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Kenya IGF Online discussions Day 3: Technology and Violence against women
by Barrack Otieno 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Listers, While cyber space has provided secure tools and spaces where women can enjoy their freedom of expression and privacy of communication, the same benefits of anonymity and privacy also extend to those who use them for criminal activities, and use the internet to commit violence against women (http://www.kictanet.or.ke/?page_id=57) The use of cell phones, social networking and micro-blogging sites remain great tools to stay connected. But they are also easy to misuse. For example women have been intimidated, humiliated or even stalked using these tools. Questions 1. How can we strengthen participation of women in areas of internet governance, telecommunications, and cyber crime policy regulation? 2. Do ISPs and Mobile companies have policies on online/virtual violence against women? 3. What actions can be taken to encourage service providers, companies etc to develop corporate user policies and practices in relation to user rights to freedom of expression and privacy, transparency 4. In what ways can various stakeholders contribute to remedies, from a technical/social perspective? The floor is open.. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fw: [ISOC] ANNOUNCEMENT: 2012 Internet Society Board of Trustees Election Results
by Davis Onsakia 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

FYI Regards and many thanks, Davis M Onsakia 'The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.' - Maureen Dowd ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "cover(a)isoc.org" <cover(a)isoc.org> To: isoc-members-announce(a)elists.isoc.org Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 5:49 PM Subject: [ISOC] ANNOUNCEMENT: 2012 Internet Society Board of Trustees Election Results Message from Jason Livingood, Chair of Internet Society Election Committee: On behalf of the Internet Society’s Election Committee, I wish to extend our appreciation and thanks to all of the nominees and final candidates for the Board of Trustees. We are quite honoured to have such well-qualified people so interested in serving the Internet Society! The election results were certified on 24 May 2012 and the challenge period concluded 10 June 2012. The process ran smoothly and the Election Committee does not have any issues or concerns to report. The new Trustees will be seated at the Internet Society Board Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, on 4 August 2012. CHAPTERS In the Chapter membership election, we had three candidates: 1. Gihan Dias 2. Sala Tamanikaiwaimaro 3. Rudi Vansnick 55 out of the 86 Chapters voted, which is a vote participation rate of 63.95%. In the previous election, the vote participation was 79.49%. Rudy Vansnick received the highest number of the votes and has been elected for a three-year term. ORGANISATIONS In the Organisation membership election, we had six candidates: 1. Keith Davidson 2. Marshall Eubanks 3. David Farber 4. Demi Getschko 5. Byron Holland 6. Bevil Wooding 52 of the 109 Organisation Members, or 47.71%, voted. They had the opportunity to vote for up to two candidates, with votes weighted by the class of membership. In the previous election the vote participation was 50.47%, on a group size of 107 organizations. Keith Davidson and David Farber, receiving the largest weighted vote counts, have been elected for three-year terms. INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE (IETF) Using the process documented in RFC 3677, the IAB has re-appointed Eric Burger as the IETF appointee to the ISOC Board. We congratulate all of the new and returning trustees and look forward to working with them soon on the Board of Trustees. We also thank all nominees and final candidates for their participation, as well as ISOC staff for their support of this critical process. Respectfully submitted, Jason Livingood, Chair Alain Aina and Theresa Swinehart, Election Committee Members _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu.

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Kenya IGF Online discussions Day 4: Open Data and e-government
by Barrack Otieno 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Lister's, According to http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=18562122 the idea behind open data is that information held by government should be freely available to use and re-mix by the public. Kenya is among the countries that have embraced open data and e-government, It’s a movement to make non-personal data,: 1. open so that it can be turned into useful applications 2. support transparency and accountability 3. make sharing data between public sector partners more efficient. On the other hand , according to Wikipedia, e-government refers to digital interactions between a government and its Citizens *Questions* 1. What opportunities does the Open data initiative present to the Nation, to what extent have they been exploited? 2. What challenges does the use of open data present and how can they be mitigated? 3. What are the key drivers in the use of Open Data? 4. As a country do we have any form of Licensing that determines the use of Open data? 5. The government has embarked on a number of e-government initiatives, to what extent has the Citizenry embraced e-government? What steps should the country take to ensure the citizens fully embrace e - government? The floor is open Thank you Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [ISOC_KE] isoc Digest, Vol 12, Issue 22
by Charles Oloo 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Kenya IGF Online discussions Day 3: Technology and Violence against women Listers. 1. How can we strengthen participation of women in areas of internet governance, telecommunications, and cyber crime policy regulation? This is a very important Q. Although there are many options to tackle such problems, the best method would be using the same tools to address the problem. Bloging may not be very popular or used by a large proportion of women, but it provides an instant window to combat those using the same for bad purposes. The speed by which information is passed -spread thro blogging, tweeting, FB etc is so fast and quicker that the normal channels and procedures one may use to reports such occurrences. web2fordev] Web 2.0 Learning Opportunities that teach people to use social media tools. If women are empowered with these technologies, they stand a better chance of combating the problem. Charles

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Will .Africa Go the .Asia Way?
by Davis Onsakia 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Dear all, Makes an interesting read - http://www.dnfblog.com/will-africa-go-the-asia-way/ and http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/04/africa-set-for-new-continental-domain-n…. Regards and many thanks, Davis M Onsakia 'The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.' - Maureen Dowd

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Minutes of Saturday's meeting
by Liz Orembo 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Dear colleagues, Kindly find the minutes of the last meeting attached. -- Best regards. Patience is what you admire in the driver behind you, but not in the one ahead.

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Creative Commons visits Kenya!
by Alex Gakuru 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hello, Interested in discovering more about Creative Commons? http://creativecommons.org/- Alternatives to the "can't touch this" default of traditional "all rights reserved" copyright? If you'll be in Nairobi on Friday, 22nd June 2:00-4:00pm Then just grab your free ticket to the iHub CC session: at: http://creativecommonsinkenya.eventbrite.com/ See you on Friday, Help spread the word. thanks Alex

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Re: [ISOC_KE] isoc Digest, Vol 12, Issue 17
by Charles Oloo 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

RE: ISOC-K Strategic Planning Day Workshop Dear All. I just wish to support / elaborate the previous post by Wanagare, which was proposed to be on the 4th July and not June. In the last meeting, 16th June, we came up with working groups to achieve specific goals. These groups are: Training / Outreach Research Fundraising Membership / Volunteering Members with talents/skills in the specified areas are required to come forth and join/provide their contributions / inputs. The input/suggestions will be considered for the strategic plan that we envisage to develop on the 4th July as communicated earlier. In the past weeks we have had many suggestions and ideas from members and they have not been put together in a presentable format. The duration of the monthly meetings has also not been adequate to exhaust all the agenda items as well as formulate documents. It is in this regard that the meeting agreed to set the Strategic Planning Workshop Day. So all your ideas are welcome and please come aboard. Charles

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Kenya IGF on line Discussions Day 2: Intermediary Liability
by Barrack Otieno 17 Jun '12

17 Jun '12

Listers, Internet intermediaries can be looked at as go-betweens, they act between two parties on the Internet enabling the transmission and sharing of information. They allow communication, and provide knowledge and content of all types, from email to entertainment. However, they do not make decisions about the type of content that passes through their facilities. OECD (2010, p. 9) identifies Internet intermediaries to include ‘Internet access and service providers (ISPs), data processing and web hosting providers including domain name registrars, internet search engines and portals, internet payment systems, e-commerce intermediaries and participative networking platforms which include internet publishing and broadcasting platforms that do not themselves create or own content being published or broadcast’. >From a Kenyan perspective, it is important to consider mobile service providers as intermediaries since mobile telephony continues to set the stage for adoption of Internet access even though they are regulated under telecom laws. Intermediary liability arises where governments or private litigants can hold Internet intermediaries liable for unlawful or harmful content created by users of their services. The power and influence of Internet intermediaries, as well as their limitations in enabling communication and facilitating information flows is now attracting more attention in Internet governance discussions. Questions: 1. What are the laws that govern intermediary liability in Kenya? 2. What sort of content would be deemed a liability by intermediaries and therefore justify removal? 3. Has Kenya had instances where intermediaries have been asked to take down content or block services e.g. text messages? 4. Any other concern? The floor is open -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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UN Human Rights Council Rallies On Right To Internet Freedom Of Expression
by Barrack Otieno 16 Jun '12

16 Jun '12

Listers, Some old articles that could be usefull reads. http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/02/29/un-human-rights-council-rallies-on-right… Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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(no subject)
by Amoke Ndege 16 Jun '12

16 Jun '12

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Internet-related public policy issues at ITU (Bulgarian Internet development)
by Barrack Otieno 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

Listers, http://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/bg-itu/ enjoy reading. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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http://www.internetsociety.org/news/clear-correlation-between-local-content-internet-development-and-access-prices
by Barrack Otieno 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

Enjoy reading http://www.internetsociety.org/news/clear-correlation-between-local-content… -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Interactive Voice Response System
by Esther Wanjau 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Dear All, The Directorate of e-Government has developed an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) geared towards providing information about the services provided by the Government to the public. This is departure from the traditional methods of providing this information like through the media (print and electronic), or physical enquiries from where the services are provided. It is a mobile based application where the citizens can get this information. It is a one-stop-shop. The system has been motivated by the high number of citizens (over 65%) with the access to the mobile phones as well as the changing communication channels. Please call 0900007282 from from your phone to get government services. For more information please visit www.e-government.go.ke. Let us have some feedback. Esther Wanjau Directorate of e-Government Presidency & Cabinet Affairs Office email: esther.wanjau(a)kenya.go.ke Public Services Everywhere, All the Time.

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Kenya IGF on line Discussions Day 1: International Telecommunications Regulations (ITR's)
by Barrack Otieno 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Listers, International Telecommunication regulations are general principles related to international telecommunication services and its transport means. The purpose and Scope includes among other things: - Interconnection and interoperability of telecommunication facilities. - Giving precedence for the *Radio Regulations* in case of contradiction. - Allowing, within its framework, mutual agreements between countries. - To set primary rules for accounting and settlements between members. The ITR treaty was adopted in the *World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone* *Conference* (WATTC) held in Melbourne, 1988. It however came into force on July 1 1990, since then no updates have been made to the ITR provisions which leads to the following question: 1. As countries prepare for the World Congress on International Telecommunications to be held in Dubai in December 2012 ( http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/overview.aspx) What should Kenya's priorities be? 2. Should Kenya make its stand as a country or should we bargain through the Africa Telecommunications Union as per Dr. Ndemos proposal during a discussion on the list what are the implications of taking a stand as a country or as a regional block ? The floor is open -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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On line debate Agenda for 2012 Kenya IGF commences tomorrow June 14, 2012
by Barrack Otieno 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com> Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:04 AM Subject: [kictanet] On line debate Agenda for 2012 Kenya IGF commences tomorrow June 14, 2012 To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Good morning Listers The Kenyan IGF debate will commence tomorrow and Barrack Otieno will be taking the lead. All your suggestions have been taken on board and even if they do not appear in the main themes, they will be dealt with in the debate. This is the proposed agenda: * * 1. ITRs, *Thursday June 14, 2012* *2. *Intermediary liability, *Friday June 15, 2012*** 3. Technology and violence against women, *Monday June 18, 2012* 4. Open data/E-government, *Tuesday June 19, 2012**·* *5. *Infrastructure *Wednesday*, *June 20, 2012*** *6. *Data Protection Bill as well as the Freedom of Information Bill, *Thursday June 21, 2012*** 7. Winding up, *Friday June 22, 2012.* * * As always we look forward to a very healthy debate. Rgds GG _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmai… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fwd: [kictanet] ICANN new gTLDs revealed
by Barrack Otieno 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alice Munyua <alice(a)apc.org> Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:27 PM Subject: [kictanet] ICANN new gTLDs revealed To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-120… 1930 applications, after refunds, for new generic top-level domains. 1846 of those are “standard” applications. 84 are designated as “community-based”. Of the 1930, 66 have designated themselves as geographic name applications. 116 applications are Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs, using non-Latin scripts. Just three applicants seek support through ICANN’s Applicant Support Program [that CS fought to get established.] Applications from 60 countries. Using ICANN’s definitions of the world’s regions: 911 applications came from North America. 675 from Europe. 303 applications are from the Asia-Pacific region. 24 are from Latin America and the Caribbean. 17 from Africa. Some domain names have been applied for by more than one applicant. There are 230 domain names for which at least two applications were submitted, involving a total of 751 applications. -- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmai… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [ISOC_KE] [kictanet] On line debate Agenda for 2012 Kenya IGF commences tomorrow June 14, 2012
by Barrack Otieno 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Many thanks GG, looking forwad to interesting discourse as has been in the previous list discussions. Best Regards On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com>wrote: > Good morning Listers > > > The Kenyan IGF debate will commence tomorrow and Barrack Otieno will be > taking the lead. All your suggestions have been taken on board and even if > they do not appear in the main themes, they will be dealt with in the > debate. This is the proposed agenda: > > * > * > > 1. ITRs, *Thursday June 14, 2012* > > *2. *Intermediary liability, *Friday June 15, 2012*** > > 3. Technology and violence against women, *Monday June 18, 2012* > > 4. Open data/E-government, *Tuesday June 19, 2012**·* > > *5. *Infrastructure *Wednesday*, *June 20, 2012*** > > *6. *Data Protection Bill as well as the Freedom of Information > Bill, *Thursday June 21, 2012*** > > 7. Winding up, *Friday June 22, 2012.* > > * > * > > As always we look forward to a very healthy debate. > > > Rgds > > GG > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmai… > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Re: [ISOC_KE] Updates on the World IPv6 Day and Outreach Activities
by Barrack Otieno 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Colleagues, The last two weeks have been very eventful, thanks to all who made the World IP V 6 Day a success in particular Wangari, Paul Muchene and Paul Musee, Judy, Liz, Davis . Special thanks to Charles, Liz, Emmanuel , Peter and all those who made it to Alliance High School to speak to the Computer class 2012 on IP v 6 last saturday from 3 pm to 5 pm, we had 50 students from Alliance High School and Alliance Girls High School attending the session which was really productive. On Monday we had an opportunity to address over 50 delegates at a National Youth Delegates dinner on the use of Social Media to promote Peace, we also took the opportunity to introduce the Internet Society to them. Charles accompanied me to the event held at Pan Afric Hotel, we are gratefull to Wangari for availing an opportunity to the Internet Society to address the gathering. Thank you Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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IPv6 news
by Liz Orembo 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

*Can Kenya move to new internet version IPV6 in time?* http://www.the-star.co.ke/lifestyle/star-tech/79385-ipv6-can-kenya-move-to-… Wednesday was IPv6 day. IP stands for Internet Protocol and the whole term refers to how the internet locates devices connected to it. Of the billion plus devices connected to the internet, it needs to have a way of keeping their information so that it can move information from one to the other just like the Post Office assigns people boxes so that it knows in which one to put a letter. Another way of looking at it is that while a mobile netwo... -- Sent via http://www.addtoany.com

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World IPv6 Day Presentation Slides
by Paul M 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Go to the link http://www.eanog.org/Isoc-V6-Launch/ to download the slides from the speakers & panelists during the June 6th IPv6 day at the iHub. -- :-) Paul M

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Internship at the IGF Secretariat Geneva
by Paul M 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Dear all, Kindly take a look at this opportunity. Barrack will attest on how this internship (unpaid) can boost one's career. Interested students are encouraged to apply. Cheers! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/1154 Each year, the IGF Secretariat offers a limited number of unpaid internships. Successful applicants are able to demonstrate a strong interest in Internet Governance related issues and have an understanding of and experience in research. Internships last approximately three months with the possibility of extension. Interns are expected to work full time, but part-time internships are available to applicants studying in Geneva. The applicants may be post-graduate students or they may have completed their studies. The applicant must have study and/or work experience in one of the following fields: Internet governance, information and communications technology, public policy, public relations, international relations, political sciences, international law, economics. Of particular interest are applicants who have a personal interest and experience in more than one of the above fields. Interns are expected to participate in the daily activities and administration of the IGF Secretariat and also to undertake research activities. *Requirements* Applicants must be: - able to demonstrate that they have a strong interest in Internet Governance related issues; - fluent in English (a general knowledge of French or another UN language is desirable). *Applications and selection process* To apply for an internship, please send a CV and a statement of interest to the IGF Secretariat, at igf [at] unog.ch. In addition, you must provide the names and contact information of two references (former employers, professors, supervisors, etc.). After an initial evaluation, the Secretariat will send you further application materials to be filled in and returned for consideration. -- :-) Paul M

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Re: [ISOC_KE] World IP V 6 Day in Kenya
by Barrack Otieno 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Listers, Enjoy http://kenya.news24.com/MyNews24/Internet-Protocol-Version-Six-IPV6-launche… Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Kenya e-Government Documentary
by Esther Wanjau 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Dear All, The YouTube link to the Kenya e-Government Documentary is http://youtu.be/_96oyGMQ_hk. You can also watch it on NTV on Thursday 7th June, 2012 evening at 9.45 pm, on QTV on Friday 8th June 2012 evening after news and on QTV on Saturday 9th June 2012 in the afternoon. Enjoy! Esther Wanjau Directorate of e-Government Presidency and Cabinet Affairs Office email: esther.wanjau(a)kenya.go.ke Public Services Everywhere, All the Time.

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Fellowship to the OECD technology foresight forum
by Liz Orembo 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Hi all, FYI Applications for Isoc fellowship to the OECD Technology Foresight Forum are open until 22 June. For more deatails: http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/leadership-programmes/next-genera… Best regards. Patience is what you admire in the driver behind you, but not in the one ahead.

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