[kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General - Aluta Continua

[robert yawe]

Hi Thomas,

I agree with you partially on the issue of door to door delivery but that with 
the frequent changes in address and our lack of discipline in updating 
information the returns will bog down PCK.

We also need to look at the entire country which might not have the same level 
of organisation that exists in certain parts of Nairobi.  Imagine trying to 
deliver a letter to someone who stays in Mulango Kubwa or Block Ten.  We still 
have a large population of nomadic people who we still need to serve.

Lets be careful not to confuse email and physical mail delivery, even in the 
Netherlands where they have one of the most developed mail systems the P O Box 
still exists.  What can be added to the service is an SMS notification thus 
reducing the need for you making regular trips to check if mail has arrived.

In addition the postal system has a service that allows mail to be delivered to 
someone who does not have a mailbox and is send care of the post master.
 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696




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From: Thomas Kibui <thomas.kibui at gmail.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Fri, 1 July, 2011 12:35:15
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General - Aluta Continua

Hello All,

Robert.. this is what I would like PCK to embark on.

We have to move away from the PO Box system where a subscriber rents a box to 
receive and send mail. Mail should be delivered to a physical / geographical 
registered address. The Metropolitan ministry recently emabarked on a plan to 
tag physical addresses with numbers and street names to geographical addresses 
and PCK could merge those with their own Postal Codes and deliver mail as 
opposed to having people collect it physically at the post office: 
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