[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Media Misleading Citizens?

[Moses Muya]

To the best of my understanding,the story makes perfect sense! The
government wants to implement N.E.W.S and ITU is helping it. One of ITU's
objective is "To improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing
world and to establish worldwide standards". If part of "worldwide
standards" is using telecommunications infrastructure to safeguard the
security and interests of a country,they are the correct people to help in
this. Moreover,seeing as ITU is part of the U.N,I would argue that they
have the financial and technical might needed to do this. The only question
that comes to mind is whether the Government has the right legal backing to
do this.

On 21 March 2012 09:03, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moses,
>
> The reason i called it misinformation is that the acting DG was on the
> media when the deal was being signed , unless i was watching Al
> Kajiado TV  and i never heard anything like this, furthermore last
> year we had a Cyber Security Workshop hosted by CCK where all those
> issues were explained but i dont recall seeing brethren from the
> fourth estate, that is why i proposed that they should do more
> research, imho this kind of reporting can defeat the war on
> Cybersecurity since the people are an integral part of the Cyberworld.
>
> On 3/21/12, Moses Muya <mouzmuyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I wouldn't be quick to call this 'misinformation'. Such systems have been
> > deployed the world over,even by the biggest democracies! It all depends
> on
> > the Government's objectives for doing this - they could go the U.S.A way
> > and crack down on terrorism or they could go the China way and use it to
> > oppress us!
> >
> > On 21 March 2012 08:27, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Listers,
> >>
> >> I just saw this on the wall of a popular media house and i am appalled
> >> by the misinformation, why can't our dear journalists do more research
> >> before publishing info, i see why Prof Nyong'o was so agitated during
> >> the Interview on Citizen TV, this is really dangerous? below is the
> >> text..
> >>
> >> The Communications Commission of Kenya could have access to your
> >> personal internet content by July this year, if a plan they have set
> >> in motion succeeds. The CCK has signed a 32.6 million shilling deal
> >> with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to install a
> >> system that will monitor all incoming and outgoing internet content in
> >> Kenya, and has already requested local internet service providers and
> >> telecommunications institutions to install it.
> >>
> >> Do you think this is right?
> >>
> >> Hope the concerned will react on time.
> >>
> >> --
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> >
> > Moses Muya.
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Kind Regards,

Moses Muya.
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