[kictanet] State to partner with Israeli firm to create online database of Kenyans

[S.M. Muraya]

Haha...  Facebook already has much of our "Biometric" Data (which will
always be hacked as all systems are) , so I am less concerned about our
government building such a database.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/07/08/fbi-may-seek-facebook-data-for-facial-recognition

They key is tracing/dealing with whoever hacks or leaks our data.

It is crazy to trust foreigners with such work, with travel advisories
scaring expert/expats away plus Africans not being too welcome outside
Africa,  with our Ebola and all :)
On Aug 18, 2014 9:46 AM, "Ngigi Waithaka" <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:

> Muraya,
>
> I am actually very very concerned to let our government store *ALL MY*
> biometrics in a digital form.
>
> The problem with Biometrics is that if there is a breach of that database,
> and in our case here, there most likely will be given GoK's lackadaisical
> attitude towards digital security, you cannot tell the user to simply
> *change their passwords* as you are born with your Biometrics and you live
> with them for life.
>
> If the Government needs to store Biometrics, we should lobby they only
> keep the left-hand thumbprint, so if that's stolen, and it will be stolen,
> I have 9 other fingers reserved for our other personal biometric uses.
>
> Fast forward to modern world, Bioemtrics devices are as ubiquitous as
> Keyboards, infact employing a Biometric Systems nowdays even for HR
> purposes is almost a trivial thing to do.
>
> Every operating platform today has a credible biometric engine, just
> waiting for developers to take use them, so why do we have to get a firm to
> implement this for us, while we can very easily do this locally?
>
> The answer, yet again, lies in that Ksh 9B
>
> Rgds
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:28 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The reason we carry out customized developer training is to identify
>> upcoming talent/team players.
>>
>> How many local firms did they interview before deciding to entrust
>> foreigners with such a system..
>>
>> Through the treasury, the concerned Department/Service, could even borrow
>> directly from counties.
>>
>> Some counties may be willing to earn some interest/skills by loaning
>> funds to such projects
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>>
>> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> This is interesting,  why?
>>>
>>> 1. PPPs should be guided by an open and transparent process where GoK
>>> advertises for those with intent to partner to apply.
>>> This didn't happen.
>>>
>>> 2. If there is no competition, how do we ensure we are getting value for
>>> money?
>>>
>>> 3. Whatever happened to building some of these solutions locally. Yet
>>> another 1000 software engineers jobs we have exported to Israel to help
>>> them build more bombs to break up Gaza!
>>>
>>> Waithaka Ngigi
>>>
>>> Alliance Technologies
>>> Nairobi, Kenya
>>>
>>> www.A1.io
>>> On 17 Aug 2014 01:04, "S.M. Muraya via kictanet" <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not sure why we need Israelis to build this database for Kenya. They
>>>> could guide/train us but it is not for non Kenyans to lead its development
>>>> and management.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Online-Database-Technology-Public-Servants-Profile/-/996/2421390/-/svf5fw/-/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Kenyan State to partner with Israeli firm to create online database of
>>>> Kenyans
>>>>
>>>> Note comments made in 2009.....
>>>>
>>>> *Israel Poised To Pass National I.D. Database Law*
>>>>
>>>> By Nathan Jeffay
>>>>
>>>> Published August 12, 2009, issue of August 21, 2009.
>>>>
>>>> HAIFA, ISRAEL — Israel may become the only democratic country to take
>>>> biometric information from all citizens and store it in a database.
>>>>
>>>> The plan, approved by a Knesset committee and set for a final vote in
>>>> the fall, is expected to pass easily, as the largest opposition party and
>>>> the government support the bill. But that apparently won’t prevent outraged
>>>> human rights organizations, academics and grass-roots activists from
>>>> spending the rest of the summer protesting the plan.
>>>>
>>>> Champions of the database say it is crucial for Israel’s security. “The
>>>> danger to the state in the present situation, in which there is no database
>>>> of biometric information, is critical,” according to Kadima lawmaker Meir
>>>> Sheetrit, who drafted the bill.
>>>>
>>>> But opponents say that it actually will jeopardize security. “If such a
>>>> database gets in the hands of a foreign country or terrorist organization,
>>>> they will be able to identify any Israeli anywhere by their fingerprints or
>>>> their picture,” claimed computer security expert Eli Biham, dean of
>>>> computer science at Israel’s leading high-tech research institution, the
>>>> Haifa-based Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
>>>>
>>>> Read more:
>>>> http://forward.com/articles/112033/israel-poised-to-pass-national-id-database-law/#ixzz3AavDDUx5
>>>>
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>
>
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>
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