[kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 3)

Thu Dec 15 03:59:14 EAT 2011

Bw. Mugo,

Thanks for taking the time to address the issues raised so far.  I would like add my pesa nane on the Vision 2030 Social Pillar which closely ties in with the Millenium Development Goals.  From the MTP Report attached for listers, I was shocked to read that the Goal 5 "Improve Maternal Health" is one that is unachievable and actually increased from 414 in 2003 to 488 in 2009?  Yet this is one that should be easier to address through education via social media through vehicles such as the digital villages to disseminate information on the importance of maternal health.  Programs enlisting churches as partners in spreading the word and most importantly a concerted effort by the GOK in funding clinics that focus on providing healthy supplemental foods and nutrition counseling for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children especially in rural areas.  Numerous studies have shown that pregnant women who participate in similar programs
 have longer pregnancies leading to fewer premature births; have fewer low birth weight babies; experience fewer fetal and infant deaths since they seek prenatal care earlier in pregnancy and consume more of such key nutrients as iron, protein, calcium and Vitamin C.

I found the report to be defeatist in the assessment of this particular goal and would hope for a re-evaluation and better planning in attaining the goal in a Vision 2030 kind of way:-)

Lucy 

--- On Wed, 12/14/11, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 3)
To: lkimani at yahoo.com
Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 5:46 PM

Bwana Kibati

No problem at all and thanks informing us of when we are likely to hear from you.  We understand that some days can just be too hectic. Please do respond to the various questions in whichever order you feel comfortable. After all, they are all interlinked, and I bet will still generate further debate. 

We will therefore continue with the discussion as we wait.

Aguyo, critical question you raise. How will Vision 2030 use ICTs to inform the public on the status of flagship projects and their linkage to open data? 

Matunda the point you make that ICTs can be used by government for real time financial management to reduce leakage (kickbacks and price inflation) is interesting.  

We move on to Day 3 of this debate.

We move onto the second pillar which is the Social Pillar. http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/social

The objective of the Social Pillar is to invest in the people of Kenya in order to improve the quality of life for all Kenyans by targeting a cross-section of human and social welfare projects and programmes, specifically: Education and training, Health, Environment, Housing and urbanisation, Gender, children and social development, Youth and sports.

 Listers, tuendelee kuwakilisha. You can still raise your concerns on the vision, the foundations and the economic pillar (Day 1 and 2).

Rgds
Grace
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go forth and rule the World!

CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
From: mugo at vision2030.go.ke
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:19:14 +0300
To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com

Hi all,

I just got home after a rather hectic day. I have seen your numerous questions and hope you will indulge my responding to the various questions and comments over the next 48 in no particular order.

Regards,
Mugo

Sent from my iPad

.
-----Inline Attachment Follows-----

_______________________________________________
kictanet mailing list
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet

Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/lkimani%40yahoo.com

The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.

KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20111214/da615e52/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: FIRST_MEDIUM_TERM_PLAN_UPDATE.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 1038755 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20111214/da615e52/attachment.pdf>