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

Wed Aug 3 22:27:22 EAT 2011

Kanja,
Yes it is possible to push for all but we need to convince Treasury to
re-invest efficiency dividends in ICT.  We are already working on some
pretty good projects including judicial reforms via ICT.

Regards

Ndemo.

> Mr Ndemo,
> Your responses give me a lot of hope and I now believe all these things
> are possible.
> My question, Is it possible for people on this list to vote for one of
> your theme's and lobby the govt to implement and get funding in the 2012
> budget? I'm proposing one theme at a time but perhaps we could take up the
> whole lot and push for implementation.
> Kanja
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 3, 2011, at 10:52 AM, bitange at jambo.co.ke wrote:
>
> Kanja,
> Affordable Health will be an outcome of the strategies that I have laid
> here.  This is how it will work.
>
> Infrastructure in my strategy mean provision of some of the promises made
> in the constitution including housing.  We shall design eco houses in the
> range of Ksh. 100,000 and start implementation from Northern Kenya where
> our citizens are literallty sleeping outside. From the census, there are
> about 200,000 households here.  These homes will be in urban set up where
> we shall supply all utilities. Through incentives, encourage other
> investments such as solar energy, retail stores, dried beef industry,
> packaged camel and cow milk etc.
>
> Every person will have a smart ID which will be used in all transactions
> (Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for end to end government).  Through the
> realigned policy the Government will no longer be involved in releif food
> supply (they have never been good at this world over).  Assistance to
> those who will not have food will be provided in voucher form through the
> smart ID.  They will then redeem their points at the retail store (Uchumi
> possibly)and purchase the food of their choice.
>
> Since the people will have better housing with utilities and food of their
> choice, health problems will be minimized thus reallocating funds from
> curative to preventive health care.  This is why I say Affordable health
> is an outcome of dealing with other related variables.
>
> We have spent more than Ksh. 12 billion to mitigate against hunger in
> Northern Kenya on an emergency.  The solution I propose will cost Ksh. 40
> billion but you will never here of hunger or feel the shame of being
> Kenyan again.  You recall we can recover the same amount through
> e-procurement.  Other savings will be utilized to scale up improved
> livelihood for all Kenyans.
>
> In other parts of the country we shall mob up the youth and take them to
> the new mega projects of Lamu and the rail links (this is what China and
> US did when they had a youth bulge) to build infrastructure that will
> ensure sustained job security.  The resources will come from the KKV and
> converted to provide sustainable projects.  Because of the wide spread
> wages and economies of scale, we can now provide cheap health insurance
> that will ensure affordable healthcare.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>
> Well done Bitange and I would like to add one more theme.
> Affordable health care for all.
> Cheers.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 3, 2011, at 5:27 AM, bitange at jambo.co.ke wrote:
>
> 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 BlackBerry®
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