<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the share Mercy . <div><br></div><div>Ali you raise some important questions . </div><div>In the science of citizen engagement , there needs to be a way to close the "<b>Feedback loop</b>" . </div><div>I daresay that there needs to be a way of gathering feedback from stakeholders on the final document even after it has been launched . That way there is a continuous adjustment of the law <i>pari passu</i> with the environment in which t operates . </div><div>A fixed deadline doesn't cut it <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send kictanet mailing list submissions to<br>
<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
<br>
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>
<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>
<a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-request@lists.<wbr>kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
<br>
You can reach the person managing the list at<br>
<a href="mailto:kictanet-owner@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-owner@lists.kictanet.<wbr>or.ke</a><br>
<br>
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>
than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..."<br>
<br>Today's Topics:<br>
<br>
1. Re: It?s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer Anyway. -<br>
The New York Times (kanini mutemi)<br>
2. Re: Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA (Ali Hussein)<br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: kanini mutemi <<a href="mailto:kaninimutemi@gmail.com">kaninimutemi@gmail.com</a>><br>To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:42:31 +0300<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] It’s Not Their Pop Idol, but a Bot. Fans Cheer Anyway. - The New York Times<br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">See also Sophie Bot- Kenya's own AI. <br><br><a href="https://www.afidep.org/?p=6239" target="_blank">https://www.afidep.org/?p=6239</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 6:59 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>Welcome to the Brave New World of Artificial Intelligence in the Celeb World.. </div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">In January, Christina Ausset, a 24-year-old </span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/m/maroon_5/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Maroon 5." class="m_6385303645912995557m_513251905363980673meta-org" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank">Maroon 5</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">fan in France, spotted an enticing Twitter post from another of the band’s followers: “I just had a conversation with Maroon 5! Awesome!”</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The interaction, it turned out, had been conducted on</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/facebook-inc?inline=nyt-org" title="More information about Facebook Inc." class="m_6385303645912995557m_513251905363980673meta-org" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Messenger with</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span><a href="https://www.messenger.com/t/maroon5" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank">Maroon 5’s chatbot</a><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> — an automated program designed to respond to basic commands. Not exactly a conversation with Adam Levine, Ms. Ausset noted, but it didn’t matter. She now happily talks to the bot, too.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Read on:-</span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/media/its-not-their-pop-idol-but-a-bot-fans-cheer-anyway.html?WT.mc_id=SmartBriefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=smartbriefsnl&_r=0" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0<wbr>4/03/business/media/its-not-th<wbr>eir-pop-idol-but-a-bot-fans-ch<wbr>eer-anyway.html?WT.mc_id=Smart<wbr>Briefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=<wbr>click&ad-keywords=smartbriefsn<wbr>l&_r=0</a></div><div><br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.c<wbr>om/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
kictanet mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m<wbr>ailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>
Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTA<wbr>Net/</a><br>
<br>
Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kaninimutemi%40gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m<wbr>ailman/options/kictanet/kanini<wbr>mutemi%40gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br>
<br>
KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="m_6385303645912995557gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi, Advocate</b>. <br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>><br>To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:54:58 +0300<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Guidelines for Network Redundancy- CA<br><div dir="auto"><div>Kanini</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for sharing. The issue of public participation continues to dog us. What is construed as Public Participation? </div><div><br></div><div>1. An Ad in the papers announcing a deadline for participation? </div><div>2. What period is ideally right for public participation?</div><div>3. What is the feedback mechanism to the public to ensure that there is communication on the effects of the participation into the final document?</div><div><br></div><div>Until we resolve these fundamental issues government agencies will be making a mockery of this issue.<br><br><div><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.<wbr>com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On 5 Apr 2017, at 9:38 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">FYI. See the guidelines attached. <br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Deadline for public consultations is 9th April, 2017. (Should public consultation have a deadline?)<br clear="all"></div><br>-- <br><div class="m_-8688179852504263592gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi, Advocate</b>. <br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><Network Redundancy Resilience and Diversity Guidelines 2017.pdf></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a></span><br><span>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>KICTANet/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40campusciti.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/<wbr>mailman/options/kictanet/info%<wbr>40campusciti.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.</span><br><span></span><br><span>KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.</span></div></blockquote></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
kictanet mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Kind Regards , </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Matt </div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span><font color="#888888">------------------------------<br>This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are subject to applicable privilege and contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this e-mail message is addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or e-mail and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you.<br></font></span></div><div><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div></div></div></span></div><div><br></div><div>"It is not positions that honour men, but rather men who honour positions"- Machiavelli <br><br></div></div></div>
</div></div></div>