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

Tue Dec 13 20:09:10 EAT 2011

Dear Barrack - see my response below.

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

Many thanks Grace,

I agree with Harry and other listers on the grounds we have covered
through the ICT sector, my question to Mugo is what is his Secretariat
doing about inculcating national values which to me are the real base
for the success of vision 2030? and which are this national values, i
will cite a non-ICT example in which we tried out the national dress
and it flopped whereas teams like Gor Mahia and FC leopards are able
to implement such projects using their uniforms with ease, where did
we go wrong from a national perspective? I ask this because our Ps,
Bitange Ndemo has moaned over our peculiar habits which stem from a
poor value system for a while on this list and i am sure this is a
great impediment to the success of vision 2030, thank you for putting
up the wonderfull billboards bwana Kibati but i am sorry to say that
the common man may not be connecting with the message being spelt out
currently, look at the way Infrastructure crumbled under the recent
heavy rains, gaping holes on all our main roads yet we are reknown for
feasibility studies and due diligence before awarding contractors
jobs, i could continue ranting but i would like to start with the
basics.

[You raise many issues but the national values question is most key. The National Economic and Social Council NESC is working on a National Values System to be introduced some time next year. Moreover, the constitution has a whole chapter 6 that addresses Leadership and Integrity and Article 10 which lists our "national values". However, I do not believe that values can be legislated. Rather we have to all make a decision that we want to engage with the values articulated in the constitution. Beyond working on enforcement of the law, rules and regulations (which is very weak in this country), there is nothing much else the Secretariat or indeed the government can do. With the ongoing Judicial, Police and Electoral reforms, enforcement should become better and better and we are doing our best to sensitize the various responsible agencies. Your help in this area is needed, however. For instance, I have been engaging the Roads Board and the Police on the Thika Super highway because it not merely an infrastructure project, but a social transformational project. Matatus and (indeed all drivers), pedestrians, etc all have to change the way they behave if this Superhighway and others planned are to function as they ought to. This would mean changing driving school systems, even how we live and the commercial arrangements along the highway. This is a clear example of what we mean when we ask all Kenyans to Wakilisha for a Better Kenya and Vision 2030. To use an example you highlighted, while we are doing reasonably well on highways, the quality of our urban and rural roads leaves a lot to be desired and has to be the next frontier of roads development. But both public entity engineers as well a private sector contractors let us down. Where is the professional ethics of the Engineers Registration Board or IEK whose members are responsible for the substandard work? What value system do professional bodies such as the ERB, LSK or Architects bodies subscribe to if they do not feel compelled to sanction errant members whether they be roads contractors or lawyers who are the oil and grease of a legal system that needs overhaul?

Changing value systems will be a collective national effort in which the constitution and enhancement of enforcement by government organs will have to be complemented by values inculcation in schools and a citizen activism that is seen at the polls but also in our own individual lives.]

Thank you

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau
<solo.mburu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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,
>>
>>
>>
>> Good morning, and herein lies an opportunity to take part in shaping what
>> should be a very important vision for
>>
>> this nation. I personally trust that opinion and important suggestions here
>> are of huge value, and that it is not late
>>
>> for the Vision 2030 Team to incorporate some in their blue print, and also
>> that this blue print has inbuilt flexibility
>>
>> to make adjustments as much as it is desirable as we move forward to
>> implement.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Mugo Kibati,
>>
>>
>>
>> Welcome on board, and as a vision for this country, we congratulate the team
>> for being bold. I believe the forum here
>>
>> will focus heavily on the ICT Sub-sector. But, just as the Vision 2030
>> correctly correlates interdependence between different
>>
>> projects on the map, we will not hesitate to point out that ICT needs the
>> rest as enablers, just as the rest needs it.
>>
>>
>>
>> My first question is, what are the clear bench marks to achieve the stated
>> vision for the country, looking at the project
>>
>> pillars listed?  How do we measure and audit achievements to date to
>> ascertain whether this ship is on course..?
>>
>>
>>
>> We have been on the website checking out the Key pillars and the enablers;
>>
>>
>>
>> I note that, under the Macro Enablers section, the project in which we have
>> had keen interest falls under the heading
>>
>> " <http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/projects/details/Macro_enablers/2>
>> Energy Generation of 2300MW and distributed at competitive prices"
>>
>>
>>
>> While the endeavor towards generation of enough power, for adequate,
>> quality, reliable and affordable energy is
>>
>> laudable and ongoing, we urgently need to address the question of
>> "distribution" of the same to go lock-in-step
>>
>> with these valiant efforts.
>>
>>
>>
>> I believe Energy distribution should be listed as a "Macro-Enabler", then
>> this way we can now address the question
>>
>> of the monopolized aspect of it that currently is almost crippling and
>> reducing the project to naught, at the expense
>>
>> of progress in other project areas. No doubt ICT sub-sector will be a huge
>> victim.
>>
>>
>>
>> Left unchecked, a monopolized energy distribution network on which
>> everything else hinges as we go forward, could
>>
>> as well be equated to a "national security disaster-in-awaiting". Can the
>> team review the objectives in this area to focus
>>
>> heavily on this aspect also, and propose, pursue and lobby unrelentingly
>> towards a de-monopolized energy distribution
>>
>> design. Let this nation have the benefit of redundancy in this area. Short
>> of this, we are left at the mercy of the current
>>
>> national distributor. At the very best, it might remain a cog in the wheel
>> of this Vision2030.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would wish to draw the team Vision2030 to the tremendous success that
>> we've all witnessed in the Telecommunication
>>
>> subsector, since liberalization was introduced from around 2002/3 and
>> competitiveness brought about the huge
>>
>> dividends that we now reap. We herald this as one of the greatest turning
>> points in this industry. Let's go that route in
>>
>> the energy subsector.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Harry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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