[kictanet] Article on ICTs in Uganda

[David Otwoma]

Good Morning Rigia,

Thank you very much for your email.

I was only able to read the abstract. One striking conclusion of it is "this
paper documents that the Ugandan government has employed ICTs in oppressive
ways, including for the surveillance of opposition leaders, and for social
control."

Have you read "Mindf*ck"
https://www.amazon.com/Mindf-Cambridge-Analytica-Break-America/dp/1984854631

Thos last two observation i.e. surveillance and social control can take.
Most of the surveillance relies on data we ourselves share e.g. in
Facebook, twitter etc. but what is frightening is the targeting of profiled
subjects with certain messages to twist their mindsets and act as we
witnessed for example in our 2013 and 2017 elections. How we view the other
gender! Our balkanising those not sharing our culture, language etc.  The
foregoing can happen in Uganda, USA, you name the place.

Hope to be able to receive your full paper.

Seasons greetings with best wishes for 2020.

David

--
--
David Otwoma, PhD
Chief Scientist,
National Commission for Science Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI)
Utalii House, P.O Box 30623-00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Safcom tel: +254 722 141771,
Orange tel: +254 (0)20 2346915,
email: otwooma at gmail.com & otwoma at uonbi.ac.ke
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000614284149
http://www.nacosti.go.ke
&
Chairman,
Eastern Africa Association for Radiation Protection,
http://www.eaarp.org/







On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:01 PM Warigia Bowman via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Please take a look at my latest article. Special thanks to Bob Lyazi. All
> opinions are my own.
>
> Bowman, Warigia M. (2019)"Technological Distribution in Uganda:
> Information and Communications Technology and the State in an Eastern
> African Nation,"*Review of Policy Research*, Vol. 36 (6):835-865
> https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12358
>
> Thanks. Rigia
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet
> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/
>
> Unsubscribe or change your options at
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otwomad%40gmail.com
>
> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20191212/837d5727/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Photo on 2 at 23.55.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 218129 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20191212/837d5727/attachment.jpg>