[kictanet] Telecommuting Kenya Conference - Call for papers

[Alex Gakuru]

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--- On Mon, 8/18/08, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: [kictanet] Telecommuting Kenya Conference - Call for papers
> To: alex.gakuru at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 11:10 PM
> Hi All,
> 
> We are in the process of organising a conference and
> exhibition to show case and discuss the readiness of Kenya
> to take advantage of telecommuting as a way to ease the
> traffic congestion issues while taking advantage of the
> technology.  
> 
> In addition we can reduce staff relocation costs (financial
> & emotional) as an organisation can get the best staff
> without having them relocate.  There is no reason why your
> tax accountant cannot work from his farm in Timau or his
> beach plot on Rusinga.  
> 
> There is no reason why we should not be 1st african country
> to distribute its parliamentary sessions.
> 
> We believe that the implementation of distributed
> workforces will actually result in an increase in savings
> and indirect wage increases.  
> 
> It was an interesting realisation that my domestic help who
> earns 3,500/- can save more than my secretary who has a net
> take home of 15,000/-.  
>    
> 
>  
>  
>  Secretary 
>  Domestic Tech. 
> Net take home 
>  15000 
>  3500 
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> Expenses 
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  Rent 5000 
>  0 
>  
> 
>  Transport 2200 
>  0 
>  
> 
>  Lunch 1100 
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  Dinner/Breakfast 1500 
>  0 
>  
> 
>  Clothing 1000 
>  500 
>  
> 
>  Utilities 1000 
>  0 
>  
> 
>  Makeup/hair 1000 
>  500 
>  
> 
>  
>  
>  12800 
>  1000 
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  Balance  
>  2200 
>  2500 
>                                 
> What I realise is that 80% of what my secretary does does
> not actually require a face to face such as making phone
> calls, replying to e-mails & editing reports.  If she
> did not need to come to the office and carried out this
> activities from her house she would principally have a
> reduction in expenses of between 3,000/- - 5,000/-.
> 
> Back to our function, to get telecommuting going we need to
> see where we are and where we are going thus the objective
> of the conference.
> 
> So with reference to this we are inviting papers on the
> follwing issues;
> 
> 1.  Infrastructure readiness (what is available)
> 2.  Legal interpretation (e.g. who is a permanent employee)
> 3.  Managing telecommuters
> 4.  Human Resource issues
> 5.  Tax and accounting (Is rent contribution to
> telecommuters home allowable for tax as an expense?)
> 6.  Data security and integrity
> 7.  Any other relevant issues
> 
> Send a short brief on your paper to
> "telecommuting.Conference at tradezone.co.ke"
> 
> To make the conference practical we propose to run it from
> 3 locations simultaneously as a way to test the available
> infrastructure.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
>  Robert Yawe
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
> 
> 
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
> 
> 
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