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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>+1 Ali,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Use it or lose it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+jmasiwe=bluegate.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Admin CampusCiti via kictanet<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 03, 2018 4:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> John Masiwe <jmasiwe@bluegate.co.ke><br><b>Cc:</b> Admin CampusCiti <info@campusciti.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] 1 billion to the DCI to fight cyber-crime<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Washington<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nature abhors a vacuum. This list has time and again consistently reminded the CA and the USF to spend the money as it was meant to. Swathes of the country are still without connectivity and we still print out quarterly fiction about connectivity statistics.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On this the President is right. What he is basically saying is that if you can’t find a way to spend the money I will show you how to! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>:-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Ili we funzo kwa the upcoming DG... :-)<o:p></o:p></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Ali Hussein</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Hussein & Associates</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>+254 0713 601113 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Twitter: @AliHKassim<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Skype: abu-jomo<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 3 Feb 2018, at 1:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This 1B for the <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>DCI </span>for "complex" crimes directive is just the beginning!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>With Wangusi OUT (blocked from resuming office despite a court order) and the Fatcats now in control, I can see the whole of the USF account being depleted in no time, and without any part of it going for infrastructure improvement or anything that it was intended for.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I remember a recent media article where the Ministry of ICT had requested CA to fund the presidential inauguration to the tune of KES 25m when there was actually a budget for the inauguration, which the article cited as some of the possible reasons Wangusi is being hounded out of office, because he declined the request despite CA sitting on billions in USF!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Now that such a directive is out, and will possibly be executed with haste, my question is: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1. Does the law allow the president to give directives to CA??<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2. Does the law allow the president (or the Minister) to give directives on where.how the USF should be used?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3. Whom does the law give the mandate to decide on the USF??<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For starters, the independence of the CA is OVER!!!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2 February 2018 at 16:52, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>One billion shillings from Communications Authority universal service fund to be allocated to DCI, to boost fight against cyber-crime, 'and more complex crimes with which today Kenyans must contend.'. - Uhuru at IG Conference.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilCu3Ch1mXk</a><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is this legal? Is this what the fund is for?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>-- </span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#888888'>Regards,</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#888888'>Sidney</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333D47'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Twitter:</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333D47'> <a href="https://twitter.com/princelySid" target="_blank">@princelySid</a> | <b>Web: </b><a href="http://sidneyochieng.co.ke/" target="_blank">sidneyochieng.co.ke</a><br><b>Skype: </b>sidney.ochieng | <b>Github:</b> <a href="https://github.com/princelySid" target="_blank">princelySid</a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333D47'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<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" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/odhiambo%40gmail.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/odhiambo%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. 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