[kictanet] Press Statement By CA on DMS - rev 1.doc

[Odhiambo Washington]

On 17 February 2017 at 14:31, Alwala, Rachel via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hello Listers.
>
> Please see the statement from CA regarding the Device Management System
> that is under deployment. We hope listers shall objectively engage and seek
> to understand what the regulator is doing in the interest of the public.
> Media reports on this were misleading, but be rest assured we shall
> continue to engage all stakeholders so that they can be in full picture.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rachel
>

Okiya Omtata will save us from this CA mischief.

It's mischief whichever way you look at it.

See, between blacklisting unregistered numbers used on the networks and
'counterfeit' devices, which one is more urgent? Counterfeit devices use
SIM cards, but it's the SIM cards that can be registered to citizens and be
traced. Why not just ask the MNOs to effect the regulation barring
unregistered SIM cards and let Kenyans be? Counterfeits come in through the
borders (Port, Airports) where KRA and Police are complicit in 'eating' an
letting them pass!

Another thing, CA should have notified Kenyans that this was in the works,
and should have been transparent enough to publish its capabilities. It did
not. So, the force with which the DG is going about this only reeks of an
(quiet) executive order that he and his board can't brush off, especially
when it's tagged with 'national security' label.

This device will be used to spy on people, block their devices, block
mobile communications the way M7 and others did. Let's sit and watch, but I
still hope Omtatah and the Judiciary will save Kenyans.


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft."
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