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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