<div dir="auto">If short of budget and cant afford expensive vendor solutions.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Please consider open source tools for video conferencing like;</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- JITSI video conferencing tools.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- OBS Project live video and voice streaming tool. Needs a streaming server and you are good to go.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">- Apps like Signal or Telegram for individual voice and video could come in handy.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1 and 2 will need your ICT team to setup and once its done, decent bandwidth connectivity should be enough to remotely run meetings.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Embrace the power of free open source software.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Noah</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 20:09 Walubengo J via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">@Senator,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Am sure the vendors on this list may already have hit you with so many emails ;-)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">But what I can say is that there are many remote-working, collaborative solutions and some of the common ones include Zoom, WebEx, Teams, Skype4Business, etc. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The list is endless. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">HOWEVER, you probably need to ensure that whichever solution you select can be integrated into the overall VPN (virtual private network) framework for Senate or Parliament as a whole. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">So that brings up the discussion of which VPN solution to get (IF parliament doesn't already have one at the moment).</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">It may also be useful to cross-check with parliament ICT division for such details.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Otherwise its great to see your ICT committee is proactive and thinking ahead in terms of how to stay active and productive - despite the current circumstances.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">walu.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div>
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<div><div id="m_4006271722607304441m_4598264548949399578ydp9012a83cyiv1074099522"><div><div>Dear Listers, <div><br clear="none"></div><div>I trust you are all well and keeping safe. The senate is resuming its sessions next week on Tuesday and I am not certain what if any, the Parliamentary Service Commission has put in place for our physical attendance. We will of course attend and do what we have to do but.....</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>As ICT Comitee leadership, I am grappling with a few questions which I will throw at you for brainstorm and perhaps solutions. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I have been asking myself aloud if it is/not possible to have legislative sessions that meet remotely?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>What secure commercial software and teleconferencing tools can we use for our legislative and oversight work.? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If we worked on and made the necessary amendments to our standing orders to allow for a remote Senate, would anyone of your companies be willing to help run a pilot of this for us? What goes into such a plot? costs and other? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Your ideas, are most welcome. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Kind regards, </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Senator Abshiro. </div></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 14:22 Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Interesting feedback teacher Karis and Ali,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I also got some feedback from local ISP's that are trying to ensure they provide quality services. While at that @ Teacher Karis, you raised the issue of training, could this issue be attributed to network misconfiguration or simply inadequate bandwidth?, i hope our friends from Safaricom will weigh in as well to share the challenges they are facing in the spirit of right of reply.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Regards<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:28 AM Kelvin Kariuki via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">This is very true Barrack, <div>I have been teaching a live online class on a Huawei Certification in the past week</div><div>using Zoom and some of my students, who are on different parts of the country, </div><div>have really had issues keeping up because of poor internet connections and </div><div>regular disconnections. Thank God Zoom has a feature to record the classes </div><div>but for sure this is something that we need to look into. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>PS: All my students are using Safaricom as Huawei Kenya offered them with </div><div>credit cards to buy internet bundles in order to be able to learn online. The training</div><div>I'm doing is Huawei Certified ICT Associate (Routing & Switching)</div></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:14 AM Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Barrack</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">You got that right. Both Safaricom and Zuku have been intermittent over the past few days. Let's not even start with Kenya Power...</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Ali
Hussein</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br clear="none"></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2" style="background-color:inherit">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br clear="none"></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">
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<span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 1:07 PM Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>It seems the quality of our Infrastructure is taking a hit as more people are working from home. Talking to friends from different corners of the countries across different Networks, there seems to be a challenge. I hope the Communications Authority is paying attention. The Internet and Infrastructure service providers should not just focus on free Internet and double speeds, quality of the connection is critical.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Barrack O. Otieno<br clear="none">+254721325277<br clear="none">+254733206359<br clear="none">Skype: barrack.otieno<br clear="none">PGP ID: 0x2611D86A<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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