Mwende, thank you for the synthesis too.<br><br>For the "silent" participants, let us wait and see, on 19th?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/13 Walubengo J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanx Mburu<br>
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But dont forget - this was a Collabo - infact my co-moderator, Mwende did quite a big chunk of the Synthesis...<br>
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walu.<br>
nb: Those who were "silent" participants during the eDiscussions will have a chance to "shout" during the face-2-face discussion next week Wed 19th at Jacaranda hotel.<br>
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--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Solomon Mburu <<a href="mailto:solo.mburu@gmail.com">solo.mburu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: Solomon Mburu <<a href="mailto:solo.mburu@gmail.com">solo.mburu@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 2nd Internet Governance Online Discussion Report<br>
> To: "Walubengo J" <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 4:14 PM<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> Dear Walu,<br>
><br>
> I should commend your effort in consolidating our comments<br>
> during the Online Discussion Forum.<br>
><br>
> My comments, as I had addressed, were well captured.<br>
><br>
> Keep it up!<br>
><br>
><br>
> 2009/8/11 Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Apologies, had send this earlier with the "wrong<br>
> title" -guess I am not good at night-running on the web<br>
> like Nyaki...<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Nway, Attached is the online discussion report on Internet<br>
> Governance issues. Listers should confirm that their views<br>
> were correctly captured before we meet in the upcoming .KE<br>
> Internet Governance meeting.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> walu<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> �������Executive Summary Starts�������<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> KICTANet commissioned the 2nd online discussion on Internet<br>
> Governance, aiming to continue raising awareness of the<br>
> global Internet Governance issues while reviewing<br>
> corresponding country positions based on new developments.<br>
> Specifically, discussions were centered around<br>
> Infrastructure & Content Issues (Undersea Cable, ccTLDs,<br>
> IXPs, IPv6), Cyber-Security (Consumer and Data Privacy,<br>
> National Security Strategies) and<br>
><br>
><br>
> Socio-economic issues (ePayment Platforms).<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The anticipated landing of several undersea cables on the<br>
> East African Coast raised discussions on the impact (or lack<br>
> of) these would have on Access, Affordability, Content and<br>
> Quality of the Internet Service. It was felt that reliable<br>
> and affordable last-mile (Local-Loop) solutions would need<br>
> to be provisioned in order to realise affordable Internet<br>
> Services. The current mobile (3G) service was welcome but<br>
> not sufficient to<br>
><br>
><br>
> drive down the costs as much as Fiber-To-The Homes (FTTH)<br>
> and Fixed Wireless technologies would. In other words,<br>
> International Bandwidth prices may drop but expensive last<br>
> mile solutions would continue to justify high costs of<br>
> Internet services � even with competition at both the<br>
> local and international market layers.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> With regard to the Quality (Broadband) Issues, participants<br>
> felt that Quality of the Services was subjective and an<br>
> aspect of User expectations and Usage patterns. However,<br>
> members agreed that Broadband Service was a factor of BOTH<br>
> Reliability and Affordability. Providing reliable but<br>
> expensive (exclusive) services would therefore fail the test<br>
> of Broadband services. Furthermore, it was noted that most<br>
> Service Providers<br>
><br>
><br>
> gave poor contention-ratios on their uplinks to the<br>
> Internet leading to highly degraded Internet services.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The discussion on the management of the Country Code<br>
> Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) was one-sided with most<br>
> participants registering their reservation about the new law<br>
> that required all second-level domain registrars to be<br>
> licensed. This issue continues to remain cloudy particularly<br>
> because the Regulator is yet to publish the regulatory<br>
> details of how a split dot.KE registry would be managed as<br>
> well as the criterion for applying, approving<br>
><br>
><br>
> and revoking licenses.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> With respect to IPv6 some participants felt that it was not<br>
> important while others warned that it was a threat in terms<br>
> of missing opportunities that the next generation internet<br>
> presents. The role of the Internet eXchange Point (IXP) was<br>
> widely acknowledged and the Government departments<br>
> challenged to move content online in order to enhance and<br>
> optimise the use of the Kenyan IXP.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> With regard to Security, it was noted that the provisions<br>
> of KCA (amendment) Act, 2009 represented the primary<br>
> threats, an indication that the government recognized cyber<br>
> security related issues. However, a culture of cybersecurity<br>
> could be established through management tools such as data<br>
> classification, security awareness training, risk assessment<br>
> and risk analysis. These tools would facilitate the<br>
> identification of threats, classification of assets and<br>
> rating of assets vulnerabilities in order to implement<br>
> effective security controls. In addition Users should be<br>
> encouraged to develop a culture of reading terms and<br>
> conditions websites � particularly eCommerce based sites.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Participants indicated that privacy and security on the<br>
> internet was usually not a concern until a user encountered<br>
> an infringement. Resolution to violation to right of privacy<br>
> and security was limited by the fact that most citizens do<br>
> not have the time or money to start legal proceedings.<br>
> �Social re-engineering� was proposed as the best method<br>
> to overcome<br>
><br>
><br>
> these challenges.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The determination of the level of cybersecurity<br>
> preparedness was emphasized given that the availability of<br>
> high capacity and quality international bandwidth delivered<br>
> by submarine cable would increase the vulnerability of<br>
> services and networks in the country. It was proposed that<br>
> the level of cybersecurity preparedness could be determined<br>
> with use of the ITU National Cybersecurity/critical<br>
> information infrastructure protection (CIIP)<br>
><br>
><br>
> Self-Assessment Tool. Additionally, participants supported<br>
> the establishment of the national CERT using the public<br>
> private partnership (PPP) model.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Participants noted that the national and regional Internet<br>
> Governance Forums were an indication of the success of the<br>
> IGF in providing an inclusive governance process.<br>
> Participants supported the continuation of the IGF as it was<br>
> based on a multi-stakeholder processes and provided a<br>
> globally unique environment for a constructive and open<br>
> exchange of ideas.<br>
><br>
><br>
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> will graze all the same way to the side of a hill!<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Solomon Mburu<br>P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi<br>Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041<br><br>Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill!<br>
<br>AND<br><br>It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity! <br><br><br>Sent from Nairobi, Kenya<br>