Is this 2600 fee something official? Will you be getting a receipt? If so, it's fine to pay it. If it really is a bribe, we cannot cooperate with it; supporting corruption is not a legitimate use of our donor funds.
A. On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:52 PM, stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Nice people, > > Asaf, I sought some advice from a local lawyer and he adviced me it would > be wise to notify the authorites of our undertaking considering the > security status of our country courtesy of the invasion into Somalia. The > Alshabab have been threatening to bomb the city and since we are a group of > youths who shall be taking photos we might be mistaken to be counterparts > of the Alshabab looking for the best buildings to attack. > > We sought advice from the OCPD Central police station today and the Urban > Development Department at the city council of Nairobi. > > At the city Council of Nairobi, they advised that we are supposed to pay a > fee of KES2,600. We talked to them and they told us to write a letter to > request for a partial or full waiver since ours was not a commercial > undertaking. > > As for the OCPD, he turned us down and he told us that he was too busy to > handle our case ;( Planning to go and see him sometime this week or early > next week. > > The project is still on as scheduled for 25th February, am just working to > ensure everyone is safe and not harassed by the City Council Askaris [1] > and the Regular police as well. > > > //Stephen > > 1. City council, a den of > corruption.<http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050446&cid=159&story=Why%20City%20Council%20court%20is%20a%20den%20of%20corruption> > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > >> What exactly did this photographer say you need a press card for? I.e. >> what are you not allowed to photograph without a press card? >> >> (In general, my experience shows that most people, including government >> officials and professional photographers, have a fairly hazy knowledge of >> copyright law, and often repeat "conventional wisdom" statements without >> scrutiny. One of the things Wikimedians have been consistently good at, >> around the world, is finding out what the actual facts are, and making sure >> the public interest is served best, by not submitting to limitations that >> aren't actually there. -- so yes, it would behoove us to look at the >> written law. I'm sorry I don't have time to look into this myself. Do we >> have access to a friendly Kenyan lawyer who might be able to help us find >> out what the law says?) >> >> Asaf >> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:39 AM, stephen wanjau <wanjaus...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello Nice people, >>> >>> I do hope that you are doing well. At the meet-up, we resolved to >>> undertake the photo-walk on the Saturday of 25th February 2012 and not >>> on the 18th as it had earlier been indicated. During our meet-up I >>> networked with a photographer/ blogger who was in attendance and we >>> dialogued about how we could make this photo walk a success in terms of the >>> logistics involved. >>> >>> He informed me that he had been using images from commons as yet he >>> never knew of the existence of a local community of Wikim(p)edians! From >>> what he said, we are required by law to get Press cards from the affected >>> ministry that deals with Journalism in Kenya, i.e. Ministry of Information >>> and Communication. >>> >>> >>> Another alternative that we had been given earlier by Kaburo as we were >>> planning for Wikis takes Nairobi was to request for written permission from >>> the City Council of Nairobi. I am kind of muddled by these two opinions >>> because in Kenya there is freedom of panorama, one is allowed to take >>> photos except at such places that are marked explicitly that you are not >>> supposed to take photographs. >>> >>> >>> Freedom of Panorama in >>> Kenya<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Kenya>as >>> highlighted on Commons. >>> >>> >>> Anyone on this list who is conversant with this, I beg to be educated/ >>> rectified so that I can go ahead with the planning for the photo-walk. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Stephen. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WikimediaKE mailing list >>> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Asaf Bartov >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> >> > > > -- > *"Better Late Than Never, But Never Late is Better"* > > My Blog <http://uwanja.wordpress.com> | @uwanja > <https://twitter.com/#%21/uwanja>| > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/swanjau> | > > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation
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