<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Michuki</div><div><br></div><div>Reading through your email it begs the question who really is responsible for Government IT Services? </div><div><br></div><div>Is there an equivalent of a CTO/CIO who has overall responsibility for all this? Does this come under e-Government Services? </div><div><br></div><div>This requires urgent remedy and a unified strategy for all Government Web properties.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">+254 773/713 601113</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb</span></div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jan 8, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Michuki Mwangi <<a href="mailto:michuki@swiftkenya.com">michuki@swiftkenya.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi Walu, et al,</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Probably worth taking a moment to give oversight on what is going on in</span><br><span>view of the article in the media today;</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Public-agencies-off-Internet-as-undersea-cable-is-repaired/-/539550/1659978/-/llc49t/-/index.html">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Public-agencies-off-Internet-as-undersea-cable-is-repaired/-/539550/1659978/-/llc49t/-/index.html</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>The reason KRA is online is because they are connected to the KIXP and</span><br><span>their services are hosted locally.</span><br><span></span><br><span>From my checks the following websites are hosted locally and hence</span><br><span>should be operating normally despite the cable cuts. Am able to access</span><br><span>the sites in under 70ms.</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.ict.go.ke">www.ict.go.ke</a> (Kenyaweb)</span><br><span><a href="http://www.transport.go.ke">www.transport.go.ke</a> (Kenyaweb)</span><br><span><a href="http://www.information.go.ke">www.information.go.ke</a> (Kenyaweb)</span><br><span><a href="http://www.treasury.go.ke">www.treasury.go.ke</a> (Telkom Orange)</span><br><span><a href="http://www.immigration.go.ke">www.immigration.go.ke</a> (Telkom Orange)</span><br><span><a href="http://www.centralbank.go.ke">www.centralbank.go.ke</a> (Safaricom)</span><br><span></span><br><span>This two below should be ideally locally accessible but seems there is</span><br><span>routing problem :(. Am informed that this is being worked on.</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.communication.go.ke">www.communication.go.ke</a> - E-Govt/GITS</span><br><span><a href="http://www.health.go.ke">www.health.go.ke</a> - E-Govt/GITS</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>The following are hosted abroad in various European and N.American sites</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://www.tourism.go.ke">www.tourism.go.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke">www.statehousekenya.go.ke</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Now that is just the Website function.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Looking at Email the picture is very different;</span><br><span></span><br><span>@ict.go.ke - (Google Apps - International)</span><br><span>@transport.go.ke - (Xtranet - Local)</span><br><span>@information.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves)</span><br><span>@treasury.go.ke (E-Govt/GITS - Should be local, see above notes)</span><br><span>@immigration.go.ke (E-Govt/GITS - Should be local, see above notes)</span><br><span>@centralbank.go.ke (Safaricom)</span><br><span>@communication.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves) **</span><br><span>@health.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves)</span><br><span>@tourism.go.ke - (E-Govt/GITS - Should be Local see aboves)</span><br><span>@statehousekenya.go.ke - (HopOne Internet Corporation - USA)</span><br><span></span><br><span>** DNS is broken so Email will not work until DNS entries are fixed.</span><br><span></span><br><span>In conclusion 2 out of the 10 domains will be partially affected by the</span><br><span>TEAMS cable repairs. Statehousekenya.go.ke is the only one that may be</span><br><span>fully affected by the TEAMS cable repairs since both website and email</span><br><span>are hosted abroad.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The remaining domains seem to be having local routing issues and once</span><br><span>they are resolved it should be business as usual.</span><br><span></span><br><span>As such, it would be safe to say that for most of Government should be</span><br><span>partially functional. If not, then it is purely a technical issue and</span><br><span>nothing to do with the TEAMs cable.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I have to state that this is not inclusive of all .go.ke domains - but</span><br><span>it is a good indication of where most domains are hosted/located and</span><br><span>their current state.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Michuki.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 1/7/13 12:40 PM, Walubengo J wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sorry @Paul K, @Ndemo and @Kate Gitau to pick on you early in the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>year, but it looks like I cannot reach most of the government site</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(<a href="http://www.xxx.go.ke">www.xxx.go.ke</a>)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I quick ping to the following fails:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.ict.go.ke/">http://www.ict.go.ke/</a> (ICT Board site down)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>or</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.information.go.ke/">http://www.information.go.ke/</a> (Ministry of Info and communication site</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>down).</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Rumour has it that it has something to do with the TEAMs cable</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>undergoing scheduled maintenance. Pliz ?!!??...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>But thank heavens our Money minting machine below has somehow managed to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>stay up :-)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.kra.go.ke/">http://www.kra.go.ke/</a> (Kenya Revenue up)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>even though its parent ministry is down :-(</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.treasury.go.ke/">http://www.treasury.go.ke/</a> (Ministry of FInance down)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ok, could someone remind me why we are the best ICT destination in East</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Africa and the future mother of Silicon Savannah/Konza CIty when we</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>cannot design redundancy within our government networks?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>We have guys on this list who can design redundancy for free - me</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>included. But since it is election time, why cant my good friend Dr.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ndemo just put up an international tender for this work :-) and then I</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>can apply from which Island was it again? -Cayman Island or something?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>walu.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/michuki%40swiftkenya.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/michuki%40swiftkenya.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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