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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">@Walu<BR><BR>I think you got it wrong here...read your article again.<BR></DIV></DIV>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><A href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">Walubengo J</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">11/27/2013 7:48 PM</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><A href="mailto:roykoikai@gmail.com">Paul Roy</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Re: [kictanet] CCK PUSHES LOCAL FIRMS TO HOST WEBSITES LOCALLY</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>@WhiteAfrican,<BR><BR>I do get your message. But your language might be considered too strong by @BlackAfrican standard and folks may take offense. Check Ali's post on the same - same message, different words :-) <BR><BR>That said, I think the King @CCK has been caught "naked". Maybe the planned regulation is to make ALL GOVERNMENT data local (which is within the government/regulatory scope to make the call). Or maybe he was misquoted, or maybe I might be trying to hard to do the PR job for CCK... <BR><BR>@Wambua, you have off late gone completely underground? <BR><BR>walu.<BR>nb: the benefit of local hosting within the context of cybersecurity was argued on a 1-on-1 between me and Sammy B and we came to some consensus :- that local hosting does give local enforcement (police, prosecution, judiciary) some teeth...and by extension this in itself can act as deterrent against would-be cybercriminals.<BR><BR>I however dont think that this should lead to a decree that everyone MUST host locally because then I will have to give up my jwalu@yahoo.com mail account to avoid hosting my mails abroad :-)<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>On Wed, 11/27/13, Erik Hersman <erik@zungu.com> wrote:<BR><BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] CCK PUSHES LOCAL FIRMS TO HOST WEBSITES LOCALLY<BR>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<BR>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 4:41 PM<BR><BR>This is the kind of<BR>stupidity that makes you wonder if the people dealing with<BR>the internet regulations and policy at CCK even know what<BR>the internet is. <BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Erik Hersman<BR><BR>Ushahidi | iHub | BRCK@WhiteAfrican<BR><BR>On Nov 27, 2013, at 8:12 AM, Rad!<BR><conradakunga@gmail.com><BR>wrote:<BR>Absolutely absurd if this is in<BR>fact true.<BR>How does hosting sites locally mitigated against<BR>cybercrime?<BR><BR>What business does anyone have dictating to me<BR>where i can and can't host my websites?<BR><BR><BR>On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at<BR>6:35 AM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke><BR>wrote:<BR><BR>Listers<BR><BR>The Communications<BR>Commission of Kenya has proposed a licensing condition that<BR>may compel Internet service providers (ISPs) to bring<BR>websites hosted offshore back to the country in the fight<BR>against cyber crime...<BR><BR>http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/CCK-pushes-firms-to-host-websites-locally-in-new-rules/-/539550/2089412/-/15ly5o1z/-/index.html<BR><BR>I sincerely hope that the DG was<BR>somehow misquoted on this story. Whilst its a good idea to<BR>host sites locally this in no way stops cybercrime or<BR>mitigates it. Infact with the rudimentary security<BR>infrastructure most providers have I will be loath to host<BR>any site locally leave alone an Ecommerce one<BR>locally.<BR><BR>Can government please focus on<BR>legislation and regulation instead of butting into my<BR>business and telling me where I should host my website??<BR> <BR><BR>Ali Hussein<BR><BR>+254 0770 906375 / 0713<BR>601113<BR>"I fear the day technology will<BR>surpass human interaction. 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