<div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,<br><br></div>In case you might not have heard, there has been a very serious security breach that has occurred in Mpeketoni, Lamu that has so far claimed close to 50 persons.<br><br><div><div>The details on this are here <br>
<a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/news/mpeketoni-Lamu-gunfire-al-shabaab-terrorism/-/1056/2349860/-/yf5qvgz/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/news/mpeketoni-Lamu-gunfire-al-shabaab-terrorism/-/1056/2349860/-/yf5qvgz/-/index.html</a><br>
<br></div><div>To put this into context, Mpeketoni is the largest town, bar Lamu, between the Somali Border and Malindi and the center of commercial activity in the region.<br><br>So, as much as a lot of us might not know it, the fact that Al-Shabbab could drive trucks full of fighters into such a town and commit these crimes and then leave should send all the security-bells that we have ringing.<br>
<br></div><div>This is exactly how Boko Haram started in Nigeria and we are seeing it played out here right infront of us.<br><br></div><div>I think its time that we spoke as the local ICT Community and came up with a stand on what in our opinion needs to be done in ICT Terms to secure this nation. <br>
<br>As an example, it would actually be very irresponsible of us to let a few gentlemen to come together and tell us the solution to our current security problems, from an ICT perspective, is a police network deal that largely puts CCTV Cameras in Nairobi & Mombasa, when maybe nothing is being spent to secure our porous borders as well as actual on-the-ground intelligence collection.<br>
<br></div><div>We could send this as a proposal to the powers that be as well as the parliamentary ICT Committee and hope, nay, push, until something gets done. The way I see this working is, we draft a document, brief and simple with what our recommendations are, then Listers can comment on it. If largely agreeable, we send it to the powers that be.<br>
<br></div><div>Let me now what your thoughts are, and we could see what we can do about this.<br><br></div><div>-- <br><div style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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