[kictanet] Have we failed the nation yet again?

Tue Sep 24 12:04:58 EAT 2013

Like "Robert Kiyosaki" rightly put it..."do not waste a good mistake...learn
from it"...our gallant forces have done us proud despite the fact that they
were ill equipped. In all this sadness, confusion and anger, let us simply
say NEVER AGAIN!!

Kind regards,
Edwin 

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   1. Re: Have we failed the nation yet again? (James Kagwe)
   2. Re: Have we failed the nation yet again? (Matunda Nyanchama)

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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:26:28 +0300
From: James Kagwe <kagwejg at gmail.com>
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Hi all,

My condolences to all affected by this tragedy.
I think we should not beat ourselves so hard because we made quite a
significant contribution if we could think about it critically. ICT was used
in various areas including the following;

  * Social media to communicate and provide updates as well as
    admonishing media when they practiced irresponsible journalism.
  * Mobile telephony  also came in very hardy with victims calling and
    indicating their location assisting in rescue operations
  * Mobile money came in very hardy in making contributions for the
    victims which is now more that 40Million and counting.
  * Mainstream media was used to give updates as well as mobilizing
    citizens to make blood donations.

All the above was possible because there were ICT professionals working in
the background. I guess we are not just interested in making contribution
for the public to see but just like the hummingbird we made significant
contribution albeit in the background.

Regarding security in  our shopping malls I think a lot of focus has been on
securing the shoppers entry points but little is done at the back office
supplies entry points. There is a possibility that the weapons were
delivered from these points disguised as goods or materials. It is possible
for such to be done by innocent transport companies unknowingly even without
the intervention of the Shabaabs. All they need to do is hire a transporter
to deliver weapons disguised as partition materials or shop stocks.

regards,
James

On 9/24/2013 9:02 AM, ICT Researcher wrote:
> Accusatory finger-pointing is an expected reaction from a grieving people.
Perhaps calling upon all religious leaders to hold inter-religious prayers
at Westgate soonest would help condole the affected families and all.
>
>
>
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> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 5:07 PM MSKS Bitange Ndemo wrote:
>
>> Robert,
>> There is absolutely nothing anybody will have done with ICTs after 
>> the terrorists stormed the Mall.  All IT gadgets worked properly.  
>> CCTV footage is there and was aired on TV yesterday.  The screening 
>> askaris had no chance since the assailants forced their way in.
>>
>> Perhaps what we need is more research to mount a camera on a fly 
>> (inzi) with night vision to fly carefully within the terrorist 
>> hideout and establish strategically on how to respond.  Some flies 
>> could be loaded with sleeping gas to put assailants to sleep.  Drones 
>> do scan the horizon giving military advance knowledge of the terrain.
>>
>> Right now we should spend a few minutes to praise our uniformed forces.
>> They did a commendable job.  In bitterness I am still proud to be Kenyan.
>>
>>
>> Ndemo.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As we console all those who where affected by the happenings at the 
>>> Westgate Mall over the weekend do we remain blameless as an industry?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 01:51:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com>
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Friends
?
Methinks ICT could really, really help in such a situation as happened in
Westgate Mall, specifically with respect to preparedness. I am not privy to
tools our intelligence and security organizations are using so this is not
passing judgement. That said, for intelligence gathering, analysis,
investigation, etc. ICT can really help.
?
Example: if we have a suspect and the person's phone number, we can do a
whole lot with this: trace relationships from call data and how tightly
coupled? (some tools measure the volume of calls between entities as a
measure of this) ?those relationships are. We can monitor, from the same
data, their call locations and roaming habits. And each call they make could
be a point of investigation perhaps leading to other suspects. Such
information can be used to disrupt their networks and activities. 
?
Almost all public facilities have CCTV data. One asks whether anyone ever
reviews this information for anything suspicious. My guess is this: the
killers must have been at the mall some time earlier in a reconnaissance
mission where they possibly mapped the place as part of their?plan
of?attack. CCTV images, I believe could potentially show such suspicious
activity despite the volume of people that frequent the mall. (BTW: many
malls use such images to thwart pilfering and shoplifting; they could flag
unusual activity as well if those that manage the service know what to look
for.) ?
There?is more: how much does the security for the mall share with state
agencies such as the police/CID, NSIS, etc.? The need for seamless
integration of information sharing, analysis and action is extremely
pertinent. And I think ICT tools, applications and infrastructure can be
core to? this as part of preparedness.
?
After the post election violence a commission suggested better use of ICT to
gather, collate, analyze and act on information. I am not sure that the
security agencies went out there seeking/designing a coherent plan that
could avail information for their strategic decision-making. What seems to
have taken centre-stage is CCTV, which is only a component of a continuum
.... 
?
ICT can enable security agencies deploy their services more effectively and
efficiently. Take urban and rural crime, the nature of those crimes?and
solutions thereof. It is possible that the kind of tactics you engage in
either of those scenarios would be different. By gathering information and
using that information appropriately one can be more particular/precise with
an attach plan.
?
As we mourn the dead, let's try and learn from that experience and how we
could have done better. The crime may be in our failure to learn from this
experience for better action/response tomorrow.
?
Shukrani.
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