[kictanet] On ICT Board

[ikua at lpakenya.org]

Its good that you mention SITA in this forum. I have also interacted  
with them and one thing that really stands out is the way they have  
embraced FOSS. They have a very clear strategic outlook for open  
source migration in the Government of ZA.

The ICT board should borrow a leaf from them. I wonder why they did  
not see this clearly even after their visit to Malaysia. Malaysia, New  
Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Germany, and USA are among  
countries that have very clear FOSS policies that recognize the  
benefit of using FOSS (Just to digress a little).

Ikua

Quoting Matunda Nyanchama <mnyanchama at aganoconsulting.com>:

> I am wondering whether Kenya has the equivalent of RITA (Rwanda) or   
> SITA (South Africa).
>
> My short interaction with SITA clearly shows they are filling a   
> major need in ICT operations, capacity building, standardization,   
> etc. across governments. Among key gains are in such areas as   
> procurement, service delivery, information protection, technology   
> platform standardization (e.g. end user devices), application   
> development methodology. It also provides economies of scale for   
> entry: municipalities, provincial governments, etc don't have to   
> duplicate (especially in facilities, networks, data centres, etc.)   
> what already exists.
>
> Although it is a government agency, it is ran as a profitable   
> company and has creative ways of making money, e.g. extending   
> services to the private sector.
>
> Any plans/hope of building a Kenyan KITA? Or transforming ICT Board   
> to such active operational role?
>
>
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