Just to be sure that we not only won the fight, but also the war, what does the government mean by "other modern means". <div><br></div><div><br>On Wednesday, 4 June 2014, Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p>Dear All,<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Excellent campaign, immediate results: <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenyans--Govt-tender-notice-to-airlift-presidential-speeches/-/1056/2337112/-/phbsig/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenyans--Govt-tender-notice-to-airlift-presidential-speeches/-/1056/2337112/-/phbsig/-/index.html</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">David Kedode<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Program Officer<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Meky Place, Block F-45<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Ngong Road/Ring Rd Kilimani Junction<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">P.O Box 28053-00200, City Square, NAIROBI, Kenya <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Tel. 254-20-2615496, 2300859 Fax. 254-20-3861719; Cell phones: 0715555550, 0770700007<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">E-mail: <a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','hotline@cofek.co.ke');" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">hotline@cofek.co.ke</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Website: <a href="http://www.cofek.co.ke/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.cofek.co.ke</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Facebook: "Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek)" <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Twitter: @ConsumersKenya YouTube: "ConsumersKenya"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#7030a0">13th December 2012</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#7030a0"> - President Kibaki assents to the Consumer Protection Act, 2012 </span><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Read it here: <a href="http://www.cofek.co.ke/Consumers%20Protection%20Act%202012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;font-style:normal">http://www.cofek.co.ke/Consumers%20Protection%20Act%202012.pdf</span></a></span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#7030a0"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>-----Original Message-----<br>From: kictanet [mailto:<a>kictanet-bounces+hotline</a>=<a>cofek.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] On Behalf Of Walubengo J via kictanet<br>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 4:12 PM<br>To: The Consumers Federation of Kenya (Cofek)<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Tender to airlift presidential speeches puzzles kenyans</p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>@Rad!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Wake up. Ofcourse you and I (hassler?) are "past the mentality of thats how it has always been". But believe you me, you would see it differently when you will one day sit on the "greener" side of life :-)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>walu.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>--------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></p><p>On Wed, 6/4/14, Rad! via kictanet <<a><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</span></a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u> <u></u></p><p> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Tender to airlift presidential speeches puzzles kenyans<u></u><u></u></p><p> To: <a><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jwalu@yahoo.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p> Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 3:57 PM<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> But surely<u></u><u></u></p><p> we are past the mentality of "that's how it has always been done".<u></u><u></u></p><p> Given that the bid bond is 500,000,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> and a bid bond is usually a fraction of the budget, how much money are we spending airlifting speeches where a simple PDF attachment to email will suffice? Especially given we are complaining about runaway government spending?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> On Wed,<u></u><u></u></p><p> Jun 4, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Walubengo J <<a><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jwalu@yahoo.com</span></a>><u></u><u></u></p><p>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> Worse still if the US can listen to our Presidents conversation (good to know we are the league of German Prime Minister :-), what is it we are trying to hide in a presidential speech that would be public knowledge before the end of the day :-)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> This question came up in a previous ConnectedKenya summit in Mombasa but was never convincingly answered. But I think the answer is simple. There has been a budget to airlift the presidents speech since independence. What has been changing is not the technology, but who gets (eats?) that budget<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> :-)<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> walu.<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> --------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> On Wed, 6/4/14, Rad! via kictanet<u></u><u></u></p><p> <<a><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</span></a>><u></u><u></u></p><p> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Tender to airlift presidential speeches puzzles kenyans<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> To: <a><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jwalu@yahoo.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 3:36 PM<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> There are plenty of<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> techniques and tools to cryptographically sign and send<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> documents.<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> 3:27 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</span></a>><u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p> <u></u><u></u></p><p>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/hotline%40cofek.co.ke" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/hotline%40cofek.co.ke</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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