[kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010

Thu Dec 24 17:46:11 EAT 2009

Thank you Clement  for not quitting  

The heat generated  is part of the game , however Kictanet had deployed the services of a bouncer who delisted ( will have an e-jail under KCA 2009) those who hit below the belt . Am sure 2010 will be even more issue driven and am sure you will be in the driving seat contributing . thank you for recognising some of the heroes and heroines in the KICTANET list 2009 , these were key drivers in the debate for the development of ICTs . They set a very high standard of engaging stakeholders in the offices they  hold.  It is my hope that the example set by the PS, CEO Safaricom and ICT board will be emulated by other officer  as stewards of public trust and resources.

I also hasten to recognise the great contributions we got from the diaspora and friends of kenya. Cant forget  Eric  ( Eric here!!) Badru , McTim( a name tells ----)  etc  etc 

Cheers 

MM

From: CLEM NYANDIERE [mailto:c_nyandiere at yahoo.com] 
Sent: 24 December 2009 17:07
To: mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010

MM,
You summed up the year's events and what you expect in the new year 2010.
Some us did more of the reading than commented. The year had some black spots we need to check in coming year. Some of these are common with email exchanges-- tendency to be impersonal.

I personally pray that in the new year, we engage in MORE constructive LESS destructive discussions. 

At one point some of us contemplated quiting the group as there was increased personalisation of issues and hitting out at colleagues in the sector. 

In the new year, I have told myself to read and reread every email I will post here so that I annoy others LESS. I will also avoid using the forum to pour down frustrations from other sources.

In this forum, we have our teachers as well as our students; employers as well as employees; admirers as well as those we admire....but some of us are probably strangers to each other! My two heroes and one heroine for 2009  were the CEO of Safaricom, PS Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Deputy CEO ICT Board (gracious lady). You probably know why they stand out. 

Merry Christmas and Happy 2010

Clement

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From: muriuki mureithi <mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke>
To: c_nyandiere at yahoo.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Thu, December 24, 2009 3:55:11 PM
Subject: [kictanet] merry xmas and great new year @2010

Hi 

The year 2009 came in  fast and furious  - am sure you still remember KCA amendment and the dust it blew on 2nd Jan 2009   ----

Yes the year is going  and shortly will be history.

In that history – we , the ICT community ,  and of course the kictanet community has participated in the writing( or is it  reading) that history .  in 2009 we   recognised convergence, brought in electronic transactions framework , more importantly more bandwidth than we know how to use it  and took a major step to show Africa the way towards digital broadcasting  ,   coordination efforts in international fora e.g. IGF, ICANN   and on and on-----.  A lot or this was conceived , discussed , killed , resurrected , critiqued , on the kictanet platform. The greatest value of the  list  is the perspective of the vigorous participation  on the list or off the list . from a very  high level government perspective   in govt  led by PS Dr Ndemo ,  ICT industry captains led by their  CEOs, regulators , techies , policy makers , the media , consultants, the academia, consumer experts, students, development partners , users etc . Once again KICTANET list lived to its promise – a platform to talk /share even if we do not necessary agree. The message coming out is Kenya is on the verge of take-off  in 2010– we expect to see more in BPO industry ,  more activity on local content both in the internet and broadcasting ,  more effort to bridge the digital divide in our rural areas  and of course realisation of the promise of much much cheaper bandwidth to the consumer  and of course a very successful ICANN in March 2010

With such  activity in 2009 it was only appropriate  to close the year with a visit of one Sir Tim  Berners-Lee the inventor of the www.  We are moving,  KICTANET’s new year resolution is to bring the inventor of the internet here early in 2010

With that context  this is to  wish you much love, light and merriment over the festive celebrations ahead! May you thoroughly enjoy yourself, and feel the love, bounty, joy and abundance that is who you are! May you also find time to be at peace with yourself in stillness, and to reflect and experience more of the beauty of your heart. In these quieter times may you receive and seed luminous dreams and wondrous futures, and experience more of the love and truth of your being.

Cheers 

Muriuki Mureithi (MM)

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