[kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage

Tue Apr 25 13:19:15 EAT 2017

Do you know where I can find it?  Which organization is mandated to
institutionalize the bill?  I would love to know more.

On Apr 25, 2017 1:15 PM, "Francis Monyango" <monyango93 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a critical infrastructure bill...
>
> On Apr 25, 2017 11:35, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> A Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill is clearly needed.  Safaricom
>> should be one of communication infrastructure institution covered. They are
>> this important over and above the dominance debate.
>>
>> No harm learning from others: - https://www.dhs.gov/critical
>> -infrastructure-sectors
>>
>> In 2011, I wrote a proposal on this to the e-government directorate then.
>> I hope we don't just talk about this outage incident but learn and take
>> some actions.
>>
>> CS Mucheru and PS Victor can pick this up.  Hopefully, full time whistle
>> does not go off before they can table.  All the same,  this needs to be
>> done and must be done.
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2017 10:45 AM, "Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Ali,
>>>
>>> Do you now see the wisdom of declaring Safaricom dominant and at least
>>> getting 2-3 other players with a sizeable market share to spread the risk?
>>>
>>> When Safcom goes down and it will inevitably will at times, the
>>> following happens:
>>> 1. 80% of the country citizens are without communication
>>> 2. 80% of the country's citizens are without access to money & banking
>>> services.
>>> 3. 100% of the police security & communication system is offline.
>>>
>>> We put all our country's eggs in that one basket... and the basket is
>>> bound to drop once in awhile....
>>>
>>> On 25 Apr 2017 9:35 a.m., "Admin CampusCiti via kictanet" <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Listers
>>>>
>>>> This issue continues to have serious ramifications. Yesterday Bob, the
>>>> CEO, made a very impassioned statement on the downtime. I liked the fact
>>>> that he said there's no excuse for such a thing to happen and that they are
>>>> working on restoring full services.
>>>>
>>>> However, I think Bob's statement simply didn't go far enough. We are
>>>> seeing a different Safaricom - one that seems attuned to the customer and
>>>> more open that's why I'm disappointed that Mpesa is still down today
>>>> morning and we have had nothing from Safaricom. A simple use of SMS to
>>>> update us on an hourly basis is not too much to ask.
>>>>
>>>> It's clear that Safaricom is now so embedded in our lives that total
>>>> openness is not only a must it's a Business Continuity Conversation.
>>>>
>>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>> +254 0713 601113 <0713%20601113> / 0770906375 <0770%20906375>
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>>>> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 24 Apr 2017, at 11:18 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage
>>>>
>>>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Safaricom-may-face-s
>>>> anctions-over-network-outage/539546-3902518-15d86gnz/index.html
>>>>
>>>> That one network has this much power over economy is frightening and
>>>> must be addressed. Today has proven that it's not enough that Safaricom
>>>> says they won't misuse their dominance, it's enough that if they fail the
>>>> country slows to a crawl.
>>>>
>>>> Sent on the move, kindly excuse any typos.
>>>>
>>>> Sidney
>>>>
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