[kictanet] Vision 2030: Political Pillar (Day 4)

Wed Dec 21 09:32:10 EAT 2011

Mugo/Grace.

Am suprised the "Politicians" on this ICT list are suddenly quiet when they have the opportunity and the rare floor to talk politics without being ruled of out order;-)

Anyway, mine is a comment and just to say that we lost the plot the moment we adopted corruption as a way of life.  And am not necessarily talking about big time corruption like Anglo Leasing, Triton, Goldenberg et. al - though these do count as much. But am talking about that cashier who does not release your cheque until you pay them something, or that matatu driver who doubles the fare just because it suddenly started raining, or that charcoal seller who puts good charcoal on top of the sack while 60% below is all rotten, that water-meter reader who inflates your water bill, disconnects it and eventually extorts money from you in order to make the bill disappear, that lecturer who has 300students and decides not to mark the scripts while still submitting some fictitious scores ...

Am sure you get the drift. Our society is full of chaps who are cutting corners in order to get rich quickly.  What they fail to connect is that the quick money without corresponding productivity is what makes us a 3rd world country. It erodes our gross national productivity and possibly raises inflation...

I think we must go back to the basics and redifine our values as a nation. We must grow a totally new generation of Kenyans that believes in and respects hard-work and ethical behaviour while placing less value on material things (how big your car, how big your house and how big your land is, etc).  The new Kenyan generation should place more emphasis and value on how you got the big car, the big house, the big land and possibly how you are using these assets to contribute to the overall well-being of your fellow Kenyans.

Without these, Vision 2030 may indeed build a bigger economy but the same will always be squandered/leaked through corruption.

walu.

--- On Fri, 12/16/11, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: Political Pillar (Day 4)
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
Date: Friday, December 16, 2011, 2:23 AM

Thank you Lucy for raising the concern on Goal 5 that touches on maternal health. I agree that we need to capitalize on social media to disseminate information on this important matter. I am sure you will get a response from Mr. Mugo. 

We now move to the last day of our discussion. 

Our focus shifts to the third pillar namely the political pillar (rule of law, electoral and political processes, transparency and accountability etc). http://www.vision2030.go.ke/index.php/pillars/index/political

The objective of the pillar is stated as...'moving to the future as one nation and envisions a democratic system that is issue based, people centred, results oriented and is accountable to the public'. 

Listers, please continue to raise your concerns in any of the areas discussed so far.

Have a great day.

Rgds

Grace
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:59:14 -0800
From: lkimani at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Vision 2030: ICT and Other Sectors Converged (Day 3)
To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke

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 

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