Thanks Emmanuel, we shall be tackling the issue of Cyber Security on day 6 and your comments are welcome. With regard to Internet access from remote locations i have been following keenly Chrystal ``Naliaka's`project, (hope i got the spelling right ) which has received a lot of International recognition i am tempted to include the expansion of 3 G by Mobile Telcos, i wonder if Chrystal would be willing to share her achievements on this thread and if we can get some info on the Pasha centres, in so far as Growth of Internet enabled conference sessions is concerned i suppose the Academic community should lead the way in popularising this, (e-learning). Hon Rege also set a good example for Mps with the recent initiative in Karachuonyo, more comments are welcome though On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa@googlemail.com>wrote:

Well on the issue of bambanet, the only penalty is that you will not be able to use it. So whenever you are in the country it would be useful to walk into MNO shop and get yourself a bambanet simcard or whatever your network calls them. On to the very useful discussion on the IG and regional space, I guess it may be important to bring onboard the media into these discussions this time round so that these issues can be broken down. I would propose as a followup townhall setting like sessions to help build this case especially as we look forward to hosting the next IGF both as a country and as a region in 2011.

Key issues that continue to dominate this discourse from my standpoint are Cyber Security, Internet Access for the remote locations as well as growth of Internet enabled conference sessions.

This is a great start.

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>wrote:

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Many thanks Solomon for your insightfull points notably on *IPv6, Registration of Sim Cards* and Mass education AKA capacity building, on another note i just realised i havent registered my Sim Card on the Bambanet, will this attract some form of punishment as well?. I have also been looking at an interesting debate on number Portability and its effect on Value added Services. We discuss IPV6 issues for 2 days beginning July 12 to July 13 and i would like to invite you to prepare your submissions for the same in advance. Kind Regards

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu@gmail.com

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Listers,

This is indeed another great opportunity to understand the journey since the last of such a discussion (2009). considering that there are a number of things that have taken place in as far as internet governance/security are concerned. For instance, there is a call by the government of Kenya to have all the SIM Cards registered before July 31st 2010, to avert issues such as crime (kidnapping, electoral violence etc). There is quiet a lot of diversities which we need to embrace and prepare the citizens into understanding the multiple effects of internet. One thing that I struggle to understand is IPV6. There are a number of essentials that will help the society fully migrate and adapt the IPV6 equipment. One thing that beats logic is how does one really know an equipment is IPV6 compliant? I posit this question because it emerged that all the so-called digital television in Kenya were not digital after all!

Mass education on the findings regarding IGF need to be conducted so that it does not look like only technical people define, actualize and implement IGF, just like it is said, the common person need to have a technical understanding of IGF, at least in the basic level.

I look forward to more challenging perspectives and views regarding this discussion.

On 5 July 2010 08:32, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dear Listers,

Another year has gone by and it is time to review the deliberations that were made during last years discussions which was moderated by Walu and Mwende Njiraini. While reflecting on this it is important to note that the IGF process is not a decision making mechanism but a platform for multistakeholder dialogue, the idea is to bring together organisations and persons involved in Internet public policy formulation. It is this organisations and persons that make the decisions or implement the changes that are required in the public space. This notwithsatnding, the Kenya IGF has made immense contribution to the East African IGF which is by far one of the best regional initiatives globally and provides a benchmark for other Regional initiatives that are coming up in Africa and the Global IGF process. Last years report is attached to this thread and i would like to invite listers to skim through it an identify issues that might need to be revisited and or reviewed. In addition you may propose areas that need to be taken into consideration as we prepare for the face to face discussions at the end of this Month. Please note that discussions around this theme will take one day however you may continue with the thread even after we have moved to the next theme which will look at Infrastructure issues.

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