<div dir="ltr"><div><div>To add,<br><br></div>Technology platforms simply exponse gaps in Policy. It is upon the Citizenry through legislative Institutions to decide whether they want to fix the gaps or not. When mpesa (which i am yet to resist ) started there was no legal framework to support it. It was allowed to thrive based on Public Interest.<br><br></div>Regards<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Ali,<br><br></div>Are you suggesting that we blame the printing press for propaganda and mwakenya's? , the answer is no, people are always the problem, technology is just a medium. History is never complete without tells of people who solved puzzles and cracked codes to secure victory over their competitors. As Frenchman Jean Baptise Alphonse Karr The more things change the more they remain the same (plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose :-))<br><h3 class="m_1593788107515076670gmail-western" align="center"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span>
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<h3><span class="m_1593788107515076670gmail-mw-headline" id="m_1593788107515076670gmail-Proverb"></span></h3><p><strong class="m_1593788107515076670gmail-Latn m_1593788107515076670gmail-headword" lang="fr"><br></strong></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:01 AM, 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></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>An interesting article from the economist. </div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:italic;text-align:center;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Facebook, Google and Twitter were supposed to save politics as good information drove out prejudice and falsehood. Something has gone very wrong</span></div><div style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:italic;text-align:center;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:italic;text-align:center;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Read on:-</span></div><div><br><a href="https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21730871-facebook-google-and-twitter-were-supposed-save-politics-good-information-drove-out" target="_blank">https://www.economist.com/news<wbr>/leaders/21730871-facebook-<wbr>google-and-twitter-were-<wbr>supposed-save-politics-good-<wbr>information-drove-out</a></div><div><br></div>What are your thoughts from a local perspective? <div><br></div><div>After one of the most highly contentious electioneering periods in Kenya’s history some hard questions need to be asked. <br><br>1. Is Ezekiel Mutua after all a visionary in his assertions about Social Media? </div><div>2. Have we allowed ourselves to be further divided by these platforms instead of using them to bring us closer together?</div><div>3, Have we allowed politicians and other influencers to literally take our freedoms to do what’s right?</div><div>4, Shouldn’t the whole world - State and Non-State Players - have taken Internet Governance (especially the Third Party Liability conversation) more seriously?</div><div>5. Is it too late to redeem ourselves?</div><div><br></div><div>These and more are important issues to ponder.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards </div><div><br><div id="m_1593788107515076670m_34418599325560986AppleMailSignature"><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"><a href="tel:0713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a> </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></div><br></div></div><span class="">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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