[kictanet] Are ICT issues drying up?

[Alex Gakuru]

Hello Lucy,

Do I take it that you will respond to a couple of
questions I have for the ICT Board if I send them
directly to you?

Regards,


--- Lucy Odhiambo <lodhiambo at ict.go.ke> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
>  
> 
> The Kenya ICT Board  makes reference to issues
> raised in this forum about
> "The Boards Participation in the recently concluded
> ICT Village expo". We
> would like to state the following 
> 
>  
> 
> Objective of participation: The event had a
> strategic fit to our objective
> of empowering society through deployment and use of
> ICTs
> 
> Strategic fit:  To create awareness about the boards
> programs and in
> particular Pasha e-centres.
> 
> Response: Our stand attracted a great deal of
> interest and enthusiasm and
> this was evidenced b the number of people who
> visited our stand and signed
> up for more information.
> 
> No of Visitors our stand: We had 500 Pasha e-center
> brochures and we ran out
> before the end of the event, forcing us to reproduce
> additional copies to
> meet demand and satisfy the need for information. In
> this regard we also
> received over 200 applications for Pasha e-centre's
> Entrepreneurship
> Training within only 2 days to closure, not to
> mention the numerous
> enquiries about our other programs. The board was
> represented in the opening
> conference by the CEO and other senior staff
> members. Other staff members
> attended various other conference tracks that were
> relevant to their
> specific areas of work at the board. 
> 
> The Boards commitment to its vision: The board
> programs and activities are
> directed by its mandate and vision which is to make
> Kenya a Top 10 ICT Hub.
> By implication this places the boards work in the
> global arena. The board
> therefore remains committed to mission of 
> 'implementing and participating
> in programs that will rapidly and innovatively
> transform Kenya through the
> promotion of awareness and adoption of ICT for
> socio- economic enrichment of
> our society". 
> 
> Feedback - The Board appreciates feedback and uses
> it to build upon its
> programs
> 
> Invitation: The Board kindly invites members of this
> forum and the public at
> large to contribute towards its programs directly, 
> or indirectly through
> the recently Launched public panels or other
> programs.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Lucy Gachui
> 
> Communications Manager 
> 
> Kenya ICT Board
> 
> CCK Centre, Waiyaki Way 
> 
> PO Box 27150 - 00100
> Nairobi, Kenya
> 
> Cell 0722 839049
> 
> Tel: 254-020-2093040
> 
> www.ict.go.ke
> 
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> From:
>
kictanet-bounces+lodhiambo=ict.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+lodhiambo=ict.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke]
> On Behalf
> Of Victor Maloi
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 12:38 PM
> To: lodhiambo at ict.go.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: [kictanet] Are ICT issues drying up?
> 
>  
> 
> Dear Members,
> 
> Just like many projects in Kenya, I feel like we are
> going downhill yet
> there are many policy issues we should be
> discussing.  This morning I
> perused through the Ministry of Information Website
> only to find there is
> all the important Bills that they have lined up. 
> What is wrong with Bwana
> PS.  Is there something you want to hide from us?
> 
>  
> 
> The just concluded ICT conference at the KICC was
> sinply great.  Missing in
> action was the ICT Board.  They could not even
> bother to have somebody man
> their stand throughout.  Was meeting Kenyans at the
> conference not
> important?  Although the PS attended all the
> sessions, it was not enough
> because we needed his troops there to help the
> thousands of people who
> attended.  Bwana PS we do not want the elitism in
> the Board to continue.
> These are people more known outside of Kenya than
> the people they pretend to
> help.
> 
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> 
>  
> 
> Victor Maloi
> 
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