<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Adam, that's one of the simple things too. Yes, it takes money and commitment to run a national 999 number, but that's what the NDOC is for. <div><br></div><div>What I'm getting at is there are a lot of simple things that could be done, a lot of low hanging fruit that would make both communications and organization easier in an emergency.</div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Sep 27, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Adam Nelson <<a href="mailto:adam@varud.com">adam@varud.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Wait. Are you saying that if I call 999 somebody will answer and that I can report emergencies to them??? Will they dispatch police and/or ambulances?<div><br></div><div>Everybody I had talked to said that wasn't possible.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Kili.io - OpenStack for Africa: <a href="http://kili.io/" target="_blank">kili.io</a></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Musings:<a href="https://twitter.com/varud" target="_blank"> twitter.com/varud</a></span></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
999 used to be soo effective, but I think death of the telephone booth<br>
did it in.<br>
<br>
But recently I find that 999 to be stable. At least it works on my<br>
Safaricom line<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On 27/09/2013, Adam Nelson <<a href="mailto:adam@varud.com">adam@varud.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Call me crazy but I'd vote for an emergency number to reach the police,<br>
> fire department, and ambulance system over a functioning website. I would<br>
> have thought that at least the members of KICTanet would agree with that<br>
> but based on the other thread, even a phone number seems too much and we<br>
> should leverage 'community' when there's an emergency.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#Africa" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#Africa</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Kili.io - OpenStack for Africa: <a href="http://kili.io/" target="_blank">kili.io</a><br>
</div>> Musings: <a href="http://twitter.com/varud" target="_blank">twitter.com/varud</a> <<a href="https://twitter.com/varud" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/varud</a>><br>
<div class="im">> About Adam: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:24 PM, John Kariuki <<br>
> <a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Eric,Listers.<br>
>> The matter raised is urgent.The ICT Cabinet Secretary could probably take<br>
>> it as a matter of national importance.<br>
>><br>
>> John Kariuki<br>
>><br>
>><br>
</div>>> ------------------------------<br>
>> *From:* Erik Hersman <<a href="mailto:erik@zungu.com">erik@zungu.com</a>><br>
>> *To:* <a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 26 September 2013, 9:23<br>
>> *Subject:* [kictanet] It's the simple things, NDOCKenya<br>
<div class="im">>><br>
>> I realized the other day that the Kenya National Disaster Operations<br>
</div>>> Center (known to us as @NDOCKenya <<a href="https://twitter.com/ndockenya" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ndockenya</a>> on<br>
<div class="im">>> Twitter) doesn't have even a simple website up. If they didn't have a<br>
>> Twitter handle, no one would even know how to reach them or get any<br>
>> updates<br>
>> from them at all. On their Twitter profile they list the following:<br>
>><br>
</div>>> *The Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre manages and coordinates<br>
<div class="im">>> disaster response at a national level. Email <a href="mailto:info@ndockenya.org">info@ndockenya.org</a> Call<br>
</div>>> +254-020-2212386*<br>
>><br>
>> * Nairobi, Kenya *<br>
>><br>
>> *· ** ** <a href="http://nationaldisaster.go.ke/" target="_blank">nationaldisaster.go.ke</a> <<a href="http://t.co/9dWdiHpAbE" target="_blank">http://t.co/9dWdiHpAbE</a>>*<br>
<div class="im">>><br>
>><br>
>> Now, you'll note three things:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
</div>>> 1. The website doesn't work. There is absolutely nothing, it's just a<br>
>> dead page.<br>
>> 2. The email address goes to <a href="http://NDOCKenya.org">NDOCKenya.org</a> <<a href="http://ndockenya.org/" target="_blank">http://ndockenya.org/</a>> -<br>
<div class="im">>> but if you go there, you'll find it's just being hosted at GoDaddy<br>
>> with<br>
>> nothing to show. This raises a bunch of questions, but perhaps the<br>
>> foremost being: Why do they use this as their email address when they<br>
>> own a<br>
>> <a href="http://go.ke/" target="_blank">go.ke</a> domain?<br>
</div>>> 3. A way to reach the *NATIONAL* Disaster Ops Centre is a pretty<br>
<div class="im">>> important thing to have. It's unforgivable that they can't even put up<br>
>> a<br>
>> one-page information website, much less have a site that allows people<br>
>> to<br>
>> know the official places to go, things to do/not do, during a national<br>
>> emergency.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> It's the simple things.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Erik Hersman<br>
>><br>
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>> BRCK<<a href="http://brck.com/" target="_blank">http://brck.com/</a>><br>
>> @WhiteAfrican <<a href="http://twitter.com/whiteafrican" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/whiteafrican</a>><br>
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