[kictanet] End of Net Neutrality?

Mon Dec 18 10:34:58 EAT 2017

We need to have one unified ict body than many multiples grouping. That's
why there are no common stand
On Dec 18, 2017 9:06 AM, "Bernard Kioko via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> CS Mucheru,
>
> Thank you for your reply. I like to think solutions. Bwana CS, I consider
> this statement a good challenge to the industry
>
> “As it stands, what position has the industry given to us policy makers?”
>
> We shall reach out to your office for some assistance in getting organized
> as an industry. I request that you assist us then, to the best of your
> ability.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Bernard Kioko
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 at 13:45, Joseph Mucheru via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Wow! Such bitterness...
>>
>> I have pronounced myself on various occasions on Net Neutrality. It's
>> unfair to say we in MOICT ignore this topic. As it stands, what position
>> has the industry given to us policy makers?
>>
>> As regards the policy, it is at Cabinet awaiting approval alongside other
>> bills and policies.
>>
>> It will be interesting to know how we at MOICT are playing around with
>> your livelihoods as well..
>>
>> JM
>>
>>
>> On 15 Dec 2017 09:04, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Bernard
>>
>> The answer depends on who you ask.
>>
>> 1. KITOS
>> 2. TESPOK
>> 3. ICTAK ( That of the ICT Practitioners Bill shame)
>> 4. KICTANET
>> 5. KEPSA
>>
>> At this point your guess is as good as mine. Which brings me to the
>> question why this case maybe. Why we don’t have an association that can
>> engage Government meaningfully. We, all of us, have ourselves to blame.
>> Each of us is so focused in their own little cocoons and speak with no
>> single voice that the Mandarins and Apparatchiks at MOICT can and will
>> continue to play around with our livelihoods.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>> *Principal*
>> *Hussein & Associates*
>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113>
>>
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
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>>
>> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a
>> habit."  ~ Aristotle
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 15 Dec 2017, at 7:24 AM, Bernard Kioko <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Ali.
>>
>> Reading your response has got me wondering, as an industry which
>> organization/association do we use to lobby ?
>> On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 at 07:19, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Bernard
>>>
>>> We in Africa first need to acknowledge Net Neutrality as a concept.
>>> Today ONLY one country in Africa (Senegal) has even attempted to enact
>>> policy and regulation around it. We have ways to go.
>>>
>>> Kenya, with all our advances have turned a blind eye to it. We need to
>>> wake up. This list has consistently for the last 5 years talked about the
>>> need to address this issue from a policy and regulatory framework.
>>>
>>> We have been met with utter silence. The first time this issue was
>>> mentioned was in the defunct/dead as a dodo/aborted ICT Policy 2016. And we
>>> know (or rather don’t know!) what happened to that document.
>>>
>>> My take?
>>>
>>> The free for all, do what you want and we (regulator and policy makers)
>>> will just watch helplessly coz after all Net Neutrality is a foreign
>>> concept. We don’t understand it. And neither are we bothered. Let the
>>> Googles, Facebooks and Netflixes of this world fight it out with their FCC.
>>>
>>> It doesn’t affect us..
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>> *Principal*
>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113>
>>>
>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>
>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>
>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>
>>> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but
>>> a habit."  ~ Aristotle
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On 15 Dec 2017, at 6:30 AM, Bernard Kioko via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-
>>> repeal-explainer/index.html
>>>
>>> Interested to see thoughts on how this affects Kenya. I am thinking
>>> maybe hosting locally could avoid this, which would mean growth for local...
>>>
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