[kictanet] Government Websites down - again?

Tue Jan 8 12:37:30 EAT 2013

Muchiri 

I just wonder whether its a matter of the e-governance department having to deal with turf issues within government...and not an issue of competence..

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

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 8, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com> wrote:

> Hi Ali,
> 
> It appears that this function is handled by the Directorate of eGov through the Shared Services Division.
> 
> http://www.e-government.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=83
> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Muchiri Nyaggah | LEAD FELLOW, CODE4KENYA
> @muchiri
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> 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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