<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Walu,<br><br></div>There is something about "...great minds thinking alike...", so I might have just confirmed that you are one.... :-)<br><br></div>If I remember correctly, after the Westgate Attack a committee headed by Dr Ndemo was setup to look into what needs to be done to avoid another Westgate Type Attack happening.<br>
<br></div>Thereafter, there was total silence from this committee, the next time I heard anything come out of this committee is when they recommended the Secure Network deal with Safaricom.<br><br></div>Naturally, it then leads you to believe that after some "....deep analysis..." what this country needs is a Secure Network as a first step to combating the terrorist threads.<br>
<br>But, and as I think quite a lot of us have said in these forums, that is NOT a solution. Personally I think its probably not even a priority and unfortunately our silence in the ICT community will be taken to mean that we are agreeable that 'more-technology' is what this country needs.<br>
<br></div>Rgds<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Walubengo J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">@Ngigi,<br>
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You seem to have read my tomorrows blog in advance. You must be extra-terrestrial :-).<br>
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Things dont look too good for us. But tragedy should serve to bring us together in order to overcome. I wish there was something "ICT" we could do to get us out of this terrorist mess, but then again I am afraid that technology on its own will not stop that terrorist.<br>
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There is that element of corruption that will defeat every innovation you throw at insecurity...<br>
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walu.<br>
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On Mon, 6/16/14, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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Subject: [kictanet] Security Situation in Kenya<br>
To: <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><br>
Date: Monday, June 16, 2014, 9:46 AM<br>
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Listers,<br>
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In case you might not have heard, there has been a<br>
very serious security breach that has occurred in Mpeketoni,<br>
Lamu that has so far claimed close to 50 persons.<br>
<br>
The details on this are here<br>
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<br>
<a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/mpeketoni-Lamu-gunfire-al-shabaab-terrorism/-/1056/2349860/-/yf5qvgz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/mpeketoni-Lamu-gunfire-al-shabaab-terrorism/-/1056/2349860/-/yf5qvgz/-/index.html</a><br>
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<br>
To put this into context, Mpeketoni is the<br>
largest town, bar Lamu, between the Somali Border and<br>
Malindi and the center of commercial activity in the<br>
region.<br>
<br>
So, as much as a lot of us might not know it, the fact that<br>
Al-Shabbab could drive trucks full of fighters into such a<br>
town and commit these crimes and then leave should send all<br>
the security-bells that we have ringing.<br>
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<br>
<br>
This is exactly how Boko Haram started in Nigeria<br>
and we are seeing it played out here right infront of us.<br>
<br>
I think its time that we spoke as the local ICT<br>
Community and came up with a stand on what in our opinion<br>
needs to be done in ICT Terms to secure this nation.<br>
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<br>
<br>
As an example, it would actually be very irresponsible of us<br>
to let a few gentlemen to come together and tell us the<br>
solution to our current security problems, from an ICT<br>
perspective, is a police network deal that largely puts CCTV<br>
Cameras in Nairobi & Mombasa, when maybe nothing is<br>
being spent to secure our porous borders as well as actual<br>
on-the-ground intelligence collection.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
We could send this as a proposal to the powers<br>
that be as well as the parliamentary ICT Committee and hope,<br>
nay, push, until something gets done. The way I see this<br>
working is, we draft a document, brief and simple with what<br>
our recommendations are, then Listers can comment on it. If<br>
largely agreeable, we send it to the powers that be.<br>
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<br>
Let me now what your thoughts are, and we could<br>
see what we can do about this.<br>
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Waithaka<br>
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