[kictanet] Government Websites down - again?

Tue Jan 8 11:10:12 EAT 2013

Michuki

Reading through your email it begs the question who really is responsible for Government IT Services? 

Is there an equivalent of a CTO/CIO who has overall responsibility for all this? Does this come under e-Government Services? 

This requires urgent remedy and a unified strategy for all Government Web properties.

Regards

Ali Hussein
CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd

+254 773/713 601113

"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb

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On Jan 8, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki at swiftkenya.com> wrote:

> Hi Walu, et al,
> 
> 
> Probably worth taking a moment to give oversight on what is going on in
> view of the article in the media today;
> 
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Public-agencies-off-Internet-as-undersea-cable-is-repaired/-/539550/1659978/-/llc49t/-/index.html
> 
> 
> The reason KRA is online is because they are connected to the KIXP and
> their services are hosted locally.
> 
> From my checks the following websites are hosted locally and hence
> should be operating normally despite the cable cuts. Am able to access
> the sites in under 70ms.
> 
> www.ict.go.ke (Kenyaweb)
> www.transport.go.ke (Kenyaweb)
> www.information.go.ke (Kenyaweb)
> www.treasury.go.ke (Telkom Orange)
> www.immigration.go.ke (Telkom Orange)
> www.centralbank.go.ke (Safaricom)
> 
> This two below should be ideally locally accessible but seems there is
> routing problem :(. Am informed that this is being worked on.
> 
> www.communication.go.ke - E-Govt/GITS
> www.health.go.ke - E-Govt/GITS
> 
> 
> The following are hosted abroad in various European and N.American sites
> 
> www.tourism.go.ke
> www.statehousekenya.go.ke
> 
> 
> Now that is just the Website function.
> 
> Looking at Email the picture is very different;
> 
> @ict.go.ke - (Google Apps - International)
> @transport.go.ke - (Xtranet - Local)
> @information.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves)
> @treasury.go.ke (E-Govt/GITS - Should be local, see above notes)
> @immigration.go.ke (E-Govt/GITS - Should be local, see above notes)
> @centralbank.go.ke (Safaricom)
> @communication.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves) **
> @health.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves)
> @tourism.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves)
> @statehousekenya.go.ke - (HopOne Internet Corporation - USA)
> 
> ** DNS is broken so Email will not work until DNS entries are fixed.
> 
> In conclusion 2 out of the 10 domains will be partially affected by the
> TEAMS cable repairs. Statehousekenya.go.ke is the only one that may be
> fully affected by the TEAMS cable repairs since both website and email
> are hosted abroad.
> 
> The remaining domains seem to be having local routing issues and once
> they are resolved it should be business as usual.
> 
> As such, it would be safe to say that for most of Government should be
> partially functional. If not, then it is purely a technical issue and
> nothing to do with the TEAMs cable.
> 
> I have to state that this is not inclusive of all .go.ke domains - but
> it is a good indication of where most domains are hosted/located and
> their current state.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michuki.
> 
> On 1/7/13 12:40 PM, Walubengo J wrote:
>> Sorry @Paul  K,  @Ndemo and @Kate Gitau to pick on you early in the
>> year, but it looks like I cannot reach most of the government site
>> (www.xxx.go.ke)
>> 
>> I quick ping to the following fails:
>> http://www.ict.go.ke/  (ICT Board site down)
>> 
>> or
>> http://www.information.go.ke/ (Ministry of Info and communication site
>> down).
>> 
>> Rumour has it that it has something to do with the TEAMs cable
>> undergoing scheduled maintenance. Pliz ?!!??...
>> 
>> But thank heavens our Money minting machine below has somehow managed to
>> stay up :-)
>> 
>> http://www.kra.go.ke/  (Kenya Revenue up)
>> 
>> even though its parent ministry is down :-(
>> 
>> http://www.treasury.go.ke/  (Ministry of FInance down)
>> 
>> Ok, could someone remind me why we are the best ICT destination in East
>> Africa and the future mother of Silicon Savannah/Konza CIty when we
>> cannot design redundancy within our government networks?
>> 
>> We have guys on this list who can design redundancy for free - me
>> included. But since it is election time, why cant my good friend Dr.
>> Ndemo just put up an international tender for this work :-)  and then I
>> can apply from  which Island was it again? -Cayman Island or something?
>> 
>> walu.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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