[Community-Discuss] [rpd] Intelligence for AIS-19 Kampala No 1

Wed Jun 19 14:28:24 UTC 2019

Badru

If you read my mail carefully I made some assumptions on perceptions. The
conversations going on here don't elicit confidence. Am I far fetched in my
thinking?

Regards

*Ali Hussein*

*Principal*

*AHK & Associates*

Tel: +254 713 601113

Twitter: @AliHKassim

Skype: abu-jomo

LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>

13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,

Chiromo Road, Westlands,

Nairobi, Kenya.

Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
organizations that I work with.

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 4:35 PM Badru Ntege <badru.ntege at nftconsult.com>
wrote:

> @Ali
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> When you say the “community has lost faith” do you speak for the billion
> African  users, the 1700 members,  the over 500 currently attending the
> conference ???
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> I find it a very general statement and abit of clarification might help
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> Regards
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> *From: *Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> *Date: *Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 12:49 PM
> *To: *General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss at afrinic.net>
> *Cc: *"aleruchichuku at yahoo.com" <aleruchichuku at yahoo.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [Community-Discuss] [rpd] Intelligence for AIS-19 Kampala
> No 1
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> This is a symptom of the bigger problem that afflicts Afrinic. My
> thoughts:-
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> 1. Seems to me (perception really that may not be reality) that Afrinic is
> on auto-pilot and the software operating it is corrupted.
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> 2. The board is missing in action.
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> 3. The community has basically lost faith in the institution.
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> 4. There have been accusations for some time about some 'hijacking' that
> is in the offing. Unsubstantiated of course but there none-the-less.
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> This situation continues to deteriorate. As a critical resource for the
> continent, what can we do to salvage the situation?  Should we continue to
> accuse each other or jointly find a solution?
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> Will Afrinic collapse on our watch?
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> *Ali Hussein*
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> *Principal*
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> *AHK & Associates*
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> Tel: +254 713 601113
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> Twitter: @AliHKassim
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> Skype: abu-jomo
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> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
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> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
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> Chiromo Road, Westlands,
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> Nairobi, Kenya.
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> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
> mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
> organizations that I work with.
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> On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:19 PM Andrew Alston <
> Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com> wrote:
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> I have another question actually.
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> Can anyone confirm that this individual actually physically exists and is
> not the twisted alter ego of some other person who does not have the guts
> to actually stand up and show themselves?
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> In the original email – they claim to have just arrived in Kampala – yet –
> speaking to people on the ground – I’ve yet to find a single person who has
> met this individual – and he has yet to have the courage to show himself at
> the microphone from what I can see – hence – I find myself wondering if
> this person really does exist, and if so, why they can be so cowardly as to
> make such spurious accusations without being willing to show face.
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> Andrew
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> *From:* aleruchi chuku via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 19 June 2019 10:51
> *To:* benjamin.ledoh at gmail.com
> *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss at afrinic.net>; rpd
> >> AfriNIC Resource Policy <rpd at afrinic.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [rpd] Intelligence for AIS-19 Kampala No 1
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> Benjamin
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> I will love to see you stand tall at the open Mic and say all you have
> said on the mailing list today.
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> Remember that true courage is not hidden.
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> Aleruchi
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android>
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> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 8:41 am, Benjamin Ledoh
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> <benjamin.ledoh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Aleruchi,
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> > How much were you paid to do this?
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> The pay I get is the pride that will help me stand tall in this community.
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> Benjiloh
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> On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:11 AM aleruchi chuku <aleruchichuku at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> Dearest Benjamin
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> Wow!!
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> On the morning of an election day. All to cause bad feeling within the
> community.
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> How much were you paid to do this?
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> I hope its worth it.
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> No true Nigerian will do what you just did.
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> Aleruchi
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android>
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> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 1:44 am, Benjamin Ledoh
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> <benjamin.ledoh at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Community,
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> I have arrived in Kampala this yesterday and the intelligence I have
> gathered since then is so alarming that I have decided to send this email
> to call on my fellow Nigerians (not all) and brother Ugandans  (not
> all) conscience to put Africa first. To put the interest of this community
> first so that we keep our Internet Resources for the development of Africa
> and for the future generation.
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> From the intelligence I have gathered, two groups are working tirelessly
> to hijack AFRINIC resources. The obvious consequences are the close down of
> AFRINIC and the appropriation of the Internet Resources of our region. If
> these happen, it implies that whenever an organization in Africa needs
> IPv4, IPv6 or ASN, it has to get it in the black markets where those
> resources would be very expensive perhaps not affordable too or to go to
> RIPE or ARIN. The two groups are, on one side, white South African led by
> Mr. Andrew Alston of Liquid Telecom with their allies Mark Elkins and Owen
> Delong, and on the other side, Lu with his Foundation from China.
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> WHAT ARE ISSUES AT HAND?
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> The British/South Africa Mark Elkins, the candidate of election, wants to
> become the co-chair of PDWG. His mission as co-chair is to push for the
> policy “IPv4 Inter-RIR Resource Transfers (Comprehensive Scope)” proposed
> by Spanish or Latino Jordi Palet Martinez. The issue with this policy is
> clear. There is no more IPv4 in the other registry, only AFRINIC has IPv4
> in its pool. The policy of Jordy has the hidden agenda is to enable the
> South African (not all of them) mafia to ransack the AFRINIC. It is not a
> secret that Mark Elkins was one of those who oppose the creation of
> AFRINIC. No wonder why his acolyte Owen Delong always defends him even if
> his is blatantly wrong. What is interesting yesterday was Owen with the
> help of some Ugandans he recruited some boys and girls to come and vote for
> Mark Elkins and to support of oppose policies. They were brought by Owen
> himself who was instructing the AFRINIC registration desk in Sheraton Hotel
> to register them. When they were asked about what they are coming to do,
> they said they are coming to vote for IPv4. I personally witnessed this.
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> For my own brothers Nigerians, three of them were sponsored by Lu Heng and
> his foundation for the post of the co-chair of PDWG. Moreover, the Chinese
> Lu Heng and his foundation have brought 30 participants or so through the
> coordination of Daniel Yakmut. Larus Cloud Service, the mother organization
> of Larus Foundation, has been allocated IPv4 address from AFRINIC. The fact
> is, Lurus Cloud is not using those IPv4 addresses located to him for the
> purpose of which the got them. Moreover, the reasons provided when he
> applied for those resources were lies. The instruction given to those
> sponsored are to
> 1 - to support the “IPv4 Inter-RIR Resource Transfers (Comprehensive
> Scope)” by Jordi Palet Martinez because they want to legalize their
> wrongdoing with the resources taken from AFRINIC.
> 2 - to oppose the “Internet Number Resources review by AFRINIC” by Arnaud
> Amelina and CO because this policy will expose them.
> 3 - to vote for Mark Elkins. The other three Nigerians have been used to
> split vote of the other candidate.
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> MY FELLOW NIGERIANS IN AIS-19, YOUR BEHAVIOR IS DESTROYING THIS COMMUNITY
> AND DISGRACING NIGERIANS BECAUSE OF YOUR PAROCHIAL INTEREST. WHEN ARE YOU
> GOING TO STOP BEING SELFISH IN THIS COMMUNITY? STOP BEING AGENT OF EVIL,
> HISTORY IS RECORDING YOU NEGATIVELY.
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> As for the Moses Serugo, his case is pitiful and detrimental to this
> community. As a novice in this community he is sponsored by Lu Heng and
> foundation. According to my intelligence, he commented only once on PDP
> mailing list and attended only once the face to face meeting. He confessed
> that he does not what he is going for as co-chair of PDWG but what matters
> for him is the possibility to travel outside of Uganda. Regardless of the
> call to dissuade him to step down so that he can be groomed maybe for the
> next election and that the issues at hand are beyond his capability to deal
> with, he declined knowing that he has the upper hand over the other
> candidate because he is recruiting University of Makerere student to vote
> for him.  I don’t blame him because according my intelligence, the rules
> governing the selection of the co-chair has been diluted for novice like
> him to stand to election. BUT HE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES
> NOT FORGIVE AND DOES NOT FORGET.
>
> Dear community,  I have just received some fresh intelligence, I am going
> to authenticate them before I share them with you.
>
> LET US PRAY FOR AFRINIC, LET US PRAY FOR OUR MOTHER AFRICA
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>
> Benjiloh
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