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Hi Grace and listers,

The fee is prohibitive for mwanainchi. There is still room for the
organizers to do something about it.

Regards

On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:01 Grace Githaiga via kictanet, <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Lilian
>
> Thanks so much for sharing the link. But niko na swali. Is this correct
> that a one day conference package is Kes 20,000? Is this amount not on
> the higher side for a government summit? Please clarify.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Githaiga, Grace
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, 16-10-2018 at 09:27 Lilian Kimeto via kictanet wrote:
>
> Dear Listers,
> The conversation around data protection will feature at Connected Summit.
>
> Please plan to be there by registering on www.connected.go.ke
>
> Regards,
> Lilian Kimeto
> The ICT Authority
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 09:17 Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Muraya,
>>
>> The onus is on the Kenyan ICT Community to ensure this data protection
>> conversation does not become elitist. It may just stiffle innovation which
>> is not what we want. We have thousands of mobile money agents who basically
>> fall under SME\’s, this are the guys who will be affected the most. That
>> said, we have to start somewhere.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:17 S.M. Muraya via kictanet, <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Engineer,
>>>
>>> Please forgive the innumerable links in this response.
>>>
>>> Foreign firms which cannot invest + trust in local talent have no
>>> business being here. State officials who have sold out to foreign firms
>>> have nothing to show at the NSE. Apart from Safaricom, which technology
>>> firm has listed since 2008? If local/genuine IT firms were winning go.ke
>>> contracts would they not have to list (IPO) to fund expansion?
>>>
>>> Why are Africans expected to be so mediocre so as not to require or
>>> prioritize data localization?
>>>
>>> Factoring Kenya is part of a war zone, is data localization/latency
>>> (especially for emergency services) negotiable?
>>>
>>>
>>> www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001299117/police-alert-al-shabaab-planning-major-attack-along-kenya-somalia-border
>>>
>>> ntv.nation.co.ke/news/2720124-4804978-yxgoj6/index.html
>>>
>>> Terror’s highway: 115km highway rendered impassable by Al Shabaab
>>> militants
>>>
>>>
>>> www.crn.com.au/news/global-data-warehouse-snowflake-expands-reach-with-sydney-deployment-473217
>>>
>>> He added that Australia had become a major market for cloud providers,
>>> citing Microsoft and Amazon Web Services\’ local data centres, adding that
>>> data sovereignty and latency are of top priority.
>>>
>>> \”By providing an Australian deployment, Snowflake enables customers with
>>> Australian data to keep that information close to home,” Muglia added.
>>> “They now have more control over their data and how they comply with
>>> Australian data protection regulations.\”
>>>
>>> www.ukfast.co.uk/emergency-services.html
>>>
>>> Our d