[kictanet] Safaricom may face sanctions over network outage

Tue Apr 25 15:24:55 EAT 2017

I had a look at it last year. Once, I find it I will share it here.

On Apr 25, 2017 13:19, "Dorcas Muthoni" <dmuthoni at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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