[kictanet] Content is king, long live the king

Sat Oct 10 02:47:15 EAT 2009

Robert,
You are behind news.  When we launched the Digital Village in Kangundo, the ten computers were occupied by people respoding to PSC online adverts.  Online applications have been going on for some time now.  In Western Kenya people get their abstract as well as P3 forms from the Digital Villages.

On 0800 and other emergency numbers there is work going on.  We can not do all these things overnight but somethings are happenibg.

Regards

Ndemo.
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-----Original Message-----
From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:02:19 
To: <kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke>; <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Content is king, long live the king

PS Ndemo,

We are looking for more than policy, maybe those of us who have never worked for government have no idea about what the bureaucratic process can be like.  But I do not think that the digitization of government registries will create much content of interest to Micheal in Mwatate or Nicholas in Mbita Point.

I am asking for more relevant information to be made available online, take for example the government jobs advertised in todays Nation, how will this information get to Jane in Kerio Valley who graduated from the University 2 years ago and only get to see a news paper when her cousin visits from Eldoret Town.  Due to the presence of a GSM signal she can at least get to facebook.

Let me open this up to the web developers out there, how much would you charge to capture those listed jobs and make them accessible on the web?  The government paid the Nation about 2.6 million for the 8 pages, I am sure the same information was also in the Standard & Kenya Times bringing the expenditure to around 7 million.

Dear PS Ndemo, please explain to us how the government can find money to place an advert in the print media worth 7 million which only reaches 1 million people yet you are having a problem digitizing critical information?

You where able to get bandwidth concessions for the blue eyed boys, the BPO, yet you did not give them any local business to allow them to meet the Pareto principle 80/20, in this case where 80% of their business needs to be local and 20% foreign. 

All experts on BPO issues who have visited the country have always insisted that without sufficient local business the BPO business cannot work.

PS Ndemo, I am sure you have noticed that all the time I have a chance to talk to you the only issue I always raise is "where is the governments 0800 number".  You have a say in CCK, Telkom, Safaricom and your ministry why is this proofig to be such a hurdle? 

A war is won one battle at a time, please plan your battles and the war will be won.

Robert Yawe

KAY System Technologies Ltd

Phoenix House, 6th Floor

P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200

Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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From: bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] TEAMS an open circuit
To: "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>, kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Friday, 9 October, 2009, 8:15 AM

Robert,
I think it is too early to make such conlusions.  It is not easy in any organization to simply digitize or push people in that directions.  It is war.

I have spent three years fighting to keep the project a life.  My commitment to local content are still firm and execution is underway.  Once the shared service platform is ready, you will see visible change.  The registries in Lands, Judiciary, Motor Vehicle registration, Company Registry and Imigration are all in various stages of procurement process.

Change my brother is resisted every where.  Those like youself who want to run, please run.  We'll support you.  On pricing give it a few days and hopefully all will be fine.

Regards

Ndemo.
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:58:41 
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Subject: [kictanet] TEAMS an open circuit

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