Dear All,<br><br>Just to clarify that indeed the Telecommunication Service Providers through one of her members Internet Solutions Sponsored the Internet for Kenya IGF and East African IGF. They also chaired a couple of sessions. I suppose the questions may have been targeted to specific service providers who didn't have representatives hence the confusion, i recall a similar question being posed about KeNIC which was actually a key sponsor of the two events, i suppose in future we may want to allow the service providers to run some videos on what they do. For more information on Tespok please visit their website <a href="http://www.tespok.co.ke">www.tespok.co.ke</a>., KeNIC <a href="http://www.kenic.or.ke">www.kenic.or.ke</a>.<br>
<br>Best Regards<br><br>Best Regards<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:24 AM, WANGARI KABIRU <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wangarikabiru@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">wangarikabiru@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font:inherit" valign="top"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,127)" size="3"><span style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">Happy Sunday!<br>
<br>First
things first is a Question to the Kenya IGF and EAIGF conveners for the
year 2012; Why were Kenyan Internet Service Providers and related providers not at the local IGFs.<br><br>a) Were they invited to the IGFs<br><br>b) Did they decline the invite to the IGFs<br><br>c) Did they stay silent <br>
<br>d) Is there another platform that addresses the forum issues which the Service Providers take part in<br><br><br>I raised this question at the Forum and to date we have no satisfactory response.<br><br></span></font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,127)" size="3"><span style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">Considering that the regulators and Government through CCK, the
Ministry of Information and Communications, e-government took the time
to be there (every day), is it that the Forum(s) is not of value to
Service Providers? <br><br></span></font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,127)" size="3"><span style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">The Service Providers are at present a (the) major 'governor" to internet and internet governance in Kenya.<br>
<br>We are dealing with issues of children access, and in Kenya's current situation cyber crime, terrorism, cyber wars all driven through the internet -� a major threat to peace as we get into the election period.<br>
<br>The Post office cannot be delivering smelly rotten eggs into your postal box and not be made� accountable for blindly receiving the courier parcel in the first place!<br><br></span></font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,127)" size="3"><span style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif">As a stakeholders Forum, this was truly a glaring missing link.<br>
<br>Addressing this concern will enable ISOC KE as the convener of subsequent IGFs to know how to
suitably engage with Service Providers among other players.</span></font><br><font style="color:rgb(0,0,127)" size="3"><span style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif"><br>Have a pleasant day.<br><br>Regards/Wangari<br>
</span></font><br>---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)">Pray God Bless. 2012Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)">"Heaven moves into the world through thespirit of those who are willing to serve".</span></font><br>
<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 20/7/12, Grace Githaiga <i><<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">
<br>From: Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>><br>Subject: [ISOC_KE] How Safaricom Steals Your Internet Bundle<br>To: "<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>,
<a href="mailto:isoc@orion.my.co.ke" target="_blank">isoc@orion.my.co.ke</a><br>Date: Friday, 20 July, 2012, 23:29<br><br><div>
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<div><br></div><div><p style="line-height:22px;text-align:left;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1.57143em;font-family:Georgia,Times,serif">99% of Kenya�s�<a rel="nofollow" href="http://cck.go.ke/news/2012/Mobile_Subscribers.html" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(35,97,161)" target="_blank">6.5m</a>�internet users access it via mobile, of which Safaricom owns 77% marketshare.</p>
<p style="line-height:22px;text-align:left;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1.57143em;font-family:Georgia,Times,serif">In Kenya, when you buy a 1.5Gb internet bundle from Safaricom you pay 1000ksh (~$12). You�ve paid for the data, and there is no additional cost to Safaricom if you were to use that data today or a year from now. The whole concept of data bundle expiry is ridiculous, as noted by Safaricom CEO Bob
Collymore when he visited the iHub:</p><p style="line-height:22px;text-align:left;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1.57143em;font-family:Georgia,Times,serif"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">�When you go into a petrol station and fill up your car, does the owner of the petrol station tell you to bring it back on Wednesday to take back what�s left in the vehicle? Of course not. So I ask, why the hell are we doing that?�</span></p>
<p style="line-height:22px;text-align:left;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1.57143em;font-family:Georgia,Times,serif"><br></p><p style="line-height:22px;text-align:left;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-size:14px;margin-bottom:1.57143em;font-family:Georgia,Times,serif">
Read on</p></div><div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://whiteafrican.com/2012/07/18/how-safaricom-steals-your-internet-bundle/" target="_blank">http://whiteafrican.com/2012/07/18/how-safaricom-steals-your-internet-bundle/</a>
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