This is utter rubbish. I have traveled through many cities in the west and I have never found one that you have to pay to take photos with a hand held. In some places I have even asked cops to pose in the shot and they do it so gladly. Another thing, when tourists visit Nairobi are they asked to pay the 2600? ----- Original Message ----- | From: "stephen wanjau" <wanjaustev@gmail.com> | To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> | Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:50:09 AM | Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Taking Photos in Nairobi | Hello, | I actually visited the City council and they advised me that I needed | a letter from the Ministry of information! | They usually charge 2600KES per day for taking pictures of buildings | and monuments. | I was wondering why they should have such bureaucratic processes | while for my case am doing this on a voluntary capacity | for a non-commercial endeavor under the umbrella of the Wikimedia | Foundation. | After capturing the photos I will upload them to WikiCommons under | the CC license. | //Stephen | On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Gichingiri Kuria < | gmail@gichingiri.com > wrote: | | Stephen, please make a visit to City Hall to confirm on actual | | costs | | and procedure. | | | On 21 February 2012 21:17, stephen wanjau < wanjaustev@gmail.com > | | wrote: | | | | Hello, | | | | | | Nikon D5100 Digital SLR Camera With 18-55mm VR Lens @ KES 85,000 | | | | | | //STEPHEN | | | | | | On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Bernard Mwagiru < | | | bmwagiru@gmail.com | | | > wrote: | | | | | | | On a different note, if anyone's selling a Nikon D5100 please | | | | let | | | | me | | | | know. | | | | | | | | | | ../bernard | | | | | | | | | | On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 6:55 PM, stephen wanjau < | | | | wanjaustev@gmail.com > wrote: | | | | | | | | | | | 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. 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