[kictanet] what is the role of ICT in in governance

[Paul Kukubo ICT Board]

Listers

Egypt is a major IT and Global services provider in Africa. Indeed IBM recently opened a major outsourcing delivery centre. Shutting off the Internet and cell phone provision sends signals that your business continuity is not guaranteed. At the moment we have many IT friends in Egypt and therefore must watch it closely. Egypt has been building up strong skills sets in SAP, Microsoft and Oracle based engineers, supporting outsourcing in this space.

The events in the north africa and the middle East demand our attention because outsourcing decision makers can go two ways;

1. The decide we are all risky as countries and become more cautious. 
2. Decide to spread their risks. Here we can then position ourselves.


Paul Kukubo
CEO Kenya ICT Board

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On 29 Jan 2011, at 12:16, "Edwin Onchari" <eonchari at lynxbits.com> wrote:

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> I agree with you. While a fairly internet savvy and informed individual as myself and you are able to read and understand the law and what rights accrue to us, majority of Kenyans do not. Our Police (and to a great extent because of the horrid conditions under which they serve) have taken advantage of this to extort Kenyans. The Mututho law in principle is meant to protect us, but how it is being enforced is what I question. That said, how can we harness the power of ICT to change that?
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> Edwin
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> From: Odhiambo Washington [mailto:odhiambo at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:24 AM
> To: Edwin Onchari
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] what is the role of ICT in in governance
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> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Edwin Onchari <eonchari at lynxbits.com> wrote:
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> Anyone have suggestions on how  ICT can/should protect Kenyans from the “overzealous” Kenyan Police? esp, from punitive and to my personal opinion, “not well thought through laws “ like the “Mututho” law? These cops/crooks are extorting Kenyans!!
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> Maybe ICT can protect you, but the surest way is to ensure that you first understand the law itself.
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> So we need to identify what loopholes are there for the cops to abuse and address them.  
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> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
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> Damn!!
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