[kictanet] 1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime

Sun Feb 4 00:30:20 EAT 2018

I am of the opinion (sorry, there must be a better word, but the wine in my
head has locked it out from access!) that the problem starts and ends with
the USFAC - Universal Service Fund Advisory Council or whatever that
moribund thing is called. It's been in office since Matiang'i was CS ICT
till now. How many years are those?
This forum has always called for the use of the USF for certain purposes. I
remember Collins Areba once gave out very compelling reasons on where the
USF should come into play. It's several years since and the USFAC have just
been sitting on their laurels.

It is time that AC is disbanded. I hope they don't draw any salaries or
allowances for being in that AC, because if they do, they need to refund
every single enny they've drawn for "doing nothing".

And we must strongly come out and tell Uhuru Kenyatta that the USF is not
subject to his directives. I must say that him having appointed some guy
called Kinoti to be DCI, who owes allegiance to him, does not augur well
with his DIRECTIVE. That is corruption and I am not willing to listen to
"jameni, mnataka nifanye nini?" with my taxes!

USF must be used for what it was conceived for, not for CID Forensics Lab,
which is built by Administration after Administration.

One wishes for the days of Bitange Ndemo's tenure at the ICT Ministry,
because even a fly could raise an issue and Ndemo would engage.

This error or Mucheru where opacity rules is chocking!

The bottom line though is that presidential directives constitute an abuse
of the USF when there is an Advisory Council.

That moribund Advisory Council need to GO, a new one constituted and USF
applied only on improving access to telecommunications for the citizens,
not funding the DCI, which should have a budget, just like the military
have a budget. The DCI have a budget for their operations and it's not
supposed to be drawn from the USF. That is THEFT.

On 3 February 2018 at 16:41, Admin CampusCiti <info at campusciti.com> wrote:

> Washington
>
> Nature abhors a vacuum. This list has time and again consistently reminded
> the CA and the USF to spend the money as it was meant to. Swathes of the
> country are still without connectivity and we still print out quarterly
> fiction about connectivity statistics.
>
> On this the President is right. What he is basically saying is that if you
> can’t find a way to spend the money I will show you how to!
>
> :-)
>
> Ili we funzo kwa the upcoming DG... :-)
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> On 3 Feb 2018, at 1:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> This 1B for the DCI for "complex" crimes directive is just the beginning!
>
> With Wangusi OUT (blocked from resuming office despite a court order) and
> the Fatcats now in control, I can see the whole of the USF account being
> depleted in no time, and without any part of it going for infrastructure
> improvement or anything that it was intended for.
> I remember a recent media article where the Ministry of ICT had requested
> CA to fund the presidential inauguration to the tune of KES 25m when there
> was actually a budget for the inauguration, which the article cited as some
> of the possible reasons Wangusi is being hounded out of office, because he
> declined the request despite CA sitting on billions in USF!
>
> Now that such a directive is out, and will possibly be executed with
> haste, my question is:
>
> 1. Does the law allow the president to give directives to CA??
> 2. Does the law allow the president (or the Minister) to give directives
> on where.how the USF should be used?
> 3. Whom does the law give the mandate to decide on the USF??
>
> For starters, the independence of the CA is OVER!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2 February 2018 at 16:52, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> One billion shillings from Communications Authority universal service
>> fund to be allocated to DCI, to boost fight against cyber-crime, 'and more
>> complex crimes with which today Kenyans must contend.'. - Uhuru at IG
>> Conference.
>> Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk
>> Is this legal? Is this what the fund is for?
>> --
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>> Sidney
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