[kictanet] @ 2010 Not Yet Uhuru

[Okechukwu]

Facilitate & Regulate only? I think this is not true since when I look
at public transport in the west, they are owned by the Councils which
are the government. Facilitate and regulate might just be some of the
functions, but ownership, especially in infrastructure - transport &
communications - should be owned by the Government, albeit the local
council governments.

Sanity on the roads, on the other hand, is purely an attitude problem
with us the citizens - We jump onto public transport and they are
driven the way the are yet we don't raise a voice, We offer the cops
bribes or see them being offered bribes and do nothing about it. This
is entirely a personal thing and until our attitudes change - however
good the transport system is - we will not go anywhere.

Happy 2010

./Ok3ch

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:04 PM,  <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> Dear Barrack,
> You have a nice presidential name.  You should not be confused with all
> the questions you pose.  Yes we shall continue to have accidents until we
> have a mass transportation system.  I have argued before that the role of
> Government is facilitate.  I need to add one more function: regulate.
> There is need to facilitate proper mass transportation system in country
> and then have a strong regulator.  When I was young in late 70s, OTC then
> a Mass Transport system along with the Kenya Bus had a log in system that
> they could not be in Nakuru for example if they had not been scheduled to
> be there.  Things worked then even Malaysians came to learn from us.  With
> GPS and other ICT solutions, we should manage to safe our peoples's lifes.
>
> Now in the midist of greed we need serious reforms and selflessness.
> Reviving the rail system should be priority number one but transport
> companies keep on sabotaging the rail system for their own selfish ends.
> Yes we have told our transport officials to reform the sector.
>
>
> Ndemo
>
>
>> Distinguished listers,
>>
>> I have read through the comments and still feel it is not yet time to
>> celebrate, what we have simply done in the year 2009 is to build buses
>> (Policies, Infrastructure , Strategies) however Kenyans are still walking
>> on
>> foot and hurting their toes as a result since they havent seen the
>> difference this buses will make in their lives. Many gains have been made
>> but they still don't resonate with the common man for instance *why are
>> accidents still maiming Kenyans whereas we can use ICT's to curb them
>> significantly through* CCTV's and other technologies (refer to Kwa Zulu
>> Natal SA), *why is the corruption index still high whereas we can use
>> ICT's
>> to significantly reduce* *corruption*, *why is access to treatment a
>> challenge whereas telemedicine is a reality,* *why is education expensive
>> whereas e-learning is a reality* we continue to witness Petty fights among
>> stakeholders whereas there are *REAL* issues that must be addressed we
>> need
>> to shun this culture and cooperate if we are to achieve more, if ICT
>> cannot
>> contribute to Socio-economic liberation, *then it is not worth it,* for
>> those who were hitting hard continue with the same spirit mediocrity
>> should
>> not be tolerated, for the Peacemakers, be blessed in the year 2010 and
>> continue with that spirit.
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>> Barrack O. Otieno
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