[kictanet] CONNECTED GOVERNEMENT SUMMIT 2010 - MARCH 29TH TOAPRIL 1ST - LEISURE LODGE , DIANI

Fri Mar 26 19:36:49 EAT 2010

Mwesh,

I think we will have live feeds, from the venue as Lucy and the Chairman from the ICT Board have promised.. 

Participants can engage online, to follow the different discussions and presentations ongoing. I believe this
should next usher us into the era of live video conferencing - hopefully, as broadband becomes "Real broadband",
and affordable..

One good thing is that this conference is sponsored by one of the main broadband service providers in the country.
I suppose the question of Mobile broadband costing/affordability needs to be covered at this summit exhaustively
especially given that the theme is "Connected Government".  Simply put,  what's causing prices to remain astronomical,
when several optic fibre cables have landed on our shores- etc, etc. Is it licensing? Then spotlight needs to turn
to the regulator to make it easier for the realization of lowered pricing. Is it overheads costing, as it was mentioned
earlier on the forum? - hardly.  I differ, especially given the huge profit margins being made. Maybe the shareholders?
Not really, perhaps it's time we rein in on private profit interests so that they do not overtake national interests.
Let's balance them out.

I look forward to Broadband being given airtime, lest it might be interesting to know how Govt. plans to interconnect,
without broadband. Or delivery of services over broadband with price tags hitting the ceilings..

Harry

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From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of lordmwesh
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:46 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?

The ICT meeting at the coast was sponsored by Safaricom,  Its a connected Government summit. 

CEOs of all government companies, ministries (PSs), and big ICT players were invited. The coordination was done through The Kenya ICT Board.

If you did not get an invite, and feel you should have, the person to lynch is Kukubo. :)

Regards

Mwendwa Kivuva

On 26 March 2010 13:29, Solomon Mburu Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com> wrote:

So there was an invite for an ICT meeting at the Coast?
Just like somebody has asked, what is the rationale and criteria for
selecting the participants?
And the invitations?

On 26/03/2010, Emmanuel Khisa <Emmanuel.khisa at kadet.co.ke> wrote:
> Harry (Not Hare),
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> I asked the same question. Still waiting for a response, who are the
> invitees for this very important meeting of minds? And what is the
> Criterion?
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> Regards
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> From: kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa=kadet.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa <mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bemmanuel.khisa> =kadet.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
> Behalf Of Harry Delano
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:11 AM
> To: emmanuel.khisa at kadet.co.ke

> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'

> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?
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> Thanks Solomon, and Wals, - point taken..
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> And while at it;-  "The connected Government summit of 2010" announcement,
> as released by Lucy of ICT Board on Wed.
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> Listers, whats' your take..?  It's all the way in Mombasa - at Leisure
> Lodge, where I do not think alot of people have been invited
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> to take part. Is there any way policy discussants would be able to follow
> the proceedings from there or in a way participate, as
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> most of the ICT practitioners I see on the roll seem to be multinationals
> (MNC's)..?
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> Once again, I suppose it could be an opportunity to impress on those up
> there, what the real stakeholders want to see put in place.

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> Harry..
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> From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry <mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bharry> =comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On

> Behalf Of Solomon Mburu Kamau
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:11 AM

> To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions

> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?
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> On 26 March 2010 08:54, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Harry (not the Hare ;-)
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> As Jesus once said, let those who have ears, hear...
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> Even in 'coded messages' that Jesus gave, He would later explain to His
> disciples and other interested parties.
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> On another level, I think the link provided by Walu gives an insight on what
> ICT Board is all about. Methinks we should get to Bw. Kukubo to further
> explain to us on ICT Board is exactly!!!
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> walu.
> nb: its a coded message but am sure it is quite clear to those who must take
> action to interven.
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> --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
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> From: Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke>
> Subject: RE: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?
> To: "'Walubengo J'" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
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> Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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> Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 2:19 PM
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> Walu,
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> Could you please "interpret", I think we lost you somewhere along the
> way.... It seems some kind of a "mishmash"

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> Harry
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> From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke

> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry <mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bharry>  <mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bharry <mailto:kictanet-bounces%252Bharry> >
> =comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:39 AM

> To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions

> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?
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> Yawe,
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> Google brought me the official answer @
> http://www.ict.go.ke/index.php/theboard/our-mandate-a-objectives
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> But I could add my own "unofficial" perspective/personal opinion which is
> that the ICT Board could be the Ministry of Information implementing agent
> for ICT Strategies/Projects/Activities. This could have been occasioned by
> the e-Government Secretariate and GITS (Government Info Technology Services)
> cold-war and power games that may have compromised on each others ability to
> deliver on technology enabled services for Government.
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> walu.
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> --- On Thu, 3/25/10, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: [kictanet] Who is ICT Board?
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:01 AM
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> Who is ICT Board and what exactly is their mandate?
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> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
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> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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