<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>Like clockwork...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><p>"<i>According to Mr Charamba, the new ministry is a protective ministry
which is meant to protect the nation from cyber threats posed by the
abuse of social media. By social media they mean WhatsApp mostly. So it
turns out all the memes and jokes were right, Chinamasa is now the
national WhatsApp admin.</i></p><i>
</i><p><i>Charamba referenced to the panic buying incident were a few messages
on WhatsApp were enough to cause havoc in the nation. He said the
president is convinced that those messages were sent out by political
enemies seeking to destabilise the country. It was with that episode in
mind that the new ministry was created. The government is now fully
aware of the power of social media, especially WhatsApp.</i>"</p><p><a href="http://www.techzim.co.zw/2017/10/the-government-confirms-cyber-security-ministry-is-focused-on-social-media/">http://www.techzim.co.zw/2017/10/the-government-confirms-cyber-security-ministry-is-focused-on-social-media/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.zambianobserver.com/whatsapp-group-require-registration-in-zim/">http://www.zambianobserver.com/whatsapp-group-require-registration-in-zim/</a> <br></p></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 10, 2017 14:15, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail-m_2552080058927669002quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Interesting developements, let us see how the ministry operates.<br>
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On 10/10/17, anyega jefferson via kictanet<br>
<div class="gmail-m_2552080058927669002elided-text"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br>
> Not sure if its warranted, but interesting that a country determined that<br>
> cyber security requires an entire Ministry.<br>
> <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/southern-africa/2017/10/10/zimbabwes-mugabe-creates-cyber-ministry-cabinet-reshuffle/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cnbcafrica.com/new<wbr>s/southern-africa/2017/10/10/<wbr>zimbabwes-mugabe-creates-cyber<wbr>-ministry-cabinet-reshuffle/</a><br>
><br>
> Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe moved Patrick Chinamasa from the finance<br>
> ministry on Monday to lead a new cyber security ministry that will focus on<br>
> crimes on social media and other websites ahead of an election due next<br>
> year.<br>
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> --<br>
> Anyega M Jefferson<br>
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> <a href="mailto:jeffersonanyega@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffersonanyega@gmail.com</a><br>
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> 0703824326<br>
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> Start where you are,use what you have and do what you can.<br>
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