[kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance

Tue Jan 15 02:26:18 EAT 2013

Hi Christopher,

Thanks for the report.

Why are your reports set in standard-issue government style? The typography
is awful: sans font, 12pt or larger, which makes continuous reading quite
difficult, especially online; the tables with vertical lines; inconsistent
bibliography styles; and so on. Almost every serious rule of effective
communication in print is violated here.

It's one thing to find this sort of thing from the Central Bank (or some
other equally staid part of government) but one would expect you guys to
put out reports that have a passing acquaintance with the canons of
effective communication in print: with Tufte (
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi) or Bringhurst (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Typographic_Style) or
Butterick (http://www.typographyforlawyers.com/?page_id=1300) or, indeed,
with the sort of thing you can pick up by reading a LATEX manual.

For excellent recent government typography, the reports of New Zealand's
Waitangi tribunal stand out, and I've attached one of them to this email. I'm
sorry to pick on you --- and I have a spare copy of Bringhurst, if you'd
like one -- but I read the report; my eyes bled; and it occurred to me that
there was no real reason for you not to do better than this.

Regards,

Daniel Waweru,
26 Hai Phen,
Bodoni,
Caissa Superiore,
Republic of San Serriffe

On 11 January 2013 16:33, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:

>  Grace/Listers,****
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> Unless I am wrong,  the report that you are referring to is available on
> our website at http://www.cck.go.ke/about/downloads/Transition_2007.pdf **
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> Initially, the simulcast period was envisaged to end in June 2012. However
> due to delays in the deployment of signal distribution infrastructure and
> unavailability of set top boxes in adequate quantities in the local market,
> the simulcast period was extended to December 31st, 2012. ****
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> Best regards,****
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> *Christopher Wambua*
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> *Manager/Communications*
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> *Consumer and Public Affairs Division *
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> *Communications Commission of Kenya*
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> *P.O. Box 14448, NAIROBI 00800*
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> *From:* kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=
> cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Grace Githaiga
> *Sent:* Friday, January 11, 2013 3:17 PM
> *To:* Wambua, Christopher
> *Cc:* kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance****
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> Henry****
>
> No, I do not have the plan. However,  I remember reading about the end of
> the simulcast period either in the first report done by the committee
> appointed to look into the matter, or there must have been some information
> in the press advertised by the digital migration secretariat. Further, the
> report had talked of how the frequencies would be handled. There was
> clearly a plan in place. Maybe CCK could share it. ****
>
> Rgds****
>
> GG****
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> > From: henry at article19.org
> > To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
> > CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > Subject: RE: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
> > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:07:57 +0000
> >
> > Grace
> >
> > Thanks. Do you have a copy of the plan. Does it make clear which
> frequencies are going to be set aside for TV and radio (public, private and
> community), security, aviation? Please share.
> >
> > HENRY O. MAINA
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> > ________________________________________
> > From: Grace Githaiga [ggithaiga at hotmail.com]
> > Sent: 11 January 2013 02:53 PM
> > To: Henry Maina
> > Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > Subject: RE: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
> >
> > Thanks Henry.
> >
> > I thought the simulcast period is over? Cant quite remember but there
> was a plan that had been released and CCK may have been following it
> considering the switch off was meant to happen last year.
> >
> > Rgds
> > GG
> >
> > From: henry at article19.org
> > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:26:16 +0000
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
> > CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
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> > D****
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