[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 23, Issue 25

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>   1. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (bitange at jambo.co.ke)
>   2. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Gakuru Alex)
>   3. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Solomon Mburu)
>   4. Re: South Africa embraces ICT in polls (Gakuru Alex)
>   5. Court jails Pirate Bay founders...Worlds most high profile
>      file sharing website (alice)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:09:17 +0300 (EAT)
> From: bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
> To: "Wainaina Mungai" <wainaina at madeinkenya.org>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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> Wainaina,
> Indeed we have made progress in this end.  The Lands, Judiciary, Motor
> Vhicle, and Pension Dept registries are being prepared for  
> digitization.
> It takes time to go through the procurement process and fighting
> resistance from staff.  It is not all that easy as I once thought.  We
> shall not give up though.  Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the
> digitization to stimulate enterprise.
>
> Regards
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>> A few years back at the Safaricom offices, President Kibaki tasked
>> former Info & Comm Minister with implementing such "Digitization" in
>> government. What ever happened to that?
>>
>> **Is PS Ndemo still tasked with implementing digitization?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Wainaina
>>
>>
>> On 4/16/09, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Well our census is up in a few months. Let's see if technology  
>>> will be
>>> used
>>> to verify the truth of the collected data.
>>>
>>> I believe in a system where everything works like it's supposed  
>>> to, data
>>> from deaths, births, immigration (and whatever affects population  
>>> size)
>>> can
>>> be used to update the population statistics, and a census only  
>>> conducted
>>> in
>>> areas where there seems to be an abnormal population size change
>>> (small-scale census). Technology can go a long way into making  
>>> this a
>>> reality. I believe the cost of maintaining the technology and doing
>>> small-scale census would be cheaper than doing an entire census  
>>> every
>>> decade.
>>>
>>> O_O
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Thu, 4/16/09, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
>>> To: kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com
>>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"  
>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11:04 AM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure if our next "Kivuitu" wants to hear things like below ;-)
>>>
>>> walu.
>>> ~~~~~~
>>> By CHARLES OMOND IPosted Thursday, April 16 2009 at 10:41
>>>
>>> In Summary
>>>
>>> As the rest of the continent dithers, use of information  
>>> communication
>>> technology in South Africa's political processes has enabled  
>>> thousands
>>> of
>>> its citizens overseas to vote, a whole week ahead of their home- 
>>> based
>>> compatriots.
>>>
>>> JOHANNESBURG, Thursday
>>> As the rest of Africa dithers, South Africa has moved fast to  
>>> embrace
>>> information communication technology as part of its political  
>>> processes.
>>> And
>>> as a result of the revolutionary move, thousands of eligible  
>>> voters have
>>> already cast their ballots away from home and a whole week ahead of
>>> their
>>> home-based compatriots.
>>>
>>> Rest of the story...
>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/560768/-/13ph0aiz/-/index.html
>>>
>>> walu.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:37:59 +0300
> From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
> To: bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM,  <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>
>> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once thought. ? 
>> We
>> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all the
>> digitization to stimulate enterprise.
>>
>
> The Media:
>
> Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in
> government. How does FOI  threaten their interests? Why is the
> Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What
> corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs
> declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today?
>
> regards,
>
> Alex
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:03:40 -0230
> From: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
> To: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com>
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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> Dakitari, I believe no matter how much pressure and resistance is
> coming from some civil servants, they will have to give in, only when
> proper mechanisms and laws are put in place.
>
> On 17/04/2009, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM,  <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once  
>>> thought. ?We
>>> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all  
>>> the
>>> digitization to stimulate enterprise.
>>>
>>
>> The Media:
>>
>> Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in
>> government. How does FOI  threaten their interests? Why is the
>> Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What
>> corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs
>> declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:37:36 +0300
> From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
> To: mwangi at wamae.com
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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> Wasalaale! Please stop suspecting here's hard truth. Nowadays the
> 'real' money is in procurement.
> <http://www.ppoa.go.ke/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=47>. You
> recall the time all 3,000 were sacked some years back..
>
> Since the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 came into effect.
> They changed tact and they put every hurdle in availing information
> that would enable open tendering. Most of the costly ads are for PR..
> An example? One of them recently called me asking me to inform a group
> of SMEs I was lobbying they get government business, to go collect
> tender documents from their procurement department at 6 pm. The
> deadline for submission was 9 am the following morning. You get what I
> am saying? You don't suppose that person sat on that information 'by
> accident' all the while?
>
> FOI would mean that anyone can go back and demand, for example, all
> communication, call logs etc that Civil Servant had prior to the
> tender award? Should pattern be established than impling that the law
> was broken, then that somebody would find themselves on the other side
> of the law. Just one example.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM,  <mwangi at wamae.com> wrote:
>> Alex:
>>
>> I suspect that civil servants are not anti the FOI per se, but  
>> afraid that digitization will lead to job cuts and, to be somewhat  
>> cynical, reduce their ability to exact "rents" from their jobs.
>>
>> -Mwangi, Jhb
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at gmail.com>
>>
>> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:37:59
>> To: <mwangi.wamae at gmail.com>
>> Cc: <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] South Africa embraces ICT in polls
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM, ?<bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> resistance from staff. ?It is not all that easy as I once  
>>> thought. ?We
>>> shall not give up though. ?Parliament has to pass the FOI for all  
>>> the
>>> digitization to stimulate enterprise.
>>>
>>
>> The Media:
>>
>> Please help in exposing more Civil Servants frustrating openness in
>> government. How does FOI ?threaten their interests? Why is the
>> Official Secrets Act their continued corruption cover-up. What
>> corruption perpetuating networks and cartels exist? Tally which MPs
>> declare their support for FOI if tabled in parliament today?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:34:34 +0300
> From: alice <alice at apc.org>
> Subject: [kictanet] Court jails Pirate Bay founders...Worlds most high
>    profile file sharing website
> To: Kenya ICT Action Network - KICTANet
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> Coming to Kenya soon
>
> ----------------
> Court jails Pirate Bay founders
>
> Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde, speaking on his website: 'We cannot and
> wouldn't pay'
>
> A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the
> world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case.
>
> Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde
> were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a  
> year
> in jail.
>
> They were also ordered to pay $4.5m (?3m) in damages.
>
> Record companies welcomed the verdict but the men are to appeal and
> Sunde said they would refuse to pay the fine.
>
> Speaking at an online press conference, he described the verdict as
> "bizarre".
>
> "It's serious to actually be found guilty and get jail time. It's  
> really
> serious. And that's a bit weird," Sunde said.
>
> "It's so bizarre that we were convicted at all and it's even more
> bizarre that we were [convicted] as a team. The court said we were
> organised. I can't get Gottfrid out of bed in the morning. If you're
> going to convict us, convict us of disorganised crime.
>
> "We can't pay and we wouldn't pay. Even if I had the money I would
> rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the  
> ashes."
>
>
> It is almost certain that The Pirate Bay will keep on sailing, long
> after today's court judgement
>
>
> The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies,
> including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia  
> Pictures.
>
> However, the total awarded fell short of the $17.5m in damages and
> interest the firms were seeking.
>
> Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International
> Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the
> verdict sent out a clear message.
>
> "These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line
> their own pockets. There was nothing meritorious about their  
> behaviour,
> it was reprehensible.
>
> "The Pirate Bay did immense harm and the damages awarded doesn't even
> get close to compensation, but we never claimed it did.
>
> "There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music
> industry should just have to accept it. This verdict will change  
> that,"
> he said.
>
> The Pirate Bay's first server is now a museum exhibit in Stockholm
>
> The four men denied the charges throughout the trial, saying that
> because they did not actually host any files, they were not doing
> anything wrong.
>
> Speaking on Swedish Radio, assistant judge Klarius explained how the
> court reached its findings.
>
> "The court first tried whether there was any question of breach of
> copyright by the file-sharing application and that has been proved,  
> that
> the offence was committed.
>
> "The court then moved on to look at those who acted as a team to  
> operate
> the Pirate Bay file-sharing service, and the court found that they  
> knew
> that material which was protected by copyright but continued to  
> operate
> the service," he said.
>
> A lawyer for Carl Lundstrom, Per Samuelson, told journalists he was
> shocked by the guilty verdict and the severity of the sentence.
>
> "That's outrageous, in my point of view. Of course we will appeal," he
> was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. "This is the first word,
> not the last. The last word will be ours."
>
> Political issue
>
> Rickard Falkvinge, leader of The Pirate Party - which is trying to
> reform laws around copyright and patents in the digital age - told the
> BBC that the verdict was "a gross injustice".
>
> "This wasn't a criminal trial, it was a political trial. It is just
> gross beyond description that you can jail four people for providing
> infrastructure.
>
> Mark Mulligan from Forrester Research says what was different about
> Pirate Bay
>
> "There is a lot of anger in Sweden right now. File-sharing is an
> institution here and while I can't encourage people to break copyright
> law, I'm not following it and I don't agree with it.
>
> "Today's events make file-sharing a hot political issue and we're  
> going
> to take this to the European Parliament."
>
> The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website  
> and
> was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for
> the last five years it has been run by individuals.
>
> Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day.
>
> No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers;  
> instead
> the site hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its
> users' computers.
>
>
>
>
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