[kictanet] @ 2010 Not Yet Uhuru

Wed Dec 30 16:42:43 EAT 2009

Thanks Daktari for taking us back to the seventies, that is very relevant "
local content " at least you have pointed out possible solutions meaning we
dont mean to reinvent the wheel, i hope we shall be able to engage with
Matatu Owners association in the new year, moderator possbilities of having
such a forum? MM, Walu?

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:07 PM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:

> Okechukwu (are you Kenyan?)
> We may be talking the same things.  When the Government or councils own,
> it is facilitating.  Government or councils should not be in business.
> They can invest partly but they should not run anything called business.
> This has failed in many places and in many times.  Telcoms industry in
> this country is vibrant because Government does not run them and if you
> recall the sector almost failed.  Today virtually every country has
> privatized.
>
> You will never manage transport business without a regulator.  Not the
> police.  The regulator will deal with this attitude problem.  Allow me to
> take you back to my earlier argument on which system (ideology) works.  I
> said we must accord the people political freedom them ensure individual
> liberties.  Within that realm we can agree when one interveres with the
> others liberties.  This where the regulator will come in.  The police will
> deal with the criminal aspect not monitoring.
>
> Do not complain about the police when the problem is ours as a people.  In
> the morning we want to be controlled yet in the evening we want to be in
> the streets protesting for freedoms.  We must agree under which framework
> we operate.  That is why a simple document to provide us with a governance
> framework has become such a big thing.  We would not need a constitution
> if we all understand what individual liberties are and how we must relate
> to one onother.  Leave Government out of business.
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>
>
> > 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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