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

Wed Dec 21 23:33:52 EAT 2011

Listers

Thanks to all who have kept this debate going, and to Mugo for extending his time to elaborate, clarify and provide us with feedback on our queries. Highly appreciated. It is also good to know that the Vision 2030 Secretariat conducts annual reviews to prioritize flagship projects. This should be an opportunity for us to engage and also make suggestions on the reviews.

Lucy, great suggestions that should provide for food for thought. 

Yawe, a good question not just for Mugo but for all development conscious Kenyans: where did we go wrong when we had the right agenda over 40 years ago? Could it be that we lost it as Walubengo 
avers, the moment we adopted corruption as a way of life? And what does this imply for vision 2030?

Yes Harry, like PS Ndemo suggests, it is time to stop complaining (but you know we are Kenyans and must vent :)), and fetch those blue prints (maybe they are dusty, and thanks to Yawe for reminding us), re-evaluate them, align them with the current context, and most imporant IMPLEMENT. 

Aguyo, an opportunity right there for you to influence/participate in part of the implementation of the Vision 2030 as it continues to evolve. Mugo has extended  that chance to you to provide your technical ideas on Vision 2030 and open data integration. 

PS Ndemo, not sure that your wonderful idea of having think tanks to provide analysis of candidates for leadership positions would be popular in particular with our politicians. Might be a long shot although we need this for vision 2030.  That idea of restructring ourselves along the lines of complainers, analyzers and solution proposers should be food for thought to all of us. Can we be solution proposers? And listers, can we make IT suggestions to help strengthen the vision?

A wonderful day to all of you.

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 

--- 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
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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

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