[kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSION DAY 1 - INTERNET SHUTDOWNS

Tue Jun 27 17:08:23 EAT 2017

Hello,

I attended the National Election Conference which was hosted by IEBC
earlier this month. Dr. Wangusi was a panelist in one of the sessions and I
asked him to assure Kenyans that there would be no censorship or
interruption of communication on the day of elections. He stated that there
would be no such interruption. He also stated that election results would
be transmitted on a VPN which would see that they do not touch on the
bandwidth we would use on the day.

I hope this helps in the discussions.

Deborah

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Grace Mutung'u via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Looking at election shutdowns in Africa last year, governments
> (incumbents) gave the rationale that it was to maintain public
> order/national security. If you consider the problem from this point of
> view, there is a high probability of a shutdown, at least a partial one in
> Kenya.
> Is a shutdown the right way to maintain public order? No
> I would hope that the government can come out and clearly allay these
> fears about a looming shutdown.
>
>
> 2017-06-27 14:46 GMT+03:00 Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
>
>> Did I hear manual backup?
>>
>> On 27 Jun 2017 2:00 p.m., "Walubengo J via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> @Alex,
>>>
>>> I am tempted to para-phrase your question.
>>>
>>> Is the motive to compromise election results transmission systems
>>> sufficient to occasion an internet shutdown?
>>>
>>> But then again, you can compromise the backend database servers (not
>>> necessarily internet) and achieve the same results (no electronic results
>>> transmission)
>>>
>>> I dont have the answers, but hey, we have only 40days to find out and we
>>> can wait ;-)
>>>
>>> walu.
>>>
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>>> *From:* Watila Alex via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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>>> *Cc:* Watila Alex <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>; rojino at cuck.ac.ke
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 27, 2017 1:38 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSION DAY 1 - INTERNET
>>> SHUTDOWNS
>>>
>>> Good afternoon,
>>> If there is a shutdown, will the transmission of election results be
>>> affected?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
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>>> *Subject:* [kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSION DAY 1 - INTERNET
>>> SHUTDOWNS
>>>
>>> Greetings Listers,
>>> Hope you are psyched up for today’s discussion on Internet Shutdowns
>>> especially during the election period. With such shutdowns, mobile
>>> communications, popular social networks among other forms of communication
>>> can be halted effectively crippling information exchange across the nation.
>>> It is our desire that you share your aspirations, expectations,
>>> experience and suggestions with regard to Internet shutdowns:
>>> a) Is there a real fear of this happening in Kenya?
>>> b) Is there any legal basis if any (laws) that can legitimize such
>>> shutdowns?
>>> c) What are the implications on the electoral process?
>>> d) What options do the public have to access the Internet if shutdown
>>> happens?
>>> Looking forward to your active participation.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Ronald Ojino
>>>
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