[kictanet] Why It's Wrong For Kenya To Try Pac ifying Angry Bashir

Tue Dec 6 14:33:11 EAT 2011

Tell me about it. Second day of the week, second power cut, KPLC know of
nothing - ideal conditions for a company that publishes online content.

I liked Mugo Kibati's quote in the FT - if you can't get power and
sanitation to a plot, then Vision 2030 won't happen.

On 6 December 2011 14:27, Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:

> Hey Andrea,****
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> ** **
>
> Agreed, though it’s clear some issues cannot be cut off from ICT, like the
> persistent blackouts.****
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> ****
>
> It’s a joke that flies smack in the face of the stated visions, which
> could as well be mere pipe ****
>
> dreams if we are not serious in building efficiencies that should get us
> to such destinations..****
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> ** **
>
> We very fast need to de-monopolize energy provision in this country. Does
> anyone remember****
>
> “Jambonet”…?****
>
> ** **
>
> Harry****
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> *From:* Andrea Bohnstedt [mailto:andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 06, 2011 1:49 PM
> *To:* harry at comtelsys.co.ke
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] RE: [kictanet] Why It's Wrong For Kenya To Try
> Pac ifying Angry Bashir****
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> ** **
>
> Go back to discussing ICT issues on the ICT list? :) ****
>
> On 6 December 2011 13:44, Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:****
>
>
> What is the way forward....?
>
> Harry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
> Behalf Of bitange at jambo.co.ke
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:49 AM
> To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why It's Wrong For Kenya To Try Pac ifying Angry
> Bashir
>
> Grace,
> Our media too needs to set the agenda right.  Much of what David wrote was
> heavily influenced from what he read in foreign media.  Earlier I made a
> comparison between what happened in Daffur and in Congo.  In 2003 some 5
> million people died in the Congo.  You may recall the Banyamulenge
> atrocities inside Congo but in spite the fact that there were indictable
> people by ICC, the issue was brushed under the carpet.
>
> Congo is a mineral rich country with a government that hadly know what is
> going on in their country.  Some people want it that way.  Below see a
> quote
> from the Financial Times and see why I made that conclusion.
>
> "Given the muted response to the evolving fiasco in Congo, there is
> much less international appetite for outrage, or even for an accurate
> count. Western countries are less enchanted with Mr Kabila than they
> were in 2006, when he won a UN-supervised election, promising to bring
> peace and economic recovery. He has done neither.
>
> But unlike Mr Ouattara in Ivory Coast, Mr Tshisekedi does not enjoy
> significant backing from anyone outside the Congo.
>
> He is his own man. That is one reason a large number of Congolese
> persist in believing that he might turn things round. At 78, he is
> representative of a generation of opposition leaders who dedicated
> decades to the fight against dictatorship. Most, including Mr Gbagbo
> have proved disastrous in government."
>
>
> You cannot be your own man in Africa if you need the support of Western
> countries.  This is a worrying statement and confirms that our media has
> largely failed in setting the African agenda and begin to influence the
> rest
> of the world.
>
> Virtually all mineral rich African countries are at war from the west to
> central and eastern Africa.  Is is a coincident?
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerryR
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> -----Original Message-----
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