[kictanet] the budget and ICT

[Josiah Mugambi]

It is safe I suppose to assume that not all targeted schools have a reliable
(if any) source of electricity. Is there a plan for this?


--
Josiah Mugambi


On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Vitalis Olunga <volunga at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The plan (purchasing of) for computers for schools, if implemented, seems
> more sustainable than the last year's budget for mobile ICT buses for
> constituencies. What the constituency leaders should now work for is to
> ensure the allocation of resources from the CDF to build computer labs in
> schools where they may be lacking. Many emerging schools may still be
> lacking computer labs and science labs as of now. One such school where I am
> the chairman of BGO (Obambo, Siaya) is yet to have a computer lab in
> place, and has no equipped science lab,  but is it one of the best in the
> district (both in academic performance and sports).
>  Regards
>
>
> Vitalis
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* "ikua at lpakenya.org" <ikua at lpakenya.org>
> *To:* volunga at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Fri, June 11, 2010 9:20:18 AM
> *Subject:* [kictanet] the budget and ICT
>
> Listers,
> The Government will spend 1.3B to buy 300 computers in each of the 210
> constituencies. That means that each of the 63,000 computers will cost the
> taxpayer KSh 20,634/=. This is a very good initiative.
>
> Now, they say that these computers will be assembled by institutions. I
> just hope this does not mean they will go for clones. They would do much
> better with branded, refurbished computers. As far as I know, the minister
> did not mention anything touching on used computers in the budget.
>
> Now then, at this price, there is absolutely no allowance for software
> purchases. Which is all well as these computers can be loaded with open
> source software that will give much more value to the investment anyway. So
> we will be watching keenly to see what kind of deals Microsoft will try to
> push at the government to include their software in these computers,
> probably at a ¨small price¨.
>
> The open source community is available and willing to advise the Government
> on the best way of ensuring that tax payer money is used prudently for the
> benefit of this country.
>
> Ikua
> LPA-Kenya
>
>
>
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