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Maybe we should start educating media practitioners on how
e-transactions contribute to transparency in governance, trade and
reduce crime and corruption - without any propaganda (half truths) that
can cause civil war for that matter. The media did a very good job in
pointing out what was wrong with the bill while we focused on what was
right with it. We support both media freedom and regulation and
rejecting the amendment bill was not going to get section 88 deleted
now.<br>
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Our media professionals know best what our politicians are up to. Is it
not better to have e-transactions codified in Kenyan law while waiting
for sanity to prevail?<br>
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<pre wrap="">Throughout the deliberations and of all the critiques about this comm. amendm. bill I have read, I have never come across anybody from this, well, ict sector, point out anything wrong with that bill or how it is dangerous to broadcasting, media freedom, democracy or privacy or freedom of expression. The ict sector is basically commerce driven, and motivated by selfish interests period. Unless it acquits itself of that tag or shows at least some passing interest in public good, I don't see much sense n the prodigious lamentations. And am not defending the press for its failings, which are not few.
Its a matter of which is the fair devil to keep. For me, I would stand firm and preserve the media even with its folllies. Ict didn't help rescue this country from bad governance, corruption and tyranny. The media, or the more resilient sections, did and continue to. I can't see any replacement for it, esp in our current political situation.
David
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From: alice <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alice@apc.org"><alice@apc.org></a>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:47:32
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com"><dmakali@yahoo.com></a>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"><kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke></a>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kibaki signs Bill into law
I agree and for Pete's/Jane's sake could media drop the "media bill"
reference. It is the Kenya Communications (Amendment) bill 2008, which
covers much much more than broadcasting issues. and much more
importantly it finally deals with issues of convergence from a
technological, content, regulatory, as well as economic perspective. it
is important that the communications "sector" adapts to this global
convergence trend/scenario, because it will provide for expansion of
universal access to ICTs, in terms of reducing costs while stimulating
economic and social growth. This can only be done through appropriate
ICT policy and regulatory mechanisms, which the bill provides for.
What we should be focusing on are the challenges that will come with
this dynamic because adaption to convergence is not the end point.
best
alice
p.s. views are personal and not a reflection of any of the
institutions/organisations I am affiliated with.
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<pre wrap="">Great suggestions,
I feel we can support the media but not in-toto.
First, it would be nice of the MoA et. al. to let go of the negative
"Media Bill" campaign and engage constructively with other players.
Secondly, media should consider calling ICT advocacy personalities to
a forum where they can share how ICT issues have successfully been
incorporated without the animosity that is common when advocating for
media issues.
I believe the media needs to feel secure that if their arguments are
valid, they'll have our undivided support....issue by issue.
Wainaina
On 1/4/09, Bill Kagai <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:billkagai@gmail.com"><billkagai@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The 4 fundamentals;
1. When the Media fraternity suggested the bill be rejected in-toto, ICT
sector players felt this was akin to pouring the birth water together with
the baby. Personally I am happy the ICT issues did not go down the drain.
And I think that was what many of us were asking for.
2. The Media has genuine concerns as Haron Ndubi articulated in his legal
opinion on the probibity of the bill. However, the Media completely blacked
out ICT sector concerns during our campaign to have the bill signed. We even
went out of the way to show the remedies to the issues through the
miscelleneous amendment bill as suggested in the very fast legal opinion
whose author requested we keep his/her identity anonymous.
3. ICT players and especially Kictanet ought to prove it's the bigger wo/man
by showing solidarity in the front-line with our cousins in the Media
looking for a way out of the quagmire. We do not have to ignore them simply
because they refused to side with us in our campaign.
4. We are extremely careless in handling crisis. If you are familiar with
Newton's method of factoring variable change and the Monty Hall
Paradox<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_paradox"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_paradox></a>,
then we can analyse the options the President had mathematically.
4a) Sign Bill
4b) Don't Sign Bill
4c) Do nothing and hold Kenyans in suspense.
Each option had a 33% probability of being the 'right' decision. So,
assuming he had not seen the bill earlier since he was not the author and
had decided not to sign the bill following the Media owners petition, was it
wise to change his decision from 'Don't Sign' to 'Sign'??
Monty Hall <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_paradox"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_paradox></a> proves that
changing the decision increases the probability of getting it 'right' to
66.6%. And that is proven by the fact that we [in ICT] feel content and
support ways of also making our brothers in the media achieve 'State of
Nirvana'. This bill will also give the Minister of Finance some head-up
before he dismisses innovations such as M-Pesa without prior knowledge.
Conclusion;
For Makali, Openda, Kaikai and other leading Media personalities who I know
are on this list, why don't you invite ICT stakeholders in to your media
stations to engage Kenyans on what is good and what is bad in the ICT [not
Media] bill so that we can fight together against what we feel is not good??
This has nothing to do with whether the grand coalition will hold or not,
since neither the Right Honourable nor His Excellency drafted this bill. We
did and the buck should stop with us!!!
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Bildad Kagai
MD - MediaCorp Limited
Nairobi Stock Exchange Authorised Information Vendor
Suite B2, Tetu Court, State House Avenue
P. O. Box 20311 - 00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. 254 20 272 8332
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On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:21 PM, alice <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alice@apc.org"><alice@apc.org></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Thank you Wainaina. Happy 2009.
Now that the bill has been signed, what does the ICT industry think about
this whole debate? especially those who have worked for such a long time
with government to introduce legislation for the sector?
best
alice
Happy New Year for ICT development in Kenya.
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<pre wrap="">We can now look at the Media's concerns on the Kenya Communications
Act and support whatever amendments may be justified.
Wainaina
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