<p>True about Egypt, but that was to extend the Govts iron-grasp on the populace. Is there any country in Africa with as much civil liberty as Kenya? Let us not look the gift horse in the mouth...</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 19, 2013 4:44 PM, "meshack emakunat" <<a href="mailto:memakunat@yahoo.com">memakunat@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Just for thought Egypt shut down internet during the Arab uprising in 2011.<br>
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On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 5:21 AM PDT Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) wrote:<br>
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>Brian,<br>
>I agree with you that the insanity on social media has gone beyond<br>
>mere expression or opinion. The gloves are so off. There are too many<br>
>instances where people are commenting without regard for the rights<br>
>and reputations of others. It is as if the various camps have brought<br>
>out their best propaganda machinery...and it keeps getting nastier as<br>
>the election/ petition proceeds. And the intolerance! Why on earth do<br>
>we have to abuse someone for their opinion? Didn't our foreparents<br>
>fight so hard for plurality?<br>
><br>
>On agenda four, maybe we missed the bus at the truth and<br>
>reconciliation stop. But all is not lost and it is just wrong for<br>
>people to keep stirring ethnic/sectarian emotions in the name of<br>
>communal anger. Haven't we always been angry? Why is the anger more<br>
>urgent now?<br>
><br>
>Action should be taken towards those inciting others. I agree with<br>
>Macharia Gaitho, someone needs to stop this social media violence!<br>
><br>
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>2013/3/19 Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>> Emmanuel,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for setting me straight, this is clear evidence of the ignorance I<br>
>> alluded to as I began my previous post :)<br>
>><br>
>> On a more serious note and once again, thank you so much for bringing this<br>
>> out, Agenda Four is a very critical part of our Nationhood. As you have<br>
>> pointed out, the media might seem to have lost focus, forgotten or ignored<br>
>> it's importance.<br>
>><br>
>> But on issues of such grave importance as the Agenda Four - couldn't it also<br>
>> be argued that all stakeholders have failed in their roles?<br>
>><br>
>> The two principals<br>
>> International Civil Society<br>
>> Local Civil Society<br>
>> Various relevant organs of Government<br>
>> Legal Fraternity<br>
>> Media Houses<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Brian<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <<a href="mailto:oloo.khisa@googlemail.com">oloo.khisa@googlemail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Brian,<br>
>><br>
>> I did not refer to blackout on politicians.<br>
>><br>
>> The media has been failing in their role as interrogators of the deeper<br>
>> issues of Agenda four...Please note the following as regards the national<br>
>> accord:<br>
>><br>
>> The National Accord<br>
>><br>
>> The two parties agreed to tackle four main agenda items to end the<br>
>> political crisis and address its underlying causes.<br>
>><br>
>> Agenda Item 1: Immediate Action to Stop Violence and Restore Fundamental<br>
>> Rights.<br>
>> Agenda Item 2: Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis, and Promoting Healing<br>
>> and Reconciliation.<br>
>> Agenda Item 3: How to Overcome the Political Crisis (power sharing).<br>
>> Agenda Item 4: Tackling Long-term Issues.<br>
>><br>
>> Agenda four addresses the long standing issues of Land, Equity and other<br>
>> causative factors of ethnic violence ( PEV included). This does not screem<br>
>> any politician's name, it simply means this so called Mantra of PEACE has<br>
>> been used to cloud our collective psychie as a country. The problem with<br>
>> this is that today you think Kenya is peaceful just because we are able to<br>
>> drive around Nairobi and go for our nyama choma sessions in Naivasha or<br>
>> Kajiado...what we forget is that so far we have no report on the Tana River<br>
>> Violence, Baragoi Massacre, Garrisa and NE province violence, simmering<br>
>> conflicts in Kwale and the entire coast...We are all glued to our TVs very<br>
>> ready to embrace "PEACE" while conviniently avoiding the topics listed as<br>
>> grievances...<br>
>><br>
>> So Mr. Munyao, it is very critical that we begin to not use the<br>
>> responsibility of Cyber use as a pannacea for all the ills facing the<br>
>> country for ventilating we must late people ventilate..and the institutions<br>
>> charged with these responsibilities must use the tones and trends of<br>
>> discussion online to map out issues that need addressing...and The MEDIA<br>
>> must be key here....The Agenda Four items will not address themselve and yet<br>
>> it is these issues..longstanding that will slow down the currently raging<br>
>> tribal sentiments on the internet.<br>
>><br>
>> My thoughts,<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com">blongwe@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Please excuse my ignorance but in responding to Emmanuel's input I don't<br>
>>> see the relationship between media's black out on politicians and the<br>
>>> insanity on social media.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Let's put this in context - the media blackout affects a select few - the<br>
>>> political elite who are looking for a platform to push their own personal<br>
>>> and political agendas. The blackout has to a certain extent protected<br>
>>> Kenyans from their inflammatory statements.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On the other hand, the social media activity involves hundreds, if not<br>
>>> thousands of individuals who are expressing their personal opinions (as<br>
>>> negative and unsavoury as those might be). I place emphasis here on<br>
>>> *expressing their opinion*. The fact that they are using social media as one<br>
>>> of the channels where their opinion gets aired is simply that, a matter of<br>
>>> fact. I am sure that they express the same opinion in their homes, over<br>
>>> their phones, in their hair salons, bars, classrooms, gyms etc...This is<br>
>>> because the opinion belongs to them.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Let us not be naive and try to separate the opinion from the individual<br>
>>> behind it. That to me, is the more important issue. A tribal tirade on<br>
>>> social media is indicative of a tribal opinion held by an individual with<br>
>>> tribal beliefs. Solve the basic problem of promoting Kenyanness, unity and a<br>
>>> non-tribal outlook and I believe that strides begin to be made towards<br>
>>> solving the problem.<br>
>>><br>
>>> My two cents,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Brian<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca">eadera@idrc.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> John F. Kennedy - “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will<br>
>>> make violent revolution inevitable”<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> From: Emmanuel Khisa [mailto:<a href="mailto:oloo.khisa@googlemail.com">oloo.khisa@googlemail.com</a>]<br>
>>> Sent: March 19, 2013 9:50 AM<br>
>>> To: Edith Adera<br>
>>> Cc: <a href="mailto:oloo.khisa@gmail.com">oloo.khisa@gmail.com</a>; KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum; KICTAnet ICT<br>
>>> Policy Discussions<br>
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cyber Cop<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> +1,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Indeed cyber responsiblilty is not a standalone initiative...cyber<br>
>>> exists as a channel for expressing the societal views and does not therefore<br>
>>> exist on its on...<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> The day we realise that gagging the traditional media does not work in<br>
>>> the 21st century internet age we will start making steps to tackle the<br>
>>> difficult issues the SOUL of the country is struggling with.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> We can make noise about responsible internet use but for as long as the<br>
>>> media blacks out channels of communications, blogsphere will remain the only<br>
>>> media of expression for the populace...<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> IMHO we are a country that is quick to bury its head in the sand and now<br>
>>> we are left with a simmering problem on Agenda 4 which remain unattended to<br>
>>> and which is awaiting an opportune time to explode..<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Regard<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca">eadera@idrc.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Bwana Ndemo,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> As I reflected on your unenviable job as a “cyber cop” (watching you on<br>
>>> The Trend last Friday) and stumbled on this article by Gaitho entitled “The<br>
>>> demented postings on social media must stop before blood flows”<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/-/446672/1723754/-/ee6vonz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/-/446672/1723754/-/ee6vonz/-/index.html</a> it<br>
>>> occurred to me that we probably need something deeper, while we must address<br>
>>> the madness online.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> You’re on record here advocating for policy/decision-making based on<br>
>>> empirical/research evidence. I recall your spirited campaign about the<br>
>>> Cancer Bill that MPs excitedly passed without the benefit of scientific<br>
>>> evidence as to “the actual cause of cancers in Kenya”. You argued that you<br>
>>> wished they did not get excited about addressing the symptoms of the<br>
>>> problem, but the root cause.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> As you crack down on cyber haters (to address the symptoms of the<br>
>>> problem), could we also ask ourselves a couple of questions (listers, feel<br>
>>> free to add more questions) to get to the ROOT CAUSE of this ANGER:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> *why are people so angry?<br>
>>><br>
>>> *is this anger only in cyberspace?<br>
>>><br>
>>> *If not, to what extent is it a reflection of simmering (unexpressed)<br>
>>> anger on the ground?<br>
>>><br>
>>> *what are the implications of unexpressed anger?<br>
>>><br>
>>> *why are people comfortable to express such deep anger online and not<br>
>>> offline? What are they afraid of?<br>
>>><br>
>>> *How can long-lasting co-existence be achieved, once and for all?<br>
>>><br>
>>> * etc etc etc<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Someone has work to do as we try to address the short-term symptoms – is<br>
>>> it the academic community? or pollsters can have a post-election job to do?<br>
>>> I don’t know, but the RROT CAUSE, we must find including the solutions.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Reflective Edith<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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