[kictanet] Can technology solve terrorist problems in Kenya?

[Barrack Otieno]

True Ali,

Michael Joseph kept saying we are a country on the verge of greatness
but its this social vices that prevent us from achieving greatness as
a country, if we sort this pillar we will achieve vision 2030 before
2030.

Regards

On 4/15/14, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
> Barrack
>
> Couldn't agree with you more. Though technology can change habits it needs
> to be anchored on solid a social pillar. The other day I read a quote from
> Chris Kirubi about social media. What struck me is what he said,about
> technology. Although the quote was about social media and Brand Strategy I
> loved what he said about Technology being the tail NOT the dog.
>
> "You don't need a social media strategy - you need a brand strategy that
> leverages social media. Don't get off the brand strategy just because
> there's a new communications channel, that's how you lose the plot as a
> brand. Technology is the tail, not the dog," Chris Kirubi, Chairman of Coca
> Cola Nairobi (via Tim Sanders).
>
> So who wags who? The dog or the tail? Food for thought.
>
> Ali Hussein
>
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> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Apr 15, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Mwendwa,
>>
>> Our biggest challenge in achieving vision 2030 is in the Social and
>> Political pillar. We need a concerted effort that will ensure that we
>> are a value driven society, this is the only way we will tame social
>> vices that have resulted in the current mess we are in. That said it
>> can be done.
>> Technology is a means to an end not an end in itself.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>>> On 4/15/14, Crystal Watley Kigoni <crystal at voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
>>> If anyone recalls I asked for assistance in 2011 to build a database of
>>> all
>>> the refugees in the country with distributed points of registration
>>> starting in the camps. I wrote to Ndemo who was PS at the time and the
>>> idea
>>> was ignored.
>>>
>>> IT can change a lot, but it requires real effort and implementation.
>>> Good
>>> ideas alone are not enough.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Crystal Watley Kigoni
>>> http://tz.linkedin.com/pub/crystal-kigoni/<http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/crystal-kigoni/>
>>> http://www.voicesofafrica.org
>>> Twitter: @VoicesofAfrica
>>> https://www.facebook.com/VOA4SD
>>>
>>> +255686247626
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <
>>> Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Government to register all Kenyans afresh in digital database
>>>>
>>>> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Digital-database-for-all-kenyans/-/1950946/2279712/-/format/xhtml/-/uityfn/-/index.html
>>>>
>>>> I've always wondered why it's virtually impossible to get UK or US
>>>> citizenship through the back door, unless you get into a phony
>>>> marriage with a delinquent from those countries. Will setting up a
>>>> biometric database prevent rogue employees at the department of
>>>> registration from getting bribes to register foreigners as Kenyan
>>>> citizens? As far as I can remember, when I applied for the kipande,
>>>> all my 10 digits' prints were taken.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ______________________
>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh
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