[Kictanet] Fw: ICT Polcy Approved by Cabinet

[alice at apc.org]

Hi all,
>  I am sure you may have heard the good news already but for those who have 
> not here it is. The Kenay ICT Policy has been approved by the Cabinet!
>
>  For those who were at the KICTANet 2006 cocktail party last week, the PS 
> Ministry of Information and Communications, Dr B Ndemo, had promised that 
> the ICT Policy would be tabled in Cabinet the following week and so it 
> was, and on Thursday and it was approved.
>
>  Let me take this opportunity to CONGRATULATE all those who worked in 
> great and small ways to ensure that this happened. At last a national ICT 
> Policy has made it all the way! I personally believe that the persistence 
> and determination of most of the individuals on these lists helped to make 
> this a reality and we have much to celebrate. Allow me to remind us all 
> that this impressive journey still has some ways to go. We must therefore 
> not rest on our oars but pursue the next stages with as much vigour. One 
> immediate task is the implematation plan for the policy document as this 
> is what will make it operational and the longer this takes the longer it 
> will take for the friuts of the current fervour to be felt by wananchi.
>
>  Lets all join hands and work to make Kenya the Kerifkon (ala Silikon) 
> Valley of Africa. Yeah lets dream on..............why not?
>
>  Cheers,
>  FE
>
>
>
>
> alice at apc.org wrote:
>  Dear All
>
> You are all invited to KICTANET's planning meeting. Please let me know how
> many of you will be in a position to attend the meeting of Friday 27 
> January
> 2006 at 13.00 hrs at the jacaranda hotel JCC room at the Pizza garden.
>
> We have a UNDP/CATIA delegation joining us to discuss Open Access/pro poor
> ICTs
>
> kind regards
>
> alice
>
>
>
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>
>  Florence Etta
>  Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)
>  Nairo, Kenya
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