Fw: Fw: [Kictanet] Fw: [DigAfrica] How broke company won tender

[alice at apc.org]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Florence Etta" <Fetta at idrc.or.ke>
To: "KIPlist" <kiplist-cl at lyris.idrc.ca>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Kictanet] Fw: [DigAfrica] How broke company won tender


> Re Media,
> Maybe this list  ought to consider launching a FAQ session or education 
> sessions/page. Something to think about how to deal with this on the move? 
> So perhaps it may not exactly be a response from the media as a response 
> from this network that may be called for?
> Cheers,
> FE
> At 12:28 PM 9/22/2005 +0300, you wrote:
>>Media!
>> > We recently heard Mr. Kiboro state "the challenge of reporting on 
>> > issues
>> > you
>> > do not fully understand" at the recent international conference. Is 
>> > this
>> > your wake up call to submerge yourself in ICT multi-stakeholder 
>> > processes
>> > taking place in Kenya to enable you report more fully and accurately 
>> > when
>> > you choose to report on ICTs?
>> >
>> > We don't mind the "Shock and Awe" headlines BUT in this sector, logic
>> > rules.
>> > Ours is Boolean world and we tend to go a bit deeper.
>> >
>> > Any journalist out there who could respond?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <alice at apc.org>
>> > To: "KIPlist" <kiplist-cl at lyris.idrc.ca>
>> > Cc: "Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet" <kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>
>> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:39 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Kictanet] Fw: [DigAfrica] How broke company won tender
>> >
>> >
>> >> Brian,  I think it was clear that your reference was to the conclusion
>> >> arrived at by the author of the article.
>> >> But you do bring into light certain aspects that the author left out
>> >> which
>> >> is helpful in understanding the situation.
>> >> However, I think, it would be even more helpful if journalists could 
>> >> go
>> > the
>> >> extra mile to explain the mechanisms/structures of the industry being
>> >> reported on and allow readers to make the mental exercise of jumping 
>> >> into
>> >> conclusions!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> thanks
>> >> alice
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Brian Longwe" <cto at nbi.ispkenya.com>
>> >> To: "KIPlist" <kiplist-cl at lyris.idrc.ca>
>> >> Cc: "Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet" <kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>; "KIPlist"
>> >> <kiplist-cl at lyris.idrc.ca>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:04 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Kictanet] Fw: [DigAfrica] How broke company won tender
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > On 21 Sep 2005, at 22:06, Brian Longwe wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I'm not taking sides here, just asking questions that I think 
>> >> >> should
>> >> >> straighten what is clearly spurios reasoning...
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't normally reply to my own emails - but I just realised that 
>> >> > my
>> >> > mention of spurious reasoning yesterday might have been misconstrued
>> >> > to be referring to the comments made by my colleagues Alice and
>> >> > Florence. I would like to make a correction - I was not referring to
>> >> > them but rather to the conclusion reached in the press article by 
>> >> > the
>> >> > author, which seem to have been based on questionable sources of
>> >> > information.
>> >> >
>> >> > Apologies to all for any misunderstanding :-)
>> >> >
>> >> > Brian
>> >> >
>> >> > ---
>> >> > Submitted by: cto at nbi.ispkenya.com 2005-09-22 02:06:01 EDT4
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