[kictanet] Press Statement By CA on DMS - rev 1.doc

Sat Feb 18 17:46:17 EAT 2017

Sidney,

Be assured that the system will not be misused.  CA will have in and out access to the DMS.  Nobody will have powers to edit the whitelist.  As we indicated earlier, the whitelist will be created from three sources:

  *   New handsets that have been imported into Kenya and declared to KRA
  *   New handsets that have been type approved by CA
  *   IMEI list from GSMA

IMEIs of handsets that have met these criteria, will be captured on the DMS.   When the handset is purchased and switched on, the DMS will transfer the information or data to the whitelist.  Any IMEI in the whitelist cannot be edited out.   CA will use the out access for statistical purposes only.

I hope this clears the air on this matter.

Regards

Wambua

From: Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng at gmail.com<mailto:sidney.ochieng at gmail.com>>
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 1:59 PM
To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
Cc: Christoper Wambua <wambua at ca.go.ke<mailto:wambua at ca.go.ke>>, "CPA at ca.go.ke<mailto:CPA at ca.go.ke>" <CPA at ca.go.ke<mailto:CPA at ca.go.ke>>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Press Statement By CA on DMS - rev 1.doc

Wambua,
It's not that I don't trust the CA, I  don't trust that these devices will not be misused to block phones in certain regions particularly as the elections roll around.
These devices could be used by entities that aren't CA.
I'd like some assurances that this won't happen. One way to do this would be go further in explaining how these devices will be installed, used, who has power to edit this whitelist, how it'll be secured and how quickly it can be altered.

On 18 Feb 2017 12:59, "Wambua, Christopher via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
Listers,

CA has no interested in snooping on your private communication. What would we gain from that!  We are not a law enforcement agency in the strict sense of the word.

The system is a central database containing models of all type approved  (by CA) and genuine mobile devices (GSMA), and handsets imported legally into the Country (KRA) and a blacklist of stolen handsets.

The mobile networks will query this database before providing service in microseconds. Phones and devices  that do not meet the cut will be denied service.

In brief that's how the system works.

In respect to privacy, CA has imposed a licence condition on all service providers to respect the privacy of users as one of the mechanisms of promoting consumer welfare. Listers should therefore rest assured that privacy of services users at the heart of our regulatory work.

Sent from my iPhone

On 18 Feb 2017, at 11:48, Anderson Levi <anderson.levi at gmail.com<mailto:anderson.levi at gmail.com>> wrote:

You can't fool all of the people all of the time.

On 18 Feb 2017 11:10, "Odhiambo Washington via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:

On 17 February 2017 at 14:31, Alwala, Rachel via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
Hello Listers.

Please see the statement from CA regarding the Device Management System that is under deployment. We hope listers shall objectively engage and seek to understand what the regulator is doing in the interest of the public. Media reports on this were misleading, but be rest assured we shall continue to engage all stakeholders so that they can be in full picture.

Regards,

Rachel

Okiya Omtata will save us from this CA mischief.

It's mischief whichever way you look at it.

See, between blacklisting unregistered numbers used on the networks and 'counterfeit' devices, which one is more urgent? Counterfeit devices use SIM cards, but it's the SIM cards that can be registered to citizens and be traced. Why not just ask the MNOs to effect the regulation barring unregistered SIM cards and let Kenyans be? Counterfeits come in through the borders (Port, Airports) where KRA and Police are complicit in 'eating' an letting them pass!

Another thing, CA should have notified Kenyans that this was in the works, and should have been transparent enough to publish its capabilities. It did not. So, the force with which the DG is going about this only reeks of an (quiet) executive order that he and his board can't brush off, especially when it's tagged with 'national security' label.

This device will be used to spy on people, block their devices, block mobile communications the way M7 and others did. Let's sit and watch, but I still hope Omtatah and the Judiciary will save Kenyans.

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Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
"Oh, the cruft."

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