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

Thu Aug 4 10:24:08 EAT 2011

Esther,
One of the additions we shall put in the open data portal is the mapping
of Kenyan soils.  This is key to our agriculture because at the taouch of
a button you can tell what kind of food crops grow in certain locality,
how much you need to produce in order to break even, what are productivity
levels etc.

This is called smart farming.  Old economics will tell you of comparative
advantage.  For example you are far more productive growing maize in Trans
Nzoia than in Kangundo.  But what do you see.  Kangundo which can
productively grow fruits is growing maize.  In most cases farmers hadly
harvest anything.  Youth or older people want predictability in any
venture.  After which people will begin to meet their expectations.

We simply have too many people with shattered expectations.  That is why
youth find it prudent to run away fron non productive land.  We must bring
hope back and predictable expectations through ICTs.  We can confidently
promise better outcomes for people of Kangundo if we assisted them grow
crops that will produce what they want.  Exchange their goods and services
through middle men with people of Trans Nzoia.  In the process you create
employment.

Built into this are strategies of delaying consumption through value
addition and better storage capacities.  For example, we must show Kisiis
how to dry bananas for cereals production.  Cerals can even be exported
but not fresh bananas that rot and lose value.  Teach Maragilis how to
make juice from guavas.  Packaged juice can be exported instead of
importing it from South Africa.  Teach Kambas how to make juice from
mangoes.  Mango juice is the most loved juice by foreigners.  There is no
need for us to import it.  This is how wealth is created and wherever
there is money, you do not need any science to make both youth and the old
to invest their time.

People who eat ugali for the first time find it tasteless.  We must not
make this tasteless commodity to bring food insecurity to our country. If
we must have maize then we must deal with post production of the commodity
to reduce wastage.  We must have industries for canning Githeri and Mokimo
in such a way that we can delay consumption of it across seasons.  Such
that when we have a bumer harvet, we can store value from that season to
another that may be charcterised as drought.

Let us manage the entire supply chain of food in this country.

One Kenya.

Ndemo.

> 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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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Bitange for President? Driving Knowledge Economy?
> OnlineInterview with PS Ndemo
>
> 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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> Online
>  Interview with PS Ndemo
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