[kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report?

[bitange at jambo.co.ke]

Grace,
Although the manifesto has the ingredients of "my Presidency" it is not
coherent.  My main objective was to create a knowledge society where
science becomes the centre point of our development.  With Internet
everywhere in another few months, we can easily begin to use Internet as a
development tool that will not only propel our country into a service
economy but also help create unprecedented efficiencies in government.

As you are aware capitalism is under the greatest test world over and
there seems to be lack of leadership from traditional ideologues.  It is a
great chance for us to show the way since we do not have legacy issues as
it relates to ideology.  Just like Franklin Rosefelt did during the great
depression, there is need to weave a bit of socialism into capitalism.  By
this I mean we shall take care of three most important social problems of
our time.  This is education, health and housing.  We shall make Internet
a human right issue then pumb lots of content through it to schools and
create a level playing field for all.

For this to work we must first deal with energy as I said as a
prerequisite.  Resources to undertake these projects will come from the
efficiencies we create in government when we automate every record and
open up thegovernment through the open data initiative.  Here you will
create an environment for innovation.  Further you create jobs especially
in the BPO sector.  Other areas will include gaming, software development
and animation.

Much of the animated content would focus on all syllabi of all African
countries for educational content.  Of the $84 billion market, we shall
first target10 percent of that market.  The gaming industry we also target
some 5 percent of more than $120 billion industry.

As we develop housing, we shall work to create smarter cities with the aim
of fighting decease through prevention.  The aim is to limit the more than
20 billion shillings used in testing for malaria and typhoid and also
avoid taking people to hospital and changing the health paradigm from
curative to prevention.

The world has given us the opportunity to begin to think big but we must
do the basics like controlling our population growth.  It does not auger
well for us to grow at the rate we are at the moment when we already have
a problem with food security.  Whenever your people are food insecure, it
dents your confidence greatly.

We shall have a clear foreign policy with more emphasies on Africa.  Our
growth is more dependent on Africa as we move forward.  We must
de-emphasize our dependency on Europe for our economic development and
start fighting for apace here in Africa.  If we grow our business in
Africa, we shall rebuild not only our image but confidence levels.  This
is what all other candidates lack.

You realize I have not said much about Asia.  This is because we can fifgt
them without suffering as much as we would if we were to ignore the
Western world.  This is far more complex to state here.

I will write more later.  Just starting to listen to UK Prime Minister,
David Cameron.


Regards


Ndemo

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> Dr Ndemo
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> Greetings.
>
> Please refer to the attached summary of the issues you raised during the
> 'Ndemo for President Campaign'. Its been a hectic time for us considering
> we were all busy with the IGF.
>
> We are now in the process of finalizing this and other reports. We have
> noted that there were two questions that you did not answer. Do you think
> you could respond to them so that you allow us to finalize? You can also
> react to the summary and ofcourse any lister is free to react/respond.
>
> The two questions:
> 1. How does the government alleviate the fear of making the wrong
> decision(s) and are there any measures in place for success and tolerance
> for failure within government?
>
> 2. How would you ensure public officers are provided with freedom to make
> choices, to make mistakes, know the options for redress, and put an exit
> strategy in place should things go wrong?
>
> A great week to you and to all the listers.
>
> Rgds
> GG
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