[kictanet] Does the ICT constituency matter?

[John Walubengo]

Dear Listers,

Now that I missed the great debate that almost was, I have
had time to think 'brutal' by daring to ask the
question-Does the ICT constituency matter?

>From a political point of view - narrow as it maybe - the
ICT constituency may not matter.  2 million urban,
middle-class  internet (ICT?)users, stuck  between the two
cities of Nairobi & Mombasa may not be worthy of national
political consideration...

So if I was a presidential candidate in .KE, you will
forgive me if I concentrated on issues that the common man
can identify with...land, tribalism, corruption,
insecurity....unless ofcourse u  get a way to give the
above an ICT twist...

walu.
--- Brian Longwe <brian at isisweb.nl> wrote:

> I would like to strongly echo the sentiments of Lucy as
> well as to  
> add my own fury to the fire.
> 
> I was extremely upset that not only did *NONE* of the
> presidential  
> aspirants show up - but some of them even went as far as
> responding  
> to phone calls by saying "I am on the way, will be there
> in 20  
> minutes"...... then never turning up..... can you imagine
> that?  
> Treating the Kenyan ICT community like a spurned
> girlfriend or  
> boyfriend?
> 
> Anyway I think that the message that has been sent by the
> absence of  
> every single one of the aspiring presidents was very LOUD
> and CLEAR -
> 
> " We don't care about ICT - it doesn't factor in our
> vision - it is  
> unimportant to us"
> 
> As very precisely put by someone I overheard at the
> meeting - "these  
> aspiring presidents probably don't even know how to spell
> ICT"
> 
> We must make a loud and strong statement about his and
> ensure that  
> the wider Kenyan community realises the true colours of
> their  
> "wannabe" presidents.
> 
> Brian
> 
> On May 17, 2007, at 12:26 PM, John Walubengo wrote:
> 
> > LK,
> >
> > u sound a bit disappointed.  Unfortunately i didnt
> attend
> > the function and would like to know who really turned
> up
> > from the presidential aspirants and what they said...
> >
> > Michuki, any hope for the text transcript?  Or Becky
> could
> > give us a brief the old way in form of
> minutes/updates/etc?
> > Then from there the absentees like me could contribute
> more
> > intelligently on the way forward...
> >
> > walu.
> >
> > --- Lucy Kimani <lkimani at comnews.co.ke> wrote:
> >
> >> All,
> >>
> >> I am just venting on the dismal performance of our
> >> aspiring presidential
> >> candidates, I have noticed a trend where those in
> >> leadershipship positions
> >> let alone those aspiring for the same confirm their
> >> attendance to a
> >> certain function and then not show up or best case
> >> scenario show up 2-3
> >> hours late.  I keep asking myself why do we as Kenyans
> >> accept this
> >> behavior, and I am at a loss!
> >>
> >> Actually, my pesa nane is that we as the citizens need
> to
> >> start demanding
> >> accountability in that when one says they will attend
> a
> >> function then they
> >> should keep to their word, after all why are electing
> >> people whose word
> >> doesnt count for much?  Additionally, most of us also
> >> have busy work lives
> >> and the fact that we were willing to stop what we were
> >> doing to sit down
> >> to hear what these aspiring candidates have to say
> about
> >> ICT is a
> >> testament to how important we feel ICT to be to the
> >> country.
> >>
> >> I am one for making strong statements, and a one page
> ad
> >> expressing our
> >> displeasure and questioning why the candidates are
> scared
> >> of facing a
> >> serious group of citizens wanting to know where each
> of
> >> them stands in ICT
> >> would be in order!  I am sure if it was one of those
> >> meetings where fans
> >> are shouting at the top of their voices, and no one is
> >> asking any serious
> >> questions they probably would show up, we need to
> start
> >> demanding more
> >> from our politicians!
> >>
> >> Just my thoughts!
> >>
> >> LK
> >>
> >>
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