Hello, Definitely I wouldn't try Kanjo;) I will be going to the see the OCS central police (Though ataniambia hana kalamu na rubber;)) Plus the CCN for my safety and that of my colleagues plus their gadgets.I think a letter with the list of the participants would suffice. I will definitely post the results of my meeting with the two authorities here, It might be useful sometime in the future. //Stephen On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Kimani : TransTech " Love For Tech Stuff" < techstuff@transtech.co.ke> wrote:
Stephen,
Why do you not want to pay a liscence??
Try Kanju uone...They will go with all your lovely Nikons never to be seen again.
Secondly, with terrorism, get all the correct authorizations from CID and Central Police or all of you will have a swoop by the terrorism squad and before you tell them of your nice Wiki-Whatever ideas, you will have a force spokesman talking on TV of "Suspects"
Finally, in case you aren't allowed to photograph legally.......Nairobi has also become another Newyork where you cannot enjoy the luxury of your Camera, taking photos of bridges and buildings. Someone will argue that Terrorist will go to the internet in your Wiki-Whatever and map attacks from there.
Finally Some hope; go to KIC Roof Top, pay 100 to go up and take all the photos that you want with no one disturbing you
Don't dare go on the streets photographing without having to pay Kanju and clear with the Authorities ( in writing).The damage can be massive
All the best in your noble Project
Thanks
Oscar
-----Original Message----- From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of stephen wanjau Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 6:55 PM To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Taking Photos in Nairobi
Hello,
We are a group of volunteers under the umbrella of Wikimedia foundation which is non-profit. We will be having no tripods just simple DSLRs like the Nikon D5000, smartphone cameras and so on.
Someone charging me for 4K+10K per street is totally insane. So to say.
If anything we will be doing a great task of putting Kenya's capital on the web.
These images shall later be uploaded to WikiCommons under the CC license which implies they are free for reuse either commercially or freely.
Anyhu, I will make a point of going to Central police station because of the current invasion by KDF into Somalia. Plus the CCN who am sure will charge some amount.
Thank you for your feedback about this.
Regards, Stephen.
On 2/14/12, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> wrote:
Thanks guys for the heads up.
I guess I need to have eyes at the back of my head when I come to Nairobi with my camera. I think its high time they changed their attitude and realize times have changed.
It gets worse. It was a big deal for me once at Kinshasa airport, when they were searching through my laptop bag, and my camera was inside it. Some idiot cops/customs guys harassed me, saying I needed a permit. So I told them to show me where to apply and pay, and reminded them I'd need two more permits for my phones too, since they both have cameras. And I proceeded to ask other travellers if they had permits for their phones too.....I pissed them off so much they had to let me go.
Of course no such permit was required, they were just hoping I'd panic and pay up...
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