[kictanet] CCK PUSHES LOCAL FIRMS TO HOST WEBSITES LOCALLY

Thu Nov 28 10:25:58 EAT 2013

@Liko, @Eng Karuiki,

Recall that this local hosting/ cyber security is not my ideal position. Just a consensus understanding  I picked from my long online argument on the same with Sammy B. 

But maybe we can use the defamation example. If I defamed someone on a blog hosted locally, it is easier  to enforce a pull-down order from a local court as oppsed to if the content sits abroad and physically under a different jurisdiction.

Enforcement is therfore easier because one can walk up to the server room and make arrests if the techies decline to implement an order.

This realization in itself will increase self-regulation at User,Content Provider and Operator levels.

my 2pings.

walu.

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On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 8:12 PM AST (Arabian) Agosta Liko wrote:

>Walu
>
>How does local hosting does give local enforcement (police, prosecution,
>judiciary) some teeth ?
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>On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> @WhiteAfrican,
>>
>> I do get your message.  But your language might be considered too strong
>> by @BlackAfrican standard and folks may take offense. Check Ali's post on
>> the same - same message, different words :-)
>>
>> That said, I think the King @CCK has been caught "naked".    Maybe the
>> planned regulation is to make ALL GOVERNMENT data local (which is within
>> the government/regulatory scope to make the call). Or maybe he was
>> misquoted, or maybe I might be trying to hard to do the PR job for CCK...
>>
>> @Wambua, you have off late gone completely underground?
>>
>> walu.
>> nb: the benefit of local hosting within the context of cybersecurity was
>> argued on a 1-on-1 between me and Sammy B and we came to some consensus :-
>> that local hosting does give local enforcement (police, prosecution,
>> judiciary) some teeth...and by extension this in itself can act as
>> deterrent against would-be cybercriminals.
>>
>> I however dont think that this should  lead to a decree that everyone MUST
>> host locally because then I will have to give up my jwalu at yahoo.com mail
>> account to avoid hosting my mails abroad :-)
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Wed, 11/27/13, Erik Hersman <erik at zungu.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Subject: Re: [kictanet] CCK PUSHES LOCAL FIRMS TO HOST WEBSITES LOCALLY
>>  To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>>  Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>  Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 4:41 PM
>>
>>  This is the kind of
>>  stupidity that makes you wonder if the people dealing with
>>  the internet regulations and policy at CCK even know what
>>  the internet is.
>>
>>
>>  --
>>  Erik Hersman
>>
>>  Ushahidi | iHub | BRCK at WhiteAfrican
>>
>>  On Nov 27, 2013, at 8:12 AM, Rad!
>>  <conradakunga at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>  Absolutely absurd if this is in
>>  fact true.
>>  How does hosting sites locally mitigated against
>>  cybercrime?
>>
>>  What business does anyone have dictating to me
>>  where i can and can't host my websites?
>>
>>
>>  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
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