[kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy?OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo

Wed Aug 3 21:44:46 EAT 2011

Solomon,
Since we are on education and ICT today, I need to expound what we can do
to make our country a better place to live in.  Let us not talk about ICT
in terms of e-learning and other minimalist thinking on what we can do
with it on a larger scale.  I shall make sure that we use the resource to
completely change Africa’s thinking and more specifically Kenya.

Africa’s GDP was $1.6 trillion in 2008 and is expected to hit $3,2
trillion in 2020.  We must therefore strive to attaining 10% of this in
which case we must grow the economy at more than 15% annually.  This is
possible considering the fact that Brazil’s economy in early 1990’s was in
complete shambles with inflation worse than Zimbabwe.  In less than 20
years they moved from a begging nation to a lending nation.  China moved
300 million people out of poverty in 10 years.

We have 20 million Kenyans today in poverty.  A good ICT infrastructure,
rich neighbours and thousands of young educated Kenyans.  I will therefore
suspend all business education programs in all Universities and introduce
gemology, engineering and creative art.  Move to solidify diplomatic
relations with all our neighbours.  Ensure goods destined for Uganda,
Rwanda, DRC and Burundi get to their borders in a day.  We shall then
begin an aggressive program to help DRC especially with adding value to
their mineral and assisting her people to attain higher education in
Kenya.

Market Kisumu as diamond valley where affordable diamonds will be found. 
The city’s proximity to regional raw materials is critical to the valley
strategy.  The aim is to dislodge Belgium as the World diamond capital. 
We must also follow this with creating a steel processing industry in Homa
Bay.  Here we shall deal with Chinese who take Iron Ore from DRC to
process in China.  Instead we have it barged on Lake Victoria, processed
in Homa Bay then ship the finished product to China.  This is where
engineering will become essential.

The creative art’s role is to produce regional content especially on
learning material to use as a platform for exerting regional influence. 
We need to surpass Nollywood productions.  Our advantage here is that
Swahili is widely spoken in the region.  There is a vacuum of regional
content as Western content continue to wane.  Remember how the Lingala
music dominated the region.  Our productions must come with a message of
regional unity, provide regional broadband network and regional support in
ICT. We must have our own ICT regional Peace Corps to work in all
countries.

The broadband networks will create greater intra Africa Trade relations
that we do not have at the moment.  The regional content is to create
local understanding and forge regional unity that is key to socio economic
stability.  Kenya should therefore play a central role in all this and
facilitate growth in all neighbouring countries.

This is why I said that our foreign policy will focus on Africa but this
will not come easy since there are entrenched interests.  There will
therefore a need to create a regional search engine, Eagle.ea, that will
have content from all the regional languages.  This point of reference
will be key to continued regional influence for sustained economic growth.

This outside-in strategy will help us close the silos we have that cannot
allow MOIC impact on MOE ICT activities.

Regards

Ndemo.

> Thank you dakitari.
> Your hypothesis are in order, and they give me (and I believe more
> onlist) what is required to make the development of Kenya achievable.
> Since you're a 'candidate', I can now posit what we (both the private
> sector and the government) need to do for the purpose of sustainaining
> our resources. The backdrop has always been "we don't have enough
> funding", or "we have a deficit of this much so we can't do much" etc.
> Therefore PPP will come in handy.
> Since your proposals are hypothetical, a pace has been set. There is a
> demand for integrating ICT into the education system withoout the fear
> of becoming 'machines'.
>
> Now, back to the topic of the day, is the National ICT policy (I think
> it was developed in 2004 or 2006),  being integrated into the
> education system to meet the National Goals of Education?
> {Maybe my explanation is not clear}
> The Kenyan Secondary Education Syllabus is undergoing thrrough some
> reviews to point out the emerging issues in the new constitutional
> dispensation such as peace education (as a result of PEV), Ethics and
> Integrity ( because corruption has taken the centre stage in almost
> all sectors), and of course e-learning ( to meet the dynamics of
> education, moving from traditional learning environment to where the
> teacher is virtual).
>
> I'm just thinking a loud, in a jam!
>
> On 03/08/2011, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>> Solomon,
>> I was making hypothetical proposals. This means that I will get my
>> policy
>> proposals funding.  We can however achieve what you asking even today.
>> That
>> I can respond after my "candidacy" debate is over in four days time.
>>
>> As a "cadidate", I will not focus on resource availability so much
>> because
>> this the usual excuse we give year in year out and return the entire
>> budget
>> to Treasury.  So I will ensure an Intergrated Financial Management is in
>> place and working.  This will allow me to shift resources that are
>> likely to
>> be unused to more alert sectors.  Performance of accounting offiers will
>> be
>> based on delivery of service.
>>
>> Remember the Open Government I said.  This will ensure public
>> participation
>> where resources from efficiencies will be utilized to improve the same
>> sector till we fully aligned to International standards.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Ndemo.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Solomon Mb r  Kamau  solo.mburu at gmail.com
>> Sender: kictanet-bounces+bitange=jambo.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 17:05:16
>> To: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge
>> Economy?
>>  OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo
>>
>> Dr. Ndemo,
>>
>> My questions are still unanswered.
>> I did not want to limit my points on the pointed out themes, thus they
>> circled aroud:
>> 1. Since most of these projects would require money, how can we bring
>> The Treasury PS on board? I've noticed the Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta uses
>> social media to highlight the various issues the government is doing,
>> notably ESP and recently the budgetaary process. Further to this, can
>> other line PSs be brought on board since the issues you've mentioned
>> are cutting across the ministries?
>> 2. The Medium Term Plan(2008-2012) of the Vision 2030 is on course,
>> can there be a way in which we can know what has been achieved,
>> stalled or is on course (apart from the expansion of Thika Road)?
>> Perhaps we can be able to borrow a thing or two on how to work around
>> the three pillars (Social, Economic and Political). In addition to
>> this, how can the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and
>> Vision 2030 secretariats can also be aboard, to spell their aspects on
>> the points you've highlighted?
>> 3. I think it's practically when we engage with accounting officers
>> (PSs) in various ministry to share ideas because this is necessary for
>> taking sustainable human development.
>>
>> Asante.
>>
>> On 03/08/2011, Info <info at amwik.org> wrote:
>>> These are fantastic ideas. Corruption and crime have also gone digital
>>> and
>>> requires multi-strategies. On another note, am sharing the advert
>>> attached
>>> and am sure you could be of assistance.
>>>
>>> Jane
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+info=amwik.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Wamuyu Gatheru
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 3:49 PM
>>> To: info at amwik.org
>>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge
>>> Economy?
>>> OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo
>>>
>>> Wish to concur on ICTs in reducing corruption. Transparency
>>> International (Kenya) concluded circa 2007 that the institutions in
>>> government, that had significantly reduced corruption, had implemented
>>> various institutional reforms (where ICT falls). This is in comparison
>>> to disincentives through criminalisation/prosecution. At the time, the
>>> Teachers Service Commission was an example.
>>>
>>> Those interested in more on this subject, see more here (my review on
>>> the Ethics and Anti-Corruption bill)
>>> http://wamuyublog.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/the-ethics-and-anti-corruption-bi
>>> ll-?-a-review/
>>>
>>> Wamuyu
>>>
>>> Quoting bitange at jambo.co.ke:
>>>
>>>> Gilda,
>>>> This is easy.  When I talked of end to end government, it means we
>>>> shall have a Public Key Infrastructure in place and intergrated
>>>> registration system.  From birth, smart ID, death permits to KRA all
>>>> will be intergrated. This will eliminate all those vote when they
>>>> are dead.
>>>>
>>>> Digitalization of all registries will create traceability at all
>>>> levels. See what has happened at Company Registry.  Revenue is up
>>>> from 30 m to 80 m.  You will no longer have temporally registered
>>>> companies with unknown directors as it happened with Anglo Leasing.
>>>>
>>>> Open data means that you will track public expenditure to the last
>>>> shilling.  You will for example know what I have been paid and for
>>>> what purpose.  Of course I also talked about e-procurement and
>>>> judiciary.
>>>>
>>>> With these measures we shall have dealt with 70% of corruption and
>>>> begin to restore trust in government.  After this you can start
>>>> dealing with the culture which accounts for 30% of corruption.
>>>> People must see justice and fairness before you change systems.
>>>> Change is all about trust.
>>>>
>>>> We are all inherently corrupt and we are at a stage we can deal with
>>>> the desease once and for all.  The time is now and we must keep hope
>>>> alive.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ndemo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerryR
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: godera at skyweb.co.ke
>>>> Date: Wed,  3 Aug 2011 13:47:54
>>>> To: <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
>>>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge
>>>> Economy? OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo
>>>>
>>>> Dr.Ndemo,
>>>>
>>>> Could you provide us with substantial information on how you will use
>>>> ICT
>>> to
>>>> eliminate corruption taking into account the value change needed in
>>>> our society?
>>>> I believe corruption is the main reason this country is not where it
>>>> should be.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Gilda
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting bitange at jambo.co.ke:
>>>>
>>>>> In summary,
>>>>> Again hypothetically my major themes shall be:
>>>>> Kwowledge for life
>>>>> Infrastructure for Development
>>>>> Food security (including Value addition)
>>>>> Employment (create tons of it)
>>>>>
>>>>> One Kenya.  Unity in diversity.  Keep hope a live (borrowed from Rev.
>>> Jesse
>>>>> Jackson).
>>>>>
>>>>> Ndemo.
>>>>> Sent from my BlackBerryR
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>>>>> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 17:43:20
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>>>>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>>>> Subject: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy?
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>>>>>  Interview with PS Ndemo
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