Asaf, this fee is a legal fee. In fact other photo journalists pay for this and an official receipt from the City Council of Nairobi is issued.
The KES 2600 caters for a permit to take photos within the council's municipality for a day. When we went there (with Oscar) we were told to pay the fee. We were hesitant to just pay and we explained the uniqueness and non-commercial nature of our undertaking. Since the boss who could give us a waiver was out on a meeting. The receptionist adviced that we write an official letter explaining the purpose of our photo walk and request for a waiver thereof. The results of our request shall be out on Monday or Tuesday. If we get a total waiver well and good and that's what we are hoping for. //Stephen On Feb 18, 2012 11:47 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > >
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