[kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 1)

[Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau]

Listers,

This is an opportunity to highlight on what the Vision 2030 has so far
achieved... in the Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) and how much is
remaining to be achieved.



Regards,

Solomon

On 13/12/2011, Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
> Dear Listers - Ladies and gentlemen,
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> Good morning, and herein lies an opportunity to take part in shaping what
> should be a very important vision for
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> this nation. I personally trust that opinion and important suggestions here
> are of huge value, and that it is not late
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> for the Vision 2030 Team to incorporate some in their blue print, and also
> that this blue print has inbuilt flexibility
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> to make adjustments as much as it is desirable as we move forward to
> implement.
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> Dear Mr. Mugo Kibati,
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> Welcome on board, and as a vision for this country, we congratulate the team
> for being bold. I believe the forum here
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> will focus heavily on the ICT Sub-sector. But, just as the Vision 2030
> correctly correlates interdependence between different
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> projects on the map, we will not hesitate to point out that ICT needs the
> rest as enablers, just as the rest needs it.
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> My first question is, what are the clear bench marks to achieve the stated
> vision for the country, looking at the project
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> pillars listed?  How do we measure and audit achievements to date to
> ascertain whether this ship is on course..?
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> We have been on the website checking out the Key pillars and the enablers;
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> I note that, under the Macro Enablers section, the project in which we have
> had keen interest falls under the heading
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> " <http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/projects/details/Macro_enablers/2>
> Energy Generation of 2300MW and distributed at competitive prices"
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> While the endeavor towards generation of enough power, for adequate,
> quality, reliable and affordable energy is
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> laudable and ongoing, we urgently need to address the question of
> "distribution" of the same to go lock-in-step
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> with these valiant efforts.
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> I believe Energy distribution should be listed as a "Macro-Enabler", then
> this way we can now address the question
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> of the monopolized aspect of it that currently is almost crippling and
> reducing the project to naught, at the expense
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> of progress in other project areas. No doubt ICT sub-sector will be a huge
> victim.
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> Left unchecked, a monopolized energy distribution network on which
> everything else hinges as we go forward, could
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> as well be equated to a "national security disaster-in-awaiting". Can the
> team review the objectives in this area to focus
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> heavily on this aspect also, and propose, pursue and lobby unrelentingly
> towards a de-monopolized energy distribution
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> design. Let this nation have the benefit of redundancy in this area. Short
> of this, we are left at the mercy of the current
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> national distributor. At the very best, it might remain a cog in the wheel
> of this Vision2030.
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> I would wish to draw the team Vision2030 to the tremendous success that
> we've all witnessed in the Telecommunication
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> subsector, since liberalization was introduced from around 2002/3 and
> competitiveness brought about the huge
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> dividends that we now reap. We herald this as one of the greatest turning
> points in this industry. Let's go that route in
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> the energy subsector.
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> Harry
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