[kictanet] Holding our Leaders Accountable

[Alex Gakuru]

Thanks Bill,

I found websites for hon. Julia Ojiambo, hon. William Ruto, hon. Kalonzo
Musyoka, hon. Raila Odinga, hon. Najib Balala,  hon. Uhuru Kenyatta but did
not succeed for hon. Musalia Mudavadi, hon. Joseph Nyaga, and Nazlin Umar. I
deliberataly avoided looking for hon. Mutahi Kagwe's website.

Noticeably, Uhuru Kenyatta is ".ke"  and registered his domain in May 2005.
The others have dot coms and dot net. The oldest was created in June and two
were registered two days apart in September last year.

<http://www.kenic.or.ke/cgi-bin/kenic/whois>

domain:      UHURUKENYATTA.CO.KE
created:     2006/05/05
changed:    2007/05/10
expiry:       2008/05/05

from <http://www.whois.net/>

   Domain Name: RAILA2007.COM
   Updated Date: 15-nov-2006
   Creation Date: 12-jun-2006
   Expiration Date: 12-jun-2008

   Domain Name: WILLIAMRUTTO.COM
   Updated Date: 20-nov-2006
   Creation Date: 01-sep-2006
   Expiration Date: 01-sep-2007

   Domain Name: KALONZOMUSYOKAFORPRESIDENT.COM
   Updated Date: 16-feb-2007
   Creation Date: 03-sep-2006
   Expiration Date: 03-sep-2007

   Domain Name: ELECTJULIA.COM <http://electjulia.com/>
   Updated Date: 14-feb-2007
   Creation Date: 01-feb-2007
   Expiration Date: 01-feb-2009

   Domain Name: NAJIBBALALA.NET
   Updated Date: 14-mar-2007
   Creation Date: 14-mar-2007
   Expiration Date: 14-mar-2008

It was quite interesting, thanks.

Alex

On 5/18/07, Bill Kagai <mediacorp.research at mediacorp.co.ke> wrote:
>
> Interesting debate..but I beg to disagree with Muriuki and others who
> toe this thought process.....a quick google drill shows that the joke
> is on us. I checked randomly on some of your anticipated
> guests...and...
>
> 1. Ruto William Samoei
> Education – BSc. Hons (UON)
> Born – 1966
> Email - info at williamrutto.com
> URL. www.williamrutto.com
>
> Verdict – Cannot be ICT illiterate
>
> 2. Eng. Raila Odinga
> Eduction - M.Sc (Mechanical Engineering), University of Magdeburg
> Born – 1945
> Email. railaodinga at yahoo.com
> URL. http://www.raila2007.com/
>
> Verdict – Also not ICT illiterate..actually used a laptop launching his
> vision..
>
> 3. Najib Balala
> Born – 1967
> Education - Business Administration Leadership, Harvard University
> Urban Management, University of Toronto
> Email – najib at mombasa.co.ke
> URL – www.najibbalala.net
>
> Verdict – Also not ICT illiterate.
>
> For those doing work/research..Why don't you check...
> - is ICT community possibly alienating itself from the rest??
> -what were these chaps avoiding by evading the dabate??
> -and other questions...
>
> Then you will realise that these chaps are much cleverer than we think...
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kictanet-bounces+research=mediacorp.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+research=mediacorp.co.ke at kictanet.or.ke] On
> Behalf Of Muriuki Mureithi
> Sent: 18 May 2007 11:55
> To: Bill Kagai
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Holding our Leaders Accountable
>
> Many thanks for the comments that have come through  the list . it shows
> the
> dynamism of the ICT fraternity .
>
> The absence of the presidential aspirants  talks loudly that either they
> are
> not familiar with issues , or if they are familiar they do not them
> consider
> significant  at national level or they do not care. Either way  we in the
> ICT world are proactive people and instead of castigating them let
> us  roll
> our sleeves and work with them  and  make sure they understand the issues,
> the significance and  why they matter.
>
> This is an on-going programme and  as indicated in the debate and  we
> shall
> have another session in July and hopefully the political scenario on the
> presidential aspirants will be clearer . For now,  to determine who to
> invite was based on  government of national unity  versus the opposition
> as
> broadly perceived in the national political arena. After the party
> elections
> we shall have clarity on who to invite in the next round .
>
> The overall objective of the project is to ensure that we place the ICT
> agenda  as campaign issue and we need to show the presidential aspirants
> that ICT is an national issue
>
>
>
> Muriuki Mureithi
> Team leader
> ICT mainstreaming in the Political Arena project
> KICTANET
>
>
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