[kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)

Sat Dec 17 19:48:40 EAT 2011

Dear Mr.Kibati,

Many thanks for your well articulated responses.

Now that we all acknowledge how much opportunity we've lost for possibly up
to a third of a century that's just gone by,

I'd suggest as much as possible we work to put safeguards in place to
insulate projected vision frameworks from being

derailed. This is particularly necessary, because we have had numerous
"visions" before, that fell flat..

Do we already have these safeguards in place..? My first impression is that
this is very much a project full embraced by 

our current Government as a steward. How do we ensure successful governments
carry on the vision..?  Or do we just delink

completely, and have this institutionalized and steered by technocrats
instead ( Limited Govt involvement), ..? I recall you 

mentioning in an interview yesterday that 70-80% implementation of this
vision lies squarely in the hands of the private sector. 

To insure these real-time investors in such a long-term vision/dream as
this, we may need to relook at the structural framework

that ensures it remains sustainable and on course with an inbuilt capacity
to outlive successive administrations till we achieve 

our stated goals and more.  

Last but not least,  could we have at the heart of Vision 2030 the "Sleeping
Economic giant" - that is the African continent..?

Let's look East, West, North and South - continentally, and position
ourselves strategically to become the African powerhouse

in every sphere.

Thanks,

Harry

From: Mugo Kibati [mailto:mugo at vision2030.go.ke] 
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 7:12 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
Subject: RE: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)

Thanks Harry,

Please see my comment in [brackets] below once again interspersed in your
email.

Regards,

Mugo

 <http://www.vision2030.go.ke/> logo.jpg

Mugo Kibati

Director General

Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat

KUSCCO Centre, 2nd Floor - Upper Hill

PO Box 52301 - 00200, Nairobi

Email: mugo at vision2030.go.ke

www.vision2030.go.ke

From: kictanet-bounces+mugo=vision2030.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+mugo=vision2030.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of Harry Delano
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:40 AM
To: Mugo Kibati
Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)

Grace.

Na hii list imenyamazeko saana..!  Ladies and gentlemen, we now have Mr.
Kibati with us. Could I please urge all to 

engage with him..

Mr. Kibati, many thanks again for your time, and for the candid response -
especially on the benchmarks. Honestly

speaking, a lot of the flagship projects being rolled out within the
Vision2030 epitomize some "uncharted" territory for us.

However I believe let's not fear to be bold since, there are a lot of
successful case study stories that we can continue to 

learn from, especially those of the South-East "Asian Tigers", as they are
popularly called- where they have failed and 

where they have succeeded. As we are constantly reminded, we purportedly at
some point in the 60's or 70's were on 

the same footing, if not ahead of some of them before they overtook us at
some lightning speed. Let's quickly work to 

catch up. 

[Hear hear. I couldn't agree more]

But again it would be really important to look inwards as Team Vision 2030 (
I really would love to hear from you on this).

We have had a solid 48 years ( we just celebrated an anniversary). What
poignant lessons do we draw..? Why have we 

failed to make most of the opportunities we had?  How do we address this,
and include it in the vision2030.? 

I suppose this would be the best point to look at ourselves, and consider
the reasons why others succeeded and we 

failed - badly.

[Forgive me for saying this but we did not have long term visioning to focus
our thinking, strategizing and policies. We also "wasted" our dictatorships
with a narrow focus on retention of power. When the dictatorships ended, we
moved on to a narrow focus on politics for its own sake without attaching
clear developmental leadership criteria to our political debating. Vision
2030 tries to address this in the political pillar which calls for
issue-based, results-oriented, people-centred democratic leadership over and
above accountability and transparency (the latter two we are finally getting
right, it's the first three we must now address).]

I'm glad to note that again as you've mentioned, there is inbuilt
flexibility to refine models, targets ,goals/objectives etc as

this ship sails on since this is very important, to incorporate new
ideas/realities on the ground.

[a dynamic vision is absolutely necessary]

On "Energy distribution", if you'd allow me to go back to this, you've
mentioned about "unbundling" it. I might not

be certain what this means, but does it indicate stripping away monopoly, or
are there various distribution packages

that will need to be decentralized.? Then on the Rural electrification
programme, - I will check this out, however

does it mean it's now an independent entity that does its own electricity
distribution to consumers..? If this is a 

success model, then let's liberalize the entire sector..

[Unbundling refers to the disaggregation of generation (KENGEN),
transmission (KETRACO) and distribution (KPLC). KPLC previously did
everything and unbundling had to happen first. Further to this, GDC
(Geothermal Development Corporation) was set up to focus on geothermal
energy generation and attract private sector investment that way. REA (Rural
Electrification Energy) was set up to connect rural areas but the
distributor of power remains KPLC. Further liberalization can now be
contemplated but with extreme caution learning from the experiences of other
jurisdictions as per my last email.]

Grace,  it's quite an honor on the concept paper.. I'd need some experts on
the list, in this area to come on board. But

I will take up the challenge..

[Looking forward]

Harry

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 Grace Githaiga
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:01 AM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 2)

Thanks Bwana Kibati for your well articulated responses. As you can see,
your responses have raised further queries on energy from Brainiac and we
look forward to your responses. 

A great point you raise on the fact that changing our value systems must be
a national collective effort if we are going to have social transformation.
We can have all the infrastructure but if we do not have values, then there
might not be much meaning to Kenyans. 

Barrack, Solomon and Harry, you now have it from Mr. Kibati. 

Harry, I do hope that you will take on the challenge to present the Vision
2030 secretariat with a concept on energy distribution. This will be a great
outcome of this debate and I am sure Brainiac and other listers may want to
join you. 

Barrack, i think this is your opportunity to influence. Is it possible to
suggest how Vision 2030 can influence national values using ICTs? Tusingojee
serikali...:)

As we reflect on the responses, we also move on to Day 2. 

The focus is on the three pillars of Vision 2030.  The vision is grounded on
three  piilars and we will look at the first one which is the economic
pillar.

The Economic pillar seeks to improve the prosperity of all regions of the
country and all Kenyans by achieving Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
rate by 2012.  http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars 

The Medium Term Plan (2008-2012 identifies six targetted priority sectors
namely tourism, agriculture, wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, IT
enabled services and financial services. 

 Over to you listers. Please feel free to still raise concerns on the vision
or on Mr. Kibati's responses too.

Sasa basi wakilisheni!.

Rgds

Grace
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