[kictanet] UCC attempts to block social networks

Wed Apr 27 08:55:58 EAT 2011

You sound like a pessimist. This administration has created more freedom
reforms than the entire East Africa combined including the past two
administrations in Kenya.  And if it realy wanted to curtail such freedom,
the New Costitution would not have passed.

We are aware that Kenyans are using social media to propagate hate
messages.  This is a moral issue and I know the basis of it.  Here is the
summary:

Over the Easter, I decided to record and listen to all the sermons from at
least five TV stations.  My conclusion.  We are a drift (lost in the
wilderness).  some of the preachers should not preach to human beings. 
Here you find extortionists, liers and peddlers of deception.  Our
theology is misplaced from what it is supposed to be.  They promise a
heaven yet we know we are supposed to make heaven here on earth.

We need a religious regulator in Kenya and demand for some reforms in this
sector.  We know Jesus went through Biblical Studies before he started to
preach but what I saw was unqualified individuals pretending to preach. 
In the 16th century Europe, they were in our current state of deception,
corruption, begging etc.  It was the Protestant Ethic that shaped their
destiny and led to the current idiologies in the West.  Read the work of
Martin Luther, John Calvin and the Puritans of England.  This is what
shaped the future of Europe.

We must now embrace the values in our new constitution and hopefully
reform our religions to the extent that they can lead a moral revolution. 
Without this, no one individual can govern this country effectively.  We
must blame ourselves for the weaknesses we have.  Honesty, intergrity,
humility etc are key to governance.  We cannot propagate hate and blame
the Government.  This is why President Kennedy said "ask not what the
Government has done for you but what you have done for the Government".

Have a nice day.

Ndemo.

> Nice Dr. Ndemo
>
> "use Kenyan SIM cards".
>
> But dont forget if Kenya goes the Ugandan way, you will be the one
> issuing orders for the internet to be SHUT down. Those will be orders
> from above.
> At that time, we will buy Ugandan SIM cards.
>
> On 26/04/2011, Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
> wrote:
>> Yes, the walk-to-work protests in Uganda are predominantly political.
>> I'm
>> quite intrigued by this: the opposition didn't manage to excite anyone
>> before the elections, which was a bit disappointing - but then, I
>> thought,
>> perhaps just as well: Museveni had clearly taken a long, hard look at
>> Kenya
>> and understood that any election would have to show a distinct victory,
>> not
>> an ambiguous two percentage point lead or so. And he made sure that it
>> was
>> clear. Cost Uganda a bomb, but hey, that's of limited interest to a
>> president for life.
>>
>> Except high costs of living are of course a legitimate concern, and the
>> walk-to-work gimmick is quite inspired: Museveni needs to do something
>> about
>> it to prevent mass dynamics from getting out of control, but there's no
>> way
>> he can do anything that won't make him look cruel and silly. I mean -
>> how
>> can you forbid people from walking to work, and teargas and shoot them
>> for
>> it??
>>
>> On a related note, yes, I understand that throwing stones won't get me
>> power, but I'm writing this in a power cut. Power has been off all day,
>> and
>> just went off again. I have a deadline. Sure, solar lamps are great, but
>> I
>> think this argument partly distracts from the fact that there is, both
>> in
>> Uganda and in Kenya, systemic failure behind what people protest about:
>> there is little a government can do about the price of oil on global
>> markets, but *plenty* of other inefficiencies in the system that drive
>> the
>> costs of living up: inefficiencies in the fuel transport, the fact that
>> there is a barely crawling railway and all goods transports are via
>> road,
>> the lack of a competent agricultural extension service and irrigation,
>> the
>> fact that KPLC are allowed to charge me an arm and a leg, but don't
>> deliver,
>> ..... Like many people in this economy, I would be able to work to my
>> full
>> capacity if I weren't constantly fighting all those breakdowns - being
>> stuck
>> in traffic, evading power cuts etc. And that's nothing life threatening
>> - if
>> price increases mean you have to cut back on meals, or decide between
>> doctor
>> and food, then it's a whole different story, and my little niggles
>> really
>> fade in significance. .
>>
>> This has little to do with ICT, though. But if you have power and a
>> functioning internet connection, here's an amusing contribution from
>> Urban
>> Legend Kampala - digital content and stuff, you know, just to get us
>> back on
>> track :)
>>
>> http://urbanlegendkampala.com/2011/04/26/kayihura-commends-jesus-for-not-walking-to-heaven/
>>
>> On 26 April 2011 20:37, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Washington,
>>> The Ugandans are simply using inflation as a proxy to fight President
>>> Museveni.  We went through this in the 90's.
>>>
>>> Our consumer activists are acting selectively on the issue of
>>> inflation.
>>> I wish we spend more time on acting positively in such difficult times.
>>> Let me explain:  A young man by the name Evans Wandago invents a Solar
>>> Powered LED Lantern and wins the Gorbachev Innovation Award along with
>>> Ted
>>> Turner and Sir Berns Lee.  This Lantern is a sabsititute to some of our
>>> Energy requirements.
>>>
>>> I had hoped the consumer association will educate Kenyans to boycot
>>> fuel
>>> and support the Kenyan Innovation.  This will have meant that the
>>> entire
>>> Africa will follow.  Making a billion lanterns will mean an industry
>>> that
>>> will create as much as 100,000 jobs.  We should have lobied Kenyans to
>>> invest in this new venture instead of buying plots and in the process.
>>> We
>>> failed on this and blamed the Government on a global crisis.  Soon the
>>> Chinese would mass produce the Lantern and give us concetional credit
>>> to
>>> purchase our invention.  Let us think positive and make our land a
>>> better
>>> place to live in.  There is no Government that is not gribbed in this
>>> inflation mess.  We have a chance to lead the world.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> Ndemo.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 14:05, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I think it is a very pertinent issue.
>>> >>
>>> >> What is to stop the Kenyan government doing the same thing?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> > Actually, Kenya is very likely headed towards the protests if the
>>> govt
>>> > doesn't do something on inflation. So let's wait and see how it will
>>> > deal
>>> > with the situation when the time comes.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Best regards,
>>> > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>> > Nairobi,KE
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