[kictanet] Legislation and Regulation for e-Commerce in Kenya

[Alex Gakuru]

Kevit,

Please educate me who are KEPSA, KIF, and Centurion Systems(you?) and how they inter-relate to enlighten the conversation on the underlying dynamics.

If they have published websites(vision, mission, strategy members, leadership hierarchy... etc)- that would be most useful.

Now at the political stage;) then will come motives and finally whatever proposals each could be advancing....

regards,
  


--- On Mon, 7/7/08, Kevit Desai <kevit at centurionsystemltd.com> wrote:

> From: Kevit Desai <kevit at centurionsystemltd.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Legislation and Regulation for e-Commerce in Kenya
> To: "alex.gakuru at yahoo.com" <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Kevit Desai" <kevit at centurionsystemsltd.com>, "kictanet-lists" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 11:15 PM
> Hi Alex,
> The Barcamp was a great success. We do need to congratulate
>  
> Skunkworks. Maybe Riaz can tell us how we can scale things
> up?  
> Innovation is a national theme. So many people are
> involved.
> 
> KEPSA elections for Governors and Directors are in April
> 09.
> 
> Kevit Desai
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8 Jul 2008, at 07:07, Alex Gakuru
> <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > There is so much work outstanding yet
> > so many just want jobs and flashy titles
> > Fat salaries and untaxed allowances
> > Not that they will excel at the jobs
> > No! They will instead obstruct others
> > Use their high office appointments to
> > frustrate real workers and innovators
> > Then lobby for own private interests
> > Using the high offices just acquired
> >
> > This is how I view issues these days:
> >
> > 1. Start with the politics on the subject
> > 2. Study the motives of involved actors
> > 3. Then get to the details or proposals
> > (If there will be a need after, that is)
> >
> > "Regulating" akin to "Controlling"
> is archic
> > Even the future of sector regulation changed.
> >
> > "Regulating convergence, finding solutions to
> > foster creativity and answering consumer fears
> > about identity theft, fraud and the invasion
> > of their privacy were central questions at the
> > recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation
> > and Development (OECD) ministerial meeting in
> > Seoul, Korea."
> >
> > Regulators future simplified to concentration
> > on increasing competition,consumer protection;)
> >
> > The “Seoul Declaration” signed by 39 governments
> > and the European Union on 18 June was announced
> > as a “roadmap for the future of the internet
> > economy. The conference was held on 17-18 June.
> >
> >
> <http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/28/40839436.pdf>
> >
> > Civil Society background paper "Fueling
> Creativity,
> > Ensuring Consumer and Privacy Protection, Building
> > Confidence and Benefiting from Convergence."
> >
> <http://thepublicvoice.org/events/seoul08/cs-paper.pdf>
> >
> > Skunkworks may not be a "Registered
> Association" but
> > you bet it's value to us is 10x all others
> combined.
> >
> > Looking back, one sees little, if any, consumer value
> > proposition from most of already existing
> associations,
> > except their vocalness advancing "members
> interests"
> >
> > regards,
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Harry Hare
> <harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Harry Hare
> <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Legislation and Regulation
> for e-Commerce  
> >> in Kenya
> >> To: alex.gakuru at yahoo.com
> >> Cc: secretariat at kif.or.ke, "'KICTAnet ICT
> Policy Discussions'"
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke 
> >> >
> >> Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 2:18 PM
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> IMHO in this day and age we should not be talking
> about
> >> "regulation" or
> >> "regulating" anything, this is concept
> that