[kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010 Mailing List Discussions Day 1 of 8 Theme : Review of the 2009 IGF Mailing List Discussions

[Barrack Otieno]

Many thanks Solomon for your insightfull points notably on *IPv6,
Registration of Sim Cards* and Mass education AKA capacity building, on
another note i just realised i havent registered my Sim Card on the
Bambanet, will this attract some form of punishment as well?. I have also
been looking at an interesting debate on number Portability and its effect
on Value added Services. We discuss IPV6 issues for 2 days beginning July 12
to July 13 and i would like to invite you to prepare your submissions for
the same in advance.
Kind Regards

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com>wrote:

> Listers,
>
> This is indeed another great opportunity to understand the journey since
> the last of such a discussion (2009). considering that there are a number of
> things that have taken place in as far as internet governance/security are
> concerned.
> For instance, there is a call by the government of Kenya to have all the
> SIM Cards registered before July 31st 2010, to avert issues such as crime
> (kidnapping, electoral violence etc).
> There is quiet a lot of diversities which we need to embrace and prepare
> the citizens into understanding the multiple effects of internet.
> One thing that I struggle to understand is IPV6. There are a number of
> essentials that will help the society fully migrate and adapt the IPV6
> equipment. One thing that beats logic is how does one really know an
> equipment is IPV6 compliant? I posit this question because it emerged that
> all the so-called digital television in Kenya were not digital after all!
>
> Mass education on the findings regarding IGF need to be conducted so that
> it does not look like only technical people define, actualize and implement
> IGF, just like it is said, the common person need to have a technical
> understanding of IGF, at least in the basic level.
>
> I look forward to more challenging perspectives and views regarding this
> discussion.
>
>
>
>
> On 5 July 2010 08:32, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Listers,
>>
>> Another year has gone by and it is time to review the deliberations that
>> were made during last years discussions which was moderated by Walu and
>> Mwende Njiraini. While reflecting on this it is important to note that the
>> IGF process is not a decision making mechanism but a platform for
>> multistakeholder dialogue, the idea is to bring together organisations and
>> persons involved in Internet public policy formulation. It is this
>> organisations and persons that make the decisions or implement the changes
>> that are required in the public space. This notwithsatnding, the Kenya IGF
>> has made immense contribution to the East African IGF which is by far one of
>> the best regional initiatives globally and provides a benchmark for other
>> Regional initiatives that are coming up in Africa and the Global IGF
>> process. Last years report is attached to this thread and i would like to
>> invite listers to skim through it an identify issues that might need to be
>> revisited and or reviewed. In addition you may propose areas that need to be
>> taken into consideration as we prepare for the face to face discussions at
>> the end of this Month. Please note that discussions around this theme will
>> take one day however you may continue with the thread even after we have
>> moved to the next theme which will look at Infrastructure issues.
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