[kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities

[robert yawe]

Hi,

Yesterday I watched a documentary titled Facebook Obsession and I liked a 
statement by a former Facebook employee who said that "at Facebook you do not 
say I think or I have an idea, what you do is develop a prototype and then 
present that to your peers"

Such a culture explains why Facebook is as successful as it is and all we do 
here is cry like suckling babies, if someone has a solution to this issue just 
develop the app and present it, this theoretical approach to dealing with issues 
needs to come to a sudden and abrupt end.

I feel we are producing too many theorists in our Universities and its is time 
we concentrated on practical courses as is done in technical colleges otherwise 
we are doomed as clerks.  Former Presidents Moi was trying to sort this issue 
out with the 8-4-4 system which we keep trying to kill with no justification.

Regards
 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: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <>
Sent: Mon, 6 June, 2011 13:16:59
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities

Let me not be mistaken that I am faulting Vision 2030  - thats the topic picked 
on by Gachagua - rather my concern is in the health sector. Nurses and medical 
officers usually take over the roles of doctors in many public hospitals , and 
will always subscribe medicine based on symptoms. The Labs might not be well 
equipped for diagnosis on various tropical ailments. As for personnel, we do 
have some great ones, though it appears our best have already been lured away , 
see related story http://allafrica.com/stories/201106060136.html 
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