[kictanet] Nelson Mandela

Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau solo.mburu at gmail.com
Fri Dec 6 14:25:45 EAT 2013


Mandela is an epitome of African selflesness.

His name became a trademark, an icon of hope.

May he rest in peace.

On 06/12/2013, Edwin Onchari <eonchari at lynxbits.com> wrote:
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> For him to be able to forgive a government and a people that denied him a
> chance to even attend his children's burials while in jail!! he had to be
> truly special. I hope our leaders are able to let go of their fears; work
> with their 'enemies' and help build Kenya...RIP Madiba; you were one of a
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> Kind regards,
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> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 01:22:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> To: Eric Osiakwan <ericosiakwan at me.com>
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Nelson Mandela
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> Not ICT related but allow me to also salute the African Icon Mandela.
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> One thing he did very differently from an African perspective, is to leave
> office when he was still needed => good succession planning => good legacy.
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> This is the most difficult lesson for our African leaders.
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> #RIPNelsonMandela.
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> On Fri, 12/6/13, Eric Osiakwan <ericosiakwan at me.com> wrote:
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>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] Nelson Mandela
>  To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>  Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>  Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 12:08 PM
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>  On 6 Dec 2013, at 09:44, Lkimani <lkimani at yahoo.com>
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>  My favorite Madiba quote:
>  Conviction is contagious,?never
>  underestimate thePower of
>  persistence"
>  ? ? ? ? ....Nelson Madiba
>  Mandela
>  RIP Tata Madiba you were and still are an an  inspirationto us. ?We will
> truly miss  you!
>  Lucy
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>  Date: December 6, 2013, 7:16:00 AM GMT+03:00
>  To: "Lucy Kimani" <lkimani at yahoo.com>
>  Subject: Nelson Mandela
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>  Nelson Mandela's unwavering courage, forgiveness and  hope touched and
> inspired people all around the world. He  showed that the dream of a just
> society is possible and he  challenged our generation to lead the way
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> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:17:18 +0300
> From: "Dennis Kioko" <dmbuvi at gmail.com>
> To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
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> From: ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk
> To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>, "kictanet"
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> Walu,
> Say it louder! We need substantial objectivity on some of these matters.
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> John Kariuki.
> Sent from my BlackBerry?
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> From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
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> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 00:19:47
> To: <ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security
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> @Ali,
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> your comments sound like ITU-WCIT debate Reloaded :-)
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> Let me be cheeky abit.
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> If SPAM can ONLY be tackled by technology - why hasn't it been tackled?
> Indeed the technology that could kill spam (e.g. PKI deployment at IP,
> SMTP,
> DNS-SEC, etc- apologies for the Tech jargon) has been with us for over
> 10years...how come spam refused to die?
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> Dont get me wrong, I am still civil-society biased. It is just that I get
> worried when solutions to complex problems are straight-jacketed into one
> block (tech, political, legal or otherwise).  I think the solutions do not
> lie on ONE of the above, but all of the above.
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> walu.
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> On Fri, 12/6/13, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
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>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on cyber security
>  To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>  Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>  Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 10:59 AM
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>  Walu
>  I'm of the opinion that Spam is an issue  tackled best by technology NOT
> legislation...
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>  Ali Hussein
>  +254 0770
>  906375 / 0713 601113
>  "I fear the day technology will
>  surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation  of idiots".
> ?~
> Albert Einstein  Sent from my iPad  On Dec 6, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Walubengo
> J
> <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>  wrote:
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>  @Ndemo,
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>  The fact that the raccoon (google says this is some  animal in the US :-)
> did manage to flood your email with  spam is a confirmation that we do need
> the cyber-laws even  in Africa :-)
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>  Anyway, whereas I agree with most of your article I  had a comment on this
> one paragraph :
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>  The industry sometimes lies with
>  statistics that in most cases do not make any sense.
>  Gullible nations are spending a fortune on cyber security.
>  Even countries with less than one per cent Internet  penetration are
> talking about cyber security.
>  <<
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>  I was of the opinion that countries with fewer  machines online SHOULD be
> talking loudest about  Cybersecurity simply because we live in a connected
> world.
>  Most IT-savvy cyber-criminals ?based in developed  economies hijack the
> few
> ?"3rd-world"
>  (forgive the use of word) networks/computers to launch  attacks in other
> jurisdictions. Unless there are  laws/frameworks compelling corrective
> action most of these  local networks will forever remain vulnerable.
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>  However, it also true is that some
>  autocratic/non-democratic governments are going to ride this
> cyber-security bandwagon for the sake of adding more  repression to their
> citizenry. The civil-society (recently  baptized as evil-society :-) must
> forever be  watchful.
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>  walu.
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>  On Fri, 12/6/13, Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
>  wrote:
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>   Subject: Re: [kictanet] We must tread carefully on  cyber security
>   To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>   Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
>  <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>   Date: Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:12 AM
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>   Hussein,
>   Some raccoon decided to clog my e-mail with spam  as
>   punishment because of
>   the article.? I am not opposed to cyber security  but
>   some people (and you
>   remember Dubai) want to use cyber security as a basis  for
>   stifling
>   internet freedom.
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>   Ndemo.
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>  Grace
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>  Thanks for
>  sharing. We indeed must tread carefully.
>   There is definitely a
>  case for a regulatory
>  framework. This must however be
>   tampered with the
>  understanding that too much
>  regulation will throttle
>   the industry. It is a
>  fine balance that we must
>  maintain.
>
>  *Ali
>  Hussein*
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>  On Thu, Dec 5,
>  2013 at 9:20 PM, Grace Githaiga
>  <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>  n Kenya, we have done extremely well in  the
>   adoption of ICTs. This is
>  a
>  field
>  that requires a lot of creativity, but we may
>   just end up killing
>  that
>  creativity with too many rules and regulations
>   in trying to
>  counter
>  computer crime sometimes referred to as  cybercrime
>   or netcrime.
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> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/We-must-tread-carefu
> lly-on-cyber-security/-/539548/2098892/-/item/0/-/12mo495/-/index.html
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