[kictanet] Kibaki signs Bill into law

Mon Jan 5 17:48:27 EAT 2009

Dear all,

K24 will air the interview I moderated with Harun Ndubi (lawyer &
Chairman of Shelter Forum, etc) and Alex Gakuru (Kenya ICT Consumers
Association).

Tune in to K24 at 6:00pm today with several repeats of the same
tomorrow morning. Details will be circulated.

Wainaina

On 1/5/09, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Am watching the situation as it evolves - like many of you are.  I did read
> Ndubi's earlier postings and I think they were quite balanced.
>
> I am aware of the fury and anger from the media - but frankly speaking, I
> somewhat regret (truly remorseful) that am unable to share their fear
> (despite the bombardment).  Could it be because am relatively thrilled with
> offerings in the ICT section at the expense of the 'disaster' that awaits us
> within the Broadcast section? Plse someone, tell me once more...
>
> Am watching the situation as it evolves...
>
> walu.
> nb: On a lighter note, Thabo Mbeki, former President, S.Africa signed their
> eTransaction Bill - electronically with his Digital Signature - I wonder if
> our man at hill did the same ;-)
>
>
> --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Wainaina Mungai <wainaina at madeinkenya.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Wainaina Mungai <wainaina at madeinkenya.org>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki signs Bill into law
>> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 9:51 PM
>> Great suggestions,
>>
>> I feel we can support the media but not in-toto.
>>
>> First, it would be nice of the MoA et. al. to let go of the
>> negative
>> "Media Bill" campaign and engage constructively
>> with other players.
>>
>> Secondly, media should consider calling ICT advocacy
>> personalities to
>> a forum where they can share how ICT issues have
>> successfully been
>> incorporated without the animosity that is common when
>> advocating for
>> media issues.
>>
>> I believe the media needs to feel secure that if their
>> arguments are
>> valid, they'll have our undivided support....issue by
>> issue.
>>
>> Wainaina
>>
>> On 1/4/09, Bill Kagai <billkagai at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The 4 fundamentals;
>> >
>> > 1. When the Media fraternity suggested the bill be
>> rejected in-toto, ICT
>> > sector players felt this was akin to pouring the birth
>> water together with
>> > the baby. Personally I am happy the ICT issues did not
>> go down the drain.
>> > And I think that was what many of us were asking for.
>> >
>> > 2. The Media has genuine concerns as Haron Ndubi
>> articulated in his legal
>> > opinion on the probibity of the bill. However, the
>> Media completely blacked
>> > out ICT sector concerns during our campaign to have
>> the bill signed. We even
>> > went out of the way to show the remedies to the issues
>> through the
>> > miscelleneous amendment bill as suggested in the very
>> fast legal opinion
>> > whose author requested we keep his/her identity
>> anonymous.
>> >
>> > 3. ICT players and especially Kictanet ought to prove
>> it's the bigger wo/man
>> > by showing solidarity in the front-line with our
>> cousins in the Media
>> > looking for a way out of the quagmire. We do not have
>> to ignore them simply
>> > because they refused to side with us in our campaign.
>> >
>> > 4. We are extremely careless in handling crisis. If
>> you are familiar with
>> > Newton's method of factoring variable change and
>> the Monty Hall
>> >
>> Paradox<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_paradox>,
>> > then we can analyse the options the President had
>> mathematically.
>> > 4a) Sign Bill
>> > 4b) Don't Sign Bill
>> > 4c) Do nothing and hold Kenyans in suspense.
>> >
>> > Each option had a 33% probability of being the
>> 'right' decision. So,
>> > assuming he had not seen the bill earlier since he was
>> not the author and
>> > had decided not to sign the bill following the Media
>> owners petition, was it
>> > wise to change his decision from 'Don't
>> Sign' to 'Sign'??
>> > Monty Hall
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_paradox>
>> proves that
>> > changing the decision increases the probability of
>> getting it 'right' to
>> > 66.6%. And that is proven by the fact that we [in ICT]
>> feel content and
>> > support ways of also making our brothers in the media
>> achieve 'State of
>> > Nirvana'. This bill will also give the Minister of
>> Finance some head-up
>> > before he dismisses innovations such as M-Pesa without
>> prior knowledge.
>> >
>> > Conclusion;
>> > For Makali, Openda, Kaikai and other leading Media
>> personalities who I know
>> > are on this list, why don't you invite ICT
>> stakeholders in to your media
>> > stations to engage Kenyans on what is good and what is
>> bad in the ICT [not
>> > Media] bill so that we can fight together against what
>> we feel is not good??
>> > This has nothing to do with whether the grand
>> coalition will hold or not,
>> > since neither the Right Honourable nor His Excellency
>> drafted this bill. We
>> > did and the buck should stop with us!!!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Bildad Kagai
>> > MD - MediaCorp Limited
>> > Nairobi Stock Exchange Authorised Information Vendor
>> > Suite B2, Tetu Court, State House Avenue
>> > P. O. Box 20311 - 00200
>> > Nairobi, Kenya
>> > Tel. 254 20 272 8332
>> > Fax. Rendered Obsolete
>> > S - 1°17'13.8"
>> > E - 36°48'22.7"
>> > www.mediacorp.co.ke
>> > ---
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:21 PM, alice
>> <alice at apc.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Thank you Wainaina. Happy 2009.
>> >> Now that the bill has been signed, what does the
>> ICT industry think about
>> >> this whole debate? especially those who have
>> worked for such a long time
>> >> with government to introduce legislation for the
>> sector?
>> >>
>> >> best
>> >> alice
>> >>
>> >>  Happy New Year for ICT development in Kenya.
>> >>>
>> >>> We can now look at the Media's concerns on
>> the Kenya Communications
>> >>> Act and support whatever  amendments may be
>> justified.
>> >>>
>> >>> Wainaina
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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