[kictanet] ICT4D online discussion-end of session

Tue Jun 3 10:39:12 EAT 2008

Hey Fred, 

thanx for your last minute pitch on this.  You and a few others have really kept the session up with your insights. At one time I actaully considered resigning because of the 'silent' majority ;-).  

Anyhow, I would like to 'officially' close this session and hope you will be there for future discussion. A report on the same will be floated on the list within 2weeks, after which we shall consider announcing a date for the next discussion.

thanx all, now we can catch up with a commercial break - Safaricom's free call offers visa-vis Celtel's 3Bob offer? CCKs new DG? Safaricom's IPO -who got what? Telkom Kenya got a new MD? Who wants to shut down the Vernacular Radio Stations? Is there a new law/regulation on SIM card registration? 3G mobile wireless - is it pornography on the move? TEAMs project - where have we reached? So much has been cooking...

walu.

--- On Tue, 6/3/08, Fred Okono <fredokono at cfsk.org> wrote:

> From: Fred Okono <fredokono at cfsk.org>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Public Sector Roles (activities,motives & challenges) Day 8 of 10
> To: "John Walubengo" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 9:03 AM
> Hi Walu!
> 
> I am jumping into this a little late, having been out of
> touch over the last 
> few days.
> 
> I wouldn't agree with you more - unless INDIVIDUAL
> Civil Service Officers 
> PERSONALLY embrace ICTs then it does not matter what grand
> policy is 
> approved at Cabinet, in Parliament or anywhere else for
> that matter. We need 
> buy-in at the individual level in order to truly mainstream
> ICTs into our 
> national development agenda.
> 
> Policy that facilitates (maybe even enforces) this would be
> a really great 
> help in achieving such buy-in. For example, rerquiring that
> all Public 
> Servants have basic computer literacy (by a given date);
> making computer 
> proficiency a mandatory requirement for all new
> recruitments; establishing 
> free-access cyber cafes in all major government offices to
> facilitate email 
> and general internet use; etc.
> 
> In short, we need implementable/enforceable policy that
> applies to the 
> individual Public Officer - not just macro or grand policy
> at the national 
> level.
> 
> Fredrick Okono Deputy 
> Director
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Walubengo" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> To: <fredokono at cfsk.org>
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions"
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Public Sector Roles
> (activities,motives & 
> challenges) Day 8 of 10
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanx to Barrack and Ndemo for your comments on Civil
> > Society and Public sector.  We still have one more day
> on
> > the Public Sector role.
> >
> > My take is thatI think the Govt has kicked off in the
> right
> > direction with regard to initiatives for ICT4D. 
> However,
> > my feeling is that most of these have remained at a
> fairly
> > high-level.  Am not quite sure that the vision and
> urgency
> > experienced at the top is shared at the bottom ranks
> of the
> > Public Service.
> >
> > More specifically, I am not quite sure that the
> odinary
> > public servants have the right disposition to embrace
> ICTs.
> > Finally, I doubt if there are sufficient, if any
> > incentives to socialise the wider public service
> (teachers,
> > nurses, police, chiefs and others) into the
> information
> > age. It looks we do have the right strategies but lack
> an
> > 'implementation strategy' i.e. we know what
> needs to be
> > done but maybe shallow on how it would be done....i
> stand
> > to be corrected.
> >
> > walu.
> >
> > --- Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Members Commisioning of the e-government
> Secretariat,
> >> formation of the ICT
> >> board and liberization of the ICT sector have all
> been
> >> fantastic
> >> initiatives, however we need to strengthen Public
> private
> >> Sector
> >> collaborations if we are to realise more gain, key
> areas
> >> that we may focus
> >> on are Entrepreneurship training so that we may
> tap into
> >> the benefits of new
> >> technologies before they are obsolete, we must
> stop
> >> experimenting with
> >> technology and do business using technology, this
> brings
> >> in another aspect
> >> POLICY, there is likely to be a paradigm shift in
> the
> >> way businesses are
> >> run if we are to fully embrace technology as a
> matter of
> >> fact some
> >> businesses might totally disappear as a result of
> >> technology whereas new
> >> ones will emerge, the problem is that there are
> lots of
> >> boardroom games that
> >> stand in the way of enactment of some of this
> policies
> >> which must be dealt
> >> with may be we need some online mass action, the
> future
> >> looks bright but it
> >> is important to coordinate all ict4d initiatives
> whether
> >> fronted by
> >> Government, private or public sector
> >>
> >> On 5/27/08, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Morning all,
> >> >
> >> > Today we wish to turn our attention to what
> the Public
> >> > (Govt) is doing with regard to ICT4Ds.
> >> >
> >> > >From my observation, there has been quite
> some impetus
> >> in
> >> > the last 5years or so on this regard.  What
> comes to
> >> mind
> >> > in no particular order, is the commissioning
> of the
> >> eGovt
> >> > Secretariate and the ICT Board, the
> liberalization of
> >> ICT
> >> > sector through the Kenya Comm Act 1999, the
> gazettement
> >> of
> >> > the the National ICT Policy, the
> Privatisation of the
> >> > national Telco Provider and the initiation of
> the
> >> TEAMs,
> >> > submarine project.
> >> >
> >> > It would be nice for members to share their
> opinion on
> >> the
> >> > activities and challenges surrounding the
> above and
> >> other
> >> > government initiatives.
> >> >
> >> > The floor is open, we have only today Tue May
> 27th and
> >> > tomorrow on this.
> >> >
> >> > walu.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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