[kictanet] 1 million Laptops for who?

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Dear Yawe,
We are into early stages of negotiation with a Chip manufacturer to put
together a programme with local manufacturers to produce high quality low
priced lap tops.  Individual manufacturers cannot achieve the level of
discount we intend to push.  If you recall, it was not possible for one
operator to bring fibre optuic here but with Government facilitation, we
have been able to achieve our objectives.  Similarly, it is not possible
to have one manufacturer attain the level of volume discount we desire. 
The Government can facilitate their coming together either by providing
some subsidies or partly guaranteeing credit from banks to buy computers. 
There are other macro interventions we are looking at to address the cost
of accessing technology in Kenya.  Much of this will come in the early
part of the year.  You are also welcome to make suggestions before we
conretize any of the negotiations.


regards


Ndemo.


> Hi,
>
> What seems to be the issue here is that as you indicated the newpaper
> article was carelessly extracted from a larger presentation, may what we
> need is the context in which you made the statement so that we are in a
> better position to appreciate it.
>
> The concern of those who have aired their opinions is that
> the statement caused more questions and we are unable to see where it
> fits in in relation with the government wider objective on reducing the
> technology divide.
>
> Regards
> Â Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "bitange at jambo.co.ke" <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Thursday, 11 December, 2008 19:05:10
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 1 million Laptops for who?
>
> I think you are missing the point.  The private sector is driven by
> profit motive.  Profit is never defined but a partnership with a social
> slant always yields moderated profit especially when efforts are made to
> push significant volume.  Cost of computers in Kenya are high because of
> volume and ignorance.
>
> Our previous campaign on cost reduction led to the removal of taxes on
> computers.  There is still room for renewed campaign.  If you cannot see
> our role in this exercise then I rest my case.
>
> Ndemo.
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> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:26:38
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