[kictanet] Face-to-face link with MP at the touch of a button

Solomon Mburu Kamau solo.mburu at gmail.com
Wed May 19 14:33:04 EAT 2010


Hon. Rege, congratulations.
How I wish the other 209 constituencies could do something innovative of
that sort!!!


On 19 May 2010 14:24, Leonard Mware <mleonardo at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> e-Karachunyo! Congrats Hon. Rege
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> --- On *Wed, 5/19/10, alice <alice at apc.org>* wrote:
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> From: alice <alice at apc.org>
> Subject: [kictanet] Face-to-face link with MP at the touch of a button
> To: mleonardo at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 12:35 PM
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> We are getting there.
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> Congratulations Hon. Rege
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> A conference hall fitted with a huge screen is all constituents will need
> to communicate with their MP.
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> That is a reality for the people of Karachuonyo in Nyanza, who have
> embraced teleconferencing in a big way.
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> To talk to their MP, Mr James Rege, all they need do is walk to the local
> office and book an appointment. Once an appointment has been secured, at the
> touch of a button, they will be talking to the MP.
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> The technology comes at a time when the government seeks to reduce the
> costs incurred by Members of Parliament during their day-to-day duties.
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> *Other duties*
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> If the technology is embraced by all the constituencies, the MPs will
> efficiently be able to monitor their constituencies’ development without
> having to travel there. This will free the leaders for other duties such as
> attending parliamentary sessions.
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> Mr Rege, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and
> Communication, said the technology will enable constituents to have a
> face-to-face conversation with their MP without having to travel to Nairobi,
> where the legislators spend most of their time in order to attend Parliament
> and other business.
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> “When the facility is fully installed by the government in all
> constituencies, the Treasury will be able to cut the costs incurred by MPs
> by half. Many MPs travel to their constituencies four times a week, which
> costs the taxpayers a huge sum of money” he said.
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> *Two trips*
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> Mr Rege said that to instal the teleconference equipment, a constituency
> needs only Sh120,000. This, he added, is what an MP spends for two trips to
> his constituency on average.
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> “Sometimes, an MP uses the amount on travelling to his constituency to
> attend an hour’s meeting. The amount saved can be used to assist in the
> construction of schools and upgrading roads, among other projects.”
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> Mr Rege said that with the technology, he was able to attend to his
> constituents and follow up development without having to miss parliamentary
> proceedings.
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> The TelePresence virtual meeting also allows the MP to communicate with the
> district and provincial administrators and hold live interactive meetings
> using the connectivity of the Internet.
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> Mr Rege said the technology will ensure that information is not distorted,
> as well as providing a channel for instant feedback.
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> The teleconference kit was installed on April 30 at the Rachuonyo
> Constituency Development offices by Smoothtel and Tandberg High Definition.
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