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Networking Cocktail for Skunkworks
by Odhiambo Washington 07 Jul '16

07 Jul '16

Hello guys, If I were to organize the $subject, how many of you would be willing to attend? Which day would you guys find approrpiate? At which venue?? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."

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Re: [Skunkworks] Networking Cocktail for Skunkworks
by Catherine njoroge 07 Jul '16

07 Jul '16

5th August is fine in the evening. On 6 Jul 2016 21:42, "Michael Bullut via skunkworks" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: I will attend myself. My proposed date would be 6th August. On 6 July 2016 at 21:30, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Hello guys, > > If I were to organize the $subject, how many of you would be willing to > attend? > > Which day would you guys find approrpiate? > > At which venue?? > > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > "Oh, the cruft." > > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke

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Kenya ICT Practitioners Bill
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Hey guys, Please read for yourself the Bill, which was already introduced in Parliament (National Assembly) . It among other things requires ICT professionals to acquire licences before they can practice, undertake annual practicums and licence their businesses. If the Bill is passed into law, one cannot practice ICT without a licence. See the Bill here: http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2016/InformationCommuni… There are people organising to take action on KICTANet kictanet.or.ke and on Twitter #KillICTBill. Regards,

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IP Blockage
by Patrick Mathenge 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Hi skunks, In the recent few days, I have kept on getting my public IP blocked. Essentially the scenario has been that users including myself can access the internet from the LAN, but cant reach my mail and web host servers. No emails as I am popping directly from the server. However when I use a Modem/Phone tethering, I am able to reach the servers. I am not an expert in networks so would appreciate advice from the experts in the list-including recommendations such as change your ISP, Host etc etc -- Kind Regards, Patrick Mathenge Cell: +254722630969 Linkedin Profile <https://ke.linkedin.com/in/patrick-mathenge-132b3b19>

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Fwd: Kenya's ICT Practioners Bill: Pay 46K per year for license to practice!
by Odhiambo Washington 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

FYI - Anyone knows about this? The Kenya ICT Practitioners Bill 2016 is currently in Parliament. It has interesting proposals for example to have an Institute that will register and license ICT practitioners on payment of the prescribed fees. Read the draft bill here: http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2016/InformationCommuni… -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."

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Fortran Coders
by Bwana Lawi 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Hi guys, Someone is looking for a Fortran coder to help in debugging. Get in touch with Kuria on jerajera44(a)hotmail.com

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Fwd: Re: [kictanet] KENYA ICT PRACTITIONERS BILL NOW IN PARLIAMENT, PAY XXX PER YEAR FOR LICENSE TO PRACTICE
by awatila＠yahoo.co.uk 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

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OT: Buying stuff from Amazon UK
by Bwana Lawi 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Hi guys, Thanks to Brexit, the common wisdom is that this is the best time to buy stuff online on UK sites. This means that with shared shipping we could get some very affordable purchases. What say you?

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Fwd: Re: [kictanet] KENYA ICT PRACTITIONERS BILL NOW IN PARLIAMENT, PAY XXX PER YEAR FOR LICENSE TO PRACTICE
by awatila＠yahoo.co.uk 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

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FW: [kictanet] [nairobilug] Draft National ICT policy
by Alex Watila 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

fyi From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 7:28 PM To: awatila(a)yahoo.co.uk Cc: Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [nairobilug] Draft National ICT policy Interesting developments Alex. My initial reaction after reading the Bill is, questions questions questions: First of all, why would anyone conceive such an idea? To cure what problem? How will it better society as a whole? If indeed there was a problem to be addressed, couldn't the same have been dealt with in the policy process first? Assuming this Bill emanated from the Ministry, why would the Ministry undertake a policy review process and at the same time undertake a legal process to regulate the profession? And why is regulation of ICT professionals not even mentioned in the draft policy? We are always ready to engage and I am shocked to have learnt of the process so far in the day. Or did ICT professionals have a processes the outcome of which is this Bill? Speaking of a profession, what is the ICT profession? I see the Bill has attempted a definition at section 2 but isn't ICTs the most dynamic and cross cutting "profession" we have? Was there a study done to support such a disruptive regulation of the profession? Are there other countries that regulate their geeks this much? So what informed this legislation? Think of all the young people who eke a living from ICT related businesses. Why would anyone want to subject all these youth, together with those graduating from colleges and universities to one more hurdle before they can start working? Can't we leave it to the market to separate the very good practitioners from the average ones? I do not understand the Kenyan obsession with ever regulating professions. What I know is that it is expensive for parents to perpetually pay fees before their (overgrown) children can finally get employment. It is also an additional cost to businesses as they have to foot the cost of compliance for the various professionals they employ or outsource. Finally, what are our legislative priorities in this sector? I would have thought the Data Protection framework is more urgent and maybe a Cyber Security one. While I did not intend to comment on the contents of the Bill, I can't help but notice that one ICT Association of Kenya will have the arduous task of appointing five (out of nine) people to the Council that will regulate professionals (Section 4). Pray tell, who is this association? Regards, 2016-07-05 14:03 GMT+03:00 Alex Watila via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >: FYI -----Original Message----- From: nairobi-gnu(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:nairobi-gnu@googlegroups.com> [mailto:nairobi-gnu@googlegroups.com <mailto:nairobi-gnu@googlegroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Tim Schofield Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 11:37 AM To: nairobi-gnu(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:nairobi-gnu@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [nairobilug] Draft National ICT policy This could be a crushing blow to Kenya's ICT industry. If the USA had such a law then so many of their major ICT companies would never have happened. To name but 2, neither Steve Jobs nor Bill Gates gained any formal ICT qualifications, in fact neither of them passed a degree in anything. Several of the leading Linux kernel developers have no formal ICT training. Tim On 4 July 2016 at 14:04, Tony White <tony.mzungu(a)gmail.com <mailto:tony.mzungu@gmail.com> > wrote: > ...and *this*: > > http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2016/InformationCo > mmunicationTechnologyPractitioners_Bill_2016.pdf > > Which was introduced in the National Assembly last week, which will > rquire all ICT 'practitioners' to be licenced (annually!!) and > registered, with examination of qualifications, and ongoing > 'training'!! > > Phew!! > > Tony > > On 04/07/2016, Ibrahim Ng'eno <eebrah(a)gmail.com <mailto:eebrah@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Y'all have seen this[1], yes? >> >> [1] >> http://www.information.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Draft-Nationa >> l-ICT-Policy-20June2016.pdf >> >> -- Ibrahim >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Nairobi GNU/Linux User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to nairobi-gnu+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:nairobi-gnu%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com> . >> To post to this group, send email to nairobi-gnu(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:nairobi-gnu@googlegroups.com> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Tony White > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nairobi GNU/Linux User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nairobi-gnu+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:nairobi-gnu%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com> . > To post to this group, send email to nairobi-gnu(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:nairobi-gnu@googlegroups.com> . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Course View Towers, Plot 21 Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala T +256 (0) 312 314 418 M +256 (0) 752 963 325 www.weberpafrica.com <http://www.weberpafrica.com> Twitter: @TimSchofield2 Blog: http://weberpafrica.blogspot.co.uk/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nairobi GNU/Linux User Group" group. 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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. -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Nairobi Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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