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

[Esther Muchiri]

Daktari - you have touched on an area I am passionate about: Agriculture. 

Swali: How do you plan to ensure the youth embrace agriculture and see it as
a viable business? How will you bridge the gap between research and
production/value-addition? My fear is without a deliberate effort to engage
our youth in this sector, it will remain a domain of the 'old' (who will
soon disappear) and we will watch our farms go to waste. Our youth crying
'hakuna kazi' and 'tunaomba serikali'...and the Turkana story will never
end...

What is your strategy? And how will ICT come into play in this sector under
your leadership?

Esther


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Grace,
First I feel greatly honoured by your thoughts. Since I do not have money
for such an undertaking, I will respond hypothetically.

I will consolidate on the gains we have made in automating public sector to
create more resources to address emergencies like drought. For example,
within 100 the e-procurement will be operational.  This will free 40 - 50
billion wasted annually.

While finalizing automation in Judiciary and Lands (where I will raise
another 20 biilion) I will comprehensively deal with the situation in
Northern Kenya (you cannot govern hungry people) by creating urban centers
and support zero grazing through provision of hay from South Rift.  Spend 5
billion to construct dams a long the Ewaso Nyiro river.  Use gravity to get
River Omo water via the Chalbi desert  into dams in parts of Marsabit and
start irrigation prjects.  Utilize the Tana Delta to provide more food.

Spend 2 billion on diversifying our food eating habbits.  This will remove
unnecessary demand for maize that makes it expensive and leads to cost push
inflation.  There is no reason why potatoes should rot in Nyahururu when a
few kilometers north people are hungry and waiting for Maize meal. Further
will start cottage industries to deal with post production where we lose 30%
of our food.  Only in Kenya where we compete with weavils in eating maize.
Much of the maize and beans should be canned as githeri to avoid wastage and
create jobs.

Within year one we shall have end to end government in place and serve
mwananchi day and night making a 24 hour economy a reality and create more
employment.  Will outsource judicial services such as transcriptions to
reduce backlog and improve not only governance but create real justice.

Of course on innauguration I will actualize open government where every
Kenyan would feel part of the government.  Ensure that all information can
be accessed on the mobile platform.  Give incentives to lower price of smart
phones as well as cost of accessing internet.  Will encourage aggressive
content development especially on e-learning.

Within 100 days will embark on a ppp to develop a 5,000 MW energy plant in
order to break away from minimalist investment in the sector.  More
importantly to deal with powerful indepedent power producers who have
guarded their profits more than national interests.

Give incentives to build solar pannels for use in remote parts especially in
schools that will all be hooked to DTH TV for learning.

Provide legistlators with research assistants and create a culture where
they do not open their mouths unless they have facts on th issue.

And more ..


Ndemo.


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