[kictanet] CCK PUSHES LOCAL FIRMS TO HOST WEBSITES LOCALLY

[Kivuva]

Well I wish to throw my weight on this debate.

CCK's motive might be noble, but their approach, and the people making this
unilateral calls might not be very informed. All of us would love our
content to be hosted locally, makes sense in terms of pricing - No
international data transit costs, creates employment, and we get to host
all content in the region. But local content has no bearing on cyber-crime.
Its ridiculous if not funny.

What CCK should advocate, promote, and push for, is an enabling
environment, an environment where Ali Hussein can setup a server firm to
rival IBM cloud computing, Rackspace, or 1&1 Internet. This we have
preached on this list countless times. And we all know what needs to be
done, cheap affordable energy (forget about green energy, the west preaches
to us about it but does not practice it - and we've auctioned all our coal
to the Chinese in exchange of solar panels), affordable and reliable real
broadband connectivity, government subsidies in the industry, e.t.c. This
sounds like the Konza dream.



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On 27 November 2013 13:52, Judy M. Muli <judym.muli at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ali,
>
> that's strongly strongly put. you are passionate indeed!. (had to check
> synonyms for rudimentary)
>
> Regards,
> Judy
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
>>  Listers
>>
>> The Communications Commission of Kenya has proposed a licensing condition
>> that may compel Internet service providers (ISPs) to bring websites hosted
>> offshore back to the country in the fight against cyber crime...
>>
>>
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/CCK-pushes-firms-to-host-websites-locally-in-new-rules/-/539550/2089412/-/15ly5o1z/-/index.html
>>
>> I sincerely hope that the DG was somehow misquoted on this story. Whilst
>> its a good idea to host sites locally this in no way stops cybercrime or
>> mitigates it. Infact with the rudimentary security infrastructure most
>> providers have I will be loath to host any site locally leave alone an
>> Ecommerce one locally.
>>
>> Can government please focus on legislation and regulation instead of
>> butting into my business and telling me where I should host my website??
>>
>> 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
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