[kictanet] Day 8 of 10- BPO Discussions, Youth and Gender Issues

Thu Jun 11 15:44:25 EAT 2009

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:25:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Bpoteam] Day 8 of 10- BPO Discussions, Youth and  Gender Issues
To: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>

Solomon,

Interesting perspective bringing in the issue of the Youth Fund not supporting BPO. In addition, kindly reply all or you will miss the list as it was addressed to me only. Finally you are not late as you may note that this theme was to be discussed for 2 days and I just rehashed the same summary today. The only thing I will encourage is that you put the subject header as day 8 like I have now done as still very relevant.

Thanks

Catherine

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From: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
To: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:37:34 AM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Bpoteam] Day 7 of 10- BPO Discussions, Youth and  Gender Issues

Morning,

Apologies for late intervention.

My own views in as far as youth and gender employment are concerned, will involves the element of equipping them with the right materials for their empowerment. This is because the varoius factors which promote entrepreneurial development include sound policies (the govt says at least a third of positions in public offices should be given to women), enough funding (through the youth fund and women development fund) and offering incentives to the target group. 

The Kenyan situation is not so conducive when it comes to promoting the youth in entrepreneurship. While the Youth Fund has helped the youth become economic independent, it is only pegged to activities such as hardware, human rights etc, but it does not support any technological advancement. Only the private sector have the BPO loosely in the specific organizations such as Safaricom Jambo Centre, Kencall etc. The employment of the youth and women in such a sector has not received the government support. Do we really have a govt fully run and supported BPO? That is where the problem is, because the government does not want to establish such an opportunity for the youth, probably due to fear, resources and the level of innovation that is shielded in govt shelves due to 'lack of funds' etc.  

The BPO sector is thus not supported by this Fund maybe due to the cost implications attached and the fear of adapting change.

How about the labour laws? They are perhaps silent on the development of the BPO sector because they have been overtaken by the political sentiments and COTU's  fighting for the rights of workers in Industrial Area!  
-- 
Solomon Mburu
P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi
Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041

Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill!

AND

It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity! 

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<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Solomon, Interesting perspective bringing in the issue of the Youth Fund not supporting BPO. In addition, kindly reply all or you will miss the list as it was addressed to me only. Finally you are not late as you may note that this theme was to be discussed for 2 days and I just rehashed the same summary today. The only thing I will encourage is that you put the subject header as day 8 like I have now done as still very relevant. Thanks Catherine </div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><hr size="1">From: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu at gmail.com> To: Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:37:34 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Bpoteam] Day 7 of 10- BPO Discussions, Youth and Gender Issues 
Morning, Apologies for late intervention.

My own views in as far as youth and gender employment are concerned, will involves the element of equipping them with the right materials for their empowerment. This is because the varoius factors which promote entrepreneurial development include sound policies (the govt says at least a third of positions in public offices should be given to women), enough funding (through the youth fund and women development fund) and offering incentives to the target group.

The Kenyan situation is not so conducive when it comes to promoting the youth in entrepreneurship. While the Youth Fund has helped the youth become economic independent, it is only pegged to activities such as hardware, human rights etc, but it does not support any technological advancement. Only the private sector have the BPO loosely in the specific organizations such as Safaricom Jambo Centre, Kencall etc. The employment of the youth and women in such a sector has not received the government support. Do we really have a govt fully run and supported BPO? That is where the problem is, because the government does not want to establish such an opportunity for the youth, probably due to fear, resources and the level of innovation that is shielded in govt shelves due to 'lack of funds' etc.

The BPO sector is thus not supported by this Fund maybe due to the cost implications attached and the fear of adapting change. How about the labour laws? They are perhaps silent on the development of the BPO sector because they have been overtaken by the political sentiments and COTU's  fighting for the rights of workers in Industrial Area!  
 -- 
Solomon Mburu P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi

Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill! 

 AND It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity!

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