[kictanet] Of Presidential directives and policy

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Engineer,

Well said.

Gilda Odera
Quoting "Eng. Thomas Senaji" <tasenaji at gmail.com>:

> Good afternoon,
> 
> 
> This provides an opportunity for the MoICT to play a greater role in
> assisting MoEST and MoY&S in delivery of ICT education and skills. The
> implication of this directive is that MoICT should play a more active role
> in development of ICT skills among the youth.
> 
> Specifically, from the perspective of ICT for development in socio-economic
> spheres, MoICT can now play an even greater role across ministries -
> providing the technical input required by these sectors either directly or
> through its designated organs.
> 
> In my view, the responsibility should lie with parent ministries while MoICT
> actively fastracks the processes by virtue of its ovesight in matters of ICT
> including milestones and policy targets.
> 
> Again, this requires complementary and synergistic approach between MoICT,
> MoEST and MoY&S and MoICT mamy need to develop  (or enhance)  capacbity to
> carry out this mandate.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thomas  Senaji
> 
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> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Betty Ogange <ogange at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >   Listers,
> >
> > I have read with great interest the directive by the President to the
> > Ministry of Information and Communication to ‘*come up with’* programmes
> > for the training and development of the youth nationwide after the launch
> of
> > the fibre optic cable.
> >
> > http://www.information.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=478
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> > This, he rightly says, will ‘catch the generation of truly digital
> > Kenyans.’  I think it is a timely assertion coming from the Head of State.
> > However, I have a feeling that if the directive had been aimed at the
> > Ministry of Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Education, then the Ministry
> > of ICT would play its default role of providing the infrastructural and
> > related support to enable these two Ministries (and any other Ministries
> > with similar programmes) to expand the training programmes that already
> > exist and initiate new ones.  I am not aware of the full structure of the
> > Ministry of ICT but I suspect that taking full responsibility of
> initiating
> > or co-ordinating youth training in ICT countrywide might overstretch its
> > already crowded mandate. Again, if our accountability processes still
> hold,
> > then the President will at some point expect to be briefed by the Ministry
> > of ICT on how far the directive has progressed. At this point, I see some
> > difficulties with agency and responsibility for outcomes.
> >
> >
> >
> > Which leads me to ask: How does a presidential directive convert to
> > actionable policy? What has been the success level of such directives in
> the
> > ICT sector? How might a directive like this one be actioned without power
> > games coming into play?
> >
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> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Betty
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