[kictanet] Nyama Choma na pombe

Thu Apr 23 12:12:01 EAT 2009

Jambo Daktari Warigia,

Let me join my fellow Kenyans in congratulating you for flying the country's flag high once again.   Best wishes in your future plans.

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  From: warigia bowman 
  To: kwach at archway-productions.com 
  Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions 
  Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:21 AM
  Subject: [kictanet] Nyama Choma na pombe

  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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