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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear colleagues,</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Having followed the debate on the media audit, I'm convinced there is consensus that it's important that we review how the media handled the elections, before, during and after. That is perfectly in order. What's alarming is the insistence that the government should do it, whereas there is an organisation, the Media Council, whose mandate includes checking how the media operates with a view to protect the producers and consumers of news.We've expressed our views as media practitioners about our disdain for a governmental audit and Dr Bitange knows about that. Our suggestion remains, let MCK do the audit, otherwise we'll be accused of creating institutions just to kill them.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But it must be noted vilifying the media won't do when all of us know where the problem lies. It's human to take an easy route out of a crisis. The ministry of Information and Communications must not fall into that trap.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Finally, I associate myself with a view expressed earlier by one contributor, namely, moderation in this discourse.</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">David Aduda</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nation Media Group</FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">kictanet-bounces+daduda=nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke on behalf of bitange@jambo.co.ke</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Reply To:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bitange@jambo.co.ke</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:36 PM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">David Aduda</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cc:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">We are working towards that. We need private sector to push these developments. Government is not good in business. We can only intervene to facilitate especially the small enterprises.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Ndemo</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Sent from my BlackBerry®</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">From: "Eric Osiakwan" <eric@afrispa.org></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:22:38 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">To:bitange@jambo.co.ke</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Cc:KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fibre Optic Cables</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Nothing against all the big guns establishing in Kenya but what about a long term objective </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">of building our own version of Akamai,googles, Limelights etc. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Dont forget the real winners in the knowledge era are those who produce their own not use </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">others. So our long term objective should be to have our own alongside others because it is </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">a free market economy. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Eric here</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">---------- Original Message ----------------------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">From: Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Reply-To: michuki@swiftkenya.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:14:04 +0300</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>bitange@jambo.co.ke wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>> Good news is that Etisalat (our partners in Teams) in conjunction with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>> Akamai are building an Internet Point of Presence (POP) in Fujaira thus</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>> eliminating long distance needs for Internet in this region. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>The long term objective should be to have the likes of Akamai, Limelight </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>and google collocating their nodes in Kenya. This will essentially keep </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>at least 50% of our Internet traffic local.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>Regards,</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Monaco">>Michuki.</FONT>
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