[kictanet] 06 - Re: Article on Kenya ICT Policy-publication version FOR YOU!

[warigia bowman]

Hello Wamuyu

Thank you for your helpful correction.

I have noted this, and will make this correction in my forthcoming book
manuscript. I can also write a letter to  the editor if you would like.

I would love to discuss the issue of Mpesa and kenswitch this summer.

sincerely, Warigia

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Wamuyu Gatheru <wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

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> Wairigia,
> I have just read your work (although I had heard of it). Your article is
> well written and even entertaining. However, there is a significant error
> on Process (pg 108) where you say "The 2004 decision of the Min of Info and
> Comm to release to the public, and then solicit and incorporate public
> comment into the Kenya ICT policy represents the first time that the Kenyan
> govt has ever solicited comments on any policy in any sector."
>
> Since the 2001 PRSP process, participatory planning is the norm rather than
> the exception. There is a draft GOK participatory policy. Some conclusive
> participatory policy processes I can think of since 2002 include water,
> public procurement, insurance and capital mkts. A 6 year highly
> participatory and politically contentious land policy was recently passed.
> Then we have Constitutional reform where we go to another referendum shortly
> - that may change institutions and politics dramatically.
> I was also wondering, but have no evidence, if Kenya gets more from
> elements of policy than its neighbours (that may more than make up for
> Kenya's comparative time lag in policy dev.). Kenya's Mpesa, Kenswitch (bank
> interconnecitivity), news SMS service, electronic bill payments etc may be
> unmatched in the region.
>
> regards,
> Wamuyu
> P/S The low universal access implementation, relative to our neighbours, is
> significant food for thought
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* warigia bowman <warigia at gmail.com>
> *To:* wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Fri, 30 April, 2010 20:28:06
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Article on Kenya ICT Policy-publication version FOR
> YOU!
>
> Dear colleagues
>
> Here is the article on Kenya's ICT policy which is going to press today.
> The correct citation is
>
> Bowman, Warigia, "Governance, Technology and the Search for Modernity in
> Kenya," *William and Mary Policy Review* 1 (April 2010): 87-116.
>
> Please CITE the article if you use it, or dispute it, or think about it in
> your work. i tried to cite every article by everyone that was published in
> idrcs books on this, READ THE ENDNOTES to find your name.
>
> *HIGHLIGHTS:  footnote 4 *i say thank you to everyone i can fit. p. 110-
> long discussion of kictanet and KIF. p. 97, rege and ndemo and okech are
> great, p. 100 waema and getao, p. 102, the BEST PART mucheru fights back
> against tuju, 103, *alice becomes CCK commissioner. *
> *
> *
> i hope you like it, and if you have corrections or complaints, you can send
> them to me offline as i prepare my book manuscript.
>
>   Yours with DEEP gratitude to KIF and kictanet, Warigia
>
> --
> Dr. Warigia Bowman
> Assistant Professor
> The Department of Public Policy Leadership
> The University of Mississippi
> 107 Odom Hall
> University, MS 38677
>
> URL: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/leadership/index.html
> PHONE: 662-915-1904
> EMAIL: mwbowman at olemiss.edu
>
>
>


-- 
Dr. Warigia Bowman
Assistant Professor
The Department of Public Policy Leadership
The University of Mississippi
107 Odom Hall
University, MS 38677

URL: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/leadership/index.html
PHONE: 662-915-1904
EMAIL: mwbowman at olemiss.edu
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