[kictanet] Day 10/11 of 12- BPO Discussions, Strengths andWeaknesses (Observations from USA and UK); and Trends and Niches

Mon Jun 15 12:11:27 EAT 2009

Prof.
We should understand the impact of internet better.  Our papers are
on-line and they contribute the greatest content out there.  A potential
investor trying to surf the net, gets mostly negative information.  I am
not against our media but they could do better in setting the agenda.  A
few examples may help here.

It is not only Kenya that has suffered the youth bulge.  This is something
that has affected countries world over.  The US suffered in the 1930's
leading the country to get rid of the problem by investing heavily on
public works and the war.  In China they put much of their people into
labour intensive public works (roads, energy, ICTs ets).  While they did
this they also suffered a high rate of crime.  This is how the Al Capones
came up.  Italy has had a mafia crisis over a long period of time but the
media there did not only focus on crime.  They suggested economic
solutions that have helped reduce crime in the south go down.  When we
write about mungiki, we should also suggest a way forward.  We must also
create hope for our people because we are all responsible for what happens
in our land.

The recent US elections were all about hope that things will change.  Look
at the Uhuru Budget.  It was a budget of hope.  But read our yesterday
papers.  While one Media house attempted to create hope.  The other
focused on hopelessness - "the devil is in the details" - yet for once we
were united in hope for our future.  I had expected many positive
headlines out of the budget but I was disappointed.  This is a budget we
should have leveraged to create a new Kenya.  A Kenya where we all have
hope.  It gave us our much a waited new constitution.  That we can devolve
our resources based on the districts.  That we may not need to dismantle a
constitution that has relatively served us well for more than 40 years. 
That we may need only Parliament to amend only the governance aspects of
our constitution as many civilized countries do.  This where media had a
chance to set the agenda for this country but they have yet again wasted
the opportunity.  It is not too late for them to bring hope.  The Vision
2030 can be achieved if we all agree that it will bring the desired
change.

I am glad we deviated a little but this discussion will shape our future
policies.  Where we all respect one another.

Regards

Ndemo.

> Dr. Ndemo,
>
> You have captured very well the problem with us Kenyans. At the same time,
> it is important to acknowledge that we have very many people who are
> positive and are doing very good things for this country. But they are
> drowned by the bad elements amongst us. However, things will not change if
> we do not make a deliberate change intervention. According to me, it will
> be
> almost impossible to achieve V2030 with this attitude. We must change.I
> strongly believe that there is a 4th pillar that V2030 conceptualization
> missed - NATIONAL COHESION. It is what is required to move forward and
> fulfil the other plans. We could therefore argue that we need to sell
> Kenya
> to Kenyans before we go out to foreigners. Otherwise all the positive
> messages that will be put out there in selling Kenya to investors by
> whoever
> (assuming we can get this right in the first instance) will soon be
> negated
> by the bad attitudes that you speak of. And who said Kenya must be
> developed
> by outsiders?
>
> I hope I have not sounded like a barking dog.
>
> tim mwololo
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:16 AM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>
>> Catherine, some barking dogs are causing untold pain to our people.
>> Hate
>> against Kenyans in Tanzania is at its worst.  Irrespective who you are,
>> you
>> are refered to as Mungiki who is after grabbing Tanzanian land.  Whom do
>> you
>> think created this image for our people?
>>
>> Mungiki is more of any economic crisis in our country but our Media has
>> refused to link the two.  We lack analytical depth in our media houses.
>>  What you read is petty fitina.  When a media house purpots that "Cable
>> lands into financial trouble" do you think such media has the interests
>> of
>> this country at heart?  If they did they should have asked the right
>> questions before publishing.  I do not think they have a clue how such
>> any
>> article impacts the country negatively.
>>
>> The audience of what is published locally is not only Kenyan people who
>> read it.  We must love our country and stop hoping that someone else
>> will
>> change our image.  The sad part is that all of what has been read
>> throughout
>> the world are all lies.  Some people reading this may never know that it
>> was
>> not true.
>>
>> This what I meant to say that negativity will fail us and we should
>> check
>> every barking dog.
>>
>> Ndemo
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>>
>> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:36:34
>> To: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
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>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 10/11 of 12- BPO Discussions, Strengths and
>>        Weaknesses (Observations from USA and UK); and Trends and Niches
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