Cars‎. Today it's the Boda Boda. Noda has revolutionized transport in most places and especially so upcountry. What if GoK had said what we need is a cheaper car; has to have four wheels, seatbelt, can carry four, would things have turned out this way? My point is, just the way we, privileged enough to have the 'full' Internet, might not understand why someone takes a half-car‎(Noda, very dangerous, exposes you to the elements all the time), then it might be also equivalently difficult for us to make the decision whether if given a choice btn the full Internet and Wikipedia only paid by Googla, that the Googla option might not end up being the most popular choice.  One that will get a lot of people online 'today' and not 3-4yrs into the future once we figure out how to raise the funds required etc Thoughts??? Waithaka Ngigi Alliance Technologies www.at.co.ke  From: Wangari Kabiru via kictanetSent: Monday, February 29, 2016 4:35 AMTo: Ngigi WaithakaReply To: KICTAnet ICT Policy DiscussionsCc: Wangari KabiruSubject: [kictanet] Redefine Issue; Net neutrality 'first world' problem? Happy Saturday! We've got to be a demand to ourselves and our communities to be a stand for more and not just enough or just a shot! Nairobi and Kenya is touted all over as the innovation hub. This thinking if adopted by all of us will only not keep us there or at best will keep us as a testing hub in the name of an innovative hub. Secondly, using all the experiences of the so called first world, how might we catapult our growth versus just following suite? We must be able to create our own trail, not just accept a few shots to get high on. Half a loaf theorem is really killing our people. There is evidence all over- Traditional NGO speak. What does it take to have the whole loaf and icing cake too. In other words the highest potential experience from the onset. While we credit efforts by different players to meet community challenges such as nusu internet, the big brother herein Government must own the bigger vision and responsibility. For all it is worth, we are in dire need of all the exposed brains to not be satisfied with just enough even in this evolving ICTs field. Blessed day. Regard/Wangari On Feb 26, 2016 21:43, Liz Orembo via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Interesting read. http://mgafrica.com/article/2016-02-24-africa-internet-access-more-important... -- Best regards. Liz. PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF