[kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report?

Fri Nov 4 20:57:56 EAT 2011

Edith,
Thank you for the suggestions and policy recommendations.  I will take
them seriously and see how to move them forward.

Regards

Ndemo.

> Bwana Ndemo,
>
> Glad that some of the innovative ideas emanating from this list are
> getting into Presidential manifestos. I hope the respective candidates
> realise that they will be held accountable to deliver on them and not just
> have them on paper!
>
> On the summary report - which I noted you said does not fully reflect what
> you said, maybe it needs to be peered down to key messages "innovative
> ideas to move Kenya forward" and captured in an easy to follow manner (and
> you can review the brief and tweek it to reflect the ideas you generated).
>
> I've attached 3 policy/lesson learned briefs to illustrate my point.
>
> Edith
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> Edith Ofwona Adera
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> Climate Change & Water Program
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> développement international
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> From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of
> bitange at jambo.co.ke [bitange at jambo.co.ke]
> Sent: 04 November 2011 10:28
> To: Edith Adera
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report?
>
> David,
> I am happy that the message is getting across.  In the past six months,
> two giant motor vehicle manufacturers have announced that they plan to set
> up plants in Kenya.  I am very clear on ICT energy requirement knowing the
> fact that many organizations want to set up regional hubs for cloud
> services out of Kenya.  This means greater demand for energy.
>
> The predictive model in use now uses variables such as economic growth
> rates and has no provision for new and dynamic industries like ICT.  My
> counterpart in Industrialization is equally frustrated as he rolls out
> village industries.  We desperately need at least 3,000 MW plant
> immediately and additional 2,000 MW on an annual basis.  Do not put the
> required investment infront.  There are many investors who want to invest.
>
> Let me take this opportunity to congraturate all listers since some of the
> issues we have raised her are getting their way into political speeches.
> Last night one of the real Presidential contenders said the "Knowledge
> society is what we want to achieve in order to create jobs .... not KKV".
> Although he did not attribute the remarks to Kictanet, I was happy that we
> may be finally begining to develop issue based politics.  Let us do Kazi
> Ya Mkono (KYM) in generating the ideas.
>
> Anothor of those who have declared their interest in the presidency
> requested me to inject some of "those things you are doing in the blogs"
> into his manifesto.  Clearly he has not read them but may have been
> informed by one of the listers.  Either way it is encouraging that the
> discussions are not all in vain.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Ndemo.
>
>
>
>
>> Dear Dr. Ndemo,
>>
>> Thank you for being one of the mpost accessible and forthright top
>> civil servant in our beloved Kenya. I will restrict my comments only
>> on energy. You say....
>>
>>> For this to work we must first deal with energy as I said as a
>>> prerequisite.
>>
>> 100% with you here as energy is an enabler not only for realizing
>> V2030 goals but basically to meet the MDG so that our people have a
>> decent life.
>>
>> Last time I attempted to engage, you nicely challenged us to watch
>> 'Field of Dreams'  whose theme paraphrased for the subject matter is
>> "If you build energy generation capacity, it will be consumed".  It
>> was pleasant too that you repeated the message when we held the 2nd
>> National Energy Conference last month at KICC being modest when
>> requesting a minimum of 500 MWe for Konza smart city.
>>
>> The ONE KENYA, POTENTIAL AND POSSIBILITIES
write up misses important
>> matters discussed. I will use only one area. This is my beef with
>> point 10....  Energy
>>
>> For Konza Smart City as an example, it will be essential for the
>> industries there to have firm power available. This can come from
>> burning oil (which is too expensive now as we import it and the
>> petroleum industry is conveniently confused so as to serve vested
>> interests), burn coal (and in Kitui we have reserves that can be
>> exploited to provide potentially above 2,000 MWe) and/or go nuclear
>> (our Least Cost Power Development Plan (LCPDP) aims to realize 1,000
>> MWe in 2012). Using futuristic architecture and smart grid all
>> buildings at Konza city and future ones should utilize natural light
>> and tap into solar energy. The latter can be extended to all future
>> houses constructed for residential and other purposes and again using
>> smart grid owners would use what they can consume and sell to
>> distribution companies (sadly at the moment only KPLC is a distributor
>> although Energy Act of 2006 encourages and provides an enabling
>> environment for other distributors to step forward.
>>
>> Just for the audience here firm power can not be provided by solar,
>> wind, hydro etc. for example because this sources are not 100%
>> available as industry needs electricity 24/7.
>>
>> In conclusion, those 5 points need to be increased please to include
>> what we have in the LCPDP for firm power i.e.
>>
>> 1. geothermal energy 5,040 MWe (3,780 MWe  to 5,600 MWe)
>> 2.  nuclear energy 4,000 MWe (3,000 Mwe to 9,000 MWe)
>> 3.  coal energy 2,400 MWe ( 1,200 MWe to 3,900 MWe)
>>
>> The values in brackets are the low to high scenario cases. Wind we
>> have for high case scenario 2,000 MWe and the grand total capacity for
>> high case scenario is 26,480 MWe. If we factor in reserve margin of
>> not less that 15% we have to generate 30,452 MWe by 2030.
>>
>> I have to admit that your projection that we need in excess of 40,000
>> MWe to be a middle level economy is spot on but have to confess my
>> team member on the LCPDP has not been able to convince the others to
>> buy into the idea....but we are still discussing. At the moment we are
>> outnumbered and out flanked but we know we are on the right side of
>> history and shall eventually prevail.
>>
>> All the best.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 11/1/11, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dr Ndemo
>>>>
>>>> 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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