[kictanet] Nyama Choma na pombe

[alice]

Congratulations warigia.

Very best

alice

> Hi ICT activists!
>
> Just want to let you know that yesterday I had a successful 
> dissertation defense, and I became Daktari Warigia, earning my 
> doctorate of philosophy in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School 
> of Government. My heartfelt thanks to KICTANet and KIF, in particular, 
> for helping me get this far. I am grateful. Shukrani. Here is the 
> footnote I included in the dissertation to thankall of you. Please let 
> me know if you name is not in here,and you want it in or if you see 
> misspellings or if you want to see the current Kenya chapter. Please 
> email me OFFLINE, (so as not to spam the list) at warigia at gmail.com 
> <mailto:warigia at gmail.com>. The dissertation will be submitted for 
> binding by May 15th, so email me quickly. Next step, publication . . .
>
> Would like to treat all of you who helped me to nyama choma and beer. 
> So lets arrange. I will be in Kenya from June through August!
>
> Hugs and Thanks! Rigia
>
> The material in this section is based on sixty-five qualitative 
> semi-structured interviews conducted from 2004-2006 in Kenya. 
> Additional interviews were conducted in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. I 
> also conducted participant observation, and sat in on dozens of 
> meetings of the organizations KIF and KICTAnet as well as several 
> national and transnational conferences on ICT. I conducted interviews 
> in Kenya with former members of parliament, high ranking government 
> officials, academics, private sector participants, and civil society 
> advocates.  I take responsibility for all content and interpretations. 
> No individual named below can be held responsible for any insights or 
> conclusions made in this article. All errors are my own. Several 
> interviewees requested anonymity. Nonetheless, the sample below of 
> those who allowed their names to be used gives a sense of the scope 
> and depth of the interviews conducted. Several individuals deserve 
> special thanks, including Juma Okech, the Secretary of E-Government, 
> Bitange Ndemo, the Permanent Secretary for Information and 
> Communications, Marcel Werner, the Secretary of the Kenya Information 
> and Communications Technology Federation, Alice Munyua, the Kenyan 
> representative of APC, and CCK Board Member, Amos Opiyo of the 
> Ministry of Planning,  Dr. Eric Aligula of the Kenya Institute of 
> Public Policy Research and Analysis, Henry Belsoi of Telkom Kenya, 
> Jonathan Campaigne, Director of Pride Africa, Kevit Desai, the 
> President of Kenya IEEE, Mike Eldon, CEO of Symphony Software, James 
> Gachui, Founder of Wananchi Online, Dr. Kathryn Getau, Computer 
> Science Faculty of the University of Nairobi, Dr. Tim Waema, Computer 
> Science faculty of the University of Nairobi, Wallace Gichoho of  Call 
> Center Africa, Mirjana Ilic of UNESCO, Michael Katundu, Communications 
> Commission of Kenya, Joseph Kiplagat, Computer Science Faculty, Moi 
> University, Brian Longwe of AFRISPA, Charles Nduati of Kenyatta 
> University, Dr. Florence Etta, formerly of IDRC, Edith Adera of IDRC, 
> as well as various staff members, directors and participants from the 
> Computer Society of Kenya, KICTAnet, the Directorate of E-Government, 
> the National Communications Secretariat,  Kenya Pipeline Company,  and 
> many other organizations. 
>
>
>
> -- 
> Warigia Bowman
> Assistant Professor
> The Department of Public Policy Leadership
> The University of Mississippi
> 107 Odom Hall
> University, MS 38677
>
> URL: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/leadership/index.html
> PHONE: 662-915-1904
> EMAIL: mwbowman at olemiss.edu <mailto:mwbowman at olemiss.edu>
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