[kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables

Wed Feb 13 19:02:55 EAT 2008

Hello

The media cant regulate itself and the government cant regulate the media.
An independent body must do it and must do it in a proffesional manner and
not the ECK manner.

Robert

On Feb 13, 2008 1:49 PM, Harry Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:

>  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.
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> Regards
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> Harry
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> africanedevelopment.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:
> kictanet-bounces+harry=africanedevelopment.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On
> Behalf Of *David Aduda
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:44 AM
> *To:* harry at africanedevelopment.org
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> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
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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
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> *From:*   kictanet-bounces+daduda=nation.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke on
> behalf of bitange at jambo.co.ke
> *Reply To:*       bitange at jambo.co.ke
> *Sent:*   Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:36 PM
> *To:*     David Aduda
> *Cc:*     KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:*        Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
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> 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
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Eric Osiakwan" <eric at afrispa.org>
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> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:22:38
> To:bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Cc:KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables
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>
> 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
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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Michuki Mwangi <michuki at swiftkenya.com>
> Reply-To: michuki at swiftkenya.com
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:14:04 +0300
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> >
> >
> >bitange at jambo.co.ke wrote:
> >> Good news is that Etisalat (our partners in Teams) in conjunction with
> >> Akamai are building an Internet Point of Presence (POP) in Fujaira thus
> >> eliminating long distance needs for Internet in 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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