<div dir="ltr">Good memories of that team (Mutahi Kagwe, Bitange Ndemo, etc) which made it all happen. <br><div><br></div><div>The Mucheru team..Ndemo led blockchain task force (recommendations) MAY be even more revolutionary in fighting graft.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Blockchain-technology-can-help-Kenya-win-graft-war-/1056-5210942-jwa63n/index.html">https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Blockchain-technology-can-help-Kenya-win-graft-war-/1056-5210942-jwa63n/index.html</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Trust more details will be published @ <a href="http://icta.go.ke/">http://icta.go.ke/</a> but some critical issues must be addressed. </div><div><br></div><div>(i) Our data protection act must require all sensitive data belonging to Kenyans, reside in Kenya - but with allowances for backup (copies) outside Kenya. </div><div><br></div><div>Foreign firms need to keep our data local, even if they already have it backed up in their nations. </div><div><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/indian-govt-likely-to-cave-in-on-data-localisation-stance-after-pressure-from-us/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/indian-govt-likely-to-cave-in-on-data-localisation-stance-after-pressure-from-us/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>With fraud in the energy & water sectors being addressed, we are on the right track to more affordably & safely keep data local.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(ii) Edge computing = more local data centres are needed for 5G networks (vision 2030) - IoT, Blockchain, etc</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.networkcomputing.com/networking/how-edge-computing-will-strengthen-5g-and-vice-versa">https://www.networkcomputing.com/networking/how-edge-computing-will-strengthen-5g-and-vice-versa</a></div><div><br></div><div>That is all.</div><div><br></div><div>Skype: s.m.muraya</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 11:35 AM Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(93,93,93);font-size:1.1em;font-family:georgia,"itc century w01 light";line-height:2">...The journey to that phone call had begun at an insurance industry dinner two years earlier, in early 2006, at the Panari Hotel in Nairobi. Then, Mr Kagwe was the guest of honour.</p></div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(93,93,93);font-size:1.1em;font-family:georgia,"itc century w01 light";line-height:2">After his speech, a journalist had asked him to state the one thing he hoped to achieve at the ICT ministry. He told the journalist that he wanted Kenyans to communicate easily and cheaply with the world.</p><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(93,93,93);font-size:1.1em;font-family:georgia,"itc century w01 light";line-height:2"><b>At the time it cost Sh35 per minute to make a phone call within the Safaricom network during peak hours and up to Sh50 per minute to other networks.</b></p></div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(93,93,93);font-size:1.1em;font-family:georgia,"itc century w01 light";line-height:2">These high costs made Kenyans wait until off-peak hours to make cheaper calls, which often clogged the Safaricom network in the evening, rendering it impossible for anyone to get through.</p></div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(93,93,93);font-size:1.1em;font-family:georgia,"itc century w01 light";line-height:2"><b>This state of affairs led then Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph to accuse Kenyans of peculiar calling habits, </b>causing a PR crisis for the company. Internet connections, on the other hand, were a nightmare.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.6px;color:rgb(93,93,93);font-size:1.1em;font-family:georgia,"itc century w01 light";line-height:2">Read more on: <a href="https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kibaki-s-letter-that-delivered-broadband-internet/1056-5254036-otjimhz/index.html" style="font-family:colfaxregular,"avantgardegothicitcw01b 731069","nimbus sans tw01",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" target="_blank">https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kibaki-s-letter-that-delivered-broadband-internet/1056-5254036-otjimhz/index.html</a></p></div></div>
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Grace Githaiga<br>
Co-Convenor, Kenya ICT Action Network</div><br></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>SMM</div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:13px;color:rgb(0,19,32);font-family:Trebuchet,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><span style="line-height:20px"><font size="1"><b>"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32</b></font></span><span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(253,254,255)"><br></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>