[kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities

[Josiah Mugambi]

*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"*

Agreed! Let's walk the talk.
--
Josiah Mugambi



On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:41 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>  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
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *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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