[kictanet] Nyama Choma na pombe

Thu Apr 23 09:57:48 EAT 2009

Congratulations!!  This is great achievement and wish you all the best.

Vitalis

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On Behalf Of Brian Munyao Longwe
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:39 AM
To: Vitalis Olunga
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Nyama Choma na pombe

Well done Rigia!

You have done us proud. Hope you plan on bringing your big brain home to
help us develop this nation/region...

regards,

Brian

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:21 AM, warigia bowman <warigia at gmail.com>
wrote:

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. 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

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