[kictanet] Kenya ICT Sector Stakeholder Public Forum (was Re: Legislation and Discipline & Ethics

Brian Munyao Longwe blongwe at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 20:50:39 EAT 2008 

Now Joseph that was entirely uncalled  for. Do you begin to have even  
the slightest clue as to the extent that this country has benefitted  
from Florence "Mama ICT's" sweat, blood and tears.

The question that is lurking in the bcak of my mind is why does it  
only (or mainly) seem to be our diaspora who are taking exception to  
the "visitors" in our midst? Could it be some kind of misplaced  
aggression?

If Dr. Henry Chassia was talked about or treated by the South Africans  
the way you guys are addressing our valued friends then both Mandela  
and Mbeki would not benefit from his incredible input in their  
Presidential Advisory Committee on ICTs.

Please desist from these kind of racial slurs....

Brian

Sent from my iPhone

On 14 Jul 2008, at 7:27 PM, "Joseph Manthi" <jmanthi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Florence:
> Don't you think you should let Kenyan's deal with their own stuff  
> instead of you foreigners interfering? This is equivalent to you  
> being invited to someone's else's house and asking to sleep in the  
> parent's bed. It is high time you let us do our own things for our  
> benefit.
>
> Brian, I vote no to this.
>
> Joe
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Florence Etta <feanywhere at yahoo.co.uk 
> > wrote:
> My dear Brian,
>
> May I humbly publicly offer my services to facilitate such a Forum  
> since I am NOT Kenyan I wil not take sides.
>
> Besides, I am passionate about developments in this sector and in  
> the continent at large and I love to bring people together to  
> discuss constructiuvely. Trust me.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Florence Etta
>
> Alternative Email:florence.etta at gmail.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Munyao Longwe <brian at caret.net>
> To: feanywhere at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Monday, 14 July, 2008 4:39:57 PM
> Subject: [kictanet] Kenya ICT Sector Stakeholder Public Forum (was  
> Re: Legislation and Discipline & Ethics)
>
> Hi all,
>
> We are proposing a Public Forum on Thursday 31st of July to be held  
> at a suitable venue in Nairobi. The objective will be to provide all  
> the different ICT stakeholder organisations within Kenya a chance to  
> introduce themselves and their policies to the public.
>
> There will also be opportunity to evaluate Kenya's ICT ecosystem,  
> especially with regards to the different entities, their missions,  
> roles and goals. As well as provide organisations such as KEPSA with  
> an opportunity to share their view/vision on how they expect ICT  
> sector input/engagement.
>
> Formal announcement will be posted once details have been worked  
> out, but in the meantime please pencil this into your schedules. We  
> can also explore the possibility of an IP stream for the Diaspora...  
> if there is interest in tracking this.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Brian
>
> On Jul 14, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Bill Kagai wrote:
>> Daktari,
>>
>> I agree with you to some extent. If I were to chronicle the genesis  
>> of the problem, some organisations were/are feeling choked by KIF  
>> especially in relation to KEPSA. In my opinion, this means that KIF  
>> has managed to do many things better than others to get where they  
>> are. However, that should not mean that KIF now becomes the blanket  
>> representative of the industry in matters pertaining to KEPSA.  
>> Other specialised organisations e.g. Skunkworks, CSK, Kictanet etc  
>> should have equal opportunity to adress their sector specific  
>> concerns with any stakeholder. [Government/Industry/Public]. E.g.  
>> If a foreign software house came to Government seeking advice on  
>> how to partner with the local industry, why should KIF seize the  
>> opportunity when we know that Skunkworks is more adept in those  
>> matters?? [Caveat - organisations mentioned for purpose of  
>> elaboration only]
>>
>> The crux of the matter is that these new organisations do not come  
>> up because of sector specific concerns they wish  
>> addressed...service, bandwidth, policy, payment gateways etc but  
>> because officials running established organisations have become  
>> 'Mugabes' resisting change and growing old [literally] in those  
>> positions.
>>
>> You are best placed to provide leadership here by insisting that  
>> you will only engage with organisations that run efficient  
>> structures with clear mandates from their electorates and I will  
>> follow by paying membership in all organisations that I feel will  
>> help air my business concerns in the industry. Actually, I will be  
>> comfortable dealing with your ministry through my sector  
>> organisation instead of all us queueing at your reception. And I  
>> will hold my organisation leader responsible and thus create more  
>> time for you to engage with others.
>>
>> Waudo::: You know what am talking about. Be brave...wachia vijana  
>> usukani.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:30 PM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>> Bill,
>> In my view, such fracases are an indication of the level of  
>> activity in our sector.  We however must exercise our freedom of  
>> speech with responsibility.  If nothing was happening, nobody will  
>> feel squeezed.
>>
>> We must show the world that inspite of our differences, we are able  
>> to remain focused.  I wish we spent more energy on diffusion of  
>> technoloy.   We have limitless opportunities in this sector that we  
>> must encourage more foreign equity participation to ensure a flow  
>> of technology transfer.  This is what the NICs did.
>>
>> Asante.
>>
>> Ndemo.
>>
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